Charles Owens (tennis)

Charles Owens

Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1950-07-31) July 31, 1950 Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	55–76
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 36 (March 5, 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	3R (1975)
US Open	3R (1973, 1974)
Doubles
Career record	51–63
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 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.

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. 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.

Grand Prix career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

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

Doubles: 2 (0–2)

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