Mary Carillo

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Mary Carillo
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceNaples, Florida
New York City
Born (1957-03-15) March 15, 1957 (age 67)[1]
New York, U.S.
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) [2]
Turned pro1977[3]
Retired1980
PlaysLeft-handed
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 33 (January 1980)[4]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1977)
Wimbledon3R (1979)
US Open1R (1977, 1979)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
US OpenQF (1977)
Mixed doubles
Career titles1
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenW (1977)
WimbledonQF (1977)

Mary Carillo (born March 15, 1957[1]) is an American sportscaster and former professional tennis player. She is an analyst for Tennis on NBC and a reporter for NBC Olympic broadcasts.

Career

Tennis

Carillo played on the women's professional tennis circuit from 1977 to 1980. Her highest world rank was No. 33 in the Women's Tennis Association Rankings from January through March 1980. She then retired, citing knee injuries.[5]

Carillo never won a major singles title, but did win the

mixed-doubles title with John McEnroe. Carillo and McEnroe made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon before being defeated, and later that year Carillo was a women's doubles quarterfinalist at the US Open
.

Sportscasting

Tennis coverage

Carillo began her television career working for

The Tennis Channel
.

Carillo's candid and insightful commentary has earned her accolades throughout the industry, including the distinction of being called "the sport's top analyst" by

Tennis Magazine (1988–91), Best Commentator by World Tennis magazine (1986) and Broadcaster of the Year by the Women's Tennis Association
(1981 and 1985).

As a result of the ATP's handling of domestic abuse allegations against Alexander Zverev, Carillo stepped down from her presenting role at the 2021 Laver Cup, in which Zverev played, saying she wanted no part in the "whitewashing of very serious allegations".[10][11][12]

Olympic coverage

Carillo served as Olympic tennis analyst at both the

Nagano Winter Olympics.[6]

During NBC's coverage of the

bobsled, luge and skeleton competitions. Her comment that men's doubles luge is "like a bar bet gone bad" was recognized as "line of the year" in many sports television columns. In addition, Carillo's work co-hosting the 2002 Closing Ceremony alongside Dan Hicks
earned her critical acclaim.

At the

Bravo's coverage in addition to anchoring USA Network's live, Grand Slam-style coverage of the tennis gold medal finals. She delivered a lengthy, well-received commentary on badminton during this coverage.[13]

At the

Olympic Ice, a daily figure skating show on the USA Network. She co-hosted the daily figure-skating television program with Scott Hamilton, Dick Button, and Jamie Salé and David Pelletier
.

Carillo served as late-night show host, closing ceremony host, and "Friend of

2008 Beijing Games, her ninth Olympic assignment and sixth with NBC. Her role focused on cultural commentary and "slice of life" pieces about China.[14] She repeated these duties—late-night host and human-interest reporter—for NBC's coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, and the 2014 Winter Olympics
in Sochi. She was also one of the torch bearers during the torch's tour through Canada.

Other activities

Since 1997, Carillo has been a correspondent on

Sports Emmy Award for her Real Sports feature on the Hoyt Family
.

In 2009, 2013, and 2016, she co-hosted the 133rd, 137th and 140th

USA Networks
.

Carillo is a commentator for the

Kitten Bowl.[16]

Personal life

Carillo was born in New York City in the borough of Brooklyn. She now splits her time between Naples, Florida and New York City's Greenwich Village. She was married for 15 years to tennis instructor Bill Bowden, with whom she has two children, Anthony (b. 1987) and Rachel (b. 1991).[17] They divorced in 1998.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1977 French Open, France Clay United States John McEnroe Colombia Iván Molina
Romania Florența Mihai 		7–6, 6–3

WTA Tour finals

Doubles

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 1977 U.S. Women's Clay Court Championships, US None Clay United States Wendy Overton South Africa Linky Boshoff
South Africa Ilana Kloss 		7–5, 5–7, 3–6

Bibliography

Carillo has written three books, all related to tennis:

  • Tennis My Way (1984), for which she is second author to Martina Navratilova[18]
  • Rick Elstein's Tennis Kinetics: With Martina Navratilova (1985), for which she is uncredited
  • Tennis Confidential II: More of Today's Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies (2008), for which she is second author to Paul Fein

Filmography

Carillo appeared as herself in the romantic-comedy film Wimbledon (2004).

Board membership

  • She is a former member of the Women's Tennis Association's Board of Directors.
  • In 2010, she was named President of USTA Serves – Foundation for Academics, Character and Excellence[19]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ a b Database (n.d.). "Mary Carillo". Women's Tennis Association. Archived from the original on 11 October 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  2. ^ Bostic, Stephanie, ed. (1979). USTA Player Records 1978. United States Tennis Association (USTA). p. 178.
  3. ^ "ESPN Official Bio". ESPN. Archived from the original on February 21, 2010. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  4. ^ "Mary Carillo". Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel. HBO. n.d. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  5. ^ "Mary Carillo Television Sportscaster, Journalist". She Made It. Archived from the original on February 27, 2007. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
  6. ^ a b "NBC Pressbox:Bios:Mary Carillo". NBCSportsGroupPressBox.com. NBC. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  7. ^ "The Biggest Babe". insidetennis.com. Inside Tennis. August 17, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Exponents of Big Babe Tennis set to meet for Wimbledon women's title". Sports Illustrated. July 1, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2020.
  9. ^ Maffei, John (June 23, 2006). "These Voices Don't Mince Words". North County Times. Retrieved September 17, 2013.
  10. ^ McElwee, Molly (October 15, 2021). "Mary Carillo interview: 'Tennis is hiding from Alexander Zverev allegations'". The Telegraph. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  11. ^ Bourrières, Rémi (October 1, 2021). "Zverev allegations: Why Mary Carillo didn't commentate on Laver Cup". Tennis Majors. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  12. ^ Syed, Yasmin (September 25, 2021). "Alexander Zverev abuse allegations prompt Laver Cup presenter to quit". Daily Express. Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  13. ^ "Relive Mary Carillo's epic backyard badminton rant, the greatest Olympic broadcast ever". USA Today. August 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  14. ^ [dead link]"Medium Well: Your NBC Olympics Lineup – A Blog on Sports Media, News and Networks". The Baltimore Sun. Archived from the original on August 3, 2008. Retrieved September 3, 2009.
  15. ^ Gabrielle Pantera. "Hallmark Channel Paw Star Game, Kittens Play Exhibition Baseball". HollywoodDailyStar.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  16. ^ Gabrielle Pantera. "Hallmark Channel Kitten Bowl 2, Football Deflategate Beyond the Patriots". HollywoodDailyStar.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
  17. ^ Reed, Susan (September 14, 1992). "Telling it Straight". People. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  18. ISBN 978-0-14-007183-2
    .
  19. USTA
    . April 8, 2010. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Kitten Summer Games:Host:Mary Carillo". hallmarkchannel.com. Hallmark Channel. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  21. ^ "National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame:Mary Carillo". niashf.com. National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  22. Peabody Award
    . 1999. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  23. ^ "HBO:Staff:Mary Carillo". hbo.com. HBO. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  24. USTA
    . Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  25. ^ Goolsby, Denise (March 14, 2016). "Mary Carillo Honored for storied sportscasting career". The Desert Sun. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  26. ^ "Mary Carillo honored with Gene Scott Award". tennisfame.com. International Tennis Federation. September 14, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2020.
  27. ^ "Inductees:Mary Carillo". SportsBroadcastingHallOfFame.org. Retrieved June 12, 2020.

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