Charles "Charlie" Pasarell (born June 12, 1944, San Juan, Puerto Rico) is a former American tennis player and current tournament director and commentator. June 12 is the 163rd day of the year (164th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Nickname: Location of San Juan within the island of Puerto Rico Coordinates: Country United States Territory Puerto Rico Founded 1508/1521 Area  - City 76. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ...

Pasarell attended UCLA, where he won the NCAA men's singles title in 1966, one year after his friend and teammate Arthur Ashe. He reached #1 in the rankings of American men's players in 1967. Pasarell competed in major tournaments from 1960 through 1979, with his most successful showings coming in doubles. He reached the finals in men's doubles at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open, the French Open, and the Australian Open. Pasarell was a member of the U.S. Davis Cup team in 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1974. The University of California, Los Angeles, generally known as UCLA, is a public university whose main campus is located in the affluent Westwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often said NC-Double-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletics programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) Country: United States Height: 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) Weight: 73 kg (160 lb) Plays: Right Turned pro: 1969 Retired: 1980 Highest singles ranking: 1 (1968 and 1975) Singles titles: 34 Career prize money: $2,584,909 Grand Slam Record Titles: 3 Australian Open W... The Championships, Wimbledon, commonly referred to as simply Wimbledon, is the oldest event in the sport of tennis. ... For the article about the U.S. Open 2006, click here. ... For the golf tournament, see Open de France. ... The Australian Open is the first of the worlds four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, held each January at Melbourne Park. ... The great Australians Lew Hoad and Ken Rosewall with the Cup in 1953 The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in mens tennis. ...

In 1969 at Wimbledon, Pasarell played Pancho Gonzales in the longest match in Wimbledon history. The 41-year old Gonzales finally defeated the 25-year-old Pasarell 22-24, 1-6, 16-14, 6-3, 11-9 after a battle that lasted 5 hours and 12 minutes. Ricardo Alonso González or Richard Gonzalez, (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), who was generally known as Pancho Gonzales or, less often, as Pancho Gonzalez, was the World No. ...

Pasarell is currently the tournament director of the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, and a commentator for The Tennis Channel. He is a member of the Intercollegiate Men's Tennis Hall of Fame and the Southern California Tennis Association Hall of Fame. Indian Wells Tennis Garden, Indian Wells, California The Indian Wells Masters is an annual tennis tournament held at Indian Wells, California. ... Indian Wells is a city located in Riverside County, California, in the Palm Springs area, in between Palm Desert and La Quinta. ... The Tennis Channel is a digital cable television channel with programming devoted to the game of tennis. ...

External links

• Davis Cup statistics
• Tennis Channel profile
• Interview of Charlie Pasarell, 2003
• BBC News article on Pasarell/Gonzales match
• SCTA Hall of Fame profile