Roland-Garros has announced that it will limit the amount of spectators on site during the tournament from 5,000 to 1,000, due to the increase in Covid-19 infections across France.
“Following the announcements made by government authorities, 1,000 spectators will be permitted to enter the Roland-Garros grounds per day,” the tournament said in a statement. “This cap applies across all 16 courts, in the 12-hectare site, and is equivalent to one thirty-fifth of the usual number of spectators that have attended in the first week of the main draw in previous years.”
The tournament had originally planned to host 11,500 spectators, but reduced that number to 5,000 recently.
“From the very outset of the public health crisis that our country is experiencing, the French Tennis Federation has consistently worked closely with government departments, to determine how to organize the tournament in the current situation,” the tournament said. “It deeply regrets these new restrictions.”
The tournament said that it would adapt new rules to award tickets to the public.
The new rules mean that we will be required to adapt our ticketing situation, by organizing a draw for each day of the tournament among the current ticket-holders. These draws will be supervised by a legal custodian,” the FFT said in a statement.
“The FFT shares in the disappointment felt by those who are now not going to be able to enter the grounds, due to the capped number of spectators. The FFT would like to thank those fans for the support they have shown and their loyalty to Roland-Garros.”