The short answer
Nicolas Acevedo wore a Joma shirt and white Nike court shoes at the September 2026 Arizona Open. His paddle, customization details, exact shoe model and sponsorships are pending.
Nicolas "Nico" Acevedo is a Chilean, right-handed professional pickleball player based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who turned pro in 2025 and competed in Major League Pickleball in 2026. Before pickleball, he played college tennis at Wichita State and Florida Atlantic and joined the University of New Mexico men's tennis staff as an assistant coach in September 2024. He and Yuta Funemizu finished as men's doubles runners-up at the 2026 Veolia Arizona Open, their first PPA Tour final on U.S. soil.
Current equipment
A sponsor deal or product page tells you the brand and model, not the exact match paddle, weight, or tape. Each field below shows its own source and date.
Pending
Acevedo's current PPA Tour profile has no In the Bag section, Pickleball.com lists no sponsors for him, and no current player, tour, or brand text source found names his paddle.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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A September 21, 2026 Pickleball.com fashion report identifies white Nike court shoes on Acevedo at the Veolia Arizona Open, but it does not name the model or establish a Nike sponsorship.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current text source found names Acevedo's paddle, so its thickness cannot be sourced independently.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Mauve pink Joma shirt at the September 2026 Veolia Arizona Open
Pending
Retail dimensions, stock weight, core, face, and certification cannot be attached until the exact current paddle model is confirmed.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current source identifies the handle length, grip circumference, factory grip, or any handle modification on Acevedo's paddle.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current player, tour, brand, or interview source found states the finished weight of Acevedo's paddle.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current source found says whether Acevedo adds lead, tungsten, or another weight material, or how much he adds.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current text source found describes weighted-tape placement on Acevedo's paddle.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current source found describes Acevedo's base grip, build-up, wrap count, or grip size.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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No current source found names the overgrip brand, model, color, or wrap count on Acevedo's paddle.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
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Pickleball.com's dedicated Acevedo sponsorship page says no sponsors are listed. The Joma shirt and Nike shoes reported at the Arizona Open are observations of products worn, not proof of sponsorship relationships.
Checked Sep 22, 2026
Tape placement for Nicolas Acevedo's current paddle is pending. See the 9 other pros with sourced setups in the pro lead and tungsten tape guide.
Tournament record
Official results with the event, division, partner or team, date and source kept together.
Men's Doubles · with Jaume Martinez Vich
Official history lists silver in Men's Doubles with Jaume Martinez Vich; Finals date 2026-10-11.
Men's Doubles · with Yuta Funemizu
Official history lists silver in Men's Doubles with Yuta Funemizu; Finals date 2026-09-20.
Men's Doubles · with Jaume Martinez Vich
Event ended
Official pickleball.com weekly recap (Jim Kloss, October 5, 2026) says Nico Acevedo reached a semifinal as a #10 seed with Jaume Martinez Vich in Las Vegas, with upsets of #5 Len Yang and Dylan Frazier in men's doubles. It does not give the semifinal opponent or say whether a bronze match followed, so no finer place is claimed. Official history lists the event with a Finals date of 2026-10-04; its Men’s Doubles gold and silver are Christian Alshon / Andrei Daescu and Gabriel Tardio / Ben Johns, so Acevedo is not a medalist there. The semifinal and quarterfinal days are not dated in the source, so the event end date is used.
Mixed Doubles · with Isabella Dunlap
Event ended
Official pickleball.com weekly recap (Jim Kloss, October 5, 2026) says Acevedo reached a quarterfinal in mixed doubles as a #16 seed with Isabella Dunlap, including an upset of #7 Eric Oncins and Catherine Parenteau. Official history lists the event with a Finals date of 2026-10-04; its Men’s Doubles gold and silver are Christian Alshon / Andrei Daescu and Gabriel Tardio / Ben Johns, so Acevedo is not a medalist there. The semifinal and quarterfinal days are not dated in the source, so the event end date is used.
Window: Nov 9, 2023 to Nov 9, 2026. Selected verified results, ordered by finish and then date. This record may not cover every tournament appearance. Tournament results do not establish which paddle was used.
Questions fans ask
Pending. His current PPA Tour profile has no In the Bag section, Pickleball.com lists no sponsors for him, and no current player, tour, or brand text source found names his paddle.
Pending. No current source found publishes the finished playing weight of Acevedo's paddle, and an unidentified paddle's retail weight cannot be substituted for a player measurement.
Pending. No current player, tour, brand, or interview source found says whether he adds lead, tungsten, or another weight material or describes any placement.
The exact model is pending. Pickleball.com's September 21, 2026 Arizona Open fashion report identifies white Nike court shoes, but does not name the model or establish a Nike sponsorship.
Pending. No current source found identifies his base grip, build-up, grip size, overgrip brand, model, color, or wrap count.