The French organizers had announced it, they will keep their word: the next edition of the French Open at Roland-Garros will take place with the public. The president of the French Tennis Federation (FFT), Bernard Giudicelli, unveiled Monday, September 7, the conditions for welcoming spectators during the tournament, scheduled from September 21 to October 11, 2020. They will allow 5.000 spectators per day to be accommodated on the two main courts, Philippe-Chatrier and Suzanne-Lenglen, plus 1.500 spectators on the Simonne-Mathieu court. In total, the French stage of the Grand Slam will therefore accept 11.500 spectators per day. “ Roland-Garros will be the first tournament to have the privilege of welcoming the public, welcomed Bernard Giudicelli. The gauge has been reduced to allow tournament to respond first and foremost to an imperative, that of a responsible tournament, organized in complete safety. » Clarification from Jean-François Vilotte, the general director of the FFT: “ We have divided the space into three subspaces independent of each other. For each of these three courts, the public will enter and exit through dedicated doors, without being able to move from one site to another. There will be a ticket office of 5.000 tickets per day maximum for the Philippe-Chatier court and the adjoining annex courts, 5.000 places also for the Suzanne-Lenglen court and the annex courts present in its area, and a lower capacity, reduced to 1.500 places, in the Simonne-Mathieu court area. » All participants will be tested upon arrival in Paris, then again 72 hours later, then every five days. The players will be accommodated in two hotels reserved almost exclusively for the tournament. They will have access to the Roland-Garros site only on the day of their matches.
