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Presentation of the 6th TRAM Barcelona Open - ITF1
22/04/2023
In this 6th edition it reaches the maximum ITF1 category and becomes the first tournament of this level in Spain, and one of the 10 in the world, consolidating itself as a reference tournament in the international circuit.
With the slogan "Our only limit is the
court", the TRAM Barcelona Open has been presented this morning,
the International Wheelchair Tennis Tournament that reaches its 6th edition.
Once again this year, the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona will host the
best tennis players of the speciality from the 24th to the 28th of May.
The sixth edition of this event, which is organised by the Johan Cruyff
Foundation and sponsored by TRAM, Barcelona's tramway, with
the collaboration of Moventis, La Vanguardia and Uniqlo, will have the
participation of 70 players of more than 15 different nationalities.
The TRAM Barcelona Open has been presented this Friday
at the Real Club Tenis Barcelona with the participation of Mr. David Escudé,
Sports Delegate of the Barcelona Provincial Council and Sports Councillor of
the Barcelona City Council; the General Manager of TRAM, Mr. Humberto López
Vilalta; the Corporate Vice President of Moventia, Ms. Silvia Martí; the Sports
Director of the Spanish Tennis Federation, Mr. Javier Soler; the President of
the Catalan Tennis Federation, Mr. Jordi Tamayo; the Head of the Tennis Section
of the Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, Mr. Javier Moreno; the Director of the
Cruyff Foundation, Ms. Pati Roura, the player and the director of the TRAM
Barcelona Open, Mr. Jose Coronado.
Tournament of world reference.
In its sixth edition, the TRAM Barcelona Open reaches the highest international ITF1 category, becoming the first
tournament of this category in Spain, and this year again presents a luxury
registration that includes the number 1, 2 and 3 of the world ranking in the
three categories men, women and quad. The tournament has thus consolidated its
position as one of the 10 most important tournaments on the Uniqlo
Wheelchair Tennis Tour world circuit and as the tournament of choice for
preparing for the clay court tour prior to Roland Garros.
Wheelchair tennis is presented as a spectacular sport,
with more than 1,000 internationally ranked players and 180 tournaments per
year in 40 countries around the world. The only difference with standing tennis
is that in wheelchair matches the ball is allowed to bounce twice, if necessary.
Despite this, players at this level of competition only use a bounce on 80% of
the points and the service speed can reach up to 150 km/h. With the TRAM
Barcelona Open, the capital of Catalonia, considered a world reference for the
world of sport and tennis, becomes for five days a major annual event for
adapted sport and will host on Saturday 27 May the finals in
the doubles and quad categories and on the morning of Sunday
28 May the grand finals of the men's and women's categories.
In addition to the sporting objective, the TRAM
Barcelona Open does not forget its social objective, making
wheelchair tennis and the values it represents, such as equal opportunities
and social inclusion, known to society, with a special focus on children and
young people, through exhibitions, clinics, talks to schools and different
activities parallel to the tournament.
