Edition 2022
The Rafa Nadal Tour by Santander is a junior tennis charity tournament that was born in 2014, launched by the tennis player Rafa Nadal and for the benefit of the Rafa Nadal Foundation. It is held annually and includes girls and boys U-12, U-14, and U-16 categories.
The Rafa Nadal Tour by Santander was created with the aim of complementing the sports competition with an educational aspect. In all tournaments, activities and sports games are carried out to promote fundamental values in the players for their personal and sporting development. Precisely, the values training is an essential element of the tour and one of the factors that have contributed to its unique character.
The Rafa Nadal Tour by Santander 2022 will be held in: Barcelona (RCT Barcelona – 1899), Gran Canaria (Cortijo Club de Campo), Valldoreix-Barcelona (Club Esportiu Valldoreix), Mairena del Aljarafe – Sevilla (Club Río Grande), Valencia (Club Español de Tenis), Majadahonda – Madrid (Club Internacional de Tenis), Getxo – Bilbao (Real Club Jolaseta).
At the beginning of November 2022, the master tournament will be held in Mallorca (Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar). In this concluding phase, the tour’s top seven ranked players from U-12 and U-14 categories and the top four ranked players from the U-16 category will compete. In addition, the four winners of the “values trophy” (two from U-12 and two from U-14 categories) will also participate.
It should also be noted that the U-12, U-14 and U-16 Spanish championships conducted by the RFET (Real Federación Española de Tenis - Spanish Tennis Federation), count toward the tour’s ranking — therefore, the players of each of the tour’s tournaments will earn points according to the round they have reached.
