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Babolat Counter Vertuo 2.6 vs Babolat Counter Vertuo 2025

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The verdict

Choose the Counter Vertuo 2.6 if you want more forgiveness and control, the Counter Vertuo 2025 if you want more power and comfort.

From the Counter Vertuo 2025 to the Counter Vertuo 2.6 5 specs changed: shape hybrid became round; weight 350 g became 340 to 360 g; balance even became even; core X-EVA became Black EVA (medium-hard core became hard core); surface rough became 3D Spin.

Counter Vertuo 2.6Highest score
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  • Forgiveness+2.0
  • Control+1.5
Counter Vertuo 2025
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  • Power+1.5
  • Comfort+1.5

Better buy now: the Counter Vertuo 2.6. It plays at least as well on paper and costs € 35.00 less in Netherlands.

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How they play

From the Counter Vertuo 2.6 to the Counter Vertuo 2025: less forgiveness, less control, more power, more comfort.

Controlless control7.56.0
Powermore power3.04.5
Comfortmore comfort6.07.5
Handlinga bit less handling7.57.0
Forgivenessless forgiveness7.05.0

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

Where the specs differ

Launched
2026
2025
Shape
Round
Hybrid
Weight
340 to 360 g
350 g
Balance
Even according to the brand, 265 mm
Even according to the brand
Core
Black EVA
X-EVA
Surface
3D Spin
Rough
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Face
Fiberglass
Fiberglass
Thickness
38 mm
38 mm
Frame
Carbon
Carbon

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

Reviews and videos

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

Often mentioned in video reviews

Counter Vertuo 2.61 video

No point comes back in two or more videos.

Counter Vertuo 2025

No summarised videos yet.

Counter Vertuo 2.6: reviews and videos →Counter Vertuo 2025: reviews and videos →

Or a third racket in between

SiuxValkiria Pro 2026

Better where both are weak: power 7 against 3 and 4.5, and otherwise close to the two.

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