PARIS — French Open organizers are introducing a draw system to entry ticket gross sales for the clay-court Grand Slam event.
The French tennis federation stated Tuesday it faces an “ever-increasing demand” and that the trial of a random draw for most of the people ought to assist scale back ready occasions and guarantee a fairer entry to seats.
“Lastly, this new gross sales system will make it potential to fight fraud and the acquisition of tickets by bots,” organizers stated.
Registration for the draw will run from Jan. 27 to Feb. 9. Being chosen within the draw will assure entry to ticket gross sales, however not essentially the best to obtain tickets for a particular day or courtroom, organizers stated.
The French federation has additionally restricted the utmost variety of tickets one can purchase for the principle courts to 4 per individual.
The French Open takes place from Might 25-June 8 at Roland Garros stadium in Paris.