RAFA NADAL ACADEMY BY MOVISTAR: A TECHNICAL TEAM OF 10

The annual and semi-annual program of the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar has an excellent team of coaches with extensive professional and training experience. The leadership of each of the different areas corresponds to the Head Coaches, in charge of coordinating, directing and training the young players who come to train in Manacor. Who are each of the Head Coaches?

Marc Gorriz

After a long career on the ATP circuit (in which he was ranked 88th in the ATP in singles and 73rd in doubles) Marc debuted as a coach in 1999 with Roberto Carretero. For more than 15 years he worked with such important names as Sergi Bruguera, Albert Portas, Alberto Martín and Robin Haase. At the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar he plays a fundamental role directing the coaches, coordinating the daily sessions on the court and supervising the activity of the different groups of players.

Joan Bosch

After spending time at different clubs in Menorca and Mallorca, Joan Bosch began working in the technical center of l’Escola Balear de l’Esport, where he met Toni Nadal and Rafa Nadal. After this stage, he worked for 7 years with the former world number one Carlos Moya with whom he achieved some of the most important results of his career, including more than a dozen ATP titles or winning the Cup. Davis in 2004. After his later stage as director of the Sports Technique Program of the Balearic Government, he joined the Rafa Nadal Academy by Movistar to serve as Head Coach and lead groups of different tennis prospects.

Anabel Medina

Former Valencian tennis player and current captain of the Spanish Billie Jean King Cup team Anabel Medina Garrigues is responsible for women’s tennis at the academy. During her long career as a tennis player, Anabel (former world number 16) won 11 WTA titles and reached seven other finals. In addition, he was number 3 in the world in doubles, a modality in which he won 28 titles. His achievements include two Roland Garros titles in doubles and the silver medal won with Vivi Ruano at the Beijing Olympics. After her retirement as a professional player, Anabel trained Jelena Ostapenko, with whom she won Roland Garros in 2017 and with whom she reached seventh place in the world ranking. She later took on the challenge of being Spanish captain of the Billie Jean King Cup, a position she has held since 2017. During this time Anabel has placed Spain in third place in the world ranking thanks to the 12 victories achieved in her 16 qualifiers as captain and has led Spain to the last 4 finals of the competition.

Gustavo Marcaccio

After his professional retirement, Marcaccio has acquired extensive experience as a coach thanks to the successes he achieved with Guido Pella, Paula Ormaechea, Máximo González and Giovanni Lapenti. Although he acquired the greatest notoriety as a Coach during the period in which he worked with Juan Mónaco, whom he helped win 4 ATP titles and reach the Top 10 in the world ranking.

Additionally, Marcaccio has worked with the Argentine national team playing the role of Deputy Captain of the Davis Cup team. In addition to coordinating different groups of players in the Academy, one of Gustavo Marcaccio’s main roles in his beginnings in the academy was to join the work team that takes the reins of Jaume Munar’s sports career, working hand in hand with Tomeu Salva. He later worked with Martín Landaluce’s team and is currently part of Rafa Nadal’s own team.

Pedro Clar

During his successful time as a Junior player, Tomeu was proclaimed European Cadet and Junior Champion as well as World Champion for children’s teams and Junior Davis Cup champion, teaming up with Rafa Nadal and Marcel Granollers. Already on the professional circuit Tomeu reached the doubles final at the ATP tournament in Chennai as well as at the Conde de Godó. In his role as a trainer, Tomeu has been coach of Cristian Garín (2017 and 2018) and Jaume Munar (2018 – 2022), with whom he won 8 ATP Challenger Tour titles, reached the final of the Marbella ATP tournament and became number 52 in the world. At that stage Jaume achieved 3 victories against Top-10 players and won matches in the 4 Grand Slams. As part of his work at the Rafa Nadal Academy, Tomeu was also part of the Casper Ruud 2019 work team and also of Rafa Nadal himself in 2018 and 2019.

After his time as a player, in which he won 11 ITF titles and played in the 4 Grand Slams, Pedro was Technical Director of the Balearic Islands Tennis Training Center. After joining the Rafa Nadal Academy, he was part of Jaume Munar’s technical team, which broke into the Top 100 and reached its best ranking (52 in the world) thanks to the titles won on the Challenger circuit. In 2019 he joined Casper Ruud’s technical team, which at this stage has become number 2 in the world ranking after winning 10 titles on the ATP circuit and reaching two finals at Roland Garros (2022 and 2023) and US Open (2022). ). He has also played in the semifinals of the ATP Finals and has won the Laver Cup with the European team.

Tomeu Salva

During his successful time as a Junior player, Tomeu was proclaimed European Cadet and Junior Champion as well as World Champion for children’s teams and Junior Davis Cup champion, teaming up with Rafa Nadal and Marcel Granollers. Already on the professional circuit Tomeu reached the doubles final at the ATP tournament in Chennai as well as at the Conde de Godó. In his role as a trainer, Tomeu has been coach of Cristian Garín (2017 and 2018) and Jaume Munar (2018 – 2022), with whom he won 8 ATP Challenger Tour titles, reached the final of the Marbella ATP tournament and became number 52 in the world. At that stage Jaume achieved 3 victories against Top-10 players and won matches in the 4 Grand Slams. As part of his work at the Rafa Nadal Academy, Tomeu was also part of the Casper Ruud 2019 work team and also of Rafa Nadal himself in 2018 and 2019.