Mary Carillo was born on March 15,1957 and is an American sportscaster and former professional tennis player.
21 Facts About Mary Carillo
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Mary Carillo is an analyst for Tennis on NBC and a reporter for NBC Olympic broadcasts.
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Mary Carillo never won a major singles title, but did win the 1977 French Open mixed-doubles title with John McEnroe.
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Mary Carillo and McEnroe made it to the quarterfinals at Wimbledon before being defeated, and later that year Mary Carillo was a women's doubles quarterfinalist at the US Open.
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Mary Carillo began her television career working for USA Network from 1980 to 1987, PBS from 1981 to 1986 and MSG from 1981 to 1988.
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Mary Carillo then worked for ESPN from 1988 to 1997 and again from 2003 to 2010.
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Mary Carillo worked on US Open coverage for CBS Sports from 1986 to 2014.
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In May 2003, Mary Carillo joined NBC Sports as an analyst on its French Open and Wimbledon coverage, having made her debut as an analyst on NBC for the 1996 Family Circle Cup tennis event.
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Mary Carillo is known for her deep voice, quick wit and pointed sense of humor.
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Mary Carillo served as Olympic tennis analyst at both the Atlanta and Sydney Summer Olympics and as the skiing reporter for CBS's coverage at the Albertville, Lillehammer and Nagano Winter Olympics.
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At the 2004 Athens Games, Mary Carillo earned critical praise in her debut as a full-time Olympic host on Bravo's coverage in addition to anchoring USA Network's live, Grand Slam-style coverage of the tennis gold medal finals.
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Mary Carillo delivered a lengthy, well-received commentary on badminton during this coverage.
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At the 2006 Winter Games in Torino Mary Carillo hosted Olympic Ice, a daily figure skating show on the USA Network.
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Mary Carillo served as late-night show host, closing ceremony host, and "Friend of Bob" for the 2008 Beijing Games, her ninth Olympic assignment and sixth with NBC.
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Mary Carillo's role focused on cultural commentary and "slice of life" pieces about China.
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Mary Carillo was one of the torch bearers during the torch's tour through Canada.
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Since 1997, Mary Carillo has been a correspondent on HBO's Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, winning a Sports Emmy Award for her Real Sports feature on the Hoyt Family.
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Mary Carillo is a commentator for the Hallmark Channel special Paw Star Game premiering July 12,2015.
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Mary Carillo appeared as herself in the romantic-comedy film Wimbledon.
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Mary Carillo was born in New York City in the borough of Brooklyn.
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Mary Carillo was married for 15 years to tennis instructor Bill Bowden.