RF Schedule 2018

He is going to the Laureus awards instead.  Hope he wins!

You can see the list of nominees and details/comments about the awards in the Laureus Awards 2018 thread.

Excited to be heading to Monaco for the @LaureusSport Awards! Good luck to all the Nominees see you next week #Laureus18

— Roger Federer (@rogerfederer) February 23, 2018

It's signed!... Roger confirmed that he will be playing in Halle this year.

Ich werde da sein, um dich zu unterstützen, Roger

Here is Roger's schedule for 2018 in calendar format, based on what 'we think' he may play, as not much has been confirmed, hence all the question marks!

Roger is planned to play IW and Miami in March and he just confirmed that he will play Halle in June. Wimbledon and the US Open are pretty safe, as well as Basel, I would think. Cincinnati and Shanghai are usually on his list, but not guaranteed. As for the rest, it's everyone guess! The clay season is this year again very doubtful, although I hope that we get to see Roger in RG. You never know, maybe another miracle could happen... so much has gone right for him so far this year!


 

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Cromar,
Thank you so much for posting your so useful schedule here for us.
I rely on it every year and it has its place on my computer screen each time it opens. You do it so well and in a clear way. Easy to consult.  Thanks again!

At the Laureus Sport Awards Rodg has said that playing at Roland Garros was a "dream", and that he will take a decision after Miami for RG 2018.

i d love to see him in roland garros for one last dance, the difficulty
of clay makes his game look out of the planet

Is he playing Stuttgart?

Cheadlebeagle wrote:Is he playing Stuttgart?

No word. I think right now, officially he's scheduled to come back in Halle as his contract with Stuttgart ended last year. But he could always add it last minute. I have no doubt the tournament would hold a WC for him.

It would be nice if he did play Stuttgart as we will see him sooner!! Miss him already
I did ask in another thread but thought I'd try here. Are there any grass courts in Switzerland where Roger can practise when he is ready or does he have to go out of the country?

No, they aren't really any grass courts in Switzerland. The first and only natural grass court was opened last year in Biel, but it's not Wimbledon quality yet!... and it's quite far from where Roger lives anyway. Last year, Roger practiced on hard court in Zurich before going to Stuttgart.

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As much as I am informed there is not one official grass court in Switzerland. There must be one private court at the lac Léman somewhere, where Roger was invited to play, I don't know if he still plays there some times.
But Switzerland is a typical clay court country, Roger himself said he grew up on clay. I think I heard that Roger played with 17 years the first time on grass.
I don't know the reasons for it, maybe the maintaining is too expensive.

Edit:
cromar, thanks for the information about Biel, I did not know it.

^^^ Roger is an excellent clay player. If it wasn't for a certain someone, Roger would have a Rome and MC title for sure, multiple RG titles, and probably at least one calendar slam.

According to Basel's media release, Roger Federer will return on tour in June to play Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart.

— Michal Samulski (@MichalSamulski) April 10, 2018

https://twitter.com/MichalSamulski/status/983606769166503936

Would be great to see Roger a week earlier!  Surprised that Mercedes Cup wouldn't make the announcement themselves.

The Basel Swiss Indoors tournament issue a press release about it today!

I'm not surprised that Roger would play Stuttgart. As Roger said before after being off the tour for a while: "enough practice already". By June, he's going to be itching to play a real match again, especially after how IW and Miami ended.