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Charles Owens (tennis)

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Charles Owens
Country (sports)United States United States
Born (1950-07-31) July 31, 1950 (age 74)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record55–76
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 36 (March 5, 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon3R (1975)
US Open3R (1973, 1974)
Doubles
Career record51–63
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 105 (March 1, 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1975)
US Open3R (1972, 1974, 1975)

Charles "Charlie" Owens (born July 31, 1950) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.[1]

Career

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Owens won the Orange Bowl in 1966 for the 16 and under age division.

He competed at the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, where he won bronze medals in both the men's doubles (with Fred McNair) and mixed doubles (with Mona Schallau).

In 1972, he was the NCAA Division II champion for Samford University.

He made the third round of the singles event at the US Open in 1973 and 1974 as well as the third round of Wimbledon in 1975.[2] In doubles, he and partner Mike Estep beat third seeds Arthur Ashe and Roscoe Tanner en route to the third round at the 1974 US Open.[2]

Grand Prix career finals

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Singles: 1 (0–1)

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Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jan 1973 Birmingham, United States Hard United States Sandy Mayer 7–5, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

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Result W-L Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 1975 Little Rock, United States Carpet (i) United States Jeff Austin Mexico Marcelo Lara
Australia Barry Phillips-Moore
4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Nov 1979 Bogotá, Colombia Clay United States Bruce Nichols Mexico Emilio Montaño
Colombia Jairo Velasco
2–6, 4–6

References

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