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An American tennis player taught by Rick Macci
Tornado Alicia Black Country (sports) United States Born (1998-05-12 ) May 12, 1998 (age 26) Boca Raton , FloridaPrize money $47,348 Career record 33–17 Career titles 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 404 (February 2, 2015) US Open Q2 (2014 ) Career record 6–6 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 348 (September 14, 2015) US Open 2R (2015 ) US Open 1R (2014 )
Tornado Alicia Black (born May 12, 1998) is an American former tennis player.
Black was taught by Rick Macci , a former tennis player. Rick Macci taught many people including Serena and Venus Williams.
She won two singles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On February 2, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 404. On September 14, 2015, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings.
She was runner-up at the 2013 Junior US Open , losing to Ana Konjuh in three sets.[ 1] [ 2]
Black made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel . Having been awarded a wild card , she played Serbian sixth seed Bojana Jovanovski in the first round, losing in straight sets.[ 3]
Tornado and her younger sister Hurricane Tyra had at one point been referred to as "the next Williams sisters ".[ 4] [ 5]
In 2017, she was sidelined by a hip injury. Black used GoFundMe to successfully get the $40,000 needed for the hip surgery.[ 6] Her last match on the circuit so far took place in March 2017.
ITF finals
Singles (2–1)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome
No.
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
1.
July 1, 2012
Buffalo , United States
Clay
Jamie Loeb
6–7(5–7) , 2–6
Winner
1.
September 29, 2013
Amelia Island , United States
Clay
Alexandra Mueller
4–6, 6–0, 6–0
Winner
2.
July 20, 2014
Evansville , United States
Hard
Caitlin Whoriskey
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Doubles (0–1)
Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Junior Grand Slam finals
Girls' singles
Outcome
Year
Championship
Surface
Opponent
Score
Runner-up
2013
US Open
Hard
Ana Konjuh
6–3, 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
References
^ "Konjuh outlasts Black to win girls' singles title" . US Open . September 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ Harwitt, Sandra (September 8, 2013). "Coric and Konjuh secure US Open titles" . International Tennis Federation . Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ "Jovanovski blows past Tornado Black" . kora.com . February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014 .
^ Isaacson, Melissa (September 18, 2013). "Greatness in forecast for Tornado Black" . ESPN . Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ Kussoy, Howie (September 4, 2013). "Tornado, Hurricane could be next Serena, Venus" . New York Post . Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ [1]
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