Play tennis in the Balearic Islands

The Balearic Islands are an ideal spot to play tennis at any time of the year. Their Mediterranean climate maintains an average temperature of 16ºC and provides 300 sunny days a year. They have high-level sports services and a wide range of food, accommodation and leisure activities adapted to sports players of all levels. You'll be amazed at how little time it takes you to get from one spot on the islands to another!

There are currently around 300 tennis courts in the Balearic Islands, most of them hard or clay courts, although there are also a good number of artificial grass courts and others made of resin. In fact, it has the fifth highest number of tennis courts out of all the Spanish regions, behind Catalonia, Andalusia, Valencia and Madrid. 

The tennis courts on the Balearic Islands are distributed among 72 federate clubs on Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera, although the more expensive hotels have their own courts for their customers to rent, as well as private lessons or training. 

Tennis tournaments in the Balearic Islands

As an ideal place for sports, especially in the winter months, the Balearic Islands have hosted several national and international tennis championships. These include the Mallorca Championships, an ATP 250 men's tennis tournament held on grass courts at the Santa Ponça Country Club. This championship takes place at the end of June and is the prelude to the third Grand Slam competition and Wimbledon. 

Another international tournament to have been held in the Balearic Islands is the Mallorca Open (also known as the Mallorca WTA). This was a women's tennis competition, also on grass courts, which was held in Majorca between 2016 and 2019. 

The islands have also hosted state competitions on several occasions. In 2016, Manacor hosted the Spanish Championship, which was the second time this tournament was held in the Balearic Islands after being held in Ciutadella de Menorca in 2001. 

These sporting events attract hundreds of people to the Islands, who take the opportunity to enjoy the wide range of leisure and dining options and the beautiful surroundings after each match or training session.  

Train like Rafa Nadal

Located in Manacor, the town where the tennis player was born, the Rafa Nadal Sports Center is one of the leading sports centres for tennis in the Balearic Islands. It hosts world tennis championships such as the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour international tournament. 

It has state-of-the-art sports facilities located in incredible surroundings, just half an hour from the airport and ten minutes from the beach. Manacor also has a rich culture, bars, restaurants and recreational activities, so visitors can relax and enjoy themselves after a hard session.

This centre has an academy run by Toni Nadal that prepares promising young tennis players, and programmes for adults adapted to all levels, so that everyone can enjoy the experience of playing tennis in the place that saw Rafa Nadal become the best tennis player of all time. 

There are many reasons to choose to visit the Balearic Islands, and playing tennis is one of the best. Come and be surprised by all we have to offer!