Cape Town Stadium will host the Roger Federer-Rafael Nadal charity tennis match in February next year.
Apart from the Federer-Nadal showdown, there will be a curtain-raiser event featuring Microsoft magnate Bill Gates and comedian Trevor Noah in a doubles match.
Federer will team up with Gates and Nadal will partner Noah.
The date for the showdown, Friday, 7 February, suggests the two tennis legends will be flying to the Mother City from the Australian Open, which ends on Sunday, 2 February.
Federer wants to set a new attendance record for a tennis match.
The record was set in July 2010 at Roi Baudoin Stadium in Brussels where Belgian Kim Clijsters played American Serena Williams.
The exhibition match was billed the “Best of Belgium” and 35 681 spectators stieked uit.
Before that, the record was the crowd of 30 492 when Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs played the famous “Battle of the Sexes” match at the Houston Astrodome in Texas, US, in September 1973.
Federer’s charity organisation, the Roger Federer Foundation (RFF), is expecting around 50 000 fans for the event and to break the record for an attendance.
Federer and Nadal have previously played five charity matches around the world, but the Cape Town showdown, billed the “Match in Africa 6”, will be the first in Africa.
“This Match in Africa is a dream come true. I will play in my mother’s home country against my toughest rival and friend, Rafa Nadal,” said Federer.
Federer’s mother was born Lynette Durand in South Africa.