# Babolat Viper Juan Lebrón 2025 > Diamond, 370 g, head-heavy balance. Below average for control, handling and forgiveness. € 229.90 delivered to the Netherlands, checked 24 Oct 2026. - URL: https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper-juan-lebron-2025/ - Last updated: 2026-10-24 - Author: [Ruud Caris](https://padell.io/about/) - Language: en - Site: padell.io (https://padell.io/) Shop links go through padell.io/go/ (affiliate links: padell.io may earn a commission, which never affects scores). Prices include shipping to the Netherlands unless stated otherwise, and change daily. --- [Rackets](https://padell.io/rackets/) · [Babolat](https://padell.io/brands/babolat/) · [Viper](https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper/generations/) 2025 - **Shape**: Diamond - **Weight**: 370 g - **Balance**: Head-heavy - **Core**: X-EVA Lowest price **€ 229.90** at Esprit Padel Shop · In stock · Shipping cost on the shop's site · Checked at 05:17 (2026-11-14) [Buy at Esprit Padel Shop](https://padell.io/go/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fesprit-padel-shop.com%2Fproducts%2Fraquette-de-padel-babolat-counter-viper-2025) Prices include shipping to the country you choose. [How padell.io earns money](https://padell.io/how-we-earn-money/) The short answer The Babolat Viper Juan Lebrón 2025 is a 370 g diamond with high balance. It has 3K carbon faces and an X-EVA core, built for professional-level attackers. On paper it hits hard and reads Medium on comfort, which rival power diamonds do not. The catch: no independent court test exists yet, so everything here comes from specs and brand claims. By [Ruud Caris](https://padell.io/about/) · facts checked 9 October 2026 Choose it if - you finish points at the net and want maximum smash power - you already handle a heavy, head-oriented racket without arm trouble - you want a power diamond that reads gentler on comfort than its rivals Skip it if - you defend a lot and need quick reactions at the back of the court - your elbow or shoulder complains after long matches, and even the Bullpadel Ionic Power 2023 would feel demanding - you are still building technique, so the Wilson Bela Pro Padel V2.5 and this racket are both too much ## How it plays 7.1 **padell.io score 7.1** Play 7.5 (60%) and reviews 6.6 (40%). No independent reviews found yet, so that part starts low. [How the score works](https://padell.io/how-we-score/) - **Control**: 3.5 below average▼ - **Power**: 9.0 above average▲ - **Comfort**: 5.5 around average● - **Handling**: 2.0 below average▼ - **Forgiveness**: 3.5 below average▼ - **Line = the average of all rackets**: ▲ above ▼ below On paper this is a pure attacking diamond, judged from specs only because no court test is published. - **Control** The diamond shape and high balance pull control down, so placement depends on your technique, not the racket. - **Power** Everything in the build pushes power up, and that is the racket's whole reason to exist. - **Comfort** The X-EVA core and 3K carbon faces soften the hit, though the weight and balance still demand a strong arm. - **Handling** Heavy with a high balance means slow at the net in fast exchanges and late on low balls. - **Forgiveness** A diamond shape keeps the sweet spot small, so off-centre hits get punished. ## Specifications - **Launched**: 2025 Newer version from 2026 - **Shape**: Diamond [Sweet spot high in the face: power overhead, less forgiving](https://padell.io/guides/padel-racket-shapes/) - **Weight**: 370 g Heavy: stable and powerful, tiring over long matches - **Balance**: Head-heavy according to the brand Head-heavy: more power overhead, slower to move - **Face**: 3K carbon Soft carbon: more feel and easier ball exit - **Core**: X-EVA Medium hard: the middle ground - **Surface**: 3D Spin+ Rough: helps with spin - **Handle**: Syntec Pro Grip Not published by the brand: thickness, head size, frame Specs from padelnuestro.com · checked 24 September 2026 · [Spotted a wrong spec? Report it →](https://padell.io/contact/?topic=correction&racket=Babolat%20Viper%20Juan%20Lebr%C3%B3n%202025) ## Video reviews 3 videos from independent channels and shops ## Every version [Compare all versions →](https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper/generations/) 2025 · This racket · € 229.90 [2026 · Different specs · € 219.00](https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper-juan-lebron-3-0/) [2027 · Other version · € 297.80](https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper-juan-lebron-3-1/) The 2026 successor, the Viper Juan Lebrón 3.0, changed three listed specs. The core went from X-EVA to Hard EVA. The surface moved from 3D Spin+ to a textured finish. The balance label changed from High to Head Heavy. Shape, weight, faces and player stayed the same. The core swap is the meaningful one: Hard EVA suggests a firmer hit, trading away the Medium comfort that sets the 2025 apart. If you want the softer reading, look at this 2025. If you want the latest version, compare both in the [3.0 comparison](https://padell.io/compare/babolat-viper-juan-lebron-3-0-vs-babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025/). ## Price history Today **€ 229.90** Lowest in 30 days **€ 229.90** vs 30-day average **-3%** Lowest price per day across the shops in your market. Checked every night. The Babolat Viper Juan Lebrón 2025 is the softest-reading diamond among the power diamonds listed here, and nobody has published a court test of it. That combination defines this racket. On one side, a spec sheet built for one thing: ending points at the net. On the other, a total lack of independent reviews. So this article works from measured and listed specs, the brand's own claims labelled as such, and the differences against its 2026 successor. What you will not find here is a report of how it plays, because none exists. ## X-EVA over 3K carbon: the one spec that separates it from rival diamonds The build is classic power racket. [Diamond shape](https://padell.io/guides/padel-racket-shapes/), high balance, 370 g fixed weight, 3K carbon faces, X-EVA core. The faces are stiff carbon, the kind that gives a firm, precise response at full swing. Nothing unusual there. The core is the interesting part. X-EVA is listed as a medium-density foam. The product page describes it as a sandwich structure: two stiffer outer layers for power, a softer inner layer for comfort. That is [Babolat](https://padell.io/brands/babolat/)'s claim, not a measurement. But the profile meters, computed from the specs, read comfort at Medium. The three rival diamonds listed on this site all read Low on comfort. If you want a power diamond and your arm has opinions, that difference is the headline. ## 370 g fixed, diamond, high balance: why control and sweet spot read Low Three specs do the damage, or the magic, depending on your game. The diamond shape concentrates mass towards the head. The high balance pushes it further. The 370 g weight, with no range listed, keeps it there. All three raise power. All three lower control, maneuverability and sweet spot. On court that means the racket does its work late in a point. Overheads, smashes, aggressive volleys: that is where 370 g above your hand pays off. At the back of the court, or in a fast counterattack at the net, that same mass works against you. The exact balance in millimetres is not published, so how extreme the head weight feels is something you would have to check in hand. ## Professional on the label, Medium on comfort: what the build asks of your arm The retailer listing marks this as a professional-level racket, and it carries [Juan Lebrón](https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper-juan-lebron-3-0/)'s name. That is a warning as much as a compliment. A small sweet spot punishes late or off-centre contact. A 370 g frame with a high balance punishes slow preparation. Babolat's own product page aims it at offensive players who want power at the net, and even their marketing calls it a racket for technical attackers. The Medium comfort reading softens that picture, but only partly. The core and faces absorb some shock. The weight and balance give it back. If you have a history of elbow or shoulder trouble, this category of racket is a risk, and no foam sandwich changes that. The fix is boring but real: warm up properly, and do not buy a pro diamond for your first season. ## Juan Lebrón in the name, no court test anywhere: what you cannot check Here is the honest part. There is not a single published review of this racket, from testers, algorithms or metareviews. No one who played it has written it up. Everything above comes from the listed specs, almost all from one retailer, and from Babolat's product page claims. That means you cannot verify the things that matter most for a racket like this. How harsh the small sweet spot feels in practice. Whether the X-EVA sandwich really softens the hit. How fast it moves in a defence-to-attack transition. If a pro diamond is a serious purchase for you, a demo session is worth more here than for almost any other racket on this site. ## The 3.0 swapped the core: what changed for 2026 Babolat has already moved on. The [Babolat Viper Juan Lebrón 3.0](https://padell.io/rackets/babolat/viper-juan-lebron-3-0/) arrived for 2026, and the listed differences are real. The core changed from X-EVA to Hard EVA. The surface went from 3D Spin+ to a textured finish. The balance label moved from High to Head Heavy. The core swap matters most. Hard EVA points to a firmer, more direct hit, which likely undoes the one thing that made the 2025 unusual: its Medium comfort reading. The shape, weight, faces and player all stayed the same. If the softer core was why you were looking at this model, the 2025 is the one with it. The Viper family Same year, from most power (left) to most control (right) **Juan Lebrón** ## Viper, Bela Pro or Vertex 05 Geo: picking your power diamond If you have decided you want this category, the question is which flavour. All the rivals listed here are diamonds with high balance and Low readings on control, maneuverability and sweet spot. The differences sit in comfort and weight. The [Wilson Bela Pro Padel V2.5](https://padell.io/compare/wilson-bela-pro-padel-v2-5-vs-babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025/) runs a firm EVA core and a wide 360 to 380 g range, with comfort reading Low. The [Bullpadel Vertex 05 Geo 26](https://padell.io/rackets/bullpadel/vertex-05-geo-26/) and [Ionic Power](https://padell.io/rackets/bullpadel/ionic-power-2025/) 2023 both read Low on comfort too. Against all three, this Viper's Medium comfort is its clearest argument. Against all three, its lack of any court test is its clearest weakness. You are choosing between documented rivals and an untested spec sheet with a friendlier core. Written by **[Ruud Caris](https://padell.io/about/)** Padel player and founder of padell.io Bought, played and sold more rackets than was good for him, and built padell.io to bring it all together. [About padell.io →](https://padell.io/about/) ## Similar rackets [Bullpadel Ionic Power 2023](https://padell.io/rackets/bullpadel/ionic-power-2023/) · 7.1 [Compare side by side](https://padell.io/compare/bullpadel-ionic-power-2023-vs-babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025/) [Wilson Bela Pro Padel V2.5](https://padell.io/rackets/wilson/bela-pro-padel-v2-5/) · 7.7 [Compare side by side](https://padell.io/compare/wilson-bela-pro-padel-v2-5-vs-babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025/) [Bullpadel Vertex 05 Geo 26](https://padell.io/rackets/bullpadel/vertex-05-geo-26/) · 8.5 [Compare side by side](https://padell.io/compare/babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025-vs-bullpadel-vertex-05-geo-26/) [Bullpadel Neuron 02 Edge 26](https://padell.io/rackets/bullpadel/neuron-02-edge-26/) · 7.6 [Compare side by side](https://padell.io/compare/babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025-vs-bullpadel-neuron-02-edge-26/) [All rackets that play like the Babolat Viper Juan Lebrón 2025 →](https://padell.io/alternatives/?r=501) ## Questions before you buy **Is the Babolat Viper Juan Lebrón 2025 suitable for intermediate players?** Probably not. It is listed at professional level, with a small sweet spot, low control and a heavy, high-balance build. It asks for clean, fast technique on every shot. **What changed between the 2025 and the Viper Juan Lebrón 3.0?** The core moved from X-EVA to Hard EVA and the surface from 3D Spin+ to a textured finish. Shape, 370 g weight, 3K carbon faces and balance position stayed the same. **How does it compare to the Wilson Bela Pro Padel V2.5?** Both are professional diamonds with high balance and high power. The main listed difference is comfort: this Viper reads Medium thanks to its X-EVA core, while the Bela Pro reads Low with firm EVA. **Is it harsh on the arm?** Less so than rival diamonds on paper, because the Medium comfort reading comes from its medium-density core and 3K carbon faces. But 370 g with high balance still loads your shoulder and elbow, so a history of arm trouble is a reason to be careful. **Is the Viper Juan Lebrón 2025 worth the money right now?** Today's price is labelled "Pricey today" compared with the rackets that play most alike. Which shops deliver, and what shipping costs, depends on your country. The price comparison shows it for yours. See all prices **What is the closest alternative?** The Bullpadel Ionic Power 2023 plays most alike. On paper the differences are under one point. [Compare side by side →](https://padell.io/compare/bullpadel-ionic-power-2023-vs-babolat-viper-juan-lebron-2025/) **Who should not buy it?** Skip it if you rely on placement and long rallies (control 3.5/10), or if your elbow or shoulder complains (comfort 5.5/10), or if you are still learning: it is not very forgiving (3.5/10). **How heavy is it really?** The brand gives 370 g. That counts as heavy. Each racket can differ within that range. [Why a range? →](https://padell.io/guides/padel-racket-weight-range/)