Racket comparison
Babolat Counter Viper 2025 vs Babolat Counter Viper 2026
Both rackets score closely in the catalogue; the specs below show where they differ.
- Season
- 2025
- 2026
- Shape
- Round
- Round
- Weight
- 360 - 375 gr
- 355 - 375 gr
- Touch
- Hard
- Hard
- Core
- X-EVA
- X-EVA
- Faces
- 3K Carbon Fiber
- 3K Carbon
- Frame
- 100% Carbon
- 100% Carbon
- Catalogue rating
- 8.5/10
- 8.6/10
- Power
- 8.0/10
- 8.1/10
- Control
- 9.8/10
- 10.0/10
- Manoeuvrability
- 8.5/10
- 8.4/10
- Rebound
- 7.4/10
- 7.4/10
- Sweet spot
- 9.0/10
- 9.1/10
- Strengths
- No strengths recorded yet.
- Huge sweet spot
- Stable defensive blocks
- Controlled bandeja and víbora
- Tradeoffs
- No tradeoffs recorded yet.
- Hard feel demands timing
- Less nimble in quick exchanges
- Not much free power
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
- The catalogue records very similar specs and scores for both rackets, so feel and fit should decide. Try both if you can.