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…