Tested by Matt Khoury
4.5 player · 2 yrs testing paddles · 630+ reviewed
Reviewed
JULY 2025
Updated OCTOBER 2026
Chorus Phoenix HX 14mm Pickleball Paddle Review
MATT'S VERDICT
The Phoenix HX is built for pop and not much else. Stiff at contact, almost no dwell, the ball comes off the face fast on counters and punch volleys.
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All measurements
- Serve speed
- 59.4 mph
- Serve speed percentile
- 27.1%
- Serve speed z-score
- -0.373
- Punch volley speed
- 39.3 mph
- Punch volley speed percentile
- 90.8%
- Punch volley speed z-score
- 0.974
- Spin
- 2093 rpm
- Spin percentile
- 6.7%
- Spin z-score
- -1.582
- Swing weight
- 109.2
- Swing weight percentile
- 16.0%
- Swing weight z-score
- -0.926
- Twist weight
- 6.65
- Twist weight percentile
- 67.0%
- Twist weight z-score
- 0.379
- Static weight
- 7.93 oz
- Static weight percentile
- 35.4%
- Static weight z-score
- -0.336
- Balance point
- 24 cm
- Balance point percentile
- 32.5%
- Balance point z-score
- -0.313
- Firepower
- 59/100
- Control score
- 72/100
- Power rating
- 3/5
- Control rating
- 4/5
- Spin rating
- 1/5
- Pop rating
- 5/5
- Forgiveness rating
- 3/5
- Shot resetting rating
- 2/5
- Touch shots rating
- 2/5
- Feel rating
- 4/5
- Matt's star rating
- 4/5
- Balance offset from center
- +3.5 cm
- Core thickness
- 14 mm
- Shape
- Hybrid
- Length
- 16.125 in
- Width
- 7.75 in
- Handle length
- 5.5 in
- Handle circumference
- 4.25 in
- Surface material
- Carbon Fiber & Fiberglass
- Core material
- Polypropylene Honeycomb
- Surface texture
- Peel Ply (Coarse)
- Manufacturing process
- Gen-3 Foam Enhanced
- Classification
- Gen 3
- Approval body
- USA Pickleball
- Punch volley rank
- #32 of 522 measured paddles
- Market comparison
- 518 measured paddles across 9 metrics