Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber
Huber 2013 at Wimbledon
Nation:	South Africa –2007 United States 2007–2017
Birthday:	August 21, 1976
Size:	180 cm
1st professional season:	1993
Resignation:	2017
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 6,301,295
singles
Career record:	175: 159
Career title:	0 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking:	131 (March 29 1999)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	792: 398
Career title:	53 WTA, 11 ITF
Highest ranking:	1 (November 12, 2007)
Weeks as No. 1:	199
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

Liezel Huber (* 21st August 1976 as Liezel Horn in Durban ) is a former South African tennis player who for since 2007 USA played.

Career

Liezel Huber, who prefers hard courts, began playing tennis at the age of five. She began her professional career in April 1993. In contrast to her very successful double record, she could not achieve any significant title in the individual. With her doubles partner Cara Black , she won Grand Slam titles at Wimbledon (2005, 2007) as well as at the Australian Open (2007) and the US Open (2008). For the South African Olympic team, Huber competed in doubles at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. On November 12, 2007, she sat at the top of the double world rankings together with Cara Black.

After assuming US citizenship in July 2007, she was able to play in the Fed Cup and also at the Olympic Games for the USA. In Beijing in 2008 she competed with the former world number one in singles and doubles, Lindsay Davenport . They reached the quarter-finals there, but were then defeated by the later silver medalists Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual from Spain with 7: 5, 6: 7 and 6: 8.

Huber and Black ended their collaboration in April 2010, and since then both have been playing with different partners. Huber won the Family Circle Cup with Nadja Petrowa , played at Wimbledon with Bethanie Mattek-Sands and played the two US Open Series tournaments in California in Stanford and San Diego with Lindsay Davenport. From summer 2011 Lisa Raymond was her constant double partner, with whom she won nine titles.

In April 2017, she announced her resignation. At the US Open 2017 in August, however, she started again in the mixed competition, where she was eliminated in the first round.

Personal

Liezel Huber has had US citizenship since July 25, 2007. On February 19, 2000, she married Tony Huber. The couple adopted a boy on September 27, 2012.

Tournament victories

Double

Legend Grand Slam (7) Tennis Masters Cup (3) WTA Masters Series (8) WTA Tour (37)

Title after covering Hard Court (41) Sand (7) Grass (5) Carpet (2)

No.	date	competition	Topping	Partner	Final opponents	Result
1.	October 7, 2001	Tokyo	Hard court	Rachel McQuillan	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	6: 2, 6: 0
2.	October 14, 2001	Shanghai	Hard court	Lenka Němečková	Evie Dominikovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	6-0, 7-5
3.	October 23, 2001	Tokyo	Hard court	Cara Black	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6: 1, 6: 3
4th	January 5, 2002	Auckland	Hard court	Nicole Arendt	Henrieta Nagyová Květa Hrdličková	7: 5, 6: 4
5.	March 31, 2003	Miami	Hard court	Magdalena Maleewa	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	6: 4, 3: 6, 7: 5
6th	April 6, 2003	Sarasota	Hard court	Martina Navrátilová	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	7: 6 8 , 6: 3
7th	May 3, 2003	Warsaw	sand	Magdalena Maleewa	Eleni Daniilidou Francesca Schiavone	3: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
8th.	May 24, 2003	Madrid	sand	Jill Craybas	Rita Grande Angelique Widjaja	6: 4, 7: 6 6
9.	October 26, 2003	Linz	Hard court (hall)	Ai Sugiyama	Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia	6: 1, 7: 6 6
10.	February 21, 2004	Hyderabad	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7: 6 1 , 6: 4
11.	May 15, 2005	Rome	sand	Cara Black	Maria Kirilenko Anabel Medina Garrigues	6: 0, 4: 6, 6: 1
12.	July 3, 2005	Wimbledon	race	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6: 2, 6: 1
13.	February 19, 2006	Bangalore	Hard court	Sania Mirza	Anastassija Rodionova Elena Wesnina	6: 3, 6: 3
14th	May 27, 2006	Strasbourg	Hard court	Martina Navrátilová	Martina Müller Andreea Ehritt-Vanc	6: 2, 7: 6 1
15th	September 24, 2006	Kolkata	Hard court (hall)	Sania Mirza	Julija Bejhelsymer Juliana Fedak	6: 4, 6: 0
16.	January 28, 2007	Australian Open	Hard court	Cara Black	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6: 4, 6: 7 4 , 6: 1
17th	February 11, 2007	Paris	Carpet (hall)	Cara Black	Gabriela Navrátilová Vladimíra Uhlířová	6: 2, 6: 0
18th	February 18, 2007	Antwerp	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Jelena Lichowzewa Jelena Wesnina	7: 5, 4: 6, 6: 1
19th	February 24, 2007	Dubai	Hard court	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	7: 6 6 , 6: 4
20th	June 25, 2007	Wimbledon	race	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 2
21st	August 5, 2007	San Diego	Hard court	Cara Black	Viktoria Azaranka Anna Chakvetadze	7: 5, 6: 4
22nd	October 14, 2007	Moscow	Carpet (hall)	Cara Black	Wiktoryja Asaranka Tazzjana Putschak	4: 6, 6: 1, [10: 7]
23.	October 28, 2007	Linz	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6: 2, 3: 6, [10: 8]
24.	November 11, 2007	Madrid	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5: 7, 6: 3, [10: 8]
25th	February 17, 2008	Antwerp	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Ai Sugiyama Květa Peschke	6: 1, 6: 3
26th	March 1, 2008	Dubai	Hard court	Cara Black	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	7: 5, 6: 2
27.	May 13, 2008	Berlin	sand	Cara Black	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3: 6, 6: 2, [10: 2]
28.	June 15, 2008	Birmingham	race	Cara Black	Virginia Ruano Pascual Séverine Brémond	6: 2, 6: 1
29	June 21, 2008	Eastbourne	race	Cara Black	Rennae Stubbs Květa Peschke	2: 6, 6: 0, [10: 8]
30th	July 20, 2008	Stanford	Hard court	Cara Black	Elena Wesnina Vera Swonaryova	6: 4, 6: 3
31.	August 3, 2008	Montreal	Hard court	Cara Black	Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta	6: 1, 6: 1
32.	September 7, 2008	US Open	Hard court	Cara Black	Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond	6: 3, 7: 6 6
33.	October 19, 2008	Zurich	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Patty Schnyder Anna-Lena Grönefeld	6: 1, 7: 6 3
34.	November 9, 2008	Qatar	Hard court	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6: 1, 7: 5
35.	February 15, 2009	Paris	Hard court (hall)	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6: 4, 3: 6, [10: 4]
36.	February 21, 2009	Dubai	Hard court	Cara Black	Marija Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6: 3, 6: 3
37.	May 17, 2009	Madrid	sand	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 6]
38.	June 14, 2009	Birmingham	race	Cara Black	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 1, 6: 4
39.	August 16, 2009	Cincinnati	Hard court	Cara Black	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6: 3, 0: 6, [10: 2]
40.	January 9, 2010	Auckland	Hard court	Cara Black	Natalie Grandin Laura Granville	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
41.	January 15, 2010	Sydney	Hard court	Cara Black	Tathiana Garbin Nadja Petrowa	6: 1, 3: 6, [10: 3]
42.	April 18, 2010	Charleston	sand	Nadia Petrova	Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek	6: 3, 6: 4
43.	August 1, 2010	Stanford	Hard court	Lindsay Davenport	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	7: 5, 6: 7 8 , [10: 8]
44.	February 20, 2011	Dubai	Hard court	María José Martínez Sánchez	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7: 6 5 , 6: 3
45.	August 14, 2011	Toronto	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Viktoria Azaranka Maria Kirilenko	walk-over
46.	September 11, 2011	US Open	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Jaroslawa Schwedowa Vania King	4: 6, 7: 6 5 , 7: 6 3
47.	October 1, 2011	Tokyo	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7: 6 4 , 0: 6, [10: 6]
48.	October 30, 2011	Istanbul	Hard court (hall)	Lisa Raymond	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6: 4, 6: 4
49.	February 12, 2012	Paris	Hard court (hall)	Lisa Raymond	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić	7: 6 3 , 6: 1
50.	19th February 2012	Doha	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6: 3, 6: 1
51.	February 25, 2012	Dubai	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina	6: 2, 6: 1
52.	March 17, 2012	Indian Wells	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Sania Mirza Jelena Wesnina	6: 2, 6: 3
53.	August 26, 2012	New Haven	Hard court	Lisa Raymond	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	4: 6, 6: 0, [10: 4]

Mixed

No.	date	competition	category	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	June 7, 2009	French Open	Grand Slam	sand	Bob Bryan	Vania King Marcelo Melo	5: 7, 7: 6 5 , [10: 7]
2.	September 13, 2010	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard court	Bob Bryan	Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 4, 6: 4

Awards

• WTA Doubles Team of the Year - 2007, 2008

Web links

Commons : Liezel Huber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• WTA profile of Liezel Huber (English)
• ITF profile of Liezel Huber (English)
• Fed Cup statistics from Liezel Huber (English)
• Liezel Huber in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Seven-Time Grand Slam Doubles Champion Liezel Huber Joins NYJTL Cary Leeds Center. April 27, 2017, accessed July 19, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Liezel Huber becomes a mom to baby boy. In: womenstennisblog.com. September 28, 2012, accessed January 7, 2017 .