{"id":55184,"date":"2026-10-06T09:42:24","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T09:42:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/sin-categorizar\/building-a-legacy-the-book-that-explores-the-first-ten-years-of-the-rafa-nadal-academy\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T09:17:06","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T09:17:06","slug":"building-a-legacy-the-book-that-explores-the-first-ten-years-of-the-rafa-nadal-academy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rafanadalacademy.com\/en\/news\/building-a-legacy-the-book-that-explores-the-first-ten-years-of-the-rafa-nadal-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Building a Legacy’, the book that explores the first ten years of the Rafa Nadal Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ten years of history and a legacy that continues to grow. The Rafa Nadal Academy<\/strong> is celebrating its tenth anniversary and publishing ‘Building a Legacy’, a book that looks back at the project’s first decade since it opened its doors in Manacor in 2016<\/strong>. The publication includes an interview with Rafa Nadal, who reviews the origins, evolution, and future of the Academy and summarizes the philosophy that has accompanied the project since its inception: “Our mission has always been to shape individuals<\/strong>.” <\/p>\n\n

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Across its 200 pages, Building a Legacy recovers some of the stories that best represent these first ten years. Among them are those of Casper Ruud<\/strong>, who arrived in Manacor in 2018 as world number 143 and reached number 2 in the ATP rankings; Alex Eala<\/strong>, who joined the Academy at just 13 years old and has undergone an extraordinary evolution from junior tennis to the professional elite; or Max Basing<\/strong>, who after training at the Academy and the Rafa Nadal School, continued his studies and sporting career at the prestigious Stanford University thanks to a scholarship. <\/p>\n\n

The book also dedicates a prominent space to the international expansion of the Rafa Nadal Academy. What began in Manacor has become, ten years later, a global project that has brought its methodology and values to different destinations around the world, with a presence in Kuwait<\/strong>, Costa Mujeres<\/strong>, Greece<\/strong>, Hong Kong<\/strong>, Marbella<\/strong>, Punta Cana<\/strong>, and Egypt<\/strong>, and new projects planned in Brazil and Lombok (Indonesia). <\/p>\n\n

Building a Legacy is, ultimately, a journey through a first decade marked by tennis, education, internationalization, and, above all, by the people who have been part of the project. Ten years of inspiring champions and building a legacy for future generations. <\/p>\n\n