For the first time ever, Roland-Garros will be using a ticket lottery to distribute tickets to fans for the French Open on May 25-June 8.
Previously, fans would simply purchase tickets on Ticketmaster during an onsale. But with demand skyrocketing in recent years, organizers took a page out of Wimbledon’s playbook and have set up a formal public ballot.
Registration opened today, and will run through February 9th. For those fans who are selected, emails will be sent out in early-to-mid March. Once your ticket purchase window opens, you’ll have two days to make a purchase. Their release says that the purchase window will open at 10am, but does not clarify if that is 10am Paris time, or 10am in the time zone of the registrant.
In addition, Roland-Garros has set up the following ticket restrictions/limits:
– 4 tickets maximum for the Main courts
– 4 tickets maximum for the Outside courts from 25 May to 1 June
– 15 tickets maximum for Opening Week (Qualifying), including Yannick Noah day
– 15 tickets maximum on the Outside courts from 2 to 8 June
Click here for the link to the information page on Roland-Garros.com. If you think you might be interested in going to Paris for the Open, go ahead and register. It’s free to do so, and if you win, you’re not obligated to purchase tickets.
