JOOLA Agassi Review: Better Than It Looks?

Since they released, the JOOLA Perseus Pro IV have been the most popular pickleball paddle by everyone.

But JOOLA also has the Agassi shape, which I feel like is slept on given that it is also elongated.

Let's see how it performs.

My name is Pickle Li. I'm a 5.0 pickleball player and reviewed over 30 paddles. I created MyPickleList which does community driven paddle ratings, and there are currently over 600 ratings.

Caveats & Disclosures

Reminder: This is a first impressions review, not a full review.

I've only played with it for a few days, so I can't speak to long-term durability.

I'll be rating this paddle on my website MyPickleList at the end so stay tuned for that.

Special thanks to Premier Racquet Sports for letting me borrow this paddle. Check them out if you're in the Atlanta area.

Quick Specs Overview

I won't go into it too much, but JOOLA has your normal variety of shapes with 14mm and 16mm thicknesses.

The new interesting shape they made is the Agassi.

It is an elongated paddle, but features a lot more curves than most paddles on the market.

Their main objective was to extend the sweetspot up for the tennis players.

The Pro IV's in general are a Gen 3 paddle which means it features their Propulsion Core—basically a foam ring around the top of the paddle.

I tested the 16mm version, and my paddle weighed 8.43 oz. I didn't add any additional weight for this review.

On-Court First Impressions

Pop

This paddle has above average pop. For the most part controllable, but there were some times it popped up higher than I expected. Typical of a power paddle though.

I would say the pop is good for counters yet controllable for the most part.

Control & Feel

Coming from the V-Sol Pro before this, I did enjoy the feel of the Agassi more. It is more responsive and intuitive.

My drops and drives were dipping how I expected them to. I could just mentally work on small tweaks here and there to get better results (for example staying lower through the shot).

The pop wasn't too bad when resetting—could easily get adjusted and reset decently.

Sweetspot was also pretty solid for an elongated paddle. I didn't really feel like I needed weight throughout my time with it.

Unfortunately I didn't hit it back to back with a Perseus Pro IV, but it does feel a little less poppy and powerful and a bit more controllable. Very similar though.

Power

This paddle is a mid-tier power paddle. Serves and returns can hit hard and deep if you hit it well, and the same with drives. Nothing too crazy though where you hit all your balls long.

I would say the Pro IV's in general are the standard of power paddles.

Early Verdict

Before diving into my rating, I should mention that I've added this paddle to MyPickleList, a community-driven paddle rating platform I built. The goal is to provide a quick and easy way to see how paddles perform based on real player ratings, without needing to watch lengthy video reviews.

We currently have over 120 members and 600+ ratings, and the platform continues to improve as more players contribute their experiences.

If you're in the Atlanta area, you're in luck since we are currently offering $20 gift cards to Premier Racquet Sports if you rate and comment on 5 paddles. We had 35 out of the 100 people redeem them so far.

Now, back to my thoughts on the Agassi.

All around a very solid paddle that does everything you would want it to. It hits hard, you can control it decently well, and the sweetspot is solid.

There isn't really anything bad to say about it specifically—nothing you wouldn't say about elongated power paddles in general.

I don't think it excelled in any aspect over other paddles I played with recently. Just a very solid all-around power paddle. I did enjoy it more than I expected given its interesting shape and the fact it's elongated.

Overall I would give it an 8/10. I picked it up and played well from the start, which is always good, especially with no additional weight.

Although no part of it was crazy good in my opinion, it did everything well for the most part for an elongated paddle, and that's really what you want at the end of the day.

If you like elongated power paddles, I don't see a reason why you wouldn't like this. Overall, it's probably maybe a very slightly more control-oriented Perseus Pro IV.

Although it looks a bit different than normal, I think it played well overall—better than the shape suggests.

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