adidas Match 3.4 Padel Racket (2025)

All For Padel, the company that designs and sells adidas rackets, treats the 3.3 (2024) and 3.4 (2025) as earlier years of the same Match racket. Padelful's numbers agree: it scored the Match Blue 3.4 at 6.1 overall with 6.1 for power, 6.6 for control and 5.6 for rebound, and the Match Black 2026 at 5.9, 5.9, 6.3 and 5.4. Different colourways, near-identical racket.

So the 3.4 is not an inferior version of the new one. If you can get the 3.4 and you like the colour, you are not giving up anything you could measure. If the 2026 is available, take the 2026, because the racket you buy is then current when you come to replace a grip or compare notes.

Padelful's review is of the Blue 3.4. Its best number is manoeuvrability, 7.2, which the review connects to quick changes between defence and attack. Control is 6.6, and the hit is described as comfortable and forgiving, with a core that absorbs vibration, which can help an arm that is new to the game.

The number to read carefully is the sweet spot: 5.1, the lowest on the sheet. It tells you to expect a small area of good contact, so you will notice mishits. If forgiveness is your priority, that is a reason to move to the round Drive.

Shops cannot agree on the head shape. All For Padel calls it all-round, a teardrop-style mould, Padelful calls it a diamond, and some listings call it round. A Dutch retailer lists the balance as slightly head-heavy, and adidas gives no millimetre figure. We do not quote one.

What every source agrees on is the construction: fibreglass face and frame, EVA Soft Performance core, 360 to 375 g. For a beginner that is the part that matters.

Anyone who already rallies, wants power or has outgrown a fibreglass racket. A small sweet spot will frustrate a player who makes lots of off-centre contact. If you are a first-timer worried about that, a round racket is gentler; see our beginner padel rackets.

A racket protector goes on first; an overgrip such as the adidas 3-pack keeps the handle dry, and the padel grips page has more. Try adidas Speed RX balls and read our padel balls guide. Then padel shoes for the sand.

Compare entry rackets on the cheap padel racket page, see current clearance on the padel racket sale page, and use our guide to choosing a padel racket if the shapes are new. The padel racket range covers everything else.