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BTA AND NEXT PRO: NEW COLLABORATION

Today’s blog aims at presenting to you our collaboration team - NextPRO High Performance Team, based in another facility of ours -  Can Via in Santa Coloma de Cervello, just a 20-minute drive from our base in Castelldefels.

The key value behind our BTA programmes has always been a passion for nurturing talent and creating pathways to success in tennis through various levels of programme personalisation. NextPRO head coaches - Javier Degreef and Guada Perez Rojas are dedicated professionals committed to advancing tennis excellence through expertise and shared vision of training.

Our primary goal behind the collaboration with the NextPRO as our team in Can Via is to leverage the academy’s word-class facilities and training environment to further enhance our players’ skills and competitiveness.

We aim to collaborate with Javi and Guada to share insights, methodologies and training techniques that benefit both parties. We see this collaboration as an opportunity to build a lasting relationship through shared values, mission and philosophy of training.

Please see below the bios of Javier and Guada, which will help you to get to know them better and learn about their invaluable experience. Make sure to follow them on their Instagram and Facebook accounts.

https://www.instagram.com/nextpro.tennis/

https://www.facebook.com/NEXTPRO.tennis

JAVIER DEGREEF

  • High performance coach since 1990

  • Director of Tennis in various clubs in Argentina

  • Official Coach of the CET Academy, Buenos Aires, Argentina (1995-2006) with Daniel Garcia (former Davis Cup captain) and Roberto Graetz (former Davis Cup captain)

  • Players trained at the CET: Guillermo Cañas, Martín García, Brian Dabul, Juan Amado, among others, on the ITF, WTA and ATP circuits

  • General Coordinator in the American Zone of the Fed Cup at Hindu Club, Argentina (1999)

  • Participation in the Argentina-Sweden and Argentina-Australia Davis Cup Series (World Group) at Parque Roca, Argentina (2006)

  • Sports Director of the Corporación Buenos Aires Sur, sponsor of the Argentine Davis Cup team and manager of the Parque Roca Complex, venue of the 2006 Davis Cup

  • Director and Head Coach of the Clerc Parque Roca Academy, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2006-2007)

  • Captain of the Argentine Junior Fed Cup Team (2010)

  • Official coach of the Argentine Association (AAT) in ITF tournaments (Wimbledon, Grade A tournaments) (2011-2012)

  • Head Coach of AGCTenis, Sao Paulo, Brazil (2013-2014)

  • Head Coach of Girona Tennis Pro, Spain (2017-2018)

  • Head Coach of the Cunit International Tennis Academy (2018-2023)

  • Developer and coach of the entire career of WTA player Guadalupe Pérez Rojas, since the age of 12

  • Coach of players in Tennis Europe, COSAT, ITF, WTA and ATP, with titles in all of them

  • Planner and Head Coach of tours of the Argentine Tennis Association for the insertion to the WTA and ATP circuit (15K, 25K, 50K)

  • Founder and Head Coach of the NEXTPRO project together with Guadalupe Pérez Rojas

GUADELUPE PÉREZ ROJAS

  • Juniors ITF

  • Best ranking: 110

  • Tournament highlight: Wimbledon

  • Professional WTA tennis player

  • Best individual WTA ranking: 410

  • Best WTA doubles ranking: 161

  • Member of the Argentine team (Billie Jean King Cup) in 2016 for the World Group II playoff vs Ukraine

  • Member of the Argentine team (Billie Jean King Cup) 2017 American Zone

  • Individual finalist in ITF tournaments

  • Champion and finalist in doubles in ITF tournaments 15k, 25k, 50k, 100k

  • Doubles quarter-finals at the WTA Florianópolis (Brazil)

  • Member of the Girona Tennis Pro 2017/2018 project as the main player

  • International Coach

  • Member of the Club Tenis Girona tennis school in 2018

  • Head coach of the CSTCUNIT International Academy 2019/2023

  • Current second coach of the player Jil Teichmann (Switzerland), ranked 143rd in the WTA ranking in 2023

  • Founder and head coach of the NEXTPRO project together with Javier Degreef