Life on Tour -- The David Littlefield Story

USTA Supervisor David Littlefield chats with Karrie.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. -- David Littlefield is a veteran. He was a chair umpire for 30 Grand Slam tennis tournaments, 22 U.S. Open tournaments in a row, 25 years of tennis as a full occupation. He has traveled to over 34 countries.

Littlefield is the United States Tennis Association supervisor of the St. Vincent Auxiliary Men's Professional Tennis Tournament.

Littlefield said, years ago he started to see the same umpires in big matches and he thought that might be a good job. Eventually, he got that job and his 'claim to fame' was sitting in the chair during Pete Sampras's first Grand Slam event, the U.S. Open.

Tennis was Littlefield's hobby. In West Palm Beach, Florida, he played in club tournaments and organized league tournaments. Today, tennis is his career.

"I still like getting up and going to work," Littlefield said. "Not every day...most days."