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.
Rain delays were the story of Day 5!!! We all showed up in the morning as scheduled, but the first match didn’t actually start until 5 PM. Luckily, there was plenty of editing to get caught up on. The only downside was, to keep the tournament on schedule, matches ran late into the night and I was there until after midnight. On the upside, once the matches did begin, they turned out to be EPIC!!!
