Racket comparison
Babolat Air Viper 2026 vs Babolat Technical Vertuo Juan Lebron 2025
The Babolat Air Viper 2026 scores higher for power, control and manoeuvrability; the Babolat Technical Vertuo Juan Lebron 2025 for sweet spot.
- Season
- 2026
- 2025
- Shape
- Diamond
- Diamond
- Weight
- 345 - 365 gr
- 345 - 365 gr
- Touch
- Medium-Hard
- Medium-Soft
- Core
- X-EVA
- EVA
- Faces
- 16K Carbon
- Fiberglass
- Frame
- 100% Carbon
- Carbon fiber
- Catalogue rating
- 8.7/10
- 8.1/10
- Power
- 9.1/10
- 8.1/10
- Control
- 8.7/10
- 7.4/10
- Manoeuvrability
- 9.0/10
- 7.6/10
- Rebound
- 9.1/10
- 9.2/10
- Sweet spot
- 7.4/10
- 8.4/10
- Strengths
- Quick maneuverability at net
- Strong ball exit under pressure
- Useful punch on smashes
- No strengths recorded yet.
- Tradeoffs
- Sweet spot feels demanding
- Shape suits few players
- Not brutally stiff
- No tradeoffs recorded yet.
Scores are editorial catalogue ratings out of 10 from the source reviews, not customer reviews. Prices and stock haven’t been checked.
Which suits whom
- Choose the Babolat Air Viper 2026 if you value power, control and manoeuvrability: its catalogue scores are higher (power 9.1 vs 8.1, control 8.7 vs 7.4, manoeuvrability 9.0 vs 7.6).
- Choose the Babolat Technical Vertuo Juan Lebron 2025 if you value sweet spot: its catalogue scores are higher (sweet spot 8.4 vs 7.4).
- The Babolat Technical Vertuo Juan Lebron 2025 has the softer touch (Medium-Soft vs Medium-Hard), which is usually more comfortable and gives easier depth; the firmer Babolat Air Viper 2026 rewards faster swings with more control at pace.