The 2026 Nox USPA Circuit season is producing champions at a rapid pace, and the USPA 2000 SNH Capital Open in Austin, Texas, arrives at the new Padel 39 – East Austin location with no shortage of recent form to sort through. The tournament runs May 22-24, and draws warrant close attention. There’s genuine competition at the top, a few pairings still finding their footing, and players throughout the field who have beaten each other before.
Men’s D1: Three title winners, one draw.
Daniel Diaz and Joseda Sanchez enter as the #1 seed, carrying real momentum. After their stunning run at the Urban Padel USPA 1000 as an unseeded pair, they backed it up by winning the Las Vegas USPA 2000 two weeks ago. Two titles in quick succession change how opponents think about them.
Diaz sits at #3 in the USPA rankings, while Sanchez Serrano is ranked #9. The question is no longer whether they belong at the top of a draw. It’s whether anyone in this field can match their current level.
The #2 seeds, Vinny Di Francesco and Ivo Andenmatten, arrive at an interesting time in their partnership, having won their first two tournaments together, last year’s Las Vegas Open and the RGV USPA 1000 earlier this year. However, in the finals of this year’s Las Vegas USPA 2000, they ran into an in-form Diaz and Sanchez, who broke their unbeaten streak
The #3 seed is one of the more interesting pairings in the draw: Guillermo Jimenez Cagigas (#10) and Luis Estrada (#5). Estrada reached the final of the Urban Padel USPA 1000 before falling to Diaz and Sanchez Serrano, and he won’t let another title slip away at this stage of the season. Jimenez Cagigas is a player who consistently performs better than his ranking suggests, and together they represent one of the more experienced pairings in the field.
At #4, Nico Agritelley (#8) and Sergio Conde (#15) are a pairing built on individual quality. Agritelley has been one of the most consistent presences on the USPA Circuit for years, and Conde brings the kind of international experience that travels well across any field. Neither player will be surprised by anything they see in this draw.
The growth of American talent on the Nox USPA Circuit is evident in the number of all-USA pairings amongst the seeded teams, a reward for their consistent performance, and a showcase of the depth of the domestic game. The seeded teams include Jose De Armas and Raul Ruiz at 6th, Felipe Osses-Konig and Chris Humphreys at 7th, and Cole Fiegel and Daniel Fernandez at 8th. Furthermore, the strength extends just outside the main seeds with Radu Ionescu and Will Agritelley, all of whom represent a positive sign for the future of American padel.
Women’s D1: Cortiles and Perez, again. But the rest of the field is stronger.
Anna Cortiles and Luicelena Perez continue to hold the #1 position in the USPA circuit rankings and the top seed here. Together, they’ve won three USPA 2000 titles and five USPA 1000s, and they’re the standard against which everyone in this draw gets measured.
What makes this draw more competitive than it looks on the surface is the #2 seed. Renata Martinez (ranked #176 in FIP) and Marta Morga Alonso (#4 on the USPA Circuit) are a pairing with legitimate range. Morga is a USA National Team regular and one of the most internationally experienced players in the domestic circuit. She and Dubins won the 2025 USPA Circuit Championships together, beating Cortiles and Perez in the final. Now paired with Martinez, who brings an aggressive baseline game that can put the top seeds on the defensive, the #2 seed is not a formality.
Jordana Lujan (#3 on the USPA Circuit) enters as the #3 seed alongside Ornella Beltramino, a remarkable addition to the draw. Beltramino made her debut for the USA National Junior Team in 2025 and is ranked #1 in the FIP Promises rankings in the girls under-14 category, making her one of the most promising junior players in the world!. Stepping into a senior circuit event at this level, at her age, against players with years of national and international match experience, is a genuine test. How she handles that pressure is worth watching. Lujan, for her part, has won USPA Circuit titles with different partners and knows how to close matches.
The #4 seed features Brittany Dubins (#5 on the USPA Circuit) and Camila Ramme Coellar (ranked #97 in FIP). This is a new partnership on the USPA circuit, but Dubins has competed at a high level with multiple partners at all levels of competition, winning the FIP Bronze Austin alongside Margarida Fernandes and the FIP Silver San Diego alongside Cortiles. Ramme Coellar won the Park Padel Open USPA 2000 with Lujan last year and brings a real FIP-level pedigree to the pairing. Together, they’re one of the more intriguing new combinations in the draw.
Worth keeping an eye on outside the seeded pairs is the combination of Alba Perez and USA National Team Member, Carla Rodriguez Sanchez. They enter unseeded, but Alba carries the weight of a genuine international resume. Ranked #70 in the FIP world rankings, she won the FIP Bronze Samui, which puts her in a different category from most players at this level of the domestic circuit. Rodriguez Sanchez has not played much on the domestic circuit, but did win the inaugural US Open Padel Championships in 2024 and is a seasoned international competitor. If they find their footing early, they have the quality to cause problems for any of the seeded pairs.
What to watch
The most compelling thread in the men’s draw is what happens ff the finalists from the Las Vegas Open face each other again. Diaz and Sanchez, Di Francesco and Andenmatten! But the road to the final won’t be easy with Estrada, Jimenez Cagigas, Agritelley, Conde, Briega Ramos, and Xiviller all capable of making things difficult for any of them.
On the women’s side, Cortiles and Perez are again the favorites, but Morga and Martinez represent a real test of that status. And Beltramino’s presence in the draw is a story in itself. Alba Perez and Carla Rodriguez Sanchez are the unseeded pair that could quietly disrupt the bracket.
View the complete draws and order of play here.
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