Hurricane Tyra Black
Hurricane Tyra Black ![]() |
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Birthday: | March 2, 2001 |
Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand |
Prize money: | $ 6,092 |
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Career record: | 18:15 |
Career title: | 0 WTA , 0 ITF |
Highest ranking: | 590 (February 10, 2020) |
Current placement: | 601 |
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Career record: | 2: 6 |
Career title: | 0 WTA, 0 ITF |
Highest ranking: | 1170 (August 5, 2019) |
Last update of the infobox: September 2nd, 2019 |
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Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) |
Hurricane Tyra Black (born March 2, 2001 ) is an American tennis player .
Career
Black started playing tennis at the age of three, preferring hard courts. So far she has mainly played on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour , where she has not yet won a title.
In 2018 and 2019 she played the single and double junior competitions at the four Grand Slam tournaments. With her partner Lea Ma reached at the US Open in 2018 in the junior double the knockout stages, in junior double the French Open in 2019 the quarter-finals, as well as in Wimbledon with Shavit Kimchi the knockout stages. In the other double competitions as well as the individual competitions, she failed in the first round.
Personal
Hurricane Tyra is the younger sister of Tornado Alicia Black , who is also a professional tennis player.
Her mother, Gayal Black, named her daughters after types of storms, hence the first names "Hurricane" and "Tornado" as part of a marketing strategy for their tennis careers.
Web links
- WTA Profile of Hurricane Tyra Black (English)
- ITF Profile of Hurricane Tyra Black (English)
- ITF junior profile Hurricane Tyra Black (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hurricane Black seeks first win in US Open juniors (usopen.org from September 3, 2018, accessed on March 25, 2020)
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SURNAME | Black, Hurricane Tyra |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American tennis player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 2001 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |