Dunlop Galactica Pro Padel Racket

Play with precision and ruthlessness with the Dunlop Galactica Pro Padel Racket in Petrol Green/Silver Foil, featuring a 16K carbon surface that’s designed to give advanced players maximum control over their shots, while a high balance suits aggressive play.

Helping you dominate the court, the Dunlop Galactica Pro Padel Racket takes the winning formula for control and consistency of a hybrid-shaped frame with a 16K Carbon surface and infuses it with innovative technologies to create a racket that ensures you dictate every rally. Displaying higher rebound properties than other commonly used foams, the world’s first E-TPU – Infinergy by BASF – is added to the 3 and 9 o’clock positions within the frame, improving ball exit speed while attenuating harmful vibrations upon impact for better feel and comfort.

The Control Holes drilled hole arrangement is specially developed to play with consistency, while the Tri-Max structure in the shaft keeps the racket rigid and stable as it pushes through the ball, allowing you to play aggressive and technical shots with both confidence and accuracy. The rough Extra Grip finish on the racket’s surface provides exceptional access to spin by biting onto the ball upon impact, causing it to revolve as it exits the frame and giving your opponent an extra challenge to face.

DUNLOP

British stalwarts Dunlop possess one of the most recognisable logos in the game: the energetic “Flying D” has flashed through the air at tennis courts around the world since the 1960s. But their history goes back much further. All the way to 1888 and founder John Boyd Dunlop’s invention of the rubber pneumatic tyre for bicycles, a revolutionary development with all kinds of applications.

A few decades later, having initially entered the world of sport by producing rubber golf balls, Dunlop turned to tennis, using their expertise in vulcanisation to create some of the first “modern” tennis balls in 1923.

Then came the rackets. Or, more specifically, then came the Maxply. First introduced in 1932, the legendary wooden frame dominated the professional game for the next 50 years. Rod Laver wielded it to win both of his calendar year Grand Slams in the 60s, and it was in the hands of John McEnroe as he secured his Wimbledon and US Open double in 1981. After the Maxply came the carbon fibre Max 150G, and then the 200G – the racket Steffi Graf used to win the Golden Slam in 1988.

Dunlop’s focus extends beyond the pro game, though. In fact, their mission is to share the joy of tennis, giving every player the chance to enjoy the process of getting better, bit by bit, whatever your level.

Following that ethos, their modern range is clearly defined and easy to choose from. You’ve got the CX series for control, the FX for power, and the SX for spin, all available in a selection of weights and headsizes, of course.

• Brand: Dunlop
• Color: Petrol Green/Silver Foil
• Shape: Hybrid
• Weight: 370g
• Balance: High
• Surface: 16K Carbon
• Frame: Carbon
• Level: Advanced
• Thickness: 38 mm
• Core: Pro EVA Foam