Personal and Family Life
Mary Carillo was born on March 15, 1957, in Queens, New York City, New York to Tony Carillo and Terry Carillo. She has a strong family background. She is a sister to Charlie Carillo who is a famous author and also has a strong bond with sports-radio presenter Mike Francesca.
Mary Carillo holds an American nationality and is of North American ethnicity. She has a husky voice and with that short haircut, most of the people were convinced that she is a lesbian. Although there was a rumor of Mary Carillo being a gay and have a girlfriend, her marriage with fellow tennis player has certainly put a brake on all those rumors. Carillo attended St. Mary’s High School in Manhasset, New York from where she graduated in 1975.
Carillo is a married woman. She tied the knot with Bill Bowden, an Australian tennis instructor. The couple was living an ecstatic life for 15 years and in between the time, their two kids Rachel Bowden and Anthony Bowden added a bundle of joy to their life. In 1998, Mary Carillo divorced husband Bowden and their lovely family shattered in pieces with no hopes of getting back again.
A short time after graduation, Carillo strongly decided to make her career interest in tennis and soon starting sweating on the tennis court. She professionally started playing the tennis on women’s circuit in the late 70s and was listed world no.33 in the Women’s Tennis Association Rankings. In the early 80s, she retired from Tennis following the knee injury.
Carillo was more aggressive and efficacious while playing mix-doubles rather than single. She was the deserving winner of 1977 French Open mixed-doubles in which she was partnered with John McEnroe who coincidentally happened to be her childhood friend. That understanding and good communication brought and astonishing victory in both of their career. The duo reached to the Wimbledon quarter-final and also made it to the final of women’s doubles quarter at the US Open.
After the retirement, she moved to the television and made her debut on USA Network from 1980 to 1987. She then served PBS from 1981 until 1986. Soon after leaving PBS, she joined the team of MSG and worked there until 1988. Her fabulous work on the previous network soon earned her a job at ESPN in 1988 and served the network for 9 years. From 1986, she started working for CBS Sports reporting U.S. Open. Her work assignment seems to be completely unstoppable.
In 1996, Carillo joined HBO both as an analyst and anchor to report the news of Wimbledon coverage and left the network in 1999. Later the year, she worked for Turner Sports with the very same job title and stayed with the network up to 2002. She has also served NBC Sports for the network’s coverage of Wimbledon and French Open. She worked as a tennis specialist in 1996 Atlanta and 2000 Sydney as well as she also reported the CBS coverage of 1992 Albertville, 1994 Lillehammer and 1998 Nagano.
Carillo reported three of the major competitions bobsled, luge, and skeleton throughout NBC’s coverage of the 2002 Salt Lake Winter Olympics. She further went on to receive a wide appraise for her bang on hosting in the 2002 closing ceremony. She also received a critical acclaim for Bravo’s coverage of 2004 Athens Games. She was also the late-night co-anchor and presenter for the closing ceremony of 2008 Beijing Games.
She alongside Dick Button, Scott Hamilton and many other co-presented the skating television program at the 2006 Winter Games that was held in Torino for USA Network. Carillo was the previous member of the board of directors of ‘Women’s Tennis Association’. She was
Apart from being a talented TV sports host and tennis player, she also is a gifted writer. She has expressed her love for tennis by writing three books ‘Tennis My Way’ (1984), Rick Eistein’s Tennis Kinetics( (1985) and Tennis Confidential II: More of Today’s Greatest Players, Matches, and Controversies. She even appeared in British romantic-comedy film ‘Wimbeldon’.
Net Worth and Salary
According to celebrity net worth, Mary Carillo has earned a net worth of $5 million from her career. Her net worth also includes the prize amount which she received from her tennis career. Her net worth will definitely rise up in the coming future with number of projects that are offered to her
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Awards and Contribution
Mary Carillo has been honored with some of the prestigious awards of the industry. She was the recipient of two Peabody Award, recognized as one of the most prestigious awards in the television world. In 1986, World Tennis Magazine named Carillo ‘Best Commentator’. She was also awarded Sports Emmy Award for featuring on the Hoyt family.Mary Carillo is an American television personality and a former tennis player. She is popularly known for her work with ESPN and HBO. She was ranked no.33 in the Women’s Tennis Association Rankings.
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