Byron Black

Byron Black (born 6 October 1969 in Salisbury, Rhodesia – now Harare, Zimbabwe) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.

Biography

He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was an All-American as named by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

In 1995 Black was a US Open quarterfinalist and in 2000 he reached the same round at Wimbledon. His highest career singles ranking was World No. 22, which he achieved in June 1996.

An accomplished doubles player, Black became world no. 1 in doubles in February 1994. He won the 1994 French Open partnering Jonathan Stark. Black was a doubles finalist in three other majors, the 1994 and 2001 Australian Opens and 1996 Wimbledon.

Black is one of the few professional players to have played with a double-handed forehand.

Black formed the core of the Zimbabwean Davis Cup team with his brother Wayne.

Doubles Titles (22–19)

Legend Grand Slam (1–3) Tennis Masters Cup (0–0) ATP Masters Series (5–5) ATP Championship Series (3–4) ATP Tour (13–7)

Titles by Surface Hard (14–12) Clay (4–2) Grass (1–2) Carpet (3–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	20 April 1992	Hong Kong	Hard	Byron Talbot	Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1.	5 April 1993	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Lan Bale	Johan De Beer Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–2
Runner-up	2.	12 July 1993	Newport, United States	Grass	Jim Pugh	Javier Frana Christo van Rensburg	6–4, 1–6, 6–7
Winner	2.	26 July 1993	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	30 August 1993	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Brett Steven	Bernd Karbacher Andrei Olhovskiy	6–2, 6–7, 1–6
Winner	3.	4 October 1993	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Brad Pearce Dave Randall	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
Winner	4.	11 October 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	7–5, 7–6
Winner	5.	25 October 1993	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Mike Bauer David Prinosil	6–3, 7–6
Winner	6.	8 November 1993	Paris, France	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	10 January 1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	David Adams	Mark Kratzmann Andrew Kratzmann	4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	5.	31 January 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	7 February 1994	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Rick Leach Jared Palmer	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	14 February 1994	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	28 February 1994	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	5–7, 3–6
Winner	8.	6 June 1994	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jonathan Stark	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–6
Winner	9.	1 August 1994	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	10 October 1994	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4–6, 6–7
Runner-up	9.	17 October 1994	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Runner-up	10.	7 November 1994	Paris, France	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up	11.	9 January 1995	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Grant Connell	Jim Courier Patrick Rafter	6–7, 4–6
Runner-up	12.	15 May 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1–6, 6–7
Winner	10.	29 May 1995	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jonathan Stark	Libor Pimek Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–3
Winner	11.	13 November 1995	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Tommy Ho Brett Steven	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	12.	19 February 1996	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Grant Connell	Karel Nováček Jiří Novák	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	4 March 1996	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Grant Connell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–7, 2–6
Runner-up	14.	15 April 1996	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–4, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	13.	20 May 1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jonathan Stark	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6–2, 6–3
Winner	14.	24 June 1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Grant Connell	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	15.	8 July 1996	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Grant Connell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 2–6
Winner	15.	19 August 1996	New Haven, United States	Hard	Grant Connell	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	16.	19 May 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Alex O'Brien	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner	16.	13 April 1998	Hong Kong	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	17.	1 March 1999	London, England	Carpet	Wayne Ferreira	Tim Henman Greg Rusedski	3–6, 6–7(6)
Winner	17.	2 August 1999	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Goran Ivanišević Brian MacPhie	6–2, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	18.	9 August 1999	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	6–7(5), 4–6
Winner	18.	16 August 1999	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6(6)
Winner	19.	1 November 1999	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6–7(6), 7–6(2), 6–0
Winner	20.	28 February 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Donald Johnson	Gastón Etlis Martin Rodríguez	6–3, 7–5
Winner	21.	8 January 2001	Chennai, India	Hard	Wayne Black	Barry Cowan Mose Navarra	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	19.	29 January 2001	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Winner	22.	24 September 2001	Shanghai, China	Hard	Thomas Shimada	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–2, 3–6, 7–5

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	F	1R	2R	3R	1R	2R	2R	F	3R	0 / 11	18–11
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	W	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	3R	1 / 11	12–10
Wimbledon	A	A	2R	1R	QF	3R	3R	F	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	2R	0 / 12	17–12
U.S. Open	2R	A	A	1R	2R	3R	QF	1R	1R	3R	SF	1R	2R	A	0 / 11	14–11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	1 / 45	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–4	4–4	15–3	6–4	7–4	3–4	2–4	6–4	4–4	6–4	5–3	N/A	61–44
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	NME	2R	A	A	A	F	2R	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	QF	A	0 / 9	9–8
Miami	NME	A	A	A	SF	SF	SF	SF	QF	3R	1R	QF	2R	A	0 / 9	17–9
Monte Carlo	NME	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1
Rome	NME	A	A	A	A	A	1R	W	F	A	A	QF	A	A	1 / 4	11–3
Hamburg	NME	A	A	A	A	A	F	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	0 / 2	4–2
Canada	NME	A	A	A	2R	W	2R	QF	1R	1R	F	A	1R	A	1 / 8	9–7
Cincinnati	NME	A	A	A	A	QF	SF	QF	1R	1R	W	A	2R	A	1 / 7	10–6
Stuttgart (Stockholm)	NME	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	1R	W	A	A	A	1 / 4	5–3
Paris	NME	A	A	A	W	F	2R	SF	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	A	1/ 8	11–7
Masters Series SR	N/A	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 3	1 / 5	0 / 9	1 / 7	0 / 6	0 / 6	2 / 6	0 / 5	0 / 4	0 / 0	5 / 52	N/A
Annual Win-Loss	N/A	1–0	0–0	0–0	9–2	14–4	9–9	12–6	6–6	4–6	13–4	5–5	3–4	0–0	N/A	76–46
Year End Ranking	586	381	149	90	5	6	18	4	70	70	10	53	34	106	N/A

A = did not attend tournament

Singles titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 April 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Martin Damm	7–6, 6–3
2.	12 April 1999	Chennai, India	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6–4, 1–6, 6–3

Runner-ups (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	8 January 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
2.	15 April 1996	New Delhi, India	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–2, 7–6
3.	13 April 1998	Hong Kong	Hard	Abhineet Chowdhary	6–2, 6–0
4.	20 April 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Andrei Pavel	6–3, 6–4
5.	22 June 1998	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–2
6.	15 November 1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 6–4
7.	21 February 2000	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
8.	26 June 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Sébastien Grosjean	7–6, 6–3

External links

• ATPtennis.com PlayerProfile of Black
• www.sporting-heroes profile of Black's 2000 Wimbledon quarterfinals appearance