Sponsors took note of the Brandon Nakashima, a San Diego native of Japanese and Vietnamese native at a young age.  With a solid backhand and incredible poise on the court, many expect Nakashima to be among the top players of the game.

Nakashima was introduced to the game at age 3 by his grandfather. He started taking private lessons soon after.  Nakashima had an incredible junior career reaching a career-high world number three in the ITF rankings.

Nakashima played for a year at the University of Virginia before turning pro.  During his time at the university, he finished the season with a 17-5 record in singles and a 20-3 record in doubles. 

In 2022, he reached the fourth round at Wimbledon – his best grand slam result. He has reached the final at two ATP tournaments. He won his first title at the San Diego Open in 2022. He is represented by the well-known management agency IMG. His sponsors are Fila, Yonex, Motorola, and Sentinel One. He has earned over $m million in his career.

Brandon Nakashima’s Sponsors

Fila

In March 2020, FILA signed a sponsorship agreement with Nakashima. Nakashima wears Fila apparel and shoes on the court. 

Yonex

Nakashima has a racquet contract with Yonex. Heuses the Yonex Ezone 98 racquet. He was previously using Babolat Pure Strike racquet. 

Motorola

Motorola signed a partnership deal with Nakashima in 2021. The company also sponsors other American tennis players such as Sebastian Korda and Sofia Kenin.

Sentinel One

Sentinel One is a cybersecurity company that helps companies keep their infrastructure safe from online intruders.

French tennis Lucas Pouille has dumped his long time racquet partner Prince and moved to Babolat. Pouille will be using the Babolat Pure Drive racquet.

Players switch racquet brands because of financial reasons. Pouille probably got a better offer from Babolat than from Prince. With Pouille moving to Babolat, Prince only has one top pro using its racquet – John Isner.  

It appears that Pouille is continuing to use his old Prince Textreme Tour 100P racquet that is painted to appear like a Babolat Pure Drive.  Changing racquets can have a big impact on a player’s game.  It’s not uncommon for players to continue to use the old racquet after signing a racquet deal.

Pouille has also switched to Le Coq Sportif apparel and shoes. He was previously with Adidas. Fellow Frenchman Richard Gasquet also wears the Le Coq Sportif shoes.