Byron Black

Byron Black
Nation:	Zimbabwe
Birthday:	October 6, 1969
Size:	175 cm
Weight:	70 kg
1st professional season:	1991
Resignation:	2002
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 5,159,775
singles
Career record:	257: 246
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	22 (April 29 1996)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	328: 201
Career title:	22nd
Highest ranking:	1 (February 14, 1992)
Weeks as No. 1:	8th
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Byron Black (born October 6, 1969 in Salisbury , Rhodesia ) is a retired Zimbabwean tennis player . The doubles specialist won 22 tournaments in his career and was also active in the Davis Cup for his country.

Career

Black played his first tournament as a professional player in 1991. He celebrated his greatest successes as a single player in 1995 at the US Open and in 2000 at the Wimbledon tournament , when he made it to the quarterfinals. In April 1996 he reached 22nd place, the highest world rankings of his career.

Black was far more successful as a doubles player. In February 1994, the ATP led him as number 1 in the double world rankings. In the same year he won the French Open together with Jonathan Stark . In three other Grand Slam tournaments , Black moved into the final of the men's doubles: 1994 and 2001 at the Australian Open and 1996 at Wimbledon.

Black ended his active career in late 2002. In total, he earned prize money of 5,159,775 US dollars in his career.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam (1) Tennis Masters Cup Championship Series, Single Week Mercedes-Benz Super 9 (5) ATP Championship Series ATP International Series Gold (3) ATP World Series ATP International Series (15)

Title after covering Hard Court (16) Sand (4) Grass (1) Carpet (3)

singles

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Bottom line
1.	April 29, 1996	Seoul	Hard court	Martin Damm	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
2.	April 12, 1999	Chennai	Hard court	Rainer Schüttler	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 3

Double

Victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	April 5, 1993	Durban	Hard court	Lan Bale	Johan De Beer Marcos Ondruska	7: 6, 6: 2
2.	July 26, 1993	Washington DC	Hard court	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6: 4, 7: 5
3.	4th October 1993	Basel	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Stark	Brad Pearce Dave Randall	3: 6, 7: 5, 6: 3
4th	October 11, 1993	Toulouse	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Stark	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	7: 5, 7: 6
5.	October 25, 1993	Vienna	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Stark	Mike Bauer David Prinosil	6: 3, 7: 6
6th	November 8, 1993	Paris	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4: 6, 7: 5, 6: 2
7th	February 14, 1994	Memphis	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	7: 6, 6: 4
8th.	June 6, 1994	French Open	sand	Jonathan Stark	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6: 4, 7: 6
9.	August 1, 1994	Toronto	Hard court	Jonathan Stark	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6: 4, 6: 4
10.	May 29, 1995	Bologna	sand	Jonathan Stark	Libor Pimek Vincent Spadea	7: 5, 6: 3
11.	November 13, 1995	Moscow	Carpet (i)	Jared Palmer	Tommy Ho Brett Steven	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 3
12.	February 19, 1996	Dubai	Hard court	Grant Connell	Karel Nováček Jiří Novák	6-0, 6-1
13.	May 20, 1996	Rome	sand	Jonathan Stark	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6: 2, 6: 3
14th	June 24, 1996	Hall	race	Grant Connell	Yevgeny Kafelnikow Daniel Vacek	6: 1, 7: 5
15th	August 19, 1996	New Haven	Hard court	Grant Connell	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6: 4, 6: 4
16.	April 13, 1998	Hong Kong	Hard court	Alex O'Brien	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7: 5, 6: 1
17th	August 2, 1999	los Angeles	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Goran Ivanišević Brian MacPhie	6: 2, 7: 6 4
18th	August 16, 1999	Cincinnati	Hard court	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 3, 7: 6 6
19th	November 1, 1999	Stuttgart	Hard court (i)	Jonas Björkman	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	6: 7, 7: 6, 6: 0
20th	February 28, 2000	Mexico city	sand	Donald Johnson	Gastón Etlis Martín Rodríguez	6: 3, 7: 5
21st	January 8, 2001	Chennai	Hard court	Wayne Black	Barry Cowan Mosé Navarre	6: 4, 6: 3
22nd	September 24, 2001	Shanghai	Hard court	Thomas Shimada	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6: 2, 3: 6, 7: 5

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Bottom line
1.	April 20, 1992	Hong Kong	Hard court	Byron Talbot	Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb	2: 6, 1: 6
2.	July 12, 1993	Newport	race	Jim Pugh	Javier Frana Christo van Rensburg	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 7
3.	August 30, 1993	Schenectady	Hard court	Brett Steven	Bernd Karbacher Andrei Olchowski	6: 2, 6: 7, 1: 6
4th	January 10, 1994	Adelaide	Hard court	David Adams	Mark Kratzmann Andrew Kratzmann	4: 6, 3: 6
5.	January 31, 1994	Australian Open	Hard court	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	7: 6, 3: 6, 4: 6, 3: 6
6th	February 7, 1994	San Jose	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Stark	Rick Leach Jared Palmer	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6
7th	February 14, 1994	Indian Wells	Hard court	Jonathan Stark	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	5: 7, 3: 6
8th.	October 10, 1994	Sydney	Hard court (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	4: 6, 6: 7
9.	17th October 1994	Tokyo	Hard court	Jonathan Stark	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	3: 6, 6: 3, 4: 6
10.	November 7, 1994	Paris	Carpet (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6: 3, 6: 7, 5: 7
11.	January 9, 1995	Adelaide	Hard court	Grant Connell	Jim Courier Patrick Rafter	6: 7, 4: 6
12.	May 15, 1995	Hamburg	sand	Andrei Olchowski	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	1: 6. 6: 7
13.	March 4, 1996	Philadelphia	Carpet (i)	Grant Connell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 7, 2: 6
14th	April 15, 1996	New Delhi	Hard court	Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6: 4, 4: 6, 4: 6
15th	July 8, 1996	Wimbledon	race	Grant Connell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6: 4, 1: 6, 3: 6, 2: 6
16.	May 19, 1997	Rome	sand	Alex O'Brien	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	3: 6, 6: 4, 5: 7
17th	March 1, 1999	London	Carpet (i)	Wayne Ferreira	Tim Henman Greg Rusedski	3: 6, 6: 7 6
18th	August 9, 1999	Montreal	Hard court	Wayne Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	6: 7, 4: 6
19th	January 29, 2001	Australian Open	Hard court	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	1: 6, 7: 5, 4: 6, 4: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Byron Black (English)
• ITF profile Byron Black (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Byron Black (English)