23 Facts About Cara Black

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Cara Cavell Black was born on 17 February 1979 and is a Zimbabwean former professional tennis player.

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Cara Black was born in Salisbury, Rhodesia to Donald and Velia Cara Black.

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Cara Black partnered with her brother Wayne to win the 2002 French Open and 2004 Wimbledon Championships mixed-doubles events.

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Cara Black has engaged in long-term partnerships with Irina Selyutina, Elena Likhovtseva, Rennae Stubbs, Liezel Huber, and most recently Sania Mirza.

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Cara Black has won five Grand Slam women's doubles titles in her career: Wimbledon 2004,2005, and 2007; Australian Open 2007; and US Open 2008.

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Cara Black reached the 2000 US Open doubles final with Elena Likhovtseva.

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Cara Black has won five Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, two of them partnering with her brother Wayne: the 2002 French Open and the 2004 Wimbledon Championships.

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Cara Black won three further titles in partnership with Leander Paes: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2010 Wimbledon Championships.

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Cara Black won a big ITF doubles tournament in Santa Clara in 1999.

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In November 2005, Cara Black was runner-up in the WTA Championships doubles title.

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Cara Black represented Zimbabwe at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

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Cara Black lost to 2nd seeded Jelena Jankovic from Serbia in the first round on 11 August 2008.

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Cara Black teamed up with Leander Paes from India for the mixed doubles at the US Open, triumphing over Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray in the finals.

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Cara Black started 2010 strongly by winning two tournaments leading up to the Australian Open, coming to the slam with an unbeaten record.

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Cara Black made it to the finals in both the women's doubles and mixed doubles.

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Since then, Cara Black has partnered with Shahar Pe'er, Elena Vesnina, Yan Zi, Lisa Raymond, Daniela Hantuchova, Marina Erakovic, and Anastasia Rodionova.

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Cara Black then missed all tournaments following the US Open and did not qualify for the WTA Championships for the first time since 1999.

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Cara Black ended 2010 ranked 13th in doubles, the first time she finished a year outside the top 10 since 2000.

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However, Cara 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.

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In mixed doubles, Cara Black partnered with Leander Paes and they were seeded fourth.

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Cara Black did not compete on the WTA Tour during 2012, and began playing again in October on two $25k events in Australia with Arina Rodionova.

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Cara Black finished the year ranked outside the world's top 600.

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Cara Black became the sixth female player in history to achieve this.