Mary Carillo

Mary Carillo
Nation:	United States
Birthday:	March 15, 1957
1st professional season:	1977
Resignation:	1980
Playing hand:	Left
singles
Grand Slam record
Double
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Mary Carillo (born March 15, 1957 in Queens , New York ) is a former American tennis player and today's television journalist.

Life

Carillo played on the WTA Tour from 1977 . Her greatest success was the victory in mixed at the 1977 French Open at the side of John McEnroe , whom she has known since childhood. In 1980 she had to end her active career due to a knee injury.

Immediately after her career as a tennis player, Carillo took a position as a television journalist, first for USA Network (1980-87) and PBS (1981-86) and then for CBS (since 1986). From 1996 to 1999 she reported for HBO from the Wimbledon Championships . She has been employed by NBC since 2003 and reports from Wimbledon and the French Open . In addition to reporting on tennis tournaments, she has also been regularly involved in programs about the Olympic Games since 1996.

Carillo has received two Peabody Awards for her work .

Carillo now lives in Naples , Florida . In 2004 she made a brief guest appearance in the film Wimbledon - Game, Set and ... Love .

Books

• Tennis Kinetics. Simon & Schuster, 1985 (with Rick Elstein ).
• Tennis My Way. Penguin Books, 1987 (with Martina Navrátilová ).

documentary

• Mary Carillo: Nancy & Tonya . NBC 2014.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Joyce Eng: NBC Revisits Nancy Kerrigan-Tonya Harding Scandal in "Fascinating Character Study". In: tvguide.com from February 21, 2014

Web links

• WTA profile Mary Carillo (English)
• ITF profile Mary Carillo (English)
• Mary Carillo in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Mary Carillo - Biography. NBC, accessed November 14, 2013 .