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Babolat Air Viper 2.6 vs Curva Speed
The Air Viper 2.6 is the better racket, 88 to 78: more power and control. The Curva is not at PadelProShop right now.
Our scores, updated 9 November 2026 · How we score
Score by score
How we score →The green bar wins the round. The Air takes 3 of the six, the Curva takes sweet spot and comfort, and handling is level.
Feel is read from the core and the face until hardness is measured.
What is different
Face, balance and price change between them; the rest is the same. Pick one to look closer.
Carbon against fibreglass: the Air's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Curva's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more.
Edge: the Air, for precision
* The feel starts from the core's rated hardness (estimated from the core material where there is no rating), then the face: carbon 12K and up is firmer, fibreglass softer.
The same weight, 355 g.
No edge either way
Where each one balances, measured from the end of the handle. The lower the point, the more of the weight sits in your hand: the Curva at 260 mm, the Air at 265 mm.
Edge: the Curva, for your arm
* Drawn to scale: a 455 mm racket in its shape's outline (traced from a real racket of that shape), with the balance point the shops list marked on it. Real rackets vary by a few millimetres.
Only the Air is at PadelProShop right now, at €245.
No edge either way
Specs from the makers and the shops that sell them. Weights are the maker's figures, not measured by us.
Which one sounds like you?
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Air Viper 2.6
Our score 88 · €245Skip it if you want more comfort: the Curva has 68 for comfort against its 66.
Curva Speed
Our score 78 · not in stockSkip it if you want more power: the Air has 90 for power against its 78.
Our recommendation for most players
The Air Viper 2.6
The higher score, 88 to 78.
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What other reviewers scored them
Out of 100, each linked to its page.
Our score
Air +10
Padelful
Has scored only the Air
PadelReference
Has scored only the Curva
We do not change ours to match.
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What players said
18 players who own or have owned one of them told us how it plays. It is their word: it is not a review and does not count towards Our score.
Air Viper 2.6
10 of 17 liked it
Liked it 10No strong view 6Did not 1
What they said, by how many said it
Curva Speed
0 of 1 liked it
Liked it 0No strong view 1Did not 0
Only 1 player so far: too few to rank what they said.
Our recommendation
Babolat Air Viper 2.6
The better racket, 88 to 78: more power and control.
- Our score 88 against 78
- Carbon 12K face
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Questions
Straight answers.
Which is better, the Air Viper 2.6 or the Curva Speed?
The Air Viper 2.6 is the better racket, 88 to 78: more power and control. The Curva is not at PadelProShop right now.
What is the difference between the Air Viper 2.6 and the Curva Speed?
Carbon against fibreglass: the Air's carbon is stiffer and more precise, the Curva's fibreglass is softer, gives the ball more pop at low speed and forgives more. The same weight, 355 g. Where each one balances, measured from the end of the handle. The lower the point, the more of the weight sits in your hand: the Curva at 260 mm, the Air at 265 mm.
Which is better for power?
The Air Viper 2.6: power 90 against 78.
What is the price difference?
Only the Air is at PadelProShop right now, at €245.
