"Our desire is to be able to modulate the decisions of the government and with the extremely ambitious and rigorous application of a very well-established health protocol, to organize the Roland-Garros tournament on the dates scheduled, from May 17 to June 6 (qualifications included) ), with the highest possible tonnage, subject to what will be allowed by the authorities, ”explained Ms. Oudéa-Castéra, who was appointed on Friday morning.
Last year, under the threat of the Covid-19 pandemic, the FFT organizing the Clay Court Major decided without consultation to move it to the fall.
Criticized, the decision had, however, allowed the tournament to be held with a minimalist audience of 1000 spectators daily on all courts.
"We will try to push the fires as much as possible, even if there is an element of uncertainty," assured Ms. Oudéa-Castéra with reference to the health measures which will then be in force in France.
“We are working on different scenarios.
No idea is taboo, we want to achieve the best compromise between sports and health, ”she added.
On the public side, the objective is "to maximize the gauge with regard to what the circulation of the virus and the progress of the vaccination will allow us to do", she insisted.
The 2021 edition will be the first to include night session matches, as is already the case at the Australian Open and the US Open.
First phase of ticket sales for the next few days
"It's a chance compared to the capacity that we will have to segment the public, but it will also create issues related to the good management of our double flow at the end of the day", underlined the general manager of the FFT.
Sure of its fact as to the holding of the tournament with the public, the Federation will launch "these days a first phase of the marketing of the ticket office with places for a certain category of our staff of the Federation and for the Leagues" , announced Ms. Oudéa-Castéra.
"The subsequent installments, it will be managed over time in the most aligned and responsive way possible with the health authorities, the sports ministry, the police headquarters, the Paris town hall," she said. insured.
Amélie Oudéa-Castéra was appointed Friday morning to the post of Managing Director of the FFT, where she succeeds Jean-François Vilotte, by the new president of the body Gilles Moretton, elected on February 13 to replace Bernard Giudicelli.
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