{"id":4223,"date":"2013-01-31T17:13:10","date_gmt":"2013-01-31T07:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/?p=4223"},"modified":"2013-01-31T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-31T07:43:10","slug":"grand-slam-ticketing-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/news\/2013\/01\/31\/grand-slam-ticketing-2013","title":{"rendered":"Grand Slam Ticketing 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia receives a small allocation of tickets for the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open.<\/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. 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><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px\"><strong>Conditions of Application<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nThe following conditions apply when making application for tickets:<br \/>\n1. You <strong>MUST<\/strong> be a financial member (<em>State\/Territory Association, Australian Open Member, Coach\/Officials Member with Tennis Australia<\/em>) and need to access the ballot <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a><br \/>\n2. 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<br \/>\n3. A $30.00 processing and postage fee will apply per order<br \/>\n4. 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>The ballot link <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a> will operate from 9am on Tuesday 12 March until close of business Monday 25 March 2013.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2;font-size: 18px\"><em><strong>Ticket Limits<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong>French Open<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Sunday 26 May &#8211; Sunday 9 June<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A ticket limit of four tickets per person per day applies for allocations to the French Open with applications\u00a0limited to one per family. Tickets received for allocation by Tennis Australia are for Centre Court (Philippe Chatrier) and Court 1 (Suzanne Lenglen).<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong>Wimbledon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Monday 24 June &#8211; Sunday\u00a07 July<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A ticket limit of two tickets per person per day applies for allocations to Wimbledon with applications limited to one per family. Tickets received for allocation by Tennis Australia are for Centre Court, Court No.1 and Court No.2.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong>US Open<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<em>Monday 26 August &#8211; Monday 9 September<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Details to be confirmed in the coming months<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2;font-size: 18px\"><em><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n1. Online applications only to the French Open and Wimbledon will be accepted from Tuesday 12 March and must be received by close of business Monday 25 March<br \/>\n2. Successful ballot applicants for the French Open will be advised in writing by Friday 5 April<br \/>\n3. Successful ballot applicants for Wimbledon will be advised in writing by Friday 12 April<br \/>\n4. Tickets for the French Open will be sent via email in ezy ticket format to the successful ballot applicants in mid-late April<br \/>\n5. Tickets for Wimbledon will be sent to successful ballot applicants in late May<br \/>\n6. Online application dates for the US Open will be confirmed by mid June<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please Note:<\/strong><br \/>\nOnline ballot applications will only be accepted from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a> on the dates detailed above. No application forms send via mail or email will be accepted.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any questions please contact the Ticketing Department at Tennis Australia on (03) 9914 4000.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2;font-size: 18px\"><em><strong>What if I&#8217;m not successful<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\nIf you miss out on securing tickets via the Tennis Australia ballot, you can find out information on how to purchase tickets at each Grand Slam\u00ae below:<br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rolandgarros.com\/en_FR\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">French Open<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wimbledon.com\/en_GB\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wimbledon<\/a><br \/>\n&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usopen.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">US Open<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia receives a small allocation of tickets for the French Open, Wimbledon and the US Open. 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