Cara Black (born
February 17, 1979 in
Harare) 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 2 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in her career, parterning 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). 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
In August 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