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Byron Black (born October 6, 1969 in Harare, Zimbabwe) is a former touring professional tennis and Davis Cup player for Zimbabwe.

[edit] Biography

He is the brother of Cara and Wayne Black, both professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was an All-American as named by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA).

In 1995 Black was a US Open quarterfinalist and in 2000 he reached the same round at Wimbledon. His highest career 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 1996 Wimbledon.

Black is one of the few professional players to have played with a double-handed forehand.

Black formed the core of the Zimbabwean Davis Cup team with his brother Wayne.

Byron's father Don had a grass court in Highlands, Harare on which Byron honed his skills. As a junior Byron played tennis for Prince Edward School in Harare. On one occasion as a 13 year old he thrashed an 18 year old Bunny Eales of Oriel Boys 6-1 6-1 in an interschools game. He moved to Oriel Boys High School to increase his exposure to stronger players, like Greig Rodgers and Mark Gurr, future Davis Cup players for Zimbabwe. Byron played in Club Open Tournaments in Harare as well as the Zimbabwe Open tournament for several years before turning professional. At that time, anyone could enter the Zimbabwe open and you could find yourself playing Byron in the first round.

[edit] Doubles Titles (22)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (5)
ATP Championship Series (3)
ATP Tour (13)

Titles by Surface
Hard (14)
Clay (4)
Grass (1)
Carpet (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	5 April, 1993	Durban, South Africa	Hard	Lan Bale	Johan De Beer Marcos Ondruska	7–6, 6–2
2.	26 July, 1993	Washington D.C., United States	Hard	Rick Leach	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–4, 7–5
3.	4 October, 1993	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Brad Pearce Dave Randall	3–6, 7–5, 6–3
4.	11 October, 1993	Toulouse, France	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	David Prinosil Udo Riglewski	7–5, 7–6
5.	25 October, 1993	Vienna, Austria	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Mike Bauer David Prinosil	6–3, 7–6
6.	8 November, 1993	Paris, France	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Tom Nijssen Cyril Suk	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
7.	14 February, 1994	Memphis, United States	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jim Grabb Jared Palmer	7–6, 6–4
8.	6 June, 1994	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jonathan Stark	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 7–6
9.	1 August, 1994	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Patrick McEnroe Jared Palmer	6–4, 6–4
10.	29 May, 1995	Bologna, Italy	Clay	Jonathan Stark	Libor Pimek Vince Spadea	7–5, 6–3
11.	13 November, 1995	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Tommy Ho Brett Steven	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
12.	19 February, 1996	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Grant Connell	Karel Nováček Jiří Novák	6–0, 6–1
13.	20 May, 1996	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jonathan Stark	Libor Pimek Byron Talbot	6–2, 6–3
14.	24 June, 1996	Halle, Germany	Grass	Grant Connell	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Daniel Vacek	6–1, 7–5
15.	19 August, 1996	New Haven, United States	Hard	Grant Connell	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	6–4, 6–4
16.	13 April, 1998	Hong Kong	Hard	Alex O'Brien	Neville Godwin Tuomas Ketola	7–5, 6–1
17.	2 August, 1999	Los Angeles, United States	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Goran Ivanišević Brian MacPhie	6–2, 7–6(4)
18.	16 August, 1999	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6(6)
19.	1 November, 1999	Stuttgart Indoor, Germany	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	David Adams John-Laffnie De Jager	6–7, 7–6, 6–0
20.	28 February, 2000	Mexico City, Mexico	Clay	Donald Johnson	Gastón Etlis Martin Rodriguez	6–3, 7–5
21.	8 January, 2001	Chennai, India	Hard	Wayne Black	Barry Cowan Mose Navarra	6–4, 6–3
22.	24 September, 2001	Shanghai, China	Hard	Thomas Shimada	John-Laffnie De Jager Robbie Koenig	6–2, 3–6, 7–5

[edit] Runner-ups (19)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	20 April, 1992	Hong Kong	Hard	Byron Talbot	Brad Gilbert Jim Grabb	6–2, 6–1
2.	12 July, 1993	Newport, United States	Grass	Jim Pugh	Javier Frana Christo Van Rensburg	4–6, 6–1, 7–6
3.	30 August, 1993	Schenectady, United States	Hard	Brett Steven	Bernd Karbacher Andrei Olhovskiy	2–6, 7–6, 6–1
4.	10 January, 1994	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	David Adams	Mark Kratzmann Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–3
5.	31 January, 1994	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–7, 6–3, 6–4, 6–3
6.	7 February, 1994	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Rick Leach Jared Palmer	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
7.	14 February, 1994	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	7–5, 6–3
8.	10 October, 1994	Sydney Indoor, Australia	Hard (i)	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	6–4, 7–6
9.	17 October, 1994	Tokyo Indoor, Japan	Hard	Jonathan Stark	Grant Connell Patrick Galbraith	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
10.	7 November, 1994	Paris, France	Carpet	Jonathan Stark	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 7–6, 7–5
11.	9 January, 1995	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Grant Connell	Jim Courier Patrick Rafter	7–6, 6–4
12.	15 May, 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Andrei Olhovskiy	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	6–1, 7–6
13.	4 March, 1996	Philadelphia, United States	Carpet	Grant Connell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	7–6, 6–2
14.	15 April, 1996	New Delhi, India	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Jonas Björkman Nicklas Kulti	4–6, 6–4, 6–4
15.	8 July, 1996	Wimbledon, England	Grass	Grant Connell	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	4–6, 6–1, 6–3, 6–2
16.	19 May, 1997	Rome, Italy	Clay	Alex O'Brien	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
17.	1 March, 1999	London, England	Carpet	Wayne Ferreira	Tim Henman Greg Rusedski	6–3, 7–6(6)
18.	9 August, 1999	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Wayne Ferreira	Jonas Björkman Patrick Rafter	7–6, 6–4
19.	29 January, 2001	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	David Prinosil	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–1, 5–7, 6–4, 6–4

[edit] Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
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
U.S. 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
ATP Masters Series
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

[edit] Singles titles (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	29 April 1996	Seoul, South Korea	Hard	Martin Damm	7–6, 6–3
2.	12 April 1999	Chennai, India	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	6–4, 1–6, 6–3

[edit] Runner-ups (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	8 January 1996	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 3–6, 6–1
2.	15 April 1996	New Delhi, India	Hard	Thomas Enqvist	6–2, 7–6
3.	13 April 1998	Hong Kong	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	6–2, 6–0
4.	20 April 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Andrei Pavel	6–3, 6–4
5.	22 June 1998	Nottingham, England	Grass	Jonas Björkman	6–3, 6–2
6.	15 November 1999	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6, 6–4
7.	21 February 2000	Memphis, U.S.	Hard (i)	Magnus Larsson	6–2, 1–6, 6–3
8.	26 June 2000	Nottingham, England	Grass	Sébastien Grosjean	7–6, 6–3

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