Tennis Felner

The Felner Tennis Academy was born from a partnership with the Caldas da Rainha Tennis Club and the ambition to create a reference center for sports training and high-performance tennis.

With extensive academic experience and expertise in high-performance training, Pedro Felner sought to assemble a team of coaches with education, experience, and ambition to develop a project of excellence.

In Portugal, the Felner Tennis Academy is a unique example of creating the necessary conditions for high-performance training. Through a partnership with Colégio Rainha Dona Leonor, our athletes can balance the demands of training and competitions with their academic responsibilities. Additionally, we offer a supervised residence for athletes, monitored by a tutor, ensuring all necessary conditions for comfort and safety.

Felner Tennis Academy aims to help our athletes achieve their personal and sport goals. In addition to sports performance we are also guided by psycho-pedagogical concerns that we believe are decisive in the formation of our athletes.

A Path to Success

The FTA has debuted over a dozen junior players in the professional ATP and WTA rankings.

Won 2 Grand Slam Junior doubles titles – Roland Garros and US Open (Frederico Ferreira Silva).

Won 1 individual title at the Junior European Championships (Klosters, Switzerland):

>Patrick Schoen (SUI) – Junior European Champion, 2023.

Won 1 runner-up title at the Junior European Championships (Klosters, Switzerland):

>Frederico Silva (POR) – Junior European Vice-Champion, 2013.

Won 1 European junior doubles title – Patrick Schoen (SUI), European Doubles Champion, 2023.

FTA has prepared more than 30 athletes for university scholarships in the USA.

CTCR/FTA athletes have won dozens of international titles in U14 and U16 tournaments, including Tennis Europe events, European Championships, World Championships, and the Orange Bowl.

In 2014, CTCR/Felner Tennis Academy teams made history by winning the Portuguese 1st Division National Team Championship in both Men’s and Women’s categories.

CTCR/FTA athletes have won over 50 professional titles in ITF Futures and ATP Challenger tournaments in both men’s and women’s categories.

CTCR/FTA athletes have claimed multiple national individual and team titles in U12, U14, U16, and U18 categories.


Training Athletes Since 2008

For over a decade, players from all around the world have trained at FTA and achieved remarkable rankings in junior and professional circuits (highest career rankings):

Frederico Ferreira Silva (POR) – #6 ITF Junior, Grand Slam Junior Champion, Davis Cup Player, #168 ATP

Jaime Faria (POR) – Davis Cup Player, #85 ATP

Tiago Cação (POR) – #395 ATP

Romain Barbosa (BEL) – #403 ATP

Marat Deviatiarov (UKR) – #538 ATP

Patrick Schoen (SUI) – European Junior Champion, #39 ITF, #856 ATP

Daniel Domingos (ANG) – Davis Cup Player, #1632 ATP

Victor Poncelet (BEL) – #1056 ATP

Uliana Ayzatulina (RUS) – #1 TE U14, #666 WTA

Bhadimipaty Shrivalli (IND) – #300 WTA

Sathwika Sama (IND) – Davis Cup Junior Player, #809 WTA

Guilherme Osório (BRA) – #1077 ATP

Megh Patel (IND) – #69 ITF Junior

Chantal Skamlova (SLK) – #218 WTA

Ergi Kirkin (TUR) – #251 ATP

Nandini Sharma (IND) – #962 WTA

Mafalda Fernandes (POR) – #1014 WTA

Inês Mesquita (POR) – #1109 WTA

Lucia Quitério (POR) – #846 WTA

And many more…