Cara Black (tennis player)

Cara Black
Cara Black at Wimbledon 2014
Nation:	Zimbabwe
Birthday:	17th February 1979
Size:	167 cm
1st professional season:	1998
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 7,730,801
singles
Career record:	312: 241
Career title:	1 WTA , 6 ITF
Highest ranking:	31 (March 15, 1999)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	757: 309
Career title:	60 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (October 17, 2005)
Weeks as No. 1:	163
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Record world number one in women's doubles

rank	Tennis player	Weeks
1.	Martina Navratilova	237
2.	Liezel Huber	199
3.	Cara Black	163
4th	Lisa Raymond	137
5.	Natallja Sverava	124
6th	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	111
7th	Roberta Vinci	110
As of October 9, 2017

Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Salisbury, Rhodesia ; today Harare ) is a former tennis player from Zimbabwe . She was at the top of the double world rankings for 163 weeks, won a total of 60 tournaments in doubles and five Grand Slam titles each in doubles and mixed.

Career

Cara Black, daughter of the successful tennis player Don Black, who also trained her at first, has two brothers, Byron and Wayne , who also celebrated successes in professional tennis as double specialists.

Cara started playing tennis at the age of four. She felt most comfortable on grass fields. Her track record: a single title on the WTA Tour in singles, on the other hand 60 tournament victories in doubles, including five in Grand Slam tournaments .

Black also took part in the Olympic Games three times for Zimbabwe (2000, 2004 and 2008 in singles), but they were eliminated in the first two rounds. In 2008 she won the US Open both mixed with Leander Paes and doubles with Liezel Huber , with whom she defeated Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6: 3, 7: 6 in the final.

Huber and Black announced in April 2010 that they would end their collaboration after 29 titles together and would now play tournaments with other partners. Black played e.g. B. 2010 with Daniela Hantuchová at Wimbledon (out of the round of 16); In 2011 she reached the semi-finals in Brisbane , where she was eliminated with the Anastassija Rodionova competing for Australia against Alissa Kleibanova and Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 3: 6, 5: 7.

Black took a break from summer 2011 due to her pregnancy. She gave birth to a son on April 26, 2012.

In January 2013 she won another title in Auckland at the first tournament after her comeback alongside Rodionova. Two more double titles followed in September and October, each on the side of Sania Mirza . Together with the Indian she finally won her third title at the WTA Tour Championships in October 2014 , it was already her fifth mutual success with Sania Mirza.

Cara Black completed her last match on the ladies tour in June 2015 when she reached the quarterfinals with Lisa Raymond at Wimbledon ; they were defeated by Ekaterina Makarowa and Jelena Wesnina 3: 6, 6: 4 and 6: 8.

Tournament victories

singles

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 16, 2002	Waikoloa	WTA Tier IV	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	7: 6 1 , 6: 4

Double

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	January 8, 2000	Auckland	WTA Tier IVb	Hard court	Alexandra Fusai	Barbara Schwartz Patricia Wartusch	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
2.	January 13, 2001	Hobart	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Ruxandra Dragomir Virginia Ruano	6: 4, 6: 1
3.	May 6, 2001	Hamburg	WTA Tier II	sand	Jelena Lichowzewa	Květa Hrdličková Barbara Rittner	6: 2, 4: 6, 6: 2
4th	May 20, 2001	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Jelena Lichowzewa	Paola Suárez Patricia Tarabini	6: 1, 6: 1
5.	June 17, 2001	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Jelena Lichowzewa	Kimberly Po-Messerli Nathalie Tauziat	6: 1, 6: 2
6th	August 5, 2001	San Diego	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Martina Hingis Anna Kurnikowa	6: 4, 1: 6, 6: 4
7th	August 25, 2001	New Haven	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Jelena Dokic Nadja Petrowa	6: 0, 3: 6, 6: 2
8th.	September 22, 2001	Tokyo	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6: 1, 6: 3
9.	April 6, 2002	postage	WTA Tier IV	sand	Irina Selyutina	Kristie Boogert Magüi Serna	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
10.	September 28, 2002	Bali	WTA Tier III	Hard court	Virginia Ruano Pascual	Svetlana Kuznetsova Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6: 2, 6: 3
11.	January 10, 2003	Hobart	WTA Tier V	Hard court	Jelena Lichowzewa	Barbara Schett Patricia Wartusch	7: 5, 7: 6 1
12.	July 27, 2003	Stanford	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Cho Yoon-jeong Francesca Schiavone	7: 6 5 , 6: 1
13.	January 2004	Sydney	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Rennae Stubbs	Dinara Safine Meghann Shaughnessy	7: 5, 3: 6, 6: 4
14th	February 2004	Tokyo	WTA Tier I	carpet	Rennae Stubbs	Jelena Lichowzewa Magdalena Maleewa	6-0, 6-1
15th	February 22, 2004	Antwerp	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Els Callens	Myriam Casanova Eleni Daniilidou	6: 2, 6: 1
16.	July 3, 2004	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Ai Sugiyama	6: 3, 7: 6 5
17th	July 31, 2004	San Diego	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	4: 6, 6: 1, 6: 4
18th	October 10, 2004	Filderstadt	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Julia Schruff	6: 3, 6: 2
19th	October 24, 2004	Zurich	WTA Tier I	Hard court (hall)	Rennae Stubbs	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suarez	6: 4, 6: 4
20th	February 20, 2005	Antwerp	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Els Callens	Anabel Medina Garrigues Dinara Safina	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 4
21st	May 15, 2005	Rome	WTA Tier I	sand	Liezel Huber	Marija Kirilenko Anabel Medina Garrigues	6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 1
22nd	July 3, 2005	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6: 2, 6: 1
23.	July 2005	Stanford	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Rennae Stubbs	Elena Lichowzewa Vera Swonaryova	6: 3, 7: 5
24.	October 23, 2005	Zurich	WTA Tier I	Hard court (hall)	Rennae Stubbs	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6: 7 6 , 7: 6 4 , 6: 3
25th	November 6, 2005	Philadelphia	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Rennae Stubbs	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6: 4, 7: 6 4
26th	August 6, 2006	San Diego	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Rennae Stubbs	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Meghan Shaughnessy	6: 2, 6: 2
27.	October 22, 2006	Zurich	WTA Tier I	Hard court (hall)	Rennae Stubbs	Liezel Huber Katarina Srebotnik	7: 5, 7: 5
28.	January 28, 2007	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6: 4, 6: 7, 6: 1
29	February 11, 2007	Paris	WTA Tier II	Carpet (hall)	Liezel Huber	Gabriela Navrátilová Vladimíra Uhlířová	6: 2, 6: 0
30th	February 18, 2007	Antwerp	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Jelena Lichowzewa Jelena Wesnina	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 1
31.	February 24, 2007	Dubai	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
32.	June 25, 2007	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
33.	August 5, 2007	San Diego	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Anna Chakvetadze Viktoriya Azaranka	7: 5, 6: 4
34.	October 14, 2007	Moscow	WTA Tier I	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Wiktoryja Asaranka Tazzjana Putschak	4: 6, 6: 1, [10: 7]
35.	October 28, 2007	Linz	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 8]
36.	November 11, 2007	Madrid	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8]
37.	February 17, 2008	Antwerp	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Ai Sugiyama	6: 1, 6: 3
38.	March 1, 2008	Dubai	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	7: 5, 6: 2
39.	May 13, 2008	Berlin	WTA Tier I	sand	Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 2]
40.	June 15, 2008	Birmingham	WTA Tier III	race	Liezel Huber	Séverine Brémond Virginia Ruano Pascual	6: 2, 6: 1
41.	June 21, 2008	Eastbourne	WTA Tier II	race	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	2: 6, 6: 0, [10: 8]
42.	July 20, 2008	Stanford	WTA Tier II	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Elena Wesnin's Vera Swonaryova	6: 4, 6: 3
43.	August 3, 2008	Montreal	WTA Tier I	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Marija Kirilenko Flavie Pennetta	6: 1, 6: 1
44.	September 7, 2008	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6: 3, 7: 6 6
45.	October 19, 2008	Zurich	WTA Tier II	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder	6: 1, 7: 6 3
46.	November 9, 2008	Doha	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6: 1, 7: 5
47.	February 15, 2009	Paris	WTA Premier	Hard court (hall)	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 4]
48.	February 21, 2009	Dubai	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Marija Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6: 3, 6: 3
49.	May 17, 2009	Madrid	WTA Premier Mandatory	sand	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
50.	June 14, 2009	Birmingham	WTA International	race	Liezel Huber	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 1, 6: 4
51.	August 16, 2009	Cincinnati	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 3, 0: 6, [10: 2]
52.	January 9, 2010	Auckland	WTA International	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Nathalie Grandin Laura Granville	7: 6 4 6.2
53.	January 15, 2010	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard court	Liezel Huber	Tathiana Garbin Nadja Petrowa	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 3]
54.	June 13, 2010	Birmingham	WTA International	race	Lisa Raymond	Liezel Huber Bethanie Mattek-Sands	6: 3, 3: 2 problem
55.	5th January 2013	Auckland	WTA International	Hard court	Anastasija Rodionova	Julia Görges Jaroslawa Schwedowa	2: 6, 6: 2, [10: 5]
56.	September 28, 2013	Tokyo	WTA Premier 5	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Chan Hao-ching Liezel Huber	4: 6, 6: 0, [11: 9]
57.	5th October 2013	Beijing	WTA Premier Mandatory	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Wera Duschewina Arantxa Parra Santonja	6: 2, 6: 2
58.	May 4, 2014	Oeiras	WTA International	sand	Sania Mirza	Eva Hrdinová Valery Solovyova	6: 4, 6: 3
59.	20th September 2014	Tokyo	WTA Premier	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Garbiñe Muguruza Carla Suárez Navarro	6: 2, 7: 5
60.	October 26, 2014	Singapore	WTA Tour Championships	Hard court (hall)	Sania Mirza	Peng Shuai Hsieh Su-wei	6: 1, 6: 0

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 10, 2002	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Wayne Black	Jelena Bowina Mark Knowles	6: 3, 6: 3
2.	4th July 2004	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Wayne Black	Alicia Molik Todd Woodbridge	3: 6, 7: 6 8 , 6: 4
3.	September 2008	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Leander Paes	Liezel Huber Jamie Murray	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
4th	January 2010	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Leander Paes	Yekaterina Makarowa Jaroslav Levinsky	7: 5, 6: 3
5.	July 2010	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	race	Leander Paes	Lisa Raymond Wesley Moodie	6: 4, 7: 6 5

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments and the WTA Tour Championships

singles

competition	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Career
Australian Open	-	1	2	2	2	1	2	-	1	3
French Open	2	1	2	AF	1	2	1	-	-	AF
Wimbledon	3	1	2	1	1	3	1	3	1	3
US Open	2	1	1	1	2	1	2	-	-	2

Double

competition	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	Career	title
Australian Open	-	1	1	2	1	AF	1	2	VF	S.	VF	VF	F.	VF	-	AF	VF	1	S.	1
French Open	-	1	2	AF	AF	HF	AF	F.	VF	HF	HF	HF	AF	-	-	VF	VF	-	F.	0
Wimbledon	1	2	1	2	HF	AF	S.	S.	HF	S.	HF	HF	AF	AF	-	2	2	VF	S.	3
US Open	1	1	F.	HF	HF	HF	AF	VF	VF	2	S.	F.	HF	-	-	AF	HF	-	S.	1
WTA Tour Championships	-	-	VF	F.	F.	HF	F.	F.	F.	S.	S.	F.	-	-	-	-	S.	-	S.	3

Web links

Commons : Cara Black  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile Cara Black (English)
• ITF profile Cara Black (English)
• Fed Cup statistics Cara Black (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3027804/title/welcome-back-cara-black
2. ↑ http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/3031260/title/black-wins-comeback-tournament