The Swiss dream team is a dream come true for Roger Federer.

The 17-time Grand Slam champion confirmed he will reunite with good friend Martina Hingis in mixed doubles at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.

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Federer said today he's "very excited" to play with Hingis for the first time since the pair captured the 2001 Hopman Cup championship.

"Yes, I will play with Martina in the mixed," Federer told Sport360. "I'm very excited about that because I haven't played with her I guess in 15 years.

"I looked up to her when I was younger, I thought she was the most unbelievable talent. She's almost my age and she was winning Grand Slams while I was still at the national tennis centre, trying to make it on the tour and I couldn't believe how good she was. I'm very excited about that."

Federer, who is expected to reprise his partnership with Stan Wawrinka in the Olympic doubles event, is a former flag bearer at the Games and says the Olympics has always been a priority.

“I’ve always said the Olympics is very important to me. Every Olympics has been super… amazing experience, an eye-opener, a great learning curve for me, seeing other athletes, getting inspired and motivated, carrying the flag is such a proud moment in my career and my life as a person, to have done that twice for Switzerland was incredible in Athens and in Beijing," Federer told Sport360.  “Winning the gold with Stan, meeting [my wife] Mirka in Sydney 2000, getting the silver in London, it felt like I won gold, but I was still very happy and it was incredible the combination to win the Olympics at Wimbledon, it was just… maybe never happen again in my lifetime, so I really cherish that moment.

“So Rio obviously is important. What’s more important? I really have a hard time putting one, two, three and four, what’s the main priority for me next year? I go in sections I guess. First I’ll focus on the first three months of the season all the way through Indian Wells and then we’ll look at the rest and so forth. But of course I’m thinking about it.”

In an interview with the Times of India, Hingis revealed she often reminds Federer that she taught him to win during their run to the 2001 Hopman Cup title.

"You could always see the talent. I tell him I was the one who taught him how to win titles," a giggling Hingis told the Times of India. "Before that he played a few finals but didn't win anything. Hopman Cup was his first big title and he has won a few after that, isn't it?" 

In 2001, Hingis was the star attraction and Federer a rising young talent when they joined forces to lead Switzerland to the Hopman Cup championship with a win over Monica Seles and Jan-Michael Gambill in the final.