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Friendship 729 · Battle · Inverted
729 Battle III
The hardest and fastest sheet in the Battle line. It keeps the very tacky Battle topsheet but adds a firmer sponge for counter topspin and high-speed rallies, and it is only usable with a full swing.
Official specifications
Friendship covering families and commercial editions are kept separate so sponge, hardness and regional versions do not create duplicate products.
- Official covering name
- 729 Battle III
- Series
- Battle
- Category
- Inverted
- ITTF approval code
- 27-016
- ITTF approval status
- Approval status unknown
- Published hardness
- 40° · 41°
- Hardness scale
- Chinese sponge degree (no named laboratory standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 2.1 mm · MAX
- Verified colours
- Red · Black
- Ball type
- Standard
- Sponge description
- Battle III hard sponge
- Topsheet description
- Standard inverted topsheet
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Availability
- Currently produced
- Stock
- Stock unknown
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Friendship publishes sponge hardness on Chinese degree scales without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores each value exactly as published and never converts it to Shore A, Shore C or an ESN equivalent.
Colours are only listed when an ITTF covering entry verifies them. Red and black are never assumed.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0-100 scores derived from construction, category and verified specifications. They are never official Friendship ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Variants and configurations
16 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Red · 2.1 mm
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 40°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Red · 2.1 mm
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Red · MAX
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 40°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Red · MAX
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Black · 2.1 mm
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 40°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Black · 2.1 mm
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Black · MAX
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 40°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Black · MAX
Battle III Standard · Sponged · 41°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Red · 2.1 mm
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 40°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Red · 2.1 mm
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 41°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Red · MAX
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 40°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Red · MAX
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 41°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Black · 2.1 mm
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 40°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Black · 2.1 mm
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 41°
Speed 91 · Spin 97 · Control 77
Black · MAX
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 40°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Black · MAX
Battle III Purple Lightning · Sponged · 41°
Speed 94 · Spin 98 · Control 74
Commercial editions
Editions are sold under this approved covering family and never form a separate ITTF identity.
- Battle III Standard
- Standard · Battle III spongeThe reference build of Battle III.
- Battle III Purple Lightning
- Special · Purple Lightning spongeSpecial sponge edition of Battle III. The purple sponge marks the edition and does not create a new approved covering.
Surface classification
Very tacky
Surface classification (grippy, slightly tacky, tacky, very tacky, pips, anti) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official Friendship metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official Friendship price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer and are never converted between currencies.
Suitability
- Skill levels
- Advanced · Elite
- Play styles
- Topspin offense · Counter topspin · Direct offense
- Aliases
- Battle 3 · Battle III · 729 Battle 3 · B3 · Friendship 729 Battle III
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Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
Friendship 729 publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.