Siux Electra Pro Shadow Red 2026 Review
By Andres Jovem · Updated October 19, 2026
The control-leaning version of Franco Stupaczuk's Electra Pro: a firm 12K carbon teardrop with a medium balance, for the advanced left-sider who finishes at the net but wants a wider margin than a diamond gives.
The verdict
The Electra Pro comes in two colors, and the color tells you the tuning. Fire Red is the explosive one, meaning more pace off the face for the same swing. Shadow Red is the same teardrop with a 12K face in place of the Fire Red's 15K, tuned for control. In practice that means a frame you can finish with at the net and still trust when a point drags you to the back glass. For a left-side player who has to do both, that is the more useful half of the pair.
Expect a firm racket. The core sits near the top of Siux's own hardness scale, and the shops know it as EVA Hard. The face is rigid 12K carbon. A clean strike leaves fast and flat. A late one tells your wrist about it. The payoff for that firmness is directness: the ball leaves on the line you showed it.
That makes it an advanced player's racket, full stop. A developing player will find the margin for error narrower than the teardrop shape suggests, and the firm contact will get into the elbow over a long session. If your overhead is grooved and your volleys are early, keep reading. If not, our beginners and intermediate guides have the frames that will get you here.
The build
A core Siux labels two ways
Siux calls the core EVA Soft, then rates it near the top of its own hardness scale, and the shops call it EVA Hard. Read the rating, not the label. A dense EVA core barely compresses at contact, so little of your swing speed is lost in the foam and the ball leaves fast and direct. Siux adds that the core regains its shape between hits so the ball performs the same in the third set, which is a durability claim about the foam, not a comfort one. The comfort trade is built in: a dense core passes more of each strike up the handle to your wrist.
12K carbon faces with a sandy satin finish
The faces are 12K carbon, rigid enough that a flush volley snaps away without sinking in, with a satin finish that carries a sandy grit. That grit is what gives a brushed víbora or bandeja its rotation: the ball drags across the texture for an instant before it leaves, so the spin comes without a bigger swing. One shop has the face as 15K carbon, which is the Fire Red's layup; Siux's own figure for the Shadow Red is 12K.
A tubular frame and a teardrop on a medium balance
The frame is tubular carbon, which Siux says spreads an impact across the face instead of concentrating it, so an off-center hit twists the frame less in your hand. The teardrop head carries the sweet spot higher than a round frame does, with more face around it than a diamond leaves. Siux puts the balance at medium. That is a notch below the medium-high its shops quote, and well short of head-heavy. Siux does not print a weight. We have it at 365g, and the shops quote anything from 355 to 375g, so expect a frame somewhere in that range.
How it plays
At the net, it ends things
The net is the Electra's home and the reason the Shadow Red exists. A high volley met early comes off the rigid face fast and low and does not come back. The medium balance means the head arrives on time in a fast exchange. You can block a body shot and punch the next one without the tip lagging. Siux's own sweet-spot map puts the volley and the bandeja zone low on the face, close to the hand. That fits the way the frame is built. The shots you hit most often sit on the forgiving part of the frame.
Overhead, the teardrop buys you a margin a diamond would not
The smash comes down heavy on a clean strike because the firm core and rigid face give nothing away, and the sandy finish lets a kicked smash or a víbora bite and swerve. Catch it a little low, the way a tired third set makes you, and the teardrop's wider sweet spot still puts the ball in play where a diamond would have shanked it. What you lose against the Fire Red is the last few percent of raw pace, which Siux spent on control.
From the back, the sweet-spot map is on your side
Siux's own map puts the defensive zone low on the face, near the hand. That is where a block off the glass lands, so the firm core costs you less back here than the hardness rating suggests, as long as your hands are early. Take the ball late and the stiffness shows: the return comes off short and flat with nothing in it, and the opponent at the net says thank you. Take it early and redirect, and the teardrop sends it deep on the line you chose. Defenders who absorb pace will work harder than defenders who steal time.
What it does to your wrist
A dense core under a rigid face is a firm contact, and a long session of late hits will land in the elbow and the wrist. The wrist goes first: a late volley at the body sends the shock straight down the handle, and three sets of those add up. Siux's own guideline numbers do not rate it high for elbow comfort, and the build says why. If a stiff racket has already left your arm complaining, this is not the frame that fixes it; a softer teardrop from our arm-friendly guides (shoulder pain, tennis elbow) is.
Who it's for (and who should skip it)
Buy it if
- Your side is the left, your level is advanced, and the net is where you end points
- You liked the Electra Pro Fire Red's directness but want a frame that behaves when a point goes long
- Your volleys are early and your overhead is grooved, so a firm contact is information, not punishment
Look elsewhere if
- You are still building your overhead: the firm core will punish a late strike and teach you to flinch
- Your elbow or wrist already objects to stiff rackets: Siux's own sheet places this one near the top of its hardness scale
- You win by absorbing pace from the back: a softer teardrop or a round control frame will defend with less effort
Not sure it's your match? The free 2-minute quiz reads your level, style, and budget and tells you which racket is.
The bottom line
At €149.90 it is the cheapest way into Stupaczuk's frame we list, and the firm core is the price you keep paying after the shop.
Where to buy
Prices shown in Euro, converted and approximate. You check out in the store's own currency.
Frequently asked
No. The Siux Electra Pro Shadow Red 2026 is an advanced racket. Siux places its core near the top of its hardness scale, and the faces are rigid 12K carbon, so a beginner's late or off-center hits will sting and spray. Start on a soft, round frame instead; the beginners guide has several.
The Fire Red is the explosive Electra Pro, meaning more pace for the same swing, with a hard EVA core under 15K carbon faces. The Shadow Red runs 12K carbon on the same teardrop with a medium balance, tuned for control and maneuverability. Pick Fire Red to hit harder, Shadow Red to hit where you aimed.
Control-leaning for an attacking frame. Siux's own sheet puts its type of game as versatile, with power ahead of control. Even so, the Shadow Red is the Electra Pro tuned for control over the Fire Red, with a medium balance and a 12K face. It finishes points; it just does so with placement first.
From €149.90 at PadelPROShop for the Siux Electra Pro Shadow Red 2026; PadelMarket also carries it, for more. Siux's own store shows €350 as the list price, so the shop figure is a deep cut from the maker's, and the comparison at the top of the page shows today's cheapest.
The Siux Electra Pro line; PadelPROShop sells the 2026 Shadow Red under his name. Siux makes the Electra Pro in Fire Red and Shadow Red versions, so a player buying his racket should know which tuning they are buying.
The Shadow Red runs an EVA core under 12K carbon faces with a satin, sandy finish, inside a tubular carbon frame. The core is EVA Soft by name and near the top of Siux's hardness scale by rating, and EVA Hard to the shops. Siux does not print a weight; we have it at 365g.
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Siux Electra Pro Shadow Red 2026 Review
By Andres Jovem · Updated October 19, 2026
The control-leaning version of Franco Stupaczuk's Electra Pro: a firm 12K carbon teardrop with a medium balance, for the advanced left-sider who finishes at the net but wants a wider margin than a diamond gives.
The verdict
The Electra Pro comes in two colors, and the color tells you the tuning. Fire Red is the explosive one, meaning more pace off the face for the same swing. Shadow Red is the same teardrop with a 12K face in place of the Fire Red's 15K, tuned for control. In practice that means a frame you can finish with at the net and still trust when a point drags you to the back glass. For a left-side player who has to do both, that is the more useful half of the pair.
Expect a firm racket. The core sits near the top of Siux's own hardness scale, and the shops know it as EVA Hard. The face is rigid 12K carbon. A clean strike leaves fast and flat. A late one tells your wrist about it. The payoff for that firmness is directness: the ball leaves on the line you showed it.
That makes it an advanced player's racket, full stop. A developing player will find the margin for error narrower than the teardrop shape suggests, and the firm contact will get into the elbow over a long session. If your overhead is grooved and your volleys are early, keep reading. If not, our beginners and intermediate guides have the frames that will get you here.
The build
A core Siux labels two ways
Siux calls the core EVA Soft, then rates it near the top of its own hardness scale, and the shops call it EVA Hard. Read the rating, not the label. A dense EVA core barely compresses at contact, so little of your swing speed is lost in the foam and the ball leaves fast and direct. Siux adds that the core regains its shape between hits so the ball performs the same in the third set, which is a durability claim about the foam, not a comfort one. The comfort trade is built in: a dense core passes more of each strike up the handle to your wrist.
12K carbon faces with a sandy satin finish
The faces are 12K carbon, rigid enough that a flush volley snaps away without sinking in, with a satin finish that carries a sandy grit. That grit is what gives a brushed víbora or bandeja its rotation: the ball drags across the texture for an instant before it leaves, so the spin comes without a bigger swing. One shop has the face as 15K carbon, which is the Fire Red's layup; Siux's own figure for the Shadow Red is 12K.
A tubular frame and a teardrop on a medium balance
The frame is tubular carbon, which Siux says spreads an impact across the face instead of concentrating it, so an off-center hit twists the frame less in your hand. The teardrop head carries the sweet spot higher than a round frame does, with more face around it than a diamond leaves. Siux puts the balance at medium. That is a notch below the medium-high its shops quote, and well short of head-heavy. Siux does not print a weight. We have it at 365g, and the shops quote anything from 355 to 375g, so expect a frame somewhere in that range.
How it plays
At the net, it ends things
The net is the Electra's home and the reason the Shadow Red exists. A high volley met early comes off the rigid face fast and low and does not come back. The medium balance means the head arrives on time in a fast exchange. You can block a body shot and punch the next one without the tip lagging. Siux's own sweet-spot map puts the volley and the bandeja zone low on the face, close to the hand. That fits the way the frame is built. The shots you hit most often sit on the forgiving part of the frame.
Overhead, the teardrop buys you a margin a diamond would not
The smash comes down heavy on a clean strike because the firm core and rigid face give nothing away, and the sandy finish lets a kicked smash or a víbora bite and swerve. Catch it a little low, the way a tired third set makes you, and the teardrop's wider sweet spot still puts the ball in play where a diamond would have shanked it. What you lose against the Fire Red is the last few percent of raw pace, which Siux spent on control.
From the back, the sweet-spot map is on your side
Siux's own map puts the defensive zone low on the face, near the hand. That is where a block off the glass lands, so the firm core costs you less back here than the hardness rating suggests, as long as your hands are early. Take the ball late and the stiffness shows: the return comes off short and flat with nothing in it, and the opponent at the net says thank you. Take it early and redirect, and the teardrop sends it deep on the line you chose. Defenders who absorb pace will work harder than defenders who steal time.
What it does to your wrist
A dense core under a rigid face is a firm contact, and a long session of late hits will land in the elbow and the wrist. The wrist goes first: a late volley at the body sends the shock straight down the handle, and three sets of those add up. Siux's own guideline numbers do not rate it high for elbow comfort, and the build says why. If a stiff racket has already left your arm complaining, this is not the frame that fixes it; a softer teardrop from our arm-friendly guides (shoulder pain, tennis elbow) is.
Who it's for (and who should skip it)
Buy it if
- Your side is the left, your level is advanced, and the net is where you end points
- You liked the Electra Pro Fire Red's directness but want a frame that behaves when a point goes long
- Your volleys are early and your overhead is grooved, so a firm contact is information, not punishment
Look elsewhere if
- You are still building your overhead: the firm core will punish a late strike and teach you to flinch
- Your elbow or wrist already objects to stiff rackets: Siux's own sheet places this one near the top of its hardness scale
- You win by absorbing pace from the back: a softer teardrop or a round control frame will defend with less effort
Not sure it's your match? The free 2-minute quiz reads your level, style, and budget and tells you which racket is.
The bottom line
At €149.90 it is the cheapest way into Stupaczuk's frame we list, and the firm core is the price you keep paying after the shop.
Where to buy
Prices shown in Euro, converted and approximate. You check out in the store's own currency.
Frequently asked
No. The Siux Electra Pro Shadow Red 2026 is an advanced racket. Siux places its core near the top of its hardness scale, and the faces are rigid 12K carbon, so a beginner's late or off-center hits will sting and spray. Start on a soft, round frame instead; the beginners guide has several.
The Fire Red is the explosive Electra Pro, meaning more pace for the same swing, with a hard EVA core under 15K carbon faces. The Shadow Red runs 12K carbon on the same teardrop with a medium balance, tuned for control and maneuverability. Pick Fire Red to hit harder, Shadow Red to hit where you aimed.
Control-leaning for an attacking frame. Siux's own sheet puts its type of game as versatile, with power ahead of control. Even so, the Shadow Red is the Electra Pro tuned for control over the Fire Red, with a medium balance and a 12K face. It finishes points; it just does so with placement first.
From €149.90 at PadelPROShop for the Siux Electra Pro Shadow Red 2026; PadelMarket also carries it, for more. Siux's own store shows €350 as the list price, so the shop figure is a deep cut from the maker's, and the comparison at the top of the page shows today's cheapest.
The Siux Electra Pro line; PadelPROShop sells the 2026 Shadow Red under his name. Siux makes the Electra Pro in Fire Red and Shadow Red versions, so a player buying his racket should know which tuning they are buying.
The Shadow Red runs an EVA core under 12K carbon faces with a satin, sandy finish, inside a tubular carbon frame. The core is EVA Soft by name and near the top of Siux's hardness scale by rating, and EVA Hard to the shops. Siux does not print a weight; we have it at 365g.
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