Legendary tennis champion Roger Federer is in San Francisco this week for the Laver Cup, the invitational tournament that pits European tennis players against other players from around the globe, and he was on hand Tuesday for the dedication of some newly surfaced public tennis courts at McLaren Park.

It's Laver Cup week in San Francisco, and tennis fans will be geeking out down at the Chase Center starting Friday as match play begins between Team Europe and Team World. Tennis icon Roger Federer, who co-founded the Laver Cup in 2017, has already been in town for a few days, and he was spotted playing pickup tennis down at Stanford over the weekend. (Federer's agent, Tony Godsick, has a son who's currently a junior at Stanford, and Federer popped up on the campus last year as well, as SFGate reported.)

Federer also was on hand for a press event at the public tennis courts at McLaren Park on Tuesday. The Laver Cup happens in a different city each year, and the organization donates funds to improve local tennis infrastructure, under the Laver Cup Legacy Project. This year's donation went to the renovation of the six courts at McLaren Park, including new springy surfaces and new drainage.

"We could play a tournament on this court," Federer said, per the Chronicle, admiring the work that was completed over the summer at a cost of $110,000.

Federer envisioned the Laver Cup as the tennis world's answer to golf's Ryder Cup. It arrives this weekend for the first time in San Francisco — unfortunately temporarily evicting the Golden State Valkyries in what would have been their first home playoff game tonight, which has to happen in San Jose instead.

Team Europe will consist of top-seeded Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, third-seeded German Alexander Zverev, along with Denmark's 11th-seed Holger Rune, Norways 12th-seed Casper Ruud, Czech player Jakub Mensik, and Italian Flavio Caboli. Team World has lost a couple of prominent American players, unfortunately, in the last week. Frances Tiafoe bowed out last week and will be replaced by Australian Alex de Minaur; and Ben Shelton bowed out due to injury, and will be replaced by 32-seed Alex Michelsen. Team World is rounded by Brazilian Joao Fonseca, and American Reilly Opelka, who is a replacement for the injured Tommy Paul.

Team Europe is being captained by Yannick Noah, and Team World's captain is Andre Agassi.

Meanwhile, Federer and Alcaraz joined a group playing a round of golf at San Francisco's Olympic Club, either on Tuesday or early Wednesday, and Federer posted the photos below to Instagram, telling Alcaraz, "Nice work on the golf course. Hope you packed your tennis rackets."

Top image: Former tennis player Roger Federer speaks during the Laver Cup Legacy Project Court Unveiling event prior to the start of the Laver Cup 2025 at Chase Center on September 16, 2025 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images for Laver Cup)