Head Extreme One X Padel Racket 2025

The face is 12K carbon throughout, which is stiffer than the carbon and fibreglass weaves HEAD uses on its other 370 g diamonds. Stiff means the ball leaves quickly when you hit it properly and gives you little back when you don't. Power Foam behind it is HEAD's livelier core, and the Extreme Spin finish roughens the face for slice and kick. The frame is carbon with a 38 mm profile, the head is 494 cm² and the racket is 45.5 cm long.

HEAD lists 370 g with a 10 g tolerance and the balance at 270 mm from the butt, 42.5 mm past the middle of the racket. That's where the One X gets its punch overhead, and why it's slower to bring up for a quick volley than a lighter frame. Like the Extreme One, it has a single hole in the face. HEAD also builds Auxetic 2.0 into the throat and grip, plus an anti-shock skin and its Soft Butt Cap + cord system.

HEAD makes three 370 g Power Foam diamonds, and on paper they're close. The 2026 Extreme Pro matches the One X's 270 mm balance on a Hybrid Woven face of carbon and fibreglass, so it gives a touch more feel and forgiveness. Arturo Coello's Coello Pro sits 2 mm further up at 272 mm on Carbon Hybrid HS. On paper, the One X has the stiffest face of the three. Pick it if you hit a clean, early ball and want the face to stay firm on contact, not flex.

Its own sibling, the 350 g Extreme One, shares the 12K face and single hole at 20 g less, and is the better choice if a full 370 g feels heavy by the third set. Last season's Extreme Pro 2025 on unidirectional carbon is another route to the same weight.

HEAD labels the One X advanced only, and we agree. A stiff, head-heavy 370 g frame punishes late contact, tires the forearm and gives almost nothing back on a blocked defensive ball. If your smash still lands short more often than it goes over the glass, a lighter carbon diamond from our advanced padel rackets list, or a softer one from diamond padel rackets, will win you more points.

Put a strip from the racket protector range on the top of the frame, where a diamond meets the glass, and fit a tacky overgrip from padel grips so 370 g doesn't twist in a sweaty hand. A firm ball such as the Head Pro S+ tube suits a stiff face on cold courts, with more on padel balls. Heavy rackets mean hard pushes off the back foot, so a stable pair from padel shoes matters, and a thermal bag from padel bags keeps the foam out of a hot boot. The full range is on padel rackets, and the guide to choosing a padel racket explains balance and weight.