December 11, 2007
AVP Charleston Open announces scheduled dates for second annual event - May 15th - 18th.

June 18th, 2007
AVP Commissioner & CEO Leonard Armatto states that the Charleston stop can grow to be one of the premeir flagship events on the AVP Tour - "We're looking forward to building a truly first-class, top-notch AVP Crocs Tour here for a long time.  We feel this has the potential to become one of our flagship events."

June 17, 2007
The #1 ranked and seeded team of Misty "The Turtle" May-Treanor & Kerri "Six Feet of Sunshine" Walsh become the first women's team to capture the AVP Charleston Open title by defeating the #3 ranked and seeded team of Elaine "EY" Youngs & Nicole Branagh in two games (21-13, 21-12).

The #4 ranked and seeded team of Stein "Stein-O" Metzger & Mike "The Hawaiian Curtain" Lambert become the first men's team to capture the AVP Charleston Open title by defeating the #2 ranked and seeded team of Phil "The Thin Beast" Dalhausser & Todd "The Professor" Rogers in two games (21-19, 21-15).

*Each championship team took home a check for $20,000 and 360 AVP points for their Charleston victory, while each finalist team received a check for $15,000 and 324 AVP points.  *See below for historical men's and women's AVP Charleston Open results.

June 14, 2007
First AVP ball is served on Feature Court #1 (Grand Lawn).

June 8, 2007
AVP  personnel arrived on-site to construct various structures, tents, and other items needed to put on the show.  They worked through the weekend making sure everything was ready for the June 14th qualifying round action.

*In total, 1518 tons of high quality PGA Bunker Sand (3.063 million pounds) were delivered to the Family Circle Tennis Center to construct all of the courts (includes 46 additional tons of fresh sand that was trucked in to top of stadium court for the finals).

June 5-6, 2007
342 tons of PGA Bunker Sand are placed in Family Circle Magazine Stadium to create a 12" deep playing surface.  This sand was placed on top of 250 4' x 8' sheets of plywood that was laid down over a gigantic tarp used to cover and protect the world class clay tennis court below during the AVP event.

June 1, 2007
A giant 40' x 47' AVP Charleston Open banner (above was hung
from Family Circle Magazine
Stadium depicting Misty May-
Treanor, a top star from the AVP
Crocs Pro Beach Volleyball Tour!

May 24, 2007
Courts #2 & #3 are constructed on the Grand Lawn, and Courts #4, #5, & #6 are constructed near Seven Farms Drive (each receiving 225 tons of sand to form a 12" deep playing surface). 

May 21, 2007
200 Railroad ties are put in place to outline each of the 6 match courts.  Each tie is 10" wide, 10" thick, and 10' in length, and weighs 400 lbs. 

March 31, 2007
First ticket was sold to the AVP Charleston Open.

December 8, 2006
History is made when AVP Commissioner Leonard Armato came to town for a formal press conference at the Family Circle Tennis Center accompanied by volleyball legends Holly McPeak and Stein Metzger to announce that Charleston was selected to host the newest event on the AVP Tour.  The 2007 event marked the AVP's first appearance in Charleston.