Samford Hall of Fame Members
Biography
RETURN TO SAHOF HOMEPAGE
INDUCTION CLASS: 2017
SPORT: Tennis
Charlie Owens won the 1972 NCAA Division II national championship as a member of the Samford men’s tennis team. Prior to attending Samford, Owens won the Orange Bowl International Tennis Championship in 1966 at the age of 16. He also competed in the 1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, Italy, where we won bronze medals in both the men’s doubles and mixed doubles. After his time at Samford, he made the third round of the U.S. Open in both 1973 and 1974 in singles and doubles. He also reached the third round of Wimbledon in 1975 in both singles and doubles. In doubles, he and partner Mike Estep defeated third seeds Arthur Ashe and Roscoe Turner on the way to the third round at the 1974 U.S. Open. For his professional career, Owens won 56 singles matches and 51 doubles matches.
