The complex missed out on hosting Australia’s Asia-Oceania Zone Group 1 tie against China from February 10-12 to Geelong Lawn Tennis Club but is hoping to secure a fixture in April.

If it beats China as expected, Australia is scheduled to play the winner of the South Korea-Chinese Taipei match from April 6-8.

The winner of that tie will go through to the World Group playoffs.

The bid for the April tie was submitted last week and Wodonga Tennis Complex president Sandra Griffin said she was hopeful it would be second time lucky for the Border club.

“I’d say our chances are as good as February,” Griffin said yesterday.

“We’ve only just submitted the expression of interest so we won’t know until the end of February.”

Tennis Australia officials inspected the courts at Wodonga in November, but the Border missed out on hosting the Davis Cup tie because there was not an international terminal at Albury Airport.

Players required flights to California straight after the tie.

Tennis Australia event director Steve Ayles said at the time that Wodonga was “very, very close” to securing the event.

Griffin said she didn’t expect there would be any air issues this time around.

“We don’t even know if they would want it in Victoria,” Griffin said.

“It’s on the Easter weekend and there are a lot of tournaments on.

“We don’t have an Easter tournament so that could work in our favour.

“The council has been fantastic.”

Griffin said the Shayne Reid-prepared courts, which recently hosted the Victorian Junior Grasscourt Championships and the Wodonga Grasscourt Championships, were in the best shape she had seen.

“The courts are beautiful at the moment,” Griffin said.

“They are always good but I think they are the best they’ve ever been.”