{"id":38978,"date":"2020-01-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/australian-open-holding-money-cant-buy-auction-bushfire-relief\/"},"modified":"2020-01-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T00:00:00","slug":"australian-open-holding-money-cant-buy-auction-bushfire-relief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/lifestyle\/australian-open-holding-money-cant-buy-auction-bushfire-relief\/","title":{"rendered":"The Australian Open Is Holding A Money-Can&#8217;t Buy Auction For Bushfire Relief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Attention tennis fans!<\/p>\n<p>Would you like the opportunity to meet your fave players? How about get your mitts on an Air Jordan shoe signed by Serena Williams or private lesson with a tennis legend?<\/p>\n<p>\n\n  <img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/yesexcited-1.gif height=\"260\" width=\"400\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original\" delta=\"1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>\n  <noscript><img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/yesexcited-1.gif height=\"260\" width=\"400\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original\" delta=\"1\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" ><\/noscript>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, we thought y&#8217;all might be excited.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday 15 January, the Australian Open is launching an online auction, Aces For Bushfire Relief, putting a wide range of individual items up for sale &#8211; and one major prize &#8211; all in support of bushfire relief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Auction prizes include:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Signed Australian Open programs<\/li>\n<li>Serena Williams signed Air Jordan shoe<\/li>\n<li>Angelique Kerber signed tennis dress<\/li>\n<li>Private lesson with tennis legends Wally Massur and John Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<li>Signed Tennis Merchandise &amp; Equipment&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Limited edition collectibles and memorabilia&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Player, Legend and Celebrity Meet and Greets&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Exclusive (money can\u2019t buy) Dining, Sporting and Entertainment Experiences (both Aus and Global)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Rod Laver Arena seats during the Australian Open<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And just in case that wasn&#8217;t enough to have you rushing out to auction, here&#8217;s the spectacular major prize aka the <strong>AO Champions Weekend for 2:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>2 x On court seats at Men\u2019s Final and Women\u2019s Final<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Photo with both the Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champions<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;4 nights\u2019 accommodation in Melbourne<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Breakfast for 2 with Rod Laver<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;60 minute Tennis Lesson for 2 with Jim Courier on an AO Match Court<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Dinner at Nobu at the AO (Set menu)<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Coffee with Pat Rafter in Player Cafe<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Access for full Finals Weekend to the Tennis Australia VIP Lounge<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;AO Behind the scenes tour with Tournament Director Craig Tiley<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Photo with the AO trophies<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Sit on-court during the Trophy Presentation to Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Champion<\/li>\n<li>&nbsp;Exclusive use of official AO Player car and driver during weekend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\n  <img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/chris_pratt_excited_0-1.gif height=\"270\" width=\"480\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original\" delta=\"2\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" \/>\n  <noscript><img src=https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/chris_pratt_excited_0-1.gif height=\"270\" width=\"480\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 100%;\" class=\"media-element file-media-original\" delta=\"2\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" ><\/noscript>\n\n<\/p>\n<p>Keen? <a href=\"http:\/\/pubads.g.doubleclick.net\/gampad\/clk?id=5270929888&amp;iu=\/7426\" target=\"_blank\">Check out more information here<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a GREAT cause!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":1449,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[201],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-38978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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