Rafa Nadal Foundation
Rafa's academy/sports centre in Mallorca hosts the
Masters (final) of the 8th editon of the Rafa Nadal Tour by Sandander from September 17 - 19.
The RN Tour is an annual junior tennis circuit for
boys & girls under 16 years old in Spain. The Tour is divided into three age groups: 12 & Under, 14 & Under and 16 & Under. The Tour was created by Rafa's foundation in 2014. Mapfre, Spain's leading insurance company, was the title sponsor of the Tour from 2014 to 2020. Since this year, the Tour is sponsored by Banco Sandander, a Spanish multinational bank, which is also Spain's largest bank.
Tournaments were held in 4 cities in 2014, 7 cities in 2015, 6 cities in 2016 (twice in Barcelona&Alicante), 7 cities in 2017, 6 cities in 2018 & 2019 and 4 cities in 2020 (one of the initially planned tournaments, in Alicante, had to be suspended due to the pandemic). The Tour final (Masters) has been held in Rafa's hometown of Manacor.
This year, the 8th editon of the Tour was hosted in 5 cities: Barcelona (twice), Seville, Valencia, Alicante and Madrid.
Winners of the 6 tournaments qualified for the Tour final (Masters) taking place at Rafa's academy/sports centre this week. [Source: the RN Tour webpage, translated via Google]
RAFA NADAL TOUR BY Santander es un circuito de tenis impulsado por el tenista y a beneficio de la Fundación Rafa Nadal.
www.rafanadaltour.com
The opening ceremony on Thursday evening:
The draw ceremony in the presence of Dani Rincon, the winner of the 2021 USO boys' singles title:
to Rafa's foundation and academy!