Will Federer ever play at an outside court?

joeri888 · May 23, 2009

Will he continue to play so long that he'll eventually end up there, or will he even if he's 42 still play at the stadium courts just because of his status?? How was that with Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi for instance?

edit: I only mean at Slams

wow246 · May 23, 2009

YUP if he DROPS out of the TOP 4!!!!!!!

Surely he will play in a outside court!!!!!

matchmaker · May 23, 2009

joeri888 said:
Will he continue to play so long that he'll eventually end up there, or will he even if he's 42 still play at the stadium courts just because of his status?? How was that with Pete Sampras or Andre Agassi for instance?

edit: I only mean at Slams

IIRC Sampras was sent to an outside court when he lost that Wimbledon match against Georg Bastl, so yes, if a player falls outside the top four, he will have to play on the outside courts during the first rounds.

sh@de · May 23, 2009

Yes he will, he will drop down the rankings when he gets old. And then he'll have to play on outside courts.

P_Agony · May 23, 2009

sh@de said:
Yes he will, he will drop down the rankings when he gets old. And then he'll have to play on outside courts.

I'm not so sure. Federer is, and always will be, a huge draw.

Whether he wins or losses, Federer is the main event. The guy people want to watch. I think Fed's status will always assure him the main stadium.

Cesc Fabregas · May 23, 2009

matchmaker said:
IIRC Sampras was sent to an outside court when he lost that Wimbledon match against Georg Bastl, so yes, if a player falls outside the top four, he will have to play on the outside courts during the first rounds.

The 7 time Wimbledon champion should never have been put on court 2.

Serendipitous · May 23, 2009

wow246 said:
YUP if he DROPS out of the TOP 4!!!!!!!

Surely he will play in a outside court!!!!!

I agree. It's all about ranking.

However, I think Federer will retire before he gets placed on an outside court.

thejoe · May 23, 2009

Cesc Fabregas said:
The 7 time Wimbledon champion should never have been put on court 2.

Very true.

fedtastic · May 23, 2009

Federer will play on the outside courts when he gets to his mid 30s where he will be outside the top 10.

R_Federer · May 23, 2009

Federer is not the sort of player that will just hang around on the tour. I agree he would first retire than play on outside courts.

clayman2000 · May 23, 2009

Hewitt usually plays on outside courts now....
But it depends how good you are at the end of your prime. Federer's prime is clearly over, yet he is still cearly one of the top 4 players in the world

joeri888 · May 23, 2009

clayman2000 said:
Hewitt usually plays on outside courts now....
But it depends how good you are at the end of your prime. Federer's prime is clearly over, yet he is still cearly one of the top 4 players in the world

Hewitt obviously hasn't achieved what Federer has.. If Federer was to come to Holland at age fifty I'd still go to see him.

All-rounder · May 23, 2009

If he drops out of the top 4 then he won't play centre court

sh@de · May 23, 2009

I don't know about the crowd Fed draws. I mean, ok, that's true, but what if, say by the time Fed is 32 (let's just assume he's still playing), he's ranked 19th in the world or sth. He might just have to play on an outside court, no?

joeri888 · May 23, 2009

sh@de said:
I don't know about the crowd Fed draws. I mean, ok, that's true, but what if, say by the time Fed is 32 (let's just assume he's still playing), he's ranked 19th in the world or sth. He might just have to play on an outside court, no?

I don't know.. especially here in Roland garros where they have two huge stadiums, and guys like Simon can be fit in, I think they would make room for a legend like Federer. Sampras should have never played court 2 as well.

federerdomination · May 23, 2009

Cesc Fabregas said:
The 7 time Wimbledon champion should never have been put on court 2.

I agree.
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