Owen Williams (born 23 June 1931) is a South African retired male tennis player and tournament director.

[1][2] His best singles performance was reaching the fourth round at the 1954 US Championships as the seventh–seeded foreign player.

In addition to his tennis activities, Williams founded, owned and operated several businesses ventures including distributorships in Scotch whisky, chocolate liqueur and champagne, a sporting goods firm, a small publishing company and a public relations company.

[5][6] As part of the deal to sign Williams for the WCT organization, Lamar Hunt purchased his South African businesses in 1981.

[9] In 1998, Williams partnered with chess legend Garry Kasparov to form Sports Management Strategies International in Palm Beach, Florida.