Wayne Black

Wayne Black
Country  Zimbabwe
Residence Harare, Zimbabwe
Born 14 November 1973 (1973-11-14) (age 38)
Salisbury, Rhodesia now Harare, Zimbabwe
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro 1994
Retired 2006
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money US$3,300,258
Singles
Career record 78–103
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 69 (30 March 1998)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 4th (1999)
French Open 1st (1997, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon 3rd (2001)
US Open 2nd (1998)
Doubles
Career record 319–202
Career titles 18
Highest ranking No. 4 (31 January 2005)
Last updated on: 5 July 2007.

Wayne Hamilton Black (born 17 November 1973 in Salisbury, now Harare) is a former professional male tennis player from Zimbabwe.

Black is the son of Don and Velia Black and the brother of Cara Black and Byron Black, also professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was an All-American in singles and doubles (1993, 1994). Black retired from the doubles circuit at the end of 2005. He won two men's doubles Grand Slam titles (2001 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open) with compatriot Kevin Ullyett and two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (2002 French Open and 2004 Wimbledon) with sister Cara.

As a junior Wayne played league tennis for Highlands Sports Club in Harare.

Black reached his career-high doubles ranking of 4 on 31 January 2005, following his second Grand Slam title win at the 2005 Australian Open with compatriot Kevin Ullyett. Black, like his two siblings, was a doubles specialist.

Contents

Doubles finals (33)

Wins

Legend
Grand Slam (2–1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–1)
ATP Masters Series (5–6)
ATP International Series Gold (1–2)
ATP Tour (10–5)
Titles by Surface
Hard (14–11)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 25 May 1998 St. Poelten, Austria Clay David Adams Jim Grabb
David Macpherson
4–6, 4–6
Winner 1. 15 February 1999 Dubai, UAE Hard Sandon Stolle David Adams
John-Laffnie de Jager
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner 2. 15 March 1999 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Sandon Stolle Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner 3. 29 March 1999 Miami, U.S. Hard Sandon Stolle Boris Becker
Jan-Michael Gambill
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 2. 12 April 1999 Chennai, India Hard Neville Godwin Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes
6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 19 April 1999 Tokyo, Japan Hard Brian MacPhie Jeff Tarango
Daniel Vacek
3–4, RET.
Runner-up 4. 31 January 2000 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Andrew Kratzmann Ellis Ferreira
Rick Leach
4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 16–18
Winner 4. 9 October 2000 Hong Kong Hard Kevin Ullyett Dominik Hrbatý
David Prinosil
6–1, 6–2
Winner 5. 8 January 2001 Chennai, India Hard Byron Black Barry Cowan
Mose Navarra
6–4, 6–3
Winner 6. 19 February 2001 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Jiří Novák
David Rikl
6–3, 6–3
Winner 7. 9 October 2001 U.S. Open, New York Hard Kevin Ullyett Donald Johnson
Jared Palmer
7–6(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
Winner 8. 7 January 2002 Adelaide, Australia Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–2
Winner 9. 4 March 2002 San Jose, U.S. Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett John-Laffnie de Jager
Robbie Koenig
6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Runner-up 5. 13 May 2002 Rome, Italy Clay Kevin Ullyett Martin Damm
Cyril Suk
5–7, 5–7
Winner 10. 17 June 2002 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Kevin Ullyett Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi
7–5, 6–3
Winner 11. 19 August 2002 Washington D.C., U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Winner 12. 14 October 2002 Lyon, France Carpet Kevin Ullyett Mark Knowles
Daniel Nestor
6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 13. 28 October 2002 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Wayne Arthurs
Paul Hanley
6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up 6. 3 March 2003 Dubai, UAE Hard Kevin Ullyett Leander Paes
David Rikl
3–6, 0–6
Winner 14. 5 May 2003 Munich, Germany Clay Kevin Ullyett Joshua Eagle
Jared Palmer
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 6 October 2003 Moscow, Russia Carpet Kevin Ullyett Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up 8. 20 October 2003 Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Mahesh Bhupathi
Max Mirnyi
2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Runner-up 9. 22 March 2004 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Arnaud Clément
Sébastien Grosjean
3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Winner 15. 5 April 2004 Miami, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge
6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Winner 16. 17 May 2004 Hamburg, Germany Clay Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 10. 26 July 2004 Indianapolis, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Jordan Kerr
Jim Thomas
7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Runner-up 11. 8 November 2004 Paris, France Carpet Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 22 November 2004 Tennis Masters Cup, Houston Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 2–6
Winner 17. 31 January 2005 Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 13. 4 April 2005 Miami, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 14. 8 August 2005 Washington D.C., U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan
4–6, 2–6
Winner 18. 15 August 2005 Montreal, Canada Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonathan Erlich
Andy Ram
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0
Runner-up 15. 22 August 2005 Cincinnati, U.S. Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi
6–7(3–7), 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open A A A A 1R A 2R 3R F QF QF 3R QF W A A 1 / 9 25–8
French Open A A A A 1R 3R 3R 3R 2R 3R 3R 2R QF 1R A A 0 / 10 15–10
Wimbledon A A A A 1R SF SF QF 1R 1R 2R 3R QF SF 1R A 0 / 11 21–11
U.S. Open A A A A A SF 1R QF 1R W QF 3R QF SF A A 1 / 9 25–8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 39 N/A
Annual Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 10–3 7–4 10–4 6–4 11–3 9–4 7–4 12–4 14–3 0–1 0–0 N/A 86–37
Masters Series
Indian Wells A A 1R A A A 1R W 2R 1R QF A F QF A A 1 / 8 14–7
Miami A A A A A A 3R W 2R 3R 3R 2R W F A A 2 / 8 18–6
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Rome A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R F 2R QF 2R A A 0 / 7 5–7
Hamburg A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R W 2R A A 1 / 6 5–5
Canada A A A A A A QF 2R A 2R 2R 1R 2R W A A 1 / 7 8–6
Cincinnati A A A 2R A A QF QF 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R F A A 0 / 9 8–9
Madrid (Stuttgart) A A A A A 2R A A A 2R 2R F A SF A A 0 / 5 6–5
Paris A A A 1R A 1R 1R 2R A SF 2R QF F SF A A 0 / 9 8–9
Masters Series SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 5 2 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 8 0 / 8 0 / 7 2 / 7 1 / 8 0 / 0 0 / 0 5 / 59 N/A
Annual Win-Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 5–5 11–4 1–5 5–8 9–8 5–7 17–5 17–7 0–0 0–0 N/A 72–54
Year End Ranking 541 1056 302 146 158 38 46 14 42 12 13 23 8 5 576 1364 N/A

A = did not attend tournament

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