Charles Owens (tennis)

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Charles Owens
Country (sports) Flag of the United States.svg United States
Born (1950-07-31) July 31, 1950 (age 75)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record55–76
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 36 (March 5, 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon 3R (1975)
US Open 3R (1973, 1974)
Doubles
Career record51–63
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 105 (March 1, 1976)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 3R (1975)
US Open 3R (1972, 1974, 1975)

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

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Career

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

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jan 1973 Birmingham, United StatesHard Flag of the United States.svg Sandy Mayer 7–5, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 1975 Little Rock, United StatesCarpet (i) Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Austin Flag of Mexico.svg Marcelo Lara
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Barry Phillips-Moore
4–6, 3–6
Loss0–2Nov 1979 Bogotá, ColombiaClay Flag of the United States.svg Bruce Nichols Flag of Mexico.svg Emilio Montaño
Flag of Colombia.svg Jairo Velasco
2–6, 4–6

References

  1. ITF Profile
  2. 1 2 ATP Tour Profile