Wake Forest Athletics
Tickets On Sale for the Winston-Salem Open
5/11/2011 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
May 11, 2011
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Tickets are now on sale to the public for the Winston-Salem Open at Wake Forest University. The public sale follows a successful pre-sell period that gave members of the United State Tennis Association (USTA) the opportunity to buy tickets.
"Our ticketing staff was incredibly busy last Thursday and Friday, and I'm thrilled to report that pre-sell ticket sales exceeded projections," tournament director Bill Oakes said. "Final numbers aren't in yet, but the response from tennis fans and the general public has been nothing short of phenomenal. There's a good chance that tickets for the finals and other key sessions will sell out soon."
Individual session ticket prices range from $10 for qualifying rounds on August 20 to $58 for the finals on August 27 (children 12 and under are admitted free to all sessions). Handicapped access, box seats and ticket packages for all 14 sessions also are available. Group discounts to those buying 10 or more tickets will be available beginning June 1.
The tournament will be held on 13 hard courts that are currently being constructed adjacent to BB&T Field and the Wake Forest Indoor Tennis Center. The Wake Forest men's and women's tennis teams will also use the courts during the season.
For more information or to purchase tickets, please go to www.winstonsalemopen.com.
About the Winston-Salem Open
The Winston-Salem Open, an ATP World Tour 250 event with a total purse of $625,000, will take place from August 21-27, 2011, with qualifying set for August 19 and August 20. The tournament will be the final men's event of the Olympus US Open Series. The tournament will receive national television exposure via Tennis Channel and ESPN2, including the singles final broadcasted by CBS. For more information, please visit www.winstonsalemopen.com.
About the Olympus US Open Series
The Olympus US Open Series has established itself as a true regular season of hard court tennis, linking 10 summer tournaments to the US Open. Fans follow the action throughout the summer through national television coverage, culminating each week with back-to-back men's and women's finals on Sunday afternoon. Players battle for $40 million, including a chance for bonus prize money at the US Open. In 2008, Olympus became the first title sponsor of the Series. The Olympus US Open Series is also supported by sponsors American Express and Evian. Andy Murray won the 2010 Olympus US Open Series men's title and Caroline Wozniacki won the women's title. In 2007, Roger Federer collected the biggest paycheck in tennis history - $2.4 million - for winning the US Open and the Olympus US Open Series. In 2005, Kim Clijsters also captured both the US Open and the Series, winning $2.2 million - the largest purse in women's sports history - and again equaled that amount in 2010, winning the US Open and finishing the Olympus US Open Series in second place.
About the ATP
The ATP is the governing body of the men's professional tennis circuits - the ATP World Tour, the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP Champions Tour. With 62 tournaments in 32 countries, the ATP World Tour showcases the finest male athletes competing in the world's most exciting venues. From Australia to Europe and the Americas to Asia, the stars of the ATP World Tour battle for prestigious titles and South African Airways 2011 ATP Rankings points at Grand Slams (non ATP events), ATP World Tour Masters 1000, ATP World Tour 500 and ATP World Tour 250 events. At the end of the season, only the world's top 8 ranked men's singles players and top 8 doubles teams, based on their performance throughout the year, will qualify to compete for the last title of the season at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals. Held at The O2 in London, the event will officially crown the 2011 ATP World Tour No.1 in singles and doubles. For more information, please visit www.ATPWorldTour.com.
