{"id":53953,"date":"2026-09-28T08:16:37","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:16:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/?p=53953"},"modified":"2026-09-28T08:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T08:16:41","slug":"fabio-fognini-joins-the-rafa-nadal-academy-slam-as-the-fourth-member-of-team-murray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/en\/news\/fabio-fognini-joins-the-rafa-nadal-academy-slam-as-the-fourth-member-of-team-murray\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabio Fognini joins the Rafa Nadal Academy Slam as the fourth member of Team Murray"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Fabio Fognini <\/strong>will compete at the Rafa Nadal Academy Slam, the doubles exhibition event to be held on Saturday,<strong> 3 October<\/strong> at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor (Mallorca) as part of the Academy\u2019s 10th Anniversary celebrations.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fognini_Post-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fognini_Post-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fognini_Post-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fognini_Post-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Fognini_Post.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Italian joins <strong>Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem, and Marat Safin<\/strong> to complete the team captained by the Briton, who will face <strong>Team Rafa<\/strong>, led by Rafa Nadal, in a very special event bringing together some of the biggest names in world tennis.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fognini was one of the leading figures of Italian tennis of his generation. He reached <strong>world No. 9 in the ATP rankings<\/strong>, captured <strong>nine singles titles<\/strong>, and achieved his greatest career success in 2019 by winning the <strong>Monte-Carlo Masters 1000<\/strong>. Furthermore, he racked up 426 victories on the circuit, including 17 wins against Top 10 players.  <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"372\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RNA_SLAM_Capitanes-e1790154303804-1024x372.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-53513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RNA_SLAM_Capitanes-e1790154303804-1024x372.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RNA_SLAM_Capitanes-e1790154303804-300x109.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RNA_SLAM_Capitanes-e1790154303804-768x279.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RNA_SLAM_Capitanes-e1790154303804-1536x558.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/RNA_SLAM_Capitanes-e1790154303804-2048x744.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His track record also includes major doubles success, having been crowned <strong>Australian Open champion<\/strong> in 2015 alongside Simone Bolelli. Additionally, Fognini and Rafa were teammates on the Team Europe side that won the Laver Cup in 2019. <\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With Fognini, <strong>Team Murray is now fully defined with<\/strong>: <strong>Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem, Marat Safin, and Fabio Fognini<\/strong>. Facing them will be <strong>Team Rafa<\/strong>, currently featuring <strong>Rafa Nadal<\/strong> himself and Frenchman <strong>Richard Gasquet<\/strong>. <strong>The final two members of the team led by Rafa Nadal will be announced in the coming days<\/strong>, completing the eight-player lineup for the exhibition. <\/p>\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rafa is back! 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The Italian joins Andy Murray, Dominic Thiem, and Marat Safin to complete the team captained by the Briton,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/en\/news\/fabio-fognini-joins-the-rafa-nadal-academy-slam-as-the-fourth-member-of-team-murray\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Fabio Fognini joins the Rafa Nadal Academy Slam as the fourth member of Team Murray&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":53944,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[144,132],"tags":[217,134],"class_list":["post-53953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-rafa-nadal-academy-by-movistar-en","tag-rafa-nadal-en","tag-rafa-nadal-academy-by-movistar-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fabio Fognini joins the Rafa Nadal Academy Slam as the fourth member of Team Murray - 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SEPTEMBER 18: Rafael Nadal of Team Europe speaks with teammate Fabio Fognini during a practice session ahead of the Laver Cup 2019 at Palexpo, on September 18, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland. (The Laver Cup consists of six players from the rest of the World competing against their counterparts from Europe. John McEnroe will captain the Rest of the World team and Europe will be captained by Bjorn Borg) The event runs from 20-22 Sept. 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