Babolat Air Vertuo 2.6 vs Babolat Air Vertuo 2025

The verdict

Choose the Air Vertuo 2025 if you want more control, comfort and forgiveness. The Air Vertuo 2.6 does nothing clearly better on paper.

From the Air Vertuo 2025 to the Air Vertuo 2.6 4 specs changed: weight 345 g became 335 to 355 g; balance even became even; core X-EVA became Black EVA (medium-hard core became hard core); surface rough became 3D Spin.

Air Vertuo 2.6Highest score
No clear edge

On paper it does nothing clearly better than the other.

Air Vertuo 2025
Pick this one for
  • Control+1.5
  • Comfort+1.5
  • Forgiveness+1.5

Neither is sold to Netherlands by the shops on padell.io.

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How they play

From the Air Vertuo 2.6 to the Air Vertuo 2025: more control, more comfort, more forgiveness.

Controlmore control5.06.5
Powerabout the same5.05.0
Comfortmore comfort6.07.5
Handlingabout the same7.07.0
Forgivenessmore forgiveness4.05.5

Air Vertuo 2.6Air Vertuo 2025Line = the average of all rackets

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Weight
335 to 355 g
345 g
Balance
Even according to the brand, 265 mm
Even according to the brand
Core
Black EVA
X-EVA
Surface
3D Spin
Rough
Handle
Syntec Team
Not published
Show all specs (4 the same)
Shape
Teardrop
Teardrop
Face
Fiberglass
Fiberglass
Thickness
38 mm
38 mm
Frame
Carbon
Carbon

Not published for one of the two, so not compared: balance point, handle and level.

Reviews and videos

No review site has tested both yet. Reviews of the Air Vertuo 2.6: 1. Of the Air Vertuo 2025: 0.

Often mentioned in video reviews

Air Vertuo 2.61 video

No point comes back in two or more videos.

Air Vertuo 2025

No summarised videos yet.

Or a third racket in between

BabolatDyna Energy

Close to both on paper, with more comfort than either.

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