Owens won the
Orange Bowl in 1966 for the 16 and under age division. He competed at the
1970 Summer Universiade in Turin, where he won bronze medals in both the men's doubles (with
Fred McNair) and mixed doubles (with Mona Schallau). In 1972, he was the
NCAA Division II champion for
Samford University. He made the third round of the singles event at the US Open in 1973 and 1974 as well as the third round of Wimbledon in 1975. In doubles, he and partner
Mike Estep beat third seeds
Arthur Ashe and
Roscoe Tanner en route to the third round at the
1974 US Open. ==Grand Prix career finals==