The Rafa Nadal Tennis Heart is heading East.
By Richard Pagliaro | Monday, July 27, 2026
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The King of Clay’s tennis academic empire is increasing.
The Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy continues to broaden its international attain. The Nadal Academy introduced right this moment it’ll quickly open a new Rafa Nadal Tennis Heart in Lombok, Indonesia.
The brand new Rafa Nadal Tennis Heart will probably be a part of the unique Samara Lombok complicated, a resort positioned on the southern coast of the island, scheduled to open within the first quarter of 2028.
The Lombok Nadal facility will characteristic 4 tennis courts and 4 padel courts, providing sports activities applications “for gamers of all ages and talents, following the coaching methodology developed by Rafa Nadal and his technical staff over greater than 20 years of expertise on the skilled tour,” the Rafa Nadal Tennis Academy stated in an announcement asserting the deliberate opening.
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Positioned simply 25 minutes from Lombok Worldwide Airport, the Samara Lombok challenge will change into the primary “Vacation spot by Hyatt” in Southeast Asia. The complicated will initially open with three boutique motels and 150 villas, as a part of a challenge that features a complete of 500 residential villas.
“We’re very excited in regards to the arrival of the primary Rafa Nadal Tennis Heart in Southeast Asia,” Maribel Nadal, deputy common supervisor of the Rafa Nadal Academy, and Rafa’s youthful sister, stated in an announcement. “Lombok is a vacation spot with huge worldwide potential and we imagine that this challenge will assist deliver our methodology and our ardour for sport to new generations of gamers and households from all around the world.”
The Rafa Nadal Tennis Facilities are a complementary line to the Rafa Nadal Academy in Mallorca and the one opened in Kuwait. They’re tennis complexes positioned in high-end vacation and residential resorts, combining leisure, tourism, and top-quality sports activities teaching.
With this new complex, Lombok will join the Rafa Nadal Academy’s international portfolio, which already contains academies in Manacor and Kuwait, in addition to Rafa Nadal Tennis Facilities in Costa Mujeres (Mexico), Sani (Greece), Hong Kong, Marbella, and Punta Cana (Dominican Republic), along with the Rafa Nadal Tennis Programme in Egypt. The primary Rafa Nadal Tennis in Brazil can be scheduled to open in 2028.
Richard Pagliaro. Richard Pagliaro is Tennis Now Managing Editor. He’s a graduate of New York College and has coated professional tennis for greater than 35 years. Richard was tennis columnist for Gannett Newspapers in NY, served as Managing Editor for TennisWeek.com and labored as a author/editor for Tennis.com. He has been TennisNow.com managing editor since 2010.
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