Cara Cavell Black (born 17 February 1979) is a Zimbabwean former professional

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player. Black was primarily a doubles specialist, winning 60

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and 11 ITF doubles titles. A former doubles world No. 1, she won ten

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titles. By winning the 2010 Australian Open mixed doubles title, Black became the third woman in the

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to complete the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles (after

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and

Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová (; born 23 April 1983) is a Slovak tennis commentator and retired player. She turned professional in 1999 and had her breakthrough year in 2002, when she won her first WTA Tour title at the Indian Wells Masters, defeating Mar ...

). Having also won one singles title on the WTA Tour, Black peaked at world No. 31 in the singles rankings in March 1999.

Personal life

Black was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) to

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and Velia Black. Her father and older brothers, Wayne and

Byron Black Byron Hamish Black (born 6 October 1969) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe. Personal life He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional ten ...

, were all professional tennis players themselves. The siblings all compete mostly in doubles – Wayne was the 2001 US Open and

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champion and Byron was the

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winner. Black partnered with her brother Wayne to win the

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and

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mixed-doubles events. Black has also engaged in long-term partnerships with

Irina Selyutina Irina Gennadyevna Selyutina (Ирина Геннадьевна Селютина; born 7 November 1979) is a former tennis player from Kazakhstan. She is a former world No. 1 in junior doubles, winning French Open and Wimbledon in 1997, partne ...

Elena Likhovtseva Elena Alexandrovna Likhovtseva (russian: Елена Александровна Лиховцева ; born 8 September 1975) is a Kazakhstani-born Russian former tennis player. She turned professional in January 1992, at the age of 16. Together ...

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, and most recently

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

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. The couple's son was born in 2012 following her break from tennis after Wimbledon 2011.

Career

1996–2010

Cara has won five

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women's doubles titles in her career:

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2004, 2005, and 2007; Australian Open 2007; and US Open 2008. She reached the 2000 US Open doubles final with

. She has also won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, two of them partnering with her brother Wayne: the

and the

(they reached the final of the

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and the semifinals of the

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and 2003 US Open). She won three further titles in partnership with

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: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the

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. From 1996 through to 2000, Black's debut years, she won 8 ITF doubles titles, 1 WTA doubles title in

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, and 4 ITF singles titles. Her only WTA singles title came at Waikoloa in 2002. She also won a big ITF doubles tournament in Santa Clara in 1999. In November 2005, Black was runner-up in the WTA Championships doubles title. Australian

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and American

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defeated Australian

and Black 6–7 (5–7), 7–5, 6–4. In 2007, Black came back to partner

. They won the 2007 Australian Open and

. The team ended the year as the number one team, winning the year-end championships over

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and

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5–7, 6–3, 0–8 Black represented Zimbabwe at the

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in Beijing."Zimbabwean Tennis Star Ready for Her Third Olympic Appearance"
Xinhua, 30 April 2008 She lost to 2nd seeded

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from Serbia in the first round on 11 August 2008. She teamed up with

from India for the

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at the US Open, triumphing over

and

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in the finals. In 2009, she won five doubles titles leading to the year-end championships in

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. Black started 2010 strongly by winning two tournaments leading up to the

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, coming to the slam with an unbeaten record. Black made it to the finals in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles. She and Huber lost the women's doubles final to Venus and

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in straight sets, 4–6, 3–6. However, she and

won the mixed doubles in straight sets. The victory marked Black's first mixed doubles victory at the Australian Open. The victory also completed a 'Career Grand Slam' in mixed doubles. Black and Huber broke up as exclusive doubles partners in April 2010. Since then, Black has partnered with

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Elena Vesnina Elena Sergeyevna Vesnina (born 1 August 1986) is a Russian former professional tennis player and a former world No. 1 in doubles. She is a four-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2013 French Open, 2014 US Open, and 2017 Wimbledon Cha ...

, Yan Zi,

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, and

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. Even though she made the final of

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and won a small tournament in

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, she mostly achieved modest results after the break-up. Partnering with Vesnina and Hantuchová respectively, she lost in the third round of the

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and

. Partnering with Rodionova, she lost in the semifinals of the US Open to eventual champions

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and

Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...

. Black then missed all tournaments following the US Open and did not qualify for the

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for the first time since 1999. Black ended 2010 ranked 13th in doubles, the first time she finished a year outside the top 10 since 2000. However, Black continued her successful partnership with Paes in 2010 as the pair won the mixed-doubles title at Wimbledon and reached the quarterfinals at the US Open.

2011

Entering the 2011 season, Black continued her partnership with Australian

where they reached the semifinal of the

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and lost in the first round of Sydney International. During the

, Black and Rodionova were seeded fifth and reached the quarterfinals where they lost to Huber and

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. In mixed doubles, Black partnered with Leander Paes and they were seeded fourth. They were eliminated in the second round by

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and Paul Hanley in a tight straight sets loss, 6–7, 6–7. Despite Black being eliminated from both doubles and mixed doubles, Black was a sideline commentator for Seven, including the grand final for ladies doubles, and was present for former doubles partner Rennae Stubbs's speech. Then, Black did not play until June, where she returned at the ITF Nottingham. She paired-up with Russian

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. She was eliminated in the first round. Her next tournament was the Nottingham Challenge where she made it to the quarterfinals alongside British Sarah Borwell. Then, at the

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, she and Israeli

were eliminated in the quarterfinals. Going into the

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, she lost in her third round match to eventual champions

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and

. In mixed doubles, she lost in the quarterfinals with Indian

against

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and

Yung-Jan Chan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title at the 2017 ...

2012

Black did not compete on the

during 2012, and began playing again in October on two $25k events in Australia with

. The pair won the title in

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, defeating

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and

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in the final. However, Black and Rodionova lost to the same team in the finals of

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the following week. She finished the year ranked outside the world's top 600.

2013: Return to the top 20

During the 2013 season, Black had a significant comeback, as she returned to the

at the Auckland Open, partnering

in doubles. The pair managed to defeat the top three seeds to win the doubles title, Black's first WTA doubles title with Rodionova, and her first doubles title since 2010. Black and Rodionova lost in the 3rd round of the

, and won only one match between Indian Wells and

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, after which the two parted ways. During the clay court season, Black began playing alongside

, and they made an immediate impact, reaching the finals of the Premier Mandatory tournament in

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, as well as in

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. At the

, the pair reached the quarterfinals before losing to second seeds

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and

Lucie Hradecká Lucie Hradecká (; born 21 May 1985) is a Czech former professional tennis player. A three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam doubles champion and 26-time WTA Tour doubles titlist, she reached her career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 in ...

. Despite reaching the final of the Birmingham Classic, Black and Erakovic went out in the second round of

. After losing their opening match in

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, the pair reached the third round of the US Open, losing to

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and

of Russia. Black began working with

in September, with whom she ended up winning back to back Premier-5 tournaments in the far east. In

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, Black and Mirza defeated the top seeded team of

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and

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in the semifinals before taking out

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and

. It was Black's first Premier 5 title since 2009, and her second of the season. This was immediately followed by a win at the China Open, where en route to the final, they once again took out the top seeds of world number 1 team

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and

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in the semifinals, before defeating

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and

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in the final. It was the first time since 2010 that Black had won back-to-back doubles titles, and it took her back up into the world's top 20, finishing the year ranked number 13 in the world.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Mixed doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups)

By winning the 2010 Australian Open title, Black completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. She became the sixth female player in history to achieve this.

Career statistics

Grand Slam tournament performance timelines

Doubles

Mixed doubles

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Black, Cara 1979 births Living people Zimbabwean female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Zimbabwe Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics French Open champions Wimbledon champions Sportspeople from Harare White Zimbabwean sportspeople Hopman Cup competitors Wimbledon junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Zimbabwean people of English descent Zimbabwean people of Scottish descent African Games medalists in tennis African Games bronze medalists for Zimbabwe Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players ITF World Champions