cluckcluck
Hall of Fame
Will he get a stadium named after him at a major? After his retirement of course.
What do you all think?
What do you all think?
Will Federer have a stadium named after him?
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Rock Strongo
Legend
Given that all the courts named after players in the grand slam tournaments are from the respective host country, no.
cluckcluck
Hall of Fame
What about Hewitt then?
Cup8489
G.O.A.T.
Hewitt wasn't as successful as past Aussie greats, so doubtful.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
I guarantee that if they even let Hewitt know that they were going to change Rod Laver arena to Hewitt arena, he would do everything in his power to prevent that.
cluckcluck
Hall of Fame
Why do you think that?
Vcore89
Talk Tennis Guru
He's man enough to know their respective standings in the annals of Oz tennis.
Bhagi Katbamna
Legend
Exactly. Hewitt knows he can't compare to Laver.
forzamilan90
Legend
haha most likely, but yeah he's from Switzerland, not from one of the 4 grand slam countries so no stadium named after him from there. Something in Switzerland, absolutely.
The Meat
Hall of Fame
That's pretty cool, but he should capitalize and rename at least davis cup to the real Fed cup.
Carsomyr
Legend
Louis Armstrong had lived near Flushing for a number of years before the stadium was built, and was a massive cultural icon in one of America's most turbulent periods. There's no way they are changing the name.
rainingaces
Legend
Tsonga has a better chance.
Carsomyr
Legend
This was more than three years ago. The venue, to the best of my knowledge, is still St. Jakobshalle. Maybe they're waiting for him to retire? I guess it would be pretty intimidating playing Roger Federer in Roger Federer Arena.
stringertom
Bionic Poster
It would be a nice touch to have the new grandstand court, planned to be built later this decade, named after Pete.
whoopinstick
Rookie
There isn't a sampras stadium...
Biscuitmcgriddleson
Professional
Thanks for this tidbit of history, I didn't know about it.
Biscuitmcgriddleson
Professional
Despite being an amazing player, Sampras doesn't seem to possess the love for tennis that Roger does and isn't near as charismatic. Sampras is sort of like the Kareem Abdul Jabbar of the tennis world, no one will question his greatness, they just aren't on the first list of people to be recognized or receive offers.
RF20Lennon
Legend
The basel stadium will probably be named after him. GS probably not unless wimby decides to build another court
Zarfot Z
Professional
Scrap that, they should rename the entire tournament to the Roger Federer Swiss Indoors Open. If not, then the Swiss clearly do not appreciate Fed enough.
Baxter
Professional
I guess you haven't seen "Airplane". The man is a fountain of charisma in that film.
DeShaun
Banned
Maybe America is dysfunctional about race relations and wants to address her white guilt over slavery with token gestures.
seattle_1hander
Rookie
In my opinion the sport should be renamed in his honor. Federerball.
AnotherTennisProdigy
Professional
He already has the Rogers cup.
Tennis_Hands
Banned
Wimbledon will be renamed to: Roger Federer Indoor Open
The Center Court will be renamed to: Lukas Rosol Bullring.
The Center Court will be renamed to: Lukas Rosol Bullring.
TennisLovaLova
Hall of Fame
maybe not a stadium but the end year N°1 trophy should definetly be called in honor RF
and in basketball the maurice podoloff trophy for MVP should be called after MJ
obviously...
and in basketball the maurice podoloff trophy for MVP should be called after MJ
obviously...
kOaMaster
Hall of Fame
It hasn't been renovated yet - politicians and responsible people are still planning and talking whether they should rebuild the whole arena (which actually would make more sense but costs more and takes some time) or just renovate it.
It's sad but true - there are a lot of Swiss people, even sport fans, who do not appreciate Federer enough or at all. That sounds weird for many not here though. Federer is way to big for Switzerland and has become someone who isn't a Swiss star but a worldwide one. No swiss person has ever been that famous and in Switzerland it's also not exactly common to show how famous/rich you are. Humbleness is what is needed to be widely accepted.
Plus, some people resent him having moved to Wollerau/SZ (his residence is not Basel/Binningen anymore) - Wollerau is known as a place with low taxes...not exactly the move you'd expect here from someone who certainly has enough money.
Some are even angry that he denied playing Davis Cup for Switzerland in several years.
Overall he is loved, especially in Basel of course and by many other Swiss people but there are enough who don't think a lot of Federer.
Examples:
While Federer was ruling the tennis world in 2005, people voted (by calling in at a huge TV show) "Thomas Lüthi" for the Swiss Sportsman, because he won the 125ccm WC. Main argument by people who voted him: "Federer has won one already [in 2004]".
That was the last time Federer showed up at that show. He won again in 2006 and 2007, not in 2009 though when Didier Cuche (ski star) was voted. At that time, Federer already was too far away from the Swiss and was more a famous person with Swiss roots than representing Switzerland.
jm1980
Talk Tennis Guru
LOL why should the YE #1 trophy honor him when there is a guy who finished as the YE #1 more times?
Jaitock1991
Hall of Fame
Don't think so. At least not at a major, but it would be really cool.
Deanjam
Professional
That's exactly what I'd expect. When people start to amass money they don't want to lose a penny of it. Just look at how many tennis/sports players live in tax havens.
West Coast Ace
G.O.A.T.
Good post - beat me to it. And he ran into some trouble in that neighborhood trying to build walls around his compound higher than the local law allows.
And I'd also add the clash with the tournament director of Basel (who came out sounding like an idiot) - but it was obvious that Fed held out for his appearance fee - many thought he should have given the home city a discount and was being greedy.
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Fedfan34
Guest
Pete and Connors didn't....so I'm guessing newp
I'm sure Hewitt will have a stadium named after him at some point...in fact wouldn't surprise me if in Adelaide (Hewitt's hometown and where he won his first ATP title) they considered renaming Memorial Drive's main court after him, if they did I don't think you'd hear too many people complaining as it would be fairly fitting.
No chance of them renaming Rod Laver Arena after him though.
As for Federer, I'm sure he will have a stadium named after him as well....highly doubt it will be at one of the Slams though as like someone said they are correctly named after nationals from that country. I'm surprised after Halle named an Avenue after him they haven't already named the Stadium after him as well.
Most likely though would probably be Basel for obvious reasons.
Backhanded Compliment
Legend
Perhaps instead they will just begin calling all stadiums "Stadiumerers"
kidding aside, bank on it... somewhere sometime it will happenerer
kidding aside, bank on it... somewhere sometime it will happenerer
Tennis_Hands
Banned
The main court of the Rafa Nadal academy will be named after Federer.
It will have a natural grass as a surface too.
It will have a natural grass as a surface too.
joekapa
Legend
So Sampras's 7 titles don't mean squat then ?
AngryBirds
Semi-Pro
Fed is not GOAT on any slam. He's tied with Sampras at US Open and Wimbledon. In fact, Sampras didn't lose to baseliners or clay courters in his prime on grass.
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