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Widely recognized as one of the most talented and opinionated network-TV tennis announcers, Mary Carillo achieved a longtime personal goal by joining the HBO Sports broadcast team in 1996 to work her first-ever Wimbledon assignment. Carillo joined broadcasting partners Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, John Lloyd, Barry MacKay and host Jim Lampley in providing commentary and analysis on the network's coverage of the Wimbledon Championships. For three years, her duties included hosting the daily one-hour prime time highlights program.
In 1997 she made her debut as a correspondent on Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO's monthly magazine-styled program. In May of 2006, Carillo earned a Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Long Feature for the inspiring story of the Hoyt Family.
A network broadcaster for two decades, Carillo began her broadcasting career in 1980 as an analyst for USA Network. She also worked a host of tournaments for ESPN. In 1986 she joined CBS Sports and has worked the U.S. Open every year since. Her CBS duties expanded to include reporting assignments at the 1992, 1994 and 1998 Winter Olympic Games.
She has served as a broadcaster for NBC Sports during the most recent summer and winter Olympic Games and can be seen doing tennis for both broadcast and cable networks.
Along with Frank Deford, she served as co-writer on HBO's groundbreaking 1999 documentary, "Dare to Compete: The Struggle of Women in Sports." Carillo's and the rest of the contributors' efforts were rewarded with a 2000 George Foster Peabody Award.
She also worked on the 2006 HBO Sports documentary film "Billie Jean King: Portrait of a Pioneer" as story advisor and interviewer.
Mary has been a mainstay on NBC's Olympic coverage, reporting on everything from skiing to skeleton during the past eight games. She also hosted a daily show at the Athens Olympic Games for the Bravo network and a figure skating show, "Olympic Ice," for the USA Network from Torino, Italy.
Carillo played on the women's professional tennis circuit from 1977 to 1980. She was ranked as high as No. 33 when she retired. She won the French Open mixed doubles title with her partner John McEnroe in 1977.
A former member of the Women's Tennis Association Board of Directors, Carillo has been named Best TV Commentator by Tennis Magazine numerous times, including the 1995 season.
A native of Queens, NY, Carillo lives in Naples, FL.
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