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He\u2019ll wave for free, but to meet Roger Federer will cost you $20,000.Credit: AP<\/p>\n
The meet-and-greet with Federer was one of two VIP options put on sale by Tennis Australia in December<\/a>. The cheaper option ($2500 a person) offers seats to a Q&A with the tennis great, paired with cocktails and \u201cpremium\u201d beverages.<\/p>\n But guests willing to fork out $20,000 each will get what has been sold as a \u201conce-in-a-lifetime opportunity\u201d to meet Federer in his dressing room. The meeting, which you\u2019d assume would involve at least a selfie with the 44-year-old, will take place before he plays in a match with Andre Agassi, Pat Rafter, and Lleyton Hewitt, in what is billed as the \u201cbattle of the World No.1s\u201d during the Australian Open\u2019s first-ever opening ceremony.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n That package also includes courtside seats for the match, a Piper-Hiedsieck champagne package, and an \u201cinteractive omakase dining experience\u201d \u2013 all available in other hospitality packages for the tournament, including for the semi-final, where courtside tickets are priced at $17,655 but don\u2019t include a chat with Federer.<\/p>\n Tickets for the opening ceremony were released on December 12, and the $20,000 package is the only ticket for that day customers cannot currently purchase. Federer posted a video on his personal Instagram account that day, announcing he\u2019d be making the trip for the tournament.<\/p>\n The prices \u2013 which are still not as high as some tickets at other grand slams \u2013 are a contributing factor in Tennis Australia\u2019s strong financial results for 2024\/25, which saw more than $600,000,000 gained in revenue for the first time.<\/p>\n In its annual report published last month, Tennis Australia reported $671,098,000 in revenue from operations and events, which includes ticket sales along with broadcast deals and government partners. That was an increase of nearly $100 million from the previous year, and makes up 97 per cent of TA\u2019s total revenue from contracts with customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Got a spare $20,000 and want to meet tennis legend Roger Federer in Melbourne next weekend? It looks…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":401235,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[565],"tags":[64,63,85,747],"class_list":["post-401234","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=401234"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401234\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/401235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=401234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=401234"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=401234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}