Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 630+ reviewed
Reviewed
SEPTEMBER 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Sypik Avatar Ultimate Pro Tour 16mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The Avatar delivers some of the most impressive spin numbers I've seen (96th percentile at 2387 RPM), with a surface that feels like sandpaper and grabs the ball so effectively that moderate swing speeds generate heavy rotation. Topspin serves dive aggressively, drives stay in bounds with serious pace, and backspin dinks become legitimate weapons with that gritty surface.
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 59.6 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 29.8%
- Serve speed z-score
- -0.201
- Punch volley speed
- 38.3 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 30.5%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- -0.196
- Spin
- 2387 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 95.8%
- Spin z-score
- 1.630
- Swing weight
- 119.8
- Swing weight percentile
- 87.7%
- Swing weight z-score
- 1.053
- Twist weight
- 6.2
- Twist weight percentile
- 29.4%
- Twist weight z-score
- -0.492
- Static weight
- 8.26 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 92.7%
- Static weight z-score
- 1.327
- Balance point
- 24.2 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 45.4%
- Balance point z-score
- 0.062
- Surface roughness (Ra)
- 6.43 µm
- Surface roughness (Ra) percentile
- 25.3%
- Surface roughness (Ra) z-score
- -0.564
- Firepower
- 30/100
- Control score
- 70/100
- Power rating
- 2/5
- Control rating
- 4/5
- Spin rating
- 5/5
- Pop rating
- 2/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 3/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 3/5
- Touch shots rating
- 3/5
- Feel rating
- 3/5
- Matt's star rating
- 4/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.2 cm
- Core thickness
- 16 mm
- Shape
- Elongated
- Length
- 16.5 in
- Width
- 7.375 in
- Handle length
- 5.75 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.125 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber
- Core material
- EPP Foam
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Thermoformed
- Classification
- Gen 4
- Approval body
- USAP & UPA-A
- Punch volley rank
- #348 of 522 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 518 measured paddles across 9 metrics