Wayne Black

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Wayne Black
Country	Zimbabwe
Residence	Harare, Zimbabwe
Date of birth	November 14, 1973 (1973-11-14) (age 34)
Place of birth	Salisbury, Rhodesia
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (150 lb/11 st)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2006
Plays	Right
Career prize money	US$3,300,258
Singles
Career record:	78-103
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 69 (March 30, 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 (January 31, 2005)
Infobox last updated on: July 5, 2007.

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

He 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). He 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.

Contents 1 Doubles finals (33) 1.1 Wins 1.2 Runner-ups 2 External links

[edit] Doubles finals (33)

[edit] Wins

Legend Grand Slam (2) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (5) ATP Tour (11)

Titles by Surface Hard (14) Clay (2) Grass (1) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 February 1999	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Sandon Stolle	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 6–1, 6–2
2.	15 March 1999	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–3, 6–4
3.	29 March 1999	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Boris Becker Jan-Michael Gambill	6–4, 7–6
4.	9 October 2000	Hong Kong	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil	6–1, 6–2
5.	8 January 2001	Chennai, India	Hard	Byron Black	Barry Cowan Mose Navarra	6–4, 6–3
6.	19 February 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
7.	9 October 2001	U.S. Open, New York	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6(9), 2–6, 6–3
8.	7 January 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–2
9.	4 March 2002	San Jose, U.S.	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–3, 4–6, [10-5]
10.	17 June 2002	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6(5), 3–6, 6–3
11.	19 August 2002	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–6(4), 4–6, 6–3
12.	14 October 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(3)
13.	28 October 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(4)
14.	5 May 2003	Munich, Germany	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
15.	5 April 2004	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6(12)
16.	17 May 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–1, 6–2
17.	31 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
18.	15 August 2005	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(2), 6–4

[edit] Runner-ups

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	25 May 1998	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	David Adams	Jim Grabb David Macpherson	6–4, 6–4
2.	12 April 1999	Chennai, India	Hard	Neville Godwin	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
3.	19 April 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	6–7, 6–3, 7–6
4.	31 January 2000	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	6–4, 3–6, 6–3, 3–6, 18–16
5.	13 May 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	7–5, 7–5
6.	3 March 2003	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Leander Paes David Rikl	6–3, 6–0
7.	6 October 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 7–5
8.	20 October 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–2, 2–6, 6–3
9.	22 March 2004	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
10.	26 July 2004	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	6–7(7), 7–6(3), 6–3
11.	8 November 2004	Paris, France	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–4
12.	22 November 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
13.	4 April 2005	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–1, 6–2
14.	8 August 2005	Washington D.C., U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2
15.	22 August 2005	Cincinnati, U.S.	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 5–7, 6–2

[edit] External links

• Wayne Black at the Association of Tennis Professionals