{"id":5748,"date":"2014-02-26T09:32:46","date_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/?p=5748"},"modified":"2014-02-26T09:32:46","modified_gmt":"2014-02-25T23:32:46","slug":"grand-slam-ticketing-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/act\/news\/2014\/02\/26\/grand-slam-ticketing-2014","title":{"rendered":"GRAND SLAM TICKETING 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia receives a small allocation of tickets for the French Open and Wimbledon.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To ensure there is a fair and equitable distribution of these tickets, a ballot is conducted each year by Tennis Australia to allocate these tickets.\u00a0 As applications for tickets far exceeds supply there is no guarantee that applicants will receive tickets however every endeavour will be made to make an allotment to as many people as possible.<\/p>\n<p>This is a special service provided to Australian Open Members, Coach and Officials Membership of Tennis Australia, Members of a State\/Territory Association.\u00a0 To be eligible for the ballot you must be a current Member of one of the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Australian Open Member<\/li>\n<li>Member of a State\/Territory Association<\/li>\n<li>Coach and Officials Membership with ticketing upgrade.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The link\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a> \u00a0 will operate from \u00a012pm on Tuesday 11th March \u00a0until close of business Monday 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The dates for the French Open 2014 are from Sunday 25<sup>th<\/sup> May through to Sunday 8<sup>th<\/sup> June<\/p>\n<p>The dates for Wimbledon 2014 are from Monday 23<sup>rd<\/sup>\u00a0 June through to Sunday 6<sup>th<\/sup> July.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<b>CONDITIONS OF APPLICATION:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The following conditions apply when making application for tickets:<\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0\u00a0 You <b>MUST<\/b> be a \u00a0financial Member of a State\/Territory Association and you will need to access the ballot online via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a> \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0\u00a0 Payment will only be accepted by credit card and successful applicants will be subject to the relevant exchange rate at time of tickets being processed.<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0\u00a0 A $35.00 processing and postage cost will apply per order.<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets cannot be on-sold or exchanged for any reason and are for the use of the persons nominated on the application.<\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>TICKET LIMITS<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0<\/b><b>Wimbledon<\/b><\/p>\n<p>A ticket limit of two tickets per person per day applies for allocations to Wimbledon with applications limited to <b>one per family<\/b>.\u00a0 Tickets received for allocation by Tennis Australia are for Centre Court, Court No1 and Court No 2.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<b>French Open<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0A ticket limit of\u00a0two tickets per person per day applies for allocations to the French Open with applications limited to <b>one per family<\/b>.\u00a0 Tickets received for allocation by Tennis Australia are for Centre Court (Philippe Chatrier), Court 1 (Suzanne Lenglen).<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<b>HOW TO APPLY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>(1)\u00a0\u00a0 On line applications only to the French Open and Wimbledon ballots \u00a0will be accepted from Tuesday 11th\u00a0 March and must be received by close of business Monday 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0 March 2014<\/p>\n<p>(2)\u00a0\u00a0 Successful ballot applicants for French Open tickets will be advised in writing from Wednesday 19<sup>th<\/sup> March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>(3)\u00a0\u00a0 Successful ballot applicants for Wimbledon tickets will be advised in writing from Wednesday 19<sup>th<\/sup> March 2014.<\/p>\n<p>(4)\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets for the French Open will be sent via email in ezy ticket format to the successful ballot applicants in mid-late April 2014.<\/p>\n<p>(5)\u00a0\u00a0 Tickets for Wimbledon will be sent to successful ballot applicants in late May 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that on line ballot applications will be accepted on-line from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a> on the dates detailed above no application forms will be sent via mail or email.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Tennis Australia Ticketing Department on\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0(03)99144190 or (03)9914 4164 or email us at <a href=\"mailto:aotickets@tennis.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">aotickets@tennis.com.au<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Kind regards<\/p>\n<p>TA Ticketing Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia receives a small allocation of tickets for the French Open and Wimbledon.\u00a0 To ensure there is a fair and equitable distribution of these tickets, a ballot is 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