{"id":5275,"date":"2014-02-24T13:01:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-24T03:31:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/?p=5275"},"modified":"2014-02-24T13:01:07","modified_gmt":"2014-02-24T03:31:07","slug":"grand-slam-ticketing-balllot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/news\/2014\/02\/24\/grand-slam-ticketing-balllot","title":{"rendered":"Grand Slam Ticketing Ballot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia receives a small allocation of tickets for the French Open and Wimbledon each year.<\/p>\n<p>To ensure there is a fair and equitable distribution of these tickets, a ballot is conducted 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>To be eligible for the ballot you \u00a0must be a current Member of one of the following:<br \/>\n&gt; Australian Open Member<br \/>\n&gt; Member of a State\/Territory Association<br \/>\n&gt; Coach and\/or Officials Membership with ticketing upgrade<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><em><strong>2014 Grand Slam Ballots<\/strong><\/em><\/span> will only be accepted online via the link below for current members with active <em>My Tennis<\/em> ID numbers.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #e10073\"><em><strong>Open<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: \u00a012.00pm (AEST) Tuesday 11 March 2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #e10073\"><em><strong>Close<\/strong><\/em><\/span>: \u00a05.00pm (AEST) Monday 17 March 2014<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong><em>Website<\/em><\/strong><\/span>: \u00a0<a href=\"www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><em><strong>Conditions of Application<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n1. You MUST be a current financial member of a State\/Territory Association and you will need to access the ballot <a href=\"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 $35.00 processing and postage cost 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><span style=\"color: #0091d2\"><em><strong>Ticket Limit<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong>French Open<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA ticket limit of two (2) tickets per person per day applies for allocations to the French Open with applications limited to one per family. Tickets received for allocation by Tennis Australia are for Centre Court (<em>Philippe Chatrier<\/em>) and Court One (<em>Suzanne Lenglen<\/em>).<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong>Wimbledon<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nA ticket limit of two (2) 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: #0091d2\"><em><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n1. Online applications will only be accepted for the French Open and Wimbledon ballots from Tuesday 11 March and must be received by COB Monday 17 March 2014<br \/>\n2. Successful ballot applications for French Open and Wimbledon tickets will be advised in writing from Wednesday 19 March 2014<br \/>\n3. Tickets for the French Open will be sent via email in ezy ticket format to the successful ballot applicants in mid-late April 2014<br \/>\n4. Tickets for Wimbledon will be sent to successful ballot applicants in late May 2014<\/p>\n<p>Please note that online ballot applications will be accepted from\u00a0<a href=\"www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a>\u00a0 on the dates advertised above with no application forms being sent via mail or email.<\/p>\n<p>For further information contact the <span style=\"color: #e10073\"><strong>Tennis Australia Ticketing Department<\/strong><\/span> on 03 9914 4190 or email <a href=\"mailto:aotickets@tennis.com.au\">aotickets@tennis.com.au<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tennis Australia receives a small allocation of tickets for the French Open and Wimbledon each year. 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