Cara Black

Infobox Tennis player


playername= Cara Black
country= ZIM
residence= London, England
datebirth= February 17, 1979 (age 29)
placebirth= Harare, Zimbabwe
height= 167cm (5 ft 5 in)
weight= 55kg (121lb)
turnedpro= 1998
plays= Right; Two-handed backhand
careerprizemoney= $ 5,032,914
singlesrecord= 312–239
singlestitles= 1 (6 in ITF)
highestsinglesranking= No. 31 (March 15, 1999)
AustralianOpenresult= 2nd (00, 01, 02, 04)
FrenchOpenresult= 4th (2001)
Wimbledonresult= 3rd (1998, 2003, 2005)
USOpenresult= 2nd (1998, 2002, 2004)
Othertournaments=yes
Olympicsresult= 2r (OlympicEvent|Tennis|2004 Summer|title=2004|subcategory=Women's Singles)
doublesrecord= 547–223
doublestitles= 44 (10 in ITF)
highestdoublesranking= 1 (October 17, 2005)
grandslamsdoublesresults = 5
AustralianOpenDoublesresult= W (2007)
FrenchOpenDoublesresult= F (2005)
WimbledonDoublesresult= W (2004, 2005, 2007)
USOpenDoublesresult= W (2008)
OthertournamentsDoubles = Yes
WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult = W (2007)
updated = September 8, 2008

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. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tennis/mauresmo-wins-biggest-title-of-career/2005/11/14/1131951100524.html Mauresmo wins biggest title of career - Tennis - Sport - theage.com.au ] ]

In August of 2005, Black announced that she would marry her longtime boyfriend, Australian mental and fitness trainer Brett Stephens. [ [http://www.fingaz.co.zw/fingaz/2005/August/August4/9125.shtml Welcome to the Financial Gazette Online! ] ]

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] .cite news | author = Women's Tennis Association | title = http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1899 | title = Black, Huber Enjoy Season-Ending Glory in Madrid | date = 2007-11-11 | accessdate = 2007-11-11 | publisher = Women's Tennis Association | language = English ]

Black represented Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. [ [http://english.cri.cn/2886/2008/04/30/[e-mail] "Zimbabwean Tennis Star Ready for Her Third Olympic Appearance"] , Xinhua, April 30, 2008] 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)

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."

Mixed Doubles performance timeline

References

External links

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*ITF female profile|number=20004191