USTA Missouri Valley Officials

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Interested in Becoming a USTA Missouri Valley Official?

Give back and help grow the game of tennis through officiating. Officials play an integral role at tournaments at all levels—from local community events to professional events—by ensuring fair play and good sportsmanship. They may serve as roving umpires, referees, chair umpires or line umpires. Give back to the game of tennis by becoming a USTA Certified Official. Here are the steps:

1. Create an OfficialsFirst account on the USTA Officiating Database. Begin HERE.

    

2. Complete the Introduction to Officiating, Rules and Regulations, Level 1 Roving Umpire and Level 2 Roving Umpire courses. Click here to access these courses.

    

3. Be in compliance with the USTA Safe Play Program. To get started, go to www.usta.com/safeplay and click on "Get Safe Play Approved." Log into your USTA account or create an account with the same email address that the Officiating Department has on file for you. The three steps you must complete are the annual SafeSport training, review and acceptance of the USTA Safe Play Policy, and completion of the background screen application.

    

4. Be a USTA member. To become a member, click here.

    

5. Submit to the USTA a physician's or optometrist's statement attesting that the official has 20/20 vision, either corrected or uncorrected in each eye. The Vision Form can be downloaded on OfficialsFirst and then uploaded to your account once completed. Please note the Vision Form must be dated within the past 12 months.

    

6. Contact your Section Chairperson to set up two days of on-court training/shadowing. After the two days, you will show your knowledge of basic themes described in the training checklist. Following the successful completion of the checklist, you will be certified! USTA Certified Official will be added to your OfficialsFirst account, and you will gain access to events on OfficialsFirst.

You can learn more about the process here.

Local Resources

District Contacts

Find your district officials' contact to learn more about officiating in your area here.

USTA Missouri Valley List of Certified Officials

Officials play an integral role at tournaments of all levels, from local community events to professional matches. They focus on fair play and sportsmanship. Find a list of USTA Missouri Valley Officials here.

Officials in the News

Check out some of our top articles on USTA officials and learn more about why they decided to enter the officiating industry by clicking the below links.

• Q&A: Meet the USTA Missouri Valley officials working the 2025 US Open (USTA Missouri Valley)

• Award-winning official Tracey Johnson finds joy in every match (USTA Heart of America)

• 50 Years of Officiating: Scott Van Beck's journey from basketball to tennis (USTA Iowa)

• Jitesh Patel, vice chair of officiating, details benefits of becoming an official (USTA Kansas)

• Newcomer to Standout: Kelly Hayes named USTA Missouri's Outstanding Official (USTA Missouri)

• Adam Studts honored as USTA Nebraska's Outstanding Official (USTA Nebraska)

• Charlie Smith selected as USTA Missouri Valley Outstanding Official, Glass Ball recipient (USTA Oklahoma)

• Brad Bower, 19, balances officiating, tournament directing and college (USTA St. Louis)