Automatic camera control system for tennis and sports with multiple areas of interest

A single operator, automatic camera control system for providing action images of at least one player on a field of play, during a sporting event, comprising:

• a LiDAR scanner disposed to obtain images from the field of play and constructed and arranged for generating multiple sequential LiDAR images of the at least one player on the field of play;
• at least one fixed video camera and disposed to focus on a designated area of the field of play for generating video images that supplement the LiDAR images;
• and
• a control computer connected to said LiDAR scanner and said at least one video camera and configured to combine said LiDAR images and said video images to create a composite target image representative of the at least one player, and to update said composite target image during the sporting event.