Byron Black
Byron Black (born 6 October 1969) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.
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| Residence | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Born | 6 October 1969 Salisbury, Rhodesia (now Harare, Zimbabwe) |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1991 |
| Retired | 2002 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed both sides) |
| Prize money | $5,159,775 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 257–246 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 22 (29 April 1996) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1998) |
| French Open | 3R (1999) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2000) |
| US Open | QF (1995) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1995) |
| Olympic Games | 2R (1996) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 328–201 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 22 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (14 February 1994) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (1994, 2001) |
| French Open | W (1994) |
| Wimbledon | F (1996) |
| US Open | SF (1999) |
Personal life
He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was named an All-American by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).[1]
Tennis career
Black started playing tennis at a young age at his father’s grass court in Highlands, and played the game for Lewisham Primary School in his hometown. He played for the tennis team when he moved to the Oriel Boys High School, where he was exposed to other future Davis Cup players for Zimbabwe like Greig Rodgers and Mark Gurr.
Pro tour
In 1995, Black was a US Open quarterfinalist, and in 2000, he reached the same round at Wimbledon. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 22, which he achieved in June 1996.
An accomplished doubles player, Black became world No. 1 in doubles in February 1994. He won the 1994 French Open partnering Jonathan Stark. Black was a doubles finalist in three other majors, the 1994 and 2001 Australian Opens and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships.
Black is one of the few professional players to have played with a double-handed forehand.[2]
Black formed the core of the Zimbabwe Davis Cup team with his brother Wayne.
Career finals
Doubles: 41 (22 titles, 19 runner-ups)
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| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | Apr 1992 | Hong Kong, UK | Hard | .svg.png){kind=small} |
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2–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 1. | Apr 1993 | Durban, South Africa | Hard | |
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7–6, 6–2 |
| Loss | 2. | Jul 1993 | Newport, U.S. | Grass | |
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6–4, 1–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 2. | Jul 1993 | Washington, D.C., U.S. | Hard | |
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6–4, 7–5 |
| Loss | 3. | Aug 1993 | Schenectady, U.S. | Hard |  |
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6–2, 6–7, 1–6 |
| Win | 3. | Oct 1993 | Basel, Switzerland | Hard (i) | |
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3–6, 7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 4. | Oct 1993 | Toulouse, France | Hard (i) | |
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7–5, 7–6 |
| Win | 5. | Oct 1993 | Vienna, Austria | Carpet (i) | |
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6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 6. | Nov 1993 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | |
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4–6, 7–5, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4. | Jan 1994 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
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4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Jan 1994 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | |
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7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Feb 1994 | San Jose, U.S. | Hard (i) | |
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6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 7. | Feb 1994 | Memphis, U.S. | Hard (i) | |
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7–6, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7. | Feb 1994 | Indian Wells, U.S. | Hard | |
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5–7, 3–6 |
| Win | 8. | Jun 1994 | French Open, Paris | Clay | |
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6–4, 7–6 |
| Win | 9. | Aug 1994 | Toronto, Canada | Hard | |
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8. | Oct 1994 | Sydney Indoor, Australia | Hard (i) | |
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4–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 9. | Oct 1994 | Tokyo Indoor, Japan | Hard (i) | |
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3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
| Loss | 10. | Nov 1994 | Paris, France | Carpet (i) | |
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6–3, 6–7, 5–7 |
| Loss | 11. | Jan 1995 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
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6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 12. | May 1995 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | |
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1–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 10. | May 1995 | Bologna, Italy | Clay | |
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7–5, 6–3 |
| Win | 11. | Nov 1995 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | |
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6–4, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Win | 12. | Feb 1996 | Dubai, UAE | Hard | |
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6–0, 6–1 |
| Loss | 13. | Mar 1996 | Philadelphia, U.S. | Carpet (i) | |
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6–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 14. | Apr 1996 | New Delhi, India | Hard | |
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6–4, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 13. | May 1996 | Rome, Italy | Clay | |
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6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 14. | Jun 1996 | Halle, Germany | Grass | |
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6–1, 7–5 |
| Loss | 15. | Jul 1996 | Wimbledon, England | Grass | |
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6–4, 1–6, 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 15. | Aug 1996 | New Haven, U.S. | Hard | |
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6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 16. | May 1997 | Rome, Italy | Clay | |
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3–6, 6–4, 5–7 |
| Win | 16. | Apr 1998 | Hong Kong | Hard | |
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7–5, 6–1 |
| Loss | 17. | Mar 1999 | London, England | Carpet (i) | |
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3–6, 6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 17. | Aug 1999 | Los Angeles, U.S. | Hard | |
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6–2, 7–6(7–4) |
| Loss | 18. | Aug 1999 | Montreal, Canada | Hard | |
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6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 18. | Aug 1999 | Cincinnati, U.S. | Hard | |
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6–3, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 19. | Nov 1999 | Stuttgart Indoor, Germany | Hard (i) | |
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6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–2), 6–0 |
| Win | 20. | Feb 2000 | Mexico City, Mexico | Clay | |
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6–3, 7–5 |
| Win | 21. | Jan 2001 | Chennai, India | Hard | |
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6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 19. | Jan 2001 | Australian Open, Melbourne | Hard | |
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1–6, 7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 22. | Sep 2001 | Shanghai, China | Hard |  |
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6–2, 3–6, 7–5 |
Singles: 10 (2 titles, 8 runner-ups)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 1. | Jan 1996 | Adelaide, Australia | Hard | |
6–7, 6–3, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Apr 1996 | New Delhi, India | Hard | |
2–6, 6–7 |
| Win | 1. | Apr 1996 | Seoul, South Korea | Hard | |
7–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3. | Apr 1998 | Hong Kong | Hard |  |
2–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Apr 1998 | Tokyo, Japan | Hard |  |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5. | Jun 1998 | Nottingham, England | Grass | |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2. | Apr 1999 | Chennai, India | Hard | |
6–4, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 6. | Nov 1999 | Moscow, Russia | Carpet (i) | |
6–7, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7. | Feb 2000 | Memphis, USA | Hard (i) | |
2–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8. | Jun 2000 | Nottingham, England | Grass |  |
6–7, 3–6 |
Performance timelines
Doubles
| Tournament | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | Career SR | Career Win-Loss |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | F | 1R | 2R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 2R | F | 3R | 0 / 11 | 18–11 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | W | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 3R | 1 / 11 | 12–10 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 2R | 1R | QF | 3R | 3R | F | 2R | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 0 / 12 | 17–12 |
| US Open | 2R | A | A | 1R | 2R | 3R | QF | 1R | 1R | 3R | SF | 1R | 2R | A | 0 / 11 | 14–11 |
| Grand Slam SR | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 45 | N/A |
| Annual Win-Loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 4–4 | 15–3 | 6–4 | 7–4 | 3–4 | 2–4 | 6–4 | 4–4 | 6–4 | 5–3 | N/A | 61–44 |
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| Indian Wells | NME | 2R | A | A | A | F | 2R | SF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | A | 0 / 9 | 9–8 |
| Miami | NME | A | A | A | SF | SF | SF | SF | QF | 3R | 1R | QF | 2R | A | 0 / 9 | 17–9 |
| Monte Carlo | NME | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| Rome | NME | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | W | F | A | A | QF | A | A | 1 / 4 | 11–3 |
| Hamburg | NME | A | A | A | A | A | F | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 4–2 |
| Canada | NME | A | A | A | 2R | W | 2R | QF | 1R | 1R | F | A | 1R | A | 1 / 8 | 9–7 |
| Cincinnati | NME | A | A | A | A | QF | SF | QF | 1R | 1R | W | A | 2R | A | 1 / 7 | 10–6 |
| Stuttgart (Stockholm) | NME | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 2R | A | 1R | W | A | A | A | 1 / 4 | 5–3 |
| Paris | NME | A | A | A | W | F | 2R | SF | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 1/ 8 | 11–7 |
| Masters Series SR | N/A | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 5 | 0 / 9 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 6 | 2 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 5 / 52 | N/A |
| Annual Win-Loss | N/A | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 9–2 | 14–4 | 9–9 | 12–6 | 6–6 | 4–6 | 13–4 | 5–5 | 3–4 | 0–0 | N/A | 76–46 |
| Year-end ranking | 586 | 381 | 149 | 90 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 70 | 70 | 10 | 53 | 34 | 106 | N/A | |
A = did not attend tournament
References
- "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 1 April 2012.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- Byron Black at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Byron Black at the International Tennis Federation
- Byron Black at the Davis Cup
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