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Cara Black

Cara Black (born February 17, 1979 in Harare, Zimbabwe) 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 3 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in her career, 2 of them 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),and the most recent one with Leander Paes of India : 2008 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.

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

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].

Black represented Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She lost to 2nd seeded Jelena Jankovic from Serbia in the first round on August 11 2008.She teamed up with Leander Paes from India for the mixed doubles at the US Open and won it beating Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray in the finals.

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (7)

Wins (5)

Year Championship Partner 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
2008 US Open Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond
Samantha Stosur
6–3, 7–6

Runner-ups (2)

Year Championship Partner Opponents in Final Score in Final
2000 U.S. Open Elena Likhovtseva Julie Halard-Decugis
Ai Sugiyama
6–0, 1–6, 6–1
2005 French Open Liezel Huber Virginia Ruano Pascual
Paola Suárez
4–6, 6–3, 6–3

WTA Titles (56)

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

Doubles (55)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (5)
Tour Championships (1)
Tier I Event (12)
Tier II Event (19)
Tier III Event (3)
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]
50. June 15, 2008 Birmingham Grass Liezel Huber Virginia Ruano Pascual
Severine Bremond
6–2, 6–1
51. June 21, 2008 Eastbourne Grass Liezel Huber Kveta Peschke
Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 6–0, [10-8]
52. July 20, 2008 Stanford Hard Liezel Huber Elena Vesnina
Vera Zvonareva
6–4, 6–3
53. August 3, 2008 Montreal Hard Liezel Huber Maria Kirilenko
Flavia Pennetta
6–1, 6–1
54. August, 2008 US Open Hard Liezel Huber Samantha Stosur
Lisa Raymond
6–4, 7–6

Grand Slam record

Australian Open

  • Doubles champion: 2007 (w/L. Huber)

French Open

  • Doubles finalist: 2005 (w/L. Huber)
  • Doubles semi-finalist: 2003, 2007, 2008
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 2002 (w/W. Black)

Wimbledon

  • Doubles champion: 2004 (w/R. Stubbs), 2005, 2007 (both w/ L. Huber)
  • Doubles semi-finalist: 2002, 2006, 2008
  • Mixed Doubles champion: 2004 (w/W. Black)

U.S. Open

  • Doubles champion: 2008 (w/L. Huber)
  • Doubles finalist: 2000 (w/E. Likhovtseva)
  • Doubles semi-finalist: 2001, 2002, 2003
  • '''Mixed Doubles champion: 2008 (w/L. Paes)

Women's Doubles performance timeline

This timeline is valid as of July 5, 2008.
Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A 1R 1R 2R 1R 3R 1R 2R QF W QF 1 / 10 16-9
French Open A 1R 2R 3R 3R SF 3R F QF SF SF 0 / 10 28-10
Wimbledon 1R 2R 1R 2R SF 3R W W SF W SF 3 / 10 33-8
U.S. Open 1R 1R F SF SF SF 3R QF QF 2R W 1 / 11 31-10
Grand Slam SR 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 4 0 / 2 4 / 40 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 12-3 N / A 94-32
Indian Wells 1R 2R 1R 2R 2R QF 2R 2R 2R A A 0 / 9 8-9
Miami A SF 2R QF 2R 2R 1R A 1R F F 0 / 9 16-9
Charleston A 2R A A A QF SF A A SF SF 0 / 5 8-7
Berlin A 2R 2R F SF A QF F 2R SF SF 1 / 9 19-12
Rome A 1R 2R SF SF 2R 1R W SF SF QF 2 / 10 16-11
Montréal/Toronto A 1R QF SF 2R 2R A QF F F W 1 / 8 13-12
Tokyo A A QF 1R 1R QF W QF F A 1 / 6 10-6
Moscow SF A A 1R A SF A F 1R W 1 / 6 11-5
WTA Tour Championships A A QF F F SF F F F W 0 / 7 7-7
Previous WTA Tier I tournaments
Zürich A A QF A A SF W W W SF Not
Held
3 / 6 16-3
San Diego A QF SF W SF SF W SF W W Not
Held
4 / 9 24-7
Career Statistics
Finals reached 0 0 1 7 2 2 7 6 2 3 2 N / A 32
Tournaments Won 0 0 1 7 2 2 7 6 2 9 7 N / A 43
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

Mixed Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A 2R 1R 1R 2R 2R QF 1R 1R QF 0 / 9 7-9
French Open A 3R 3R 1R 1R W SF F 2R 1R 2R 1 / 10 16-9
Wimbledon 3R 3R 2R 3R 2R 3R W 2R SF QF 3R 1 / 9 26-8
U.S. Open A 2R 2R QF QF SF 2R 2R 1R 1R W 0 / 8 11-8
Grand Slam MDR 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 2 / 37 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 3-2 62-35

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