Cara Black

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Cara Black

Country	Zimbabwe
Residence	Harare, Zimbabwe
Date of birth	February 17, 1979
Place of birth	Harare, Zimbabwe
Height	167cm (5ft 5in)
Weight	55kg (121lb)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	$ 4,558,189
Singles
Career record:	310-236
Career titles:	1 (6 in ITF)
Highest ranking:	No. 31 (March 15, 1999)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	2nd (00, 01, 02, 04)
French Open	4th (2001)
Wimbledon	3rd (1998, 2003, 2005)
US Open	2nd (1998, 2002, 2004)
Doubles
Career record:	517-219
Career titles:	39 (10 in ITF)
Highest ranking:	1 (October 17, 2005)
Infobox last updated on: May 12, 2008.

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

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 won four Grand Slam women's doubles titles in her career: Wimbledon 2004, 2005, and 2007 and Australian Open 2007. She has won 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in her career, 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). She also reached the 2000 U.S. Open doubles final with Elena Likhovtseva.

In November, 2005, 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.^[1]

In August of 2005, Black announced that she would marry her longtime boyfriend, Australian mental and fitness trainer Brett Stephens. ^[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]

Contents 1 Grand Slam women's doubles finals (5) 1.1 Wins (4) 1.2 Runner-ups (1) 2 WTA Titles (56) 2.1 Singles (7) 2.2 Doubles (49) 3 Grand Slam record 4 Women's Doubles performance timeline 5 Mixed Doubles performance timeline 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Grand Slam women's doubles finals (5)

[edit] Wins (4)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2004	Wimbledon	Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 7–6
2005	Wimbledon (2)	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–1
2007	Australian Open	Liezel Huber	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
2007	Wimbledon (3)	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–3, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (1)

Year	Championship	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
2000	U.S. Open	Elena Likhovtseva	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–0, 1–6, 6–1

[edit] WTA Titles (56)

[edit] 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 the final	Score
1.	March 19, 1995	Gabarone	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

[edit] Doubles (49)

Legend (Doubles)

Grand Slam (4)

Tour Championships (1)

Tier I Event (11)

Tier II Event (17)

Tier III Event (2)

Tier IV-V Event (4)

ITF Circuit (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Finalists	Score
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 Hrdlicková 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 Magui 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	Zurich	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	Zurich	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	Zurich	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	Kveta 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

[edit] Grand Slam record

Australian Open

• Doubles champion: 2007 (w/L. Huber)

French Open

• Doubles semi-finalist: 2003
• Mixed Doubles champion: 2002 (w/W. Black)

Wimbledon

• Doubles champion: 2004 (w/R. Stubbs), 2005, 2007 (both w/ L. Huber)
• Doubles semi-finalist: 2002
• Mixed Doubles champion: 2004 (w/W. Black)

U.S. Open

• Doubles finalist: 2000 (w/E. Likhovtseva)
• Doubles semi-finalist: 2001, 2002, 2003
• Doubles quarter-finalist: 2005

[edit] Women's Doubles performance timeline

This timeline is valid as of September 9, 2007.

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	3R	1R	2R	QF	W	1 / 9	13-8
French Open	A	1R	2R	3R	3R	SF	3R	F	QF	SF	0 / 9	23-9
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	2R	SF	3R	W	W	SF	W	3 / 10	29-7
U.S. Open	1R	1R	F	SF	SF	SF	3R	QF	QF	2R	0 / 10	25-10
Grand Slam SR	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	2 / 4	4 / 38	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	N / A	94-32
Tokyo	A	A	QF	1R	1R	QF	W	QF	F	A	1 / 6	10-6
Indian Wells	1R	2R	1R	2R	2R	QF	2R	2R	2R	A	0 / 9	8-9
Miami	A	SF	2R	QF	2R	2R	1R	A	1R	F	0 / 8	12-8
Charleston	A	2R	A	A	A	QF	SF	A	A	SF	0 / 4	6-6
Berlin	A	2R	2R	F	SF	A	QF	F	2R	SF	0 / 8	14-12
Rome	A	1R	2R	W	SF	2R	1R	W	SF	SF	2 / 9	15-10
San Diego	A	QF	SF	W	SF	SF	W	SF	W	W	4 / 9	24-7
Montréal/Toronto	A	1R	QF	SF	2R	2R	A	QF	F	F	0 / 7	10-12
Moscow	SF	A	A	1R	A	SF	A	F	1R	W	1 / 6	11-5
Zürich	A	A	QF	A	A	SF	W	W	W	SF	3 / 6	16-3
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	QF	F	F	SF	F	F	F	W	0 / 7	7-7
Finals reached	0	0	1	7	2	2	7	6	2	3	N / A	30
Tournaments Won	0	0	1	7	2	2	7	6	2	9	N / A	36
Overall Win-Loss	18-19	28-26	32-21	52-20	46-20	48-26	45-17	59-20	43-22	69-14	N / A	491-211

[edit] Mixed Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	2R	1R	1R	2R	2R	QF	1R	1R	0 / 8	5-9
French Open	A	3R	3R	1R	1R	W	SF	F	2R	1R	1 / 9	15-8
Wimbledon	3R	3R	2R	3R	2R	3R	W	2R	SF	QF	1 / 9	26-8
U.S. Open	A	2R	2R	QF	QF	SF	2R	2R	1R	1R	0 / 8	11-8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	2 / 35	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	59-34

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Cara Black profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• ITF Profile for Cara Black

Women's Tennis Association | Top 5 female doubles teams as of May 19, 2008
1. Cara Black      Liezel Huber 2. Alona Bondarenko      Kateryna Bondarenko 3. Chan Yung-jan      Chuang Chia-jung 4. Květa Peschke      Rennae Stubbs 5. Yan Zi      Zheng Jie