Dunlop FX Pro Padel Racket (2026)

FX is Dunlop's 2026 range, replacing the Galactica line of 2025, and the Pro sits at the top. Tennisnuts lists a diamond head, a high head-heavy balance, a 38 mm frame, a rough texture and a face of 12K special-weave carbon over a Pro EVA core. Dunlop's named features are SpinBoost and Power Holes for grip and precision, and Sonic Core Infinergy with VibroShield to boost rebound and cut vibration.

Next to it are the even-balance FX Team, the FX Hybrid and the soft FX Lite. The Pro is the one with the most mass in the head.

Padelful calls it a firm diamond that rewards full acceleration at the net and stays composed enough to work the point from the baseline. The pros are heavy, penetrating volleys, efficient power on committed smashes and a direct response with useful spin. Power at 9 is the number you are paying for.

The cons deserve equal airtime. The head-heavy feel slows quick exchanges, defence loses comfort off the centre of the face and soft touch volleys feel demanding. Think of a racket that wants to go through the ball and resents being asked to caress it.

Tennisnuts and Padelful both give a diamond, a 12K carbon face, a Pro EVA core and a head-heavy balance. Weight is 370 g with a 10 g tolerance on one and 365 and 375 g on the other, which is the same racket within manufacturing spread. The level wording differs slightly: advanced on Tennisnuts, intermediate-advanced to advanced on Padelful. Neither gives a balance in millimetres.

That is more agreement than most listings manage, so you can treat the build as settled and the exact balance figure as unknown.

If you want a hybrid with plenty of power, look at the 2025 Inferno Carbon Extreme. If you want the same shape with a more even feel, the FX Team is the step down, and the older Tristorm Lite is a light entry diamond. Last season's Galactica Pro is a high-balance hybrid and the 2025 range's equivalent, and the limited-edition Galactica Pro Nisse carries it into 2026. For a lighter diamond with a 20K face, there is Varlion's Bourne Prisma Carbon Soft. For other brands' heavy diamonds, compare the Wilson Defy Pro V1 and the Vertex 05 racket, or browse our diamond padel rackets and advanced padel rackets.

Beginners, improvers, defenders and anyone with a tender elbow. A head-heavy 370 g diamond is hard work for a developing swing, and our intermediate padel rackets and beginner padel rackets pages show friendlier choices.

Fit a racket protector before the first match and keep a fresh overgrip from our padel grips range to hand. Play with good padel balls and wear proper padel shoes, and a Dunlop FX Team bag, the larger FX Performance bag or any other padel bag carries it.

For the basics of shape and weight, our guide to choosing a padel racket explains it, and the full padel racket range has the rest.