Click here to apply for media credentials. Deadline is Monday, July 2 at 5 p.m. EDT
For more information, contact Media Director Ron Cioffi:
cioffi@sta.usta.com, 770.368.8200 x112, cell: 770.378.7856.
Media Guidelines
- Only media with tournament media accreditations will have access to the Media Room and any services, food or amenities offered.
- All credentials are nontransferable.
- Media should ask for a ticket for a seat in Stadium Court for each day of coverage. Tickets will be handed out solely at the discretion of the Media Director and other Media Room staff, and are not necessarily available on a first-come, first-served basis.
- Media not following these guidelines or not following the directives of the Media Director or other Media Room staff, tournament staff, on-court officials, ushers and other tournament personnel may have their credentials revoked and immediately asked to leave the tournament site.
Photographer/Videographer Guidelines
- All media guidelines mentioned above also apply to photographers and videographers.
- A photo box and any other areas set aside for photographers/videographers on Stadium Court are the sole areas open to photographers and videographers. Photographers/videographers must follow the directive of any tournament usher or official about where to photograph and move immediately or after the next changeover. If there is an issue, ask the usher to contact the Media Director or other Media Room staff to come to the court.
- Photographers/videographers can ask the Media Director or ofter Media Room staff for one-time permission to photograph from any otherwise unoccupied seat in Stadium Court.
- Photographers/videographers areas will be designated for the Grandstand Court and Court 3. Additionally photographers/videographers will have access to open seats in the stands.
- Photographers/videographers who are not actively shooting may be asked to leave any designated photo areas.
- Photographers/videographers can sit for short period of time in unused Media seats in the Stadium Court if the seat is not being used by the ticket holder.
- Photographers/videographers not following these guidelines or not following the directives of the Media Director or other Media Room staff, tournament staff, on-court officials, ushers and other tournament personnel may have their credentials revoked and immediately asked to leave the tournament site.
2012 Media Tennis Tournament
We are planning our media tennis tournament for 2012. See below for a description of last year's tournament.
The 2011 media tennis tournament was played on 36' 10 and Under Tennis courts with the appropriate racquets, balls and nets. While we used the courts and equipment aimed at 8 and under players, the competition was fierce and everyone who played enjoyed tennis on a smaller but just as challenging scale.
Thanks for Dunlop for supplying the grand prize ... a "driveway" tennis court consisting of a 36' court with appropriately sized racquets and balls from the USTA 10 and Under Tennis program.