[1][2] The academy was founded in 1990 by Antonio Martínez Cascales, the future coach of Juan Carlos Ferrero.

[3] Originally named the Equelite Academy, its name was later changed to the JC Ferrero Equelite Academy in honor of Ferrero.

In 2023, it was renamed as the Ferrero Tennis Academy for simplification purposes.

[6] In July 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, the academy held an exhibition tournament featuring Pablo Carreño Busta, Alex de Minaur, João Sousa, Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, and 17-year-old Carlos Alcaraz.

[7] In 2023, its center court was named after Alcaraz, a longtime student of Ferrero and the academy.