2024 Spanish National Tennis Awards: Montemar Alicante Coaches Earn Special Honor

Last weekend, Professional Tennis Records staged the 2024 Spanish National Tennis Awards, held at the NH Las Tablas Hotel in Madrid, a venue that brought together coaches, players, and program directors who shape the national tennis landscape. The ceremony honored a range of categories, recognizing excellence across coaching, performance, and contributions to the growth of the sport in Spain. In a concurrent moment during the same program, after a fifteen-year pause, the Registry announced the conferral of its premier credential, the International Mastery Professional qualification, awarded to a cohort of twenty-nine coaches from Spain and abroad. This top distinction recognizes decades of impact on teaching methods, player development, and leadership within clubs, academies, and national systems. Since the Registry’s inception more than thirty-five years ago, it has named nearly twenty mentors whose influence helped to define modern tennis instruction, naming figures such as Nick Bolletieri, Toni Nadal, Jack Gropel, Emilio and Arancha Sánchez Vicario, and Juan Carlos Ferrero. The 2024 edition drew special attention to a notable Alicante contingent connected to Club Atlético Montemar Tennis Schools, alongside the directors who oversee Montemar’s broader network of tennis education. Among them, Chimo Pérez, Manuel Sandoval, Israel Sevilla, and Iván Navarro were recognized for thirty years of uninterrupted service at Montemarina, a testament to the club’s enduring dedication to coaching excellence. This recognition underscores Montemar’s influential role in shaping teaching standards and strengthens its reputation as a reference point for tennis education worldwide. The event, in sum, celebrated more than individual achievement; it highlighted the synergy between regional clubs, national programs, and international coaching communities that advance the sport and provide coaches with advanced training, mentorship, and opportunities to guide the next generation of players. According to reporting from Professional Tennis Records, the awards reflect a broader movement within Spanish tennis to elevate coaching, reinforce grassroots pathways, and embed a culture of ongoing improvement that resonates beyond national borders.