{"id":5890,"date":"2015-02-10T10:17:32","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T00:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/?p=5890"},"modified":"2015-02-10T10:17:32","modified_gmt":"2015-02-10T00:47:32","slug":"2015-grand-slam-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/nt\/news\/2015\/02\/10\/2015-grand-slam-ballot","title":{"rendered":"2015 Grand Slam 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><em><strong>2015 Grand Slam Ballots<\/strong><\/em> will only be accepted online via the link below for current members with active <em>My Tennis<\/em> ID numbers.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Open<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a012.00pm (AEST) Tuesday 10 March 2015<br \/>\n<em><strong>Close<\/strong><\/em>: \u00a05.00pm (AEST) Monday 20\u00a0March 2015<br \/>\n<strong><em>Website<\/em><\/strong>: \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Conditions of Application<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n1. You MUST be a current financial member of a State\/Territory Association and you will 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 $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><em><strong>Ticket Limit<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>French Open<\/strong><br \/>\nA ticket limit of four\u00a0(4) 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<strong>Wimbledon<\/strong><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><em><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n1. Online applications will only be accepted for the French Open and Wimbledon ballots from Tuesday 10 March and must be received by COB Friday\u00a020 March 2015<br \/>\n2. Successful ballot applications for French Open and Wimbledon tickets will be advised in writing from Friday 27\u00a0March 2015<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 2015<br \/>\n4. Tickets for Wimbledon will be sent by post to successful ballot applicants in late May 2015<\/p>\n<p>Please note that ballot applications will be accepted online from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/www.tennis.com.au\/ballots\" target=\"_blank\">www.tennis.com.au\/ballots<\/a>\u00a0 on the dates advertised above with no application forms being accepted\u00a0via mail or email.<\/p>\n<p>For further information contact the <strong>Tennis Australia Ticketing Department<\/strong> on 03 9914 4190 or email <a href=\"mailto:ballots@tennis.com.au\" target=\"_blank\">ballots@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. To ensure there is a fair and equitable distribution of these tickets, a ballot is conducted by Tennis Australia to allocate these tickets. 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