Cara Black

Cara Black
Country (sports)	Zimbabwe
Residence	London, England
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	$ 5,866,727
Singles
Career record	312–239
Career titles	1 (6 in ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 31 (March 15, 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2nd (00, 01, 02, 04)
French Open	4th (2001)
Wimbledon	3rd (1998, 2003, 2005)
US Open	2nd (1998, 2002, 2004)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games	2r (2004)
Doubles
Career record	602–238
Career titles	51 (10 in ITF)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (October 17, 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2007)
French Open	F (2005)
Wimbledon	W (2004, 2005, 2007)
US Open	W (2008)
Tour Finals	W (2007, 2008)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2005, 2008)
French Open	W (2003)
Wimbledon	W (2004)
US Open	W (2008)
	Last updated on: 14 September 2009.

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Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.

Career

As the daughter of Don and Velia Black, the tennis-playing Cara is the younger sister of Wayne Black and Byron Black, both professional male tennis players. All three compete mostly in doubles; Wayne was the 2001 US Open and 2005 Australian Open champion and Byron was the 1994 French Open winner.

Cara also has won five Grand Slam women's doubles titles in her career: Wimbledon 2004, 2005, and 2007; Australian Open 2007; and US Open 2008. She has won 3 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in her career, 2 of them partnering with her brother Wayne: the 2002 French Open & the 2004 Wimbledon Championships (they reached the final at the 2004 French Open and they reached the semifinals at the 2003 French Open & 2003 U.S. Open), and the most recently the 2008 U.S. Open with Leander Paes of India. She also reached the 2000 U.S. Open doubles final with Elena Likhovtseva.

In August 2005, Black announced that she would marry her longtime boyfriend, Australian mental and fitness trainer Brett Stephens.^[1] In November that year, Black was runner up in the WTA Championships doubles title. Australian Samantha Stosur and American Lisa Raymond defeated Australian Rennae Stubbs and Black 6–7 (5–7), 7–5, 6–4.^[2]

2007 saw Black come back to partner Liezel Huber. They came together successfully, winning the 2007 Australian Open and triumphing at Wimbledon. The team ended the year as the number one team, winning the year-end championships over Katarina Srebotnik and Ai Sugiyama 5–7, 6–3, [10-8].^[3]

Black represented Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[4] She lost to 2nd seeded Jelena Janković from Serbia in the first round on August 11, 2008. She teamed up with Leander Paes from India for the mixed doubles at the US Open, triumphing over Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray in the finals.

2009 did not see her best performances with five doubles titles leading to the year end championships in Doha, Qatar. She defended her world no.1 title in doubles from sisters Serena Williams and Venus Williams by advancing to the final round of the year end championships. Should she lost in the semifinal and the sisters won the tournament, she would have lost her world no.1 title.

Grand Slam women's doubles finals: 8 finals (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	2000	US Open	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–0, 1–6, 6–1
Winner	2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	2005	French Open	Clay	Liezel Huber	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	2005	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Liezel Huber	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–7(4), 6–1
Winner	2007	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2008	US Open	Hard	Liezel Huber	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	2009	US Open	Hard	Liezel Huber	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 6–2

WTA Titles (68)

Singles (7)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tour Championships (0)
Tier I Event (0)
Tier II Event (0)
Tier III Event (0)
Tier IV Event (1)
ITF Circuit (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	March 19, 1995	Gaborone	Hard	Linda Jansson	6–4 6–2
2.	March 26, 1995	Harare	Hard	Karen Van Der Merwe	6–1, 6–2
3.	May 12, 1996	Nitra	Clay	Zuzana Valekova	walkover
4.	February 2, 1997	Mission	Hard	Keri Phebus	6–3, 6–3
5.	March 30, 1997	Dinard	Clay Indoors	Magalie Lamarre	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
6.	October 3, 1999	Santa Clara	Hard	Anna Smashnova	6–2, 6–1
7.	September 15, 2002	Waikoloa	Hard	Lisa Raymond	7–6, 6–4

Doubles (61)

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (5)
WTA Championships (2)
Tier I Event (12)	Premier Mandatory (1)
Tier II Event (20)	Premier 5 (2)
Tier III Event (3)	Premier (1)
Tier IV-V Event (4)	International (1)
ITF Circuit (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
1.	Mar. 27, 1994	Nairobi	Hard	Nannie de Villiers	Sybille Seyfried Magüi Serna	6–2, 6–2
2.	Apr. 2, 1995	Nairobi	Hard	Elissa Burton	Lucinda Gibbs Giselle Swart	6–3, 6–2
3.	Apr. 21, 1996	Gelos	Clay	Nirupama Vaidyanathan	Amélie Mauresmo Isabelle Taesch	7–6, 6–3
4.	Nov. 11, 1996	São Paulo	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Ľudmila Cervanová Zuzana Valeková	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
5.	Nov. 18, 1996	São Paulo	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Miriam D’Agostini Vanessa Menga	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
6.	Jan. 6, 1997	Delray Beach	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Brie Rippner Paige Yaroshuk	6–3, 6–3
7.	Apr. 7, 1997	Athens	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Virag Csurgo Svetlana Krivencheva	6–3, 6–4
8.	Aug. 18, 1997	Kiev	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova	6–2, 6–4
9.	Sep. 22, 1997	Tucumán	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Miriam D’Agostini Vanessa Menga	6–3, 6–1
10.	Sep. 28, 1998	Santa Clara	Hard	Irina Selyutina	Maureen Drake Lindsay Lee-Waters	6–4, 5–7, 6–3
11.	Jan. 3, 2000	Auckland	Hard	Alexandra Fusai	Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
12.	Jan. 7, 2001	Hobart	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–4, 6–1
13.	Apr. 30, 2001	Hamburg	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	6–2, 4–6, 6–2
14.	May 14, 2001	Rome	Clay	Elena Likhovtseva	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–1
15.	Jun. 11, 2001	Birmingham	Grass	Elena Likhovtseva	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	6–1, 6–1
16.	Jul. 30, 2001	San Diego	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6–4, 1–6, 6–4
17.	Aug. 19, 2001	New Haven	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Jelena Dokić Nadia Petrova	6–0, 3–6, 6–2
18.	Sep. 17, 2001	Tokyo (Princess)	Hard (I)	Liezel Huber	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
19.	Apr. 1, 2002	Porto	Clay	Irina Selyutina	Kristie Boogert Magüi Serna	7–6, 6–4
20.	Sep. 23, 2002	Bali	Hard	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario	6–2, 6–3
21.	Jan. 6, 2003	Hobart	Hard	Elena Likhovtseva	Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	7–5, 7–6
22.	Jul. 21, 2003	Stanford	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Yoon-Jeong Cho Francesca Schiavone	7–6, 6–1
23.	Jan. 12, 2004	Sydney	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Dinara Safina Meghann Shaughnessy	7–5, 3–6, 6–4
24.	Feb. 3, 2004	Tokyo	Carpet (i)	Rennae Stubbs	Elena Likhovtseva Magdalena Maleeva	6–0, 6–1
25.	Feb. 16, 2004	Antwerp	Hard (i)	Els Callens	Myriam Casanova Eleni Daniilidou	6–2, 6–1
26.	Jun. 21, 2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 7–6
27.	Jul. 26, 2004	San Diego	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
28.	Oct. 4, 2004	Filderstadt	Hard (i)	Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Schruff	6–3, 6–2
29.	Oct. 18, 2004	Zürich	Hard (i)	Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–4, 6–4
30.	Feb. 14, 2005	Antwerp	Hard (I)	Els Callens	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
31.	May 9, 2005	Rome	Clay	Liezel Huber	Maria Kirilenko Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–0, 4–6, 6–1
32.	Jun. 20, 2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–1
33.	Jul. 25, 2005	Stanford	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Elena Likhovtseva Vera Zvonareva	6–3, 7–5
34.	Oct. 17, 2005	Zürich	Hard (I)	Rennae Stubbs	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 7–6, 6–3
35.	Oct. 31, 2005	Philadelphia	Hard (I)	Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–4, 7–6
36.	Jul. 31, 2006	San Diego	Hard	Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–2
37.	Oct. 16, 2006	Zürich	Hard (I)	Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 7–5
38.	Jan. 15, 2007	Melbourne	Hard	Liezel Huber	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
39.	Feb. 5, 2007	Paris	Carpet	Liezel Huber	Gabriela Navrátilová Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–2, 6–0
40.	Feb. 12, 2007	Antwerp	Hard (I)	Liezel Huber	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
41.	Feb. 19, 2007	Dubai	Hard	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	7–6, 6–4
42.	Jun. 25, 2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
43.	Jul. 30, 2007	San Diego	Hard	Liezel Huber	Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze	7–5, 6–4
44.	Oct. 8, 2007	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Liezel Huber	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	4–6, 6–1, [10-7]
45.	Oct. 28, 2007	Linz	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 3–6, [10-8]
46.	Nov. 11, 2007	Madrid	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 6–3, [10-8]
47.	Feb. 17, 2008	Antwerp	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
48.	Mar. 1, 2008	Dubai	Hard	Liezel Huber	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	7–5, 6–2
49.	May 11, 2008	Berlin	Clay	Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 6–2, [10-2]
50.	June 15, 2008	Birmingham	Grass	Liezel Huber	Virginia Ruano Pascual Séverine Brémond	6–2, 6–1
51.	June 21, 2008	Eastbourne	Grass	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 6–0, [10-8]
52.	July 20, 2008	Stanford	Hard	Liezel Huber	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 6–3
53.	August 3, 2008	Montreal	Hard	Liezel Huber	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	6–1, 6–1
54.	August, 2008	US Open	Hard	Liezel Huber	Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond	6–4, 7–6
55.	October 19, 2008	Zurich	Hard (I)	Liezel Huber	Anna-Lena Groenefeld Patty Schnyder	6–1, 7–6(3)
56.	November 9, 2008	Doha	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Kveta Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 7–5
57.	February 15, 2009	Paris	Hard (i)	Liezel Huber	Kveta Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
58.	February 21, 2009	Dubai	Hard	Liezel Huber	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwanska	6–3, 6–3
59.	May 16, 2009	Madrid	Clay	Liezel Huber	Kveta Peschke Lisa Raymond	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
60	June 14, 2009	Birmingham	Grass	Liezel Huber	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–1, 6–4
61	August 16, 2009	Cincinnati	Hard	Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez	6–3, 0–6, [10–2]

Grand Slam record

Australian Open

Women's Doubles champion: 2007 (with Liezel Huber)

French Open

Women's Doubles runner-up: 2005 (with Liezel Huber)
Mixed Doubles champion: 2002 (with Wayne Black)

Wimbledon

Women's Doubles champion: 2004 (with Rennae Stubbs), 2005, 2007 (both with Liezel Huber)
Mixed Doubles champion: 2004 (with Wayne Black)

US Open

Women's Doubles champion: 2008 (with Liezel Huber)
Women's Doubles runner-up: 2000 (with Elena Likhovtseva)
Mixed Doubles champion: 2008 (with Leander Paes)
Mixed Doubles runner-up: 2009 (with Leander Paes)
Women's Doubles runner-up: 2009 (with Liezel Huber)

Women's doubles performance timeline

This timeline is valid as of July 5, 2008.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	QF	W	QF	QF	1 / 11	19-10
French Open	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	SF	3R	F	QF	SF	SF	SF	0 / 11	28-11
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	2R	SF	3R	W	W	SF	W	SF	SF	3 / 12	37-9
U.S. Open	1R	1R	F	SF	SF	SF	3R	QF	QF	2R	W	F	1 / 12	36-11
Grand Slam SR	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	4 / 42	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0–2	2–4	6–4	8–2	10-4	12-4	10-3	15-3	13-4	18-2	17-3	16-4	N / A	115-37
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	QF	F	F	SF	F	F	F	W	W	F	2 / 9	11-7
WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments
Indian Wells	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	A	2R	0 / 10	9-10
Miami	A	SF	2R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	F	F	2R	0 / 10	17-10
Madrid	Not Held											W	1 / 1	4-0
Beijing	Not Held							Not Tier I				QF	0 / 1	1–1
WTA Premier 5 Tournaments
Dubai	Not Held				Not Tier I							W	1 / 1	4-0
Rome	A	1R	2R	SF	SF	2R	1R	W	SF	SF	QF	QF	2 / 11	17-12
Cincinnati	Not Held						Not Tier I					W	1 / 1	4–0
Montréal/Toronto	A	1R	QF	SF	2R	2R	A	QF	F	F	W	SF	1 / 9	16-13
Tokyo	A	A	QF	1R	1R	QF	W	QF	F	A	A	SF	1 / 7	12-7
Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)
Charleston	A	2R	A	A	A	QF	SF	A	A	SF	SF	NM5	0 / 5	8-7
Moscow	SF	A	A	1R	A	SF	A	F	1R	W	F	NM5	1 / 7	14-6
Doha	NH				Not Tier I						F	Not Held	0 / 1	3–1
Berlin	A	2R	2R	F	SF	A	QF	F	2R	SF	SF		1 / 9	19-12
San Diego	A	QF	SF	W	SF	SF	W	SF	W	W	Not Held		4 / 9	24-7
Zürich	A	A	QF	A	A	SF	W	W	W	SF	Not Tier 1		3 / 6	16-3
Career statistics
Finals reached	0	0	1	7	2	2	7	6	2	3	4	7	N / A	41
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	7	2	2	7	6	2	9	10	5	N / A	51
Overall Win-Loss	18-19	28-26	32-21	52-20	46-20	48-26	45-17	59-20	43-22	69-14	66-14	23-8	N / A	580-233

Mixed doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	QF	2R	0 / 10	8-10
French Open	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	W	SF	F	2R	1R	2R	2R	1 / 11	17-10
Wimbledon	3R	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	W	2R	SF	QF	3R	F	1 / 12	30-11
U.S. Open	A	2R	2R	QF	QF	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	W	F	1 / 11	20-10
Grand Slam MDR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 37	N / A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	2–1	5–3	5–4	4–4	3–4	11-3	12-3	8–4	6–4	3–4	11-3	10-4	62-35

References

^ Welcome to the Financial Gazette Online!
^ Mauresmo wins biggest title of career - Tennis - Sport - theage.com.au
^ Women's Tennis Association (2007-11-11). "Black, Huber Enjoy Season-Ending Glory in Madrid". Women's Tennis Association. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
^ "Zimbabwean Tennis Star Ready for Her Third Olympic Appearance", Xinhua, April 30, 2008

External links

Cara Black at the Women's Tennis Association
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[1] Welcome to the Financial Gazette Online!

[2] Mauresmo wins biggest title of career - Tennis - Sport - theage.com.au

[Black,_Huber_Enjoy_Season-Ending_Glory_in_Madrid-3] Women's Tennis Association (2007-11-11). "Black, Huber Enjoy Season-Ending Glory in Madrid". Women's Tennis Association. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)

[4] "Zimbabwean Tennis Star Ready for Her Third Olympic Appearance", Xinhua, April 30, 2008

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