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Wayne Black

ZIM Age 52 170 cm / 5'7" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1993–2003

Wayne Black represented Zimbabwe on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 69. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 53–83 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

69 (Mar 30, 1998)

Elo peak

1722 (57th percentile)

Singles record

53–83 (39.0%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$3,300,258

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Wayne Black's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Vincent Spadea #31	7-5 5-7 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 3, 2003*	R16	Moscow	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Marat Safin #27	6-4 6-7(5) 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Oct 2, 2003*	R32	Moscow	ATP International Series → modern equivalent ATP 250	Carpet
Tommy Robredo #15	0-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 7, 2003*	R32	Canadian Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Wayne Ferreira #20	6-4 2-1 (ret.)	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 6, 2003*	R64	Canadian Open	Masters 1000	Hard
Michael Llodra #136	6-7(3) 6-3 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 23, 2003	Q1 Q	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Wayne Black's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Andre Agassi	0	3	3	Aug 16, 2001	H2H
Sebastien Grosjean	0	3	3	Jun 14, 2001	H2H
John Van Lottum	1	2	3	Aug 11, 1999	—
Mark Woodforde	0	3	3	Oct 8, 1998	H2H
Mark Philippoussis	0	3	3	Aug 6, 1998	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Wayne Black Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1996	Atlanta Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Mark Philippoussis #36 def. Wayne Black #168 6-4 6-2	H2H	Match data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Jiri Vanek #84 def. Wayne Black #113 5-7 6-1 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Wayne Black career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1993	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	459	719
1994	20	ATP	2	2	4	50.0%	719	360
1995	21	ATP	3	5	8	37.5%	360	194
1996	22	ATP	3	5	8	37.5%	194	252
1997	23	ATP	4	6	10	40.0%	253	99
1998	24	ATP	17	24	41	41.5%	99	94
1999	25	ATP	9	15	24	37.5%	94	151
2000	26	Qualifying Q	8	2	10	80.0%	—	—
2000	26	ATP	8	9	17	47.1%	152	107
2001	27	Qualifying Q	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—
2001	27	ATP	5	9	14	35.7%	107	160
2002	28	Qualifying Q	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—
2002	28	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	158	417
2003	29	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2003	29	ATP	2	4	6	33.3%	441	302
Career		—	53	83	136	39.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Wayne Black career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	20	ATP	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
1995	21	ATP	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1996	22	ATP	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	5	8	37.5%
1997	23	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	3	1	4	75.0%	4	6	10	40.0%
1998	24	ATP	9	12	21	42.9%	2	5	7	28.6%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	17	24	41	41.5%
1999	25	ATP	6	10	16	37.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	9	15	24	37.5%
2000	26	Qualifying Q	6	0	6	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	8	2	10	80.0%
2000	26	ATP	8	8	16	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	8	9	17	47.1%
2001	27	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	4	3	7	57.1%
2001	27	ATP	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	2	3	5	40.0%	—	—	—	—	5	9	14	35.7%
2002	28	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2002	28	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2003	29	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
2003	29	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%
Career	—	—	35	53	88	39.8%	3	10	13	23.1%	6	11	17	35.3%	9	9	18	50.0%	53	83	136	39.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Wayne Black career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1993	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	20	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	2	2	4	50.0%
1995	21	0	0	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	3	5	8	37.5%
1996	22	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
1997	23	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
1998	24	0	3	3	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	5	13	18	27.8%	6	2	8	75.0%	14	22	36	38.9%
1999	25	0	3	3	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	4	2	6	66.7%	9	14	23	39.1%
2000	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	2	0	2	100.0%	8	9	17	47.1%
2001	27	0	2	2	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	9	14	35.7%
2002	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%
2003	29	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	4	6	33.3%
Career		0	10	10	0.0%	7	21	28	25.0%	21	38	59	35.6%	21	10	31	67.7%	49	79	128	38.3%

Opponent ranking data available for 128/136 (94.1%) of Wayne Black's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Wayne Black performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1994	20	4/4	2.8	1.5	70.2%	67.1%	51.2%	60.6%	48.0%	62.3%	43.1%
1995	21	6/8	1.7	3.0	58.0%	58.6%	45.4%	59.3%	57.7%	52.9%	37.8%
1996	22	5/8	1.8	4.4	49.7%	64.0%	48.1%	46.2%	38.3%	56.2%	33.4%
1997	23	7/10	2.4	3.1	61.6%	63.8%	51.3%	72.1%	47.9%	59.2%	39.2%
1998	24	32/41	3.0	2.3	59.6%	64.1%	48.8%	52.2%	44.9%	57.8%	38.9%
1999	25	20/24	2.7	2.4	59.1%	62.6%	49.8%	45.0%	47.5%	57.4%	40.4%
2000	26	14/17	3.1	2.0	49.1%	65.0%	55.1%	59.5%	43.0%	60.3%	36.7%
2001	27	14/14	3.0	2.6	52.0%	67.0%	52.4%	66.8%	41.9%	59.9%	37.5%
2002	28	2/3	2.5	3.0	54.0%	60.5%	47.0%	40.0%	34.4%	54.4%	36.4%
2003	29	5/6	0.8	2.4	55.6%	65.1%	53.1%	33.5%	44.6%	60.1%	33.7%
Career		109/136	2.7	2.5	56.9%	64.1%	50.5%	54.3%	45.2%	58.3%	38.3%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 109/136 (80.1%) of Wayne Black's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Wayne Black advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1993	19	1494	102.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	0–1	—	-0.05
1994	20	1521	117.4	+0.75	+2.05	1.145	52.7%	+24	—	—	54.5%	+0.45	1–2 (33%)	1–0	—	+0.04
1995	21	1520	104.0	-4.08	+0.16	0.802	45.7%	+12	—	—	34.8%	-1.22	2–1 (67%)	1–1	—	+0.41
1996	22	1520	105.8	-2.98	-0.77	0.762	45.5%	+21	—	—	38.9%	-0.89	1–1	1–2 (33%)	—	+0.58
1997	23	1560	127.7	-1.25	+1.72	0.961	49.8%	+47	-40	—	44.4%	-0.56	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	100.3	-0.22
1998	24	1638	129.8	-3.18	+0.95	0.922	48.2%	+8	-158	+4	44.4%	-0.48	7–10 (41%)	7–9 (44%)	97.9	+0.01
1999	25	1564	128.4	-2.62	+0.76	0.947	48.8%	+72	—	+17	40.9%	-0.45	3–4 (43%)	3–2 (60%)	101.2	+0.36
2000	26	1647	125.5	-1.66	-0.94	0.925	48.7%	+55	—	—	50.0%	-0.34	0–3 (0%)	5–2 (71%)	99.1	-0.31
2001	27	1632	123.6	-0.93	-0.09	0.934	49.2%	+40	—	-69	37.5%	-0.66	0–3 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	99.3	-0.49
2002	28	1562	104.5	-0.59	+1.18	0.798	45.7%	+46	—	—	14.3%	-2.14	0–1	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.28
2003	29	1569	113.3	+0.03	-0.36	0.845	46.5%	+45	—	—	25.0%	-1.75	1–1	0–1	—	-0.49
Career		1722	130.0	-2.17	+0.45	0.917	48.4%	+37	-123	-17	41.7%	-0.61	16–29 (36%)	24–22 (52%)	98.8	-0.32

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Wayne Black Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1995	21	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1997	23	—	R128	—	R128	0–2 (0%)
1998	24	R32	R128	R64	R64	4–4 (50%)
1999	25	R16	R128	R128	R128	3–4 (43%)
2000	26	R32	Q1	R128	R128	10–5 (67%)
2001	27	R128	Q1	R32	Q3	6–5 (55%)
2002	28	Q3	Q1	Q2	Q1	3–4 (43%)
2003	29	Q2	—	Q1	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		14–7 (67%)	0–6 (0%)	8–8 (50%)	6–7 (46%)	28–28 (50%)

Masters 1000

Wayne Black Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CAN	CIN	IW	MIA	W-L Win %
1993	19	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	24	R32	R64	R32	R128	2–4 (33%)
1999	25	R64	R64	—	R64	1–3 (25%)
2000	26	—	—	—	R64	1–1 (50%)
2001	27	R32	R64	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2002	28	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	29	R32	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	0–3 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	2–3 (40%)	6–13 (32%)

ATP 500

Wayne Black ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	DUB	NAP	TKY	WAS	LON	MEM	NEW	PHI	BRI	W-L Win %
1994	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1995	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	2–1 (67%)
1996	22	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	24	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	R32	4–5 (44%)
1999	25	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2000	26	—	R32	QF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
2001	27	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2002	28	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	4–3 (57%)	3–4 (43%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–3 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	16–17 (48%)

ATP 250

Wayne Black ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	BAS	CHN	DUB	HAL	NWP	QUE	SHA	BOG	BOU	COP	DLB	LOS	MOS	EAS	ORL	OST	SAN	ST.	TEL	W-L Win %
1994	20	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1995	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1996	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1997	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	SF	—	R32	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1998	24	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R16	R32	R32	R16	R32	SF	R32	R32	—	7–11 (39%)
1999	25	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	4–6 (40%)
2000	26	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2001	27	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–4 (20%)
2002	28	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	3–2 (60%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	18–34 (35%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 30, 1998

First Top 100

Nov 10, 1997

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Wayne Black ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	18	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	734	459
1993	19	461	465	467	477	486	506	506	486	421	437	480	719
1994	20	712	702	708	695	705	695	480	340	368	365	355	360
1995	21	315	311	314	312	298	275	298	278	215	205	199	194
1996	22	214	198	200	173	167	168	170	210	246	261	254	252
1997	23	253	277	271	323	249	244	146	117	120	117	97	99
1998	24	99	82	69	71	76	82	92	98	91	73	95	94
1999	25	97	90	93	90	95	98	103	117	122	148	148	151
2000	26	156	137	152	152	150	166	136	118	113	102	107	107
2001	27	131	141	140	152	151	149	141	129	133	166	161	160
2002	28	156	175	176	177	171	176	271	387	407	424	417	417
2003	29	457	436	374	381	399	410	439	376	395	302	303	302
2004	30	303	317	349	359	360	349	354	528	525	1311	1350	1349
2005	31	1348	1356	1466	1471	1472	1487	1468	1469	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Wayne Black's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Joern Renzenbrink	GER	#70	1,711	88	34	54	38.6%	$504,929	0	1993–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Dennis van Scheppingen	NED	#72	1,640	115	42	73	36.5%	$871,886	0	1992–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Jens Knippschild	GER	#76	1,701	116	47	69	40.5%	$1,017,972	0	1994–2002	Rivalries	Match log
Oscar Martinez	ESP	#68	1,643	46	19	27	41.3%	$240,090	0	1994–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Laurence Tieleman	ITA	#76	1,653	103	41	62	39.8%	$773,130	0	1993–2000	Rivalries	Match log
Attila Savolt	HUN	#68	1,650	78	30	48	38.5%	$698,823	0	1998–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Andrei Stoliarov	RUS	#71	1,646	93	35	58	37.6%	$733,499	0	1997–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Jacobo Diaz	ESP	#68	1,628	90	28	62	31.1%	$689,680	0	1994–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Leander Paes	IND	#73	1,737	130	53	77	40.8%	$8,587,586	1	1991–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Oliver Gross	GER	#60	1,702	128	49	79	38.3%	$876,452	0	1993–2003	Rivalries	Match log
Markus Hantschk	GER	#71	1,608	67	26	41	38.8%	$514,852	0	1998–2004	Rivalries	Match log
Lucas Arnold Ker	ARG	#77	1,637	49	19	30	38.8%	$1,745,936	0	1996–2000	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Wayne Black?: Wayne Black is 52 years old, born on November 14, 1973.
Which country does Wayne Black represent?: Wayne Black represents Zimbabwe in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Wayne Black?: Wayne Black is 170 cm / 5'7".
Does Wayne Black use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Wayne Black uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Wayne Black left-handed or right-handed?: Wayne Black plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Wayne Black won?: Wayne Black has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Wayne Black won?: TennisDB does not group any of Wayne Black's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Wayne Black's highest ATP ranking?: Wayne Black's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 69, first achieved on March 30, 1998.
What is Wayne Black's career win-loss record?: Wayne Black has a career ATP singles record of 53 wins and 83 losses (39.0%).
How much career prize money has Wayne Black earned?: Wayne Black has earned at least $3,300,258 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Wayne Black's career appear in TennisDB?: Wayne Black appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1993 through 2003.
On which surface does Wayne Black have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Wayne Black's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on hard: 39.8% (35–53).
Who has Wayne Black faced most often?: Wayne Black's most frequent opponent is Andre Agassi, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.