Club Escuela de Tenis Alcalá
Alcalá de Henares, Spain
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Alejandro Moro Canas #232 ATP
Club Escuela de Tenis y Pádel Alcalá is the tennis and padel school at the municipal sports complex El Val in Alcalá de Henares; the school started in 1979 and the club was founded by its coaches in 1991. It runs tennis and padel programmes for young players and adults, summer camps and intensive courses, a bilingual tennis programme and a programme for players aiming to train and study in the USA.
13 hard courts, 3 clay courts, 1 centre court and 2 multi-sport courts
Programmes and prices
What they sell and what it costs, as published on Oct 19, 2026.
- Base school, first and second year (Escuela de base: Iniciación): kids and juniors, beginners. from €25 / month · from €30 / month (second year)
- Base school, improvers (Escuela de base: Desarrollo and Perfeccionamiento): kids and juniors who know the basic strokes. from €35 / month · from €45 / month (advanced)
- Competition squad (Tecnificación): juniors, advanced level, competing regionally or nationally. €125 / month (3 days) · €175 / month (5 days)
- School + tennis programme (Complutum): full-time juniors: school + tennis, host-family option. €1,150 / month with school, meals and host family · €305 / month without school
- Pro pathway (Complutum Project): full-time juniors aiming to turn pro, high level. Price on request
- US college pathway (Objetivo USA): juniors aiming to play college tennis in the US. Price on request
- Adult groups (Especial Adultos): adults, beginner to advanced. from €36 / month · from €58 / month (advanced)
- Summer intensive courses for kids (Cursos intensivos): kids and juniors 4 to 17. from €30 / week · from €45 / week (5-day squad)
- Summer intensive courses for adults (Cursos intensivos): adults 16 and over. from €35 / week · from €45 / week (4-day squad)
- Summer camp (Campamento de verano): kids 4 to 16. from €20 / day · from €75 / week
Deals and codes
- Commit for 12 months to Complutum: €1,150 instead of €1,350 a month
- Complutum Project: scholarships up to 100% for high-level players without funding
- Sibling discounts on the summer camp, terms on request
The facts
- Tennis courts: 19 (13 hard, 3 clay, a centre court with 700 seats and 2 covered multi-sport courts)
- Founded: 1979 (the school started in 1979; coaches founded the club in 1991)
- Group lessons from: €25 (a month in the base school for kids)
- School + tennis from: €305 (a month in Complutum without school, 11-month commitment)
- Hours on court a week: 10–15 (in the Complutum programme, plus 5 hours of fitness)
- Players to US colleges: 40+ (former pupils who studied in the US, their own figure)
- Boarding: Host family, in Complutum
- School on site: No, partner schools
- From age: 4, summer courses and camp
- Adults: Groups from beginner to advanced
- Visits: Not mentioned
- Locations: One club at El Val
- How to get in: New pupils apply with a sign-up form; a place depends on availability
- College: Their Objetivo USA programme prepares players for US college scholarships with the agency DecoaSports; former pupils went to Emmanuel College, Newberry College, Drexel and Longwood
Coaches
- Jorge Mendieta Peñalver, Technical director
- Héctor Serrano Seiz, Head of competition group, fitness and nutrition
- Alba Cerezo Holgado, Head of the competition squad (Tecnificación)
- Pablo Martín Méndez, Head of the competition squad (Tecnificación)
- Alberto Yañez Mariblanca, Head of adult programmes
- Luis M. Durán Ayestaran, Tennis coach, 28 years at the club
- Julio J. Rodriguez Rodriguez, Tennis coach, 22 years at the club
- Vicente Mendieta Peñalver, Tennis coach, 28 years at the club
Tournaments they host
- ITF $15,000 Ciudad de Alcalá. Nov 20 to 27, 2022, men's pro event at El Val
- Adult club ranking. 2022–23 season, tennis and padel, for adults
Where it is
Avda. Virgen del Val, 4, Ciudad Deportiva "El Val" (Pista Central de Tenis), 28804 Alcalá de Henares, Spain.
Also in Spain
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- DECTRA 266 km, La Cañada (Paterna), Valencia. 1 pro raised, best Leyre Romero Gormaz #129 WTA
- Club Español de Tenis 270 km, Valencia. 1 pro raised, best Leyre Romero Gormaz #129 WTA
- TenisVal 277 km, Valencia. 3 pros raised, best Paula Badosa #61 WTA
- Club de Tenis Valencia 278 km, Valencia. 1 pro raised, best Carlos Taberner #447 ATP
- Vilareal Tennis Club 279 km, Vila-real. 1 pro raised, best Alicia Herrero Linana #217 WTA
- Lozano Altur Tennis Academy 281 km, Valencia. 1 pro raised, best Timofey Skatov #201 ATP
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