Ferrero already has a player for 2027: “That type of tennis player that every coach dreams of”

Juan Carlos Ferrero He made his first steps with Nicolás Almagro from Murcia as soon as he hung up his racket as a player. A first experience as a coach, with which she was familiar at her academy in Villena. Later came the first main course, the German Alexander Zverevwhich followed Carlos Alcaraz, with whom he lived a broken dream at the end of 2025.

The Valencian has not trained on the ATP Tour during 2026, but will do so again next season. This was confirmed to Mundo Deportivo during an interview on the occasion of the publication of his book ‘Winning Mentality’. Of which we published this preview. During Thursday, more on the MD website and on social networks.

“It will be released on November 9. I am happy with the adventure that lies ahead,” said Ferrero, without wanting to reveal the name of his next pupil, respecting that the official season ends after the conclusion of the ATP Masters 1000 in Paris.

It does give clues about the profile of the tennis player with whom he will work from the preseason. “I would like to be excited again, to see in that person a lot of desire, a lot of hunger to want to improve and to really want to go up a level and see that he really listens to you, that he really connects with you. That type of player with whom everything comes together in the dream,” he points out.

Juan Carlos Ferrero, in Mundo DeportivoUnai Vera /

It can be a rival of Carlos Alcaraz in the future. In the end, being professional is part of our job. It can be difficult the first few times, seeing it against you. It costs a little, but when you are with another player and you work every day you also grow fond of them. There are dreams, goals, objectives. And one of those objectives will be to win what we have to win.”