The BNP Paribas Open, the most attended event outside of the four Grand Slams, will donate one dollar to the National Junior Tennis League for every daily ticket sold from December 2-23, 2009, it was announced today by tournament director Steve Simon.

Daily tickets for the two-week ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and Sony Ericsson WTA Tour Premier event are now on sale and fans can take advantage of a new $35 grandstand ticket on the final weekend of the event while supplies last. Daily tickets range in price from $10 for the first Thursday evening session to $80 for loge seats on the final weekend. In addition, for a limited time, the Box Seat daily double is available whereby fans can purchase a box seat in the lower bowl for both day and evening sessions.

The National Junior Tennis League (NJTL), founded in 1968 by Charlie Pasarell, the late Arthur Ashe and Sheridan Snyder, is a non-profit organization that reaches out to children through recreational tennis programs to help promote the positive attributes of sportsmanship, self-esteem and fitness. The Coachella Valley chapter offers free weekly clinics, a circuit of monthly tournaments, as well as teaching programs at the Palm Desert YMCA. Weekly clinics are held at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden for boys and girls ages 5 to 18. Balls and racquets are provided and appropriate court shoes are required. 

“The National Junior Tennis League offers kids of all means the opportunity to learn to play tennis and then compete in local NJTL tournaments,” said Simon. “This is the tournament’s fourth year running this fundraising campaign, and one that we support in every way we can. It would be a thrill to see one of these kids compete in the BNP Paribas Open one day.”

For information on all ticket prices and packages, and to purchase, visit www.bnpparibasopen.org, call 800-999-1585 or 760-200-8000, or visit the box office, 78-200 Miles Avenue, Indian Wells, CA, 92210.

For more information about NJTL programs, clinics and tournaments offered in the Coachella Valley please call the Indian Wells Tennis Garden tennis shop (760) 200-8200 or visit www.iwtg.net.