Real Federacion Espanola de Tenis - CAR Sant Cugat
Sant Cugat del Valles, Spain
What's new at Real Federacion Espanola de Tenis - CAR Sant Cugat
One of today's pros grew up on these courts.
- Pedro Martinez #125 ATP
The Spanish tennis federation (RFET) uses the CAR, the public high-performance centre in Sant Cugat near Barcelona, for short training camps and grant programmes; players are picked by the federation, so no place can be bought. Its live-in competition group trained here for years (Pedro Martínez joined in 2014) but is last named on the federation's site in 2017.
3 outdoor clay courts
How to get in
The paths the federation publishes on Oct 15, 2026.
- Federation camps for under-13 and under-15 players (Concentraciones Sub'13 y Sub'15): juniors 12 to 15, called up by the federation; there is no application and no place to buy
- Regional technical camps (Concentraciones técnicas territoriales): juniors 12 to 16 put forward with their regional federation and called up by the RFET
- National under-14 camp at the CAR (Concentración Sub'14): juniors under 14, the best national players, by call-up only
- Player development grants (Programa de subvenciones al desarrollo de deportistas): juniors and young players 15 to 20 with Spanish nationality, chosen by the federation; no applications
- Wheelchair tennis grants (Becas de tenis en silla): wheelchair players, picked by the federation by ranking
- Living and studying at the CAR (residence and CAR Institute): boarding + school for athletes who hold a CAR place or scholarship, all sports; no tennis group is named today
- Team training camps at the CAR (Training Camps): teams and clubs of any age, booked with the CAR
Deals and codes
- Free digital-skills course places worth EUR 2,000 each for athletes and tennis staff (2025 edition, apply online)
The facts
- Clay courts: 3 (outdoor clay courts at the CAR, used by elite players and team camps)
- Residence beds: 325 (rooms for athletes who live at the CAR and for camp groups)
- Federation grants, 2024: €457,000 (shared by 32 players aged 15 to 20, 16 boys and 16 girls)
- Federation camps planned, 2026: 10 (6 regional camps plus 4 end-of-year camps for under-13s and under-15s)
- Live-in group, 2014: 10 (players in the RFET Grupo de Competición at the CAR, 5 boys and 5 girls)
- CAR founded: 1988 (created as a public centre by Catalan law 13/88)
- Boarding: CAR residence, 325 beds
- School on site: Yes, for CAR athletes only
- From age: 12, federation camps
- Adults: Only selected elite players
- Visits: Not stated
- Campus: One campus in Sant Cugat
- How to get in: By federation selection only: players are called up to camps or given grants; "no se reciben solicitudes" (no applications)
Coaches
- Carles Vicens, RFET technical lead, runs the federation camps
- Álvaro López San Martín, RFET coach at the camps
- Beto Martín, RFET coach at the camps, nickname only
- Nicolás Pérez Durán, Spain under-14 national captain
- Walter Navarro, Fitness coach at the camps
- Mindas Gudelis, Doctor at the 2025 U14 camp
Where it is
Av. Alcalde Barnils 3-5, 08174 Sant Cugat del Vallès.
Nearest airport: Barcelona–El Prat (BCN), 21 km
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