Every spring, it’s an absolute honor to be invited back as the official photographer of the Credit One Charleston Open!

Since 1973, the Charleston Open has been a pioneer in women’s professional sports, creating milestones that have directly influenced the popularity of women’s professional tennis. It was the first women’s tennis event to offer $100,000 in prize money. The tournament was the first women’s event to be broadcast on network television. More recently, the Credit One Charleston Open was named WTA 500 Tournament of the Year. Kicking off the clay season, it’s grown to be the largest women’s professional tennis tournament in North America.

Day 8 was Semi-final Saturday!!! At this stage, the players are turning up their games and leaving it all out on the court. Plus the stadium was packed! So everyone who attended the semi-finals was treated to quite a spectacle. If that wasn’t enough, I got to photograph a VIP Q&A session with Tournament Ambassadors Tracy Austin, John Isner, and Alison Riske-Amritraj. Tomorrow we’ll see who will be crowned our new Champion!!!