Head Speed One X Padel Racket 2025

HEAD's sheet for the One X matches the single-hole Speed One almost line for line: a teardrop, 38 mm thick, 270 mm balance, a 2D carbon face with HEAD's One single-hole design, Power Foam, a Graphene Inside frame, Auxetic 2.0 in the throat, the Extreme Spin finish, Smart Bridge, DAMP Plus damping, an anti-shock skin and the Soft Butt Cap 2.0. The difference is mass: 365 g against 345 g, both with HEAD's 10 g tolerance.

Those 20 g change who the racket is for. The Speed One is light enough to whip round at the net and asks a lot of your timing. The One X keeps the same balance point but adds weight right through the frame, so it's steadier against heavy balls and drives through the court more, at the cost of a slightly slower swing. HEAD labels it advanced only.

Padelful scores the One X 8.9 for power, 8.8 for control and 9.1 for manoeuvrability, with a medium-hard touch and an overall 8.5. Against the Speed One it gains a little power and sweet spot and gives back manoeuvrability, where the lighter racket scores a perfect 10. Rebound is low at 7.4: the face doesn't hand you free pace, so blocks and soft defensive balls need a proper swing.

That suits a player who already hits through the ball from the back and finishes at the net with flat smashes and víboras, and who found the 345 g Speed One a shade too light to hold its line against hard hitters. If your racket is already 370 g, the One X will feel quick; if you're coming from 350 g, give it a few sessions.

The Speed family runs from the 355 g Speed Motion up to the 370 g Speed Pro, which shares the One X's 270 mm balance on a Hybrid Woven face and has a livelier rebound. The older Speed Pro X goes heavier again on 12K carbon. If it's the One X idea you like in a diamond, HEAD's Extreme One X is the 370 g, single-hole version of that shape.

Tape the top of the frame with a strip from the racket protector range and keep a tacky overgrip on from padel grips; at 365 g a racket that twists in a sweaty hand costs you control. A firm ball such as the Head Pro S+ tube suits a medium-hard face, with more on padel balls. Stable court shoes from padel shoes help when you push off for the smash. The whole range is on padel rackets, the shape is explained on teardrop padel rackets, and the advanced padel rackets page covers the level.