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Cara Black

ZIM Age 47 167 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1998–2008

Cara Black represented Zimbabwe on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 31. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 115–152 and one singles title. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

31 (Mar 15, 1999)

Elo peak

1773 (70th percentile)

Singles record

115–152 (43.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$7,730,801

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

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WTA Matches full match log →

Cara Black's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Jelena Jankovic #1	3-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 12, 2008*	R64	Beijing Olympics	Olympics	Hard
Anastasia Rodionova #75	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 30, 2008*	R64	Canadian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Dinara Safina #14	2-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 17, 2006*	R32	Canadian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Neha Uberoi #252	7-6(6) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 16, 2006*	R64	Canadian Open	Tier I → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Anastasia Myskina #11	0-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 28, 2006*	R128	Wimbledon	Grand Slam	Grass

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Cara Black's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Elena Likhovtseva	4	4	8	Feb 13, 2003	H2H
Kim Clijsters	0	7	7	Jun 20, 2003	H2H
Tamarine Tanasugarn	3	3	6	May 23, 2002	H2H
Rita Grande	5	0	5	Jun 9, 2004	H2H
Lisa Raymond	1	4	5	Sep 16, 2002	H2H

Singles Titles (1)

Cara Black singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2002	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Waikoloa
Total		1	—	—	—	1	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (3)

Cara Black Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2000	Sydney Olympics	First Round	0	1	Silvia Farina Elia #57 def. Cara Black #38 6-2 3-6 6-3	H2H	Match data
2004	Athens Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Chanda Rubin #22 def. Cara Black #116 6-4 3-6 6-3	H2H	Match data
2008	Beijing Olympics	First Round	0	1	Jelena Jankovic #1 def. Cara Black #662 6-3 6-3	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Cara Black career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	19	10	10	20	50.0%	192	44
1999	20	17	22	39	43.6%	44	50
2000	21	22	21	43	51.2%	50	41
2001	22	19	25	44	43.2%	41	58
2002	23	20	21	41	48.8%	58	56
2003	24	18	25	43	41.9%	56	51
2004	25	6	21	27	22.2%	51	138
2005	26	2	2	4	50.0%	138	179
2006	27	1	3	4	25.0%	179	288
2008	29	0	2	2	0.0%	1,057	660
Career		115	152	267	43.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Cara Black career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	19	4	3	7	57.1%	3	3	6	50.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	10	10	20	50.0%
1999	20	9	10	19	47.4%	3	6	9	33.3%	4	3	7	57.1%	1	3	4	25.0%	17	22	39	43.6%
2000	21	11	11	22	50.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	7	3	10	70.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	22	21	43	51.2%
2001	22	12	15	27	44.4%	4	5	9	44.4%	2	3	5	40.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	19	25	44	43.2%
2002	23	13	12	25	52.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	20	21	41	48.8%
2003	24	10	17	27	37.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	—	—	—	—	18	25	43	41.9%
2004	25	5	11	16	31.3%	0	6	6	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	6	21	27	22.2%
2005	26	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
2006	27	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	3	4	25.0%
2008	29	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career	—	65	84	149	43.6%	23	36	59	39.0%	23	21	44	52.3%	4	11	15	26.7%	115	152	267	43.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Cara 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 %
1998	19	0	0	—	—	3	5	8	37.5%	2	4	6	33.3%	4	0	4	100.0%	9	9	18	50.0%
1999	20	0	2	2	0.0%	4	11	15	26.7%	9	5	14	64.3%	2	3	5	40.0%	15	21	36	41.7%
2000	21	0	5	5	0.0%	7	7	14	50.0%	12	8	20	60.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	22	20	42	52.4%
2001	22	0	7	7	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	10	20	50.0%	7	3	10	70.0%	19	25	44	43.2%
2002	23	0	5	5	0.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	8	12	20	40.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	19	21	40	47.5%
2003	24	1	5	6	16.7%	3	4	7	42.9%	12	16	28	42.9%	2	0	2	100.0%	18	25	43	41.9%
2004	25	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	5	12	17	29.4%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	21	27	22.2%
2005	26	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%
2006	27	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	1	0	1	100.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2008	29	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%
Career		1	26	27	3.7%	24	41	65	36.9%	60	69	129	46.5%	26	13	39	66.7%	111	149	260	42.7%

Opponent ranking data available for 260/267 (97.4%) of Cara Black's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Cara 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%
2003	24	4/43	1.5	3.5	54.8%	62.1%	45.7%	49.5%	58.8%	54.6%	46.3%
2004	25	5/27	1.8	3.0	57.9%	58.7%	44.2%	50.1%	54.2%	52.3%	40.3%
2005	26	2/4	1.5	3.5	66.4%	59.8%	45.7%	55.6%	67.5%	55.1%	41.9%
2006	27	2/4	0.5	3.0	62.1%	57.8%	52.8%	45.2%	53.6%	55.8%	45.6%
2008	29	1/2	1.0	3.0	62.0%	51.6%	26.3%	44.4%	100.0%	42.0%	34.7%
Career		14/267	1.4	3.2	59.1%	59.2%	44.8%	49.6%	60.6%	53.1%	42.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 14/267 (5.2%) of Cara Black's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Cara 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
1998	19	1614	118.9	—	—	—	—	-37	-49	+50	45.8%	-0.23	6–2 (75%)	1–1	—	-0.28
1999	20	1630	136.6	—	—	—	—	-24	-50	+28	43.5%	-0.29	4–7 (36%)	6–6 (50%)	100.2	-1.66
2000	21	1749	143.8	—	—	—	—	-39	-180	+62	55.2%	+0.39	5–9 (36%)	5–5 (50%)	99.4	-2.05
2001	22	1635	138.8	—	—	—	—	+19	-20	+157	46.7%	-0.22	7–12 (37%)	8–6 (57%)	99.0	-1.26
2002	23	1621	125.1	—	—	—	—	+47	-45	+121	46.7%	-0.19	7–5 (58%)	1–4 (20%)	99.4	-1.04
2003	24	1602	117.3	+0.23	+1.08	1.019	50.5%	-36	+25	+132	41.3%	-0.68	4–2 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	103.9	-0.01
2004	25	1473	105.4	-1.30	-2.07	0.845	46.8%	+51	+28	+150	26.6%	-1.61	5–5 (50%)	3–5 (38%)	98.4	+0.84
2005	26	1505	103.0	+1.03	+0.05	0.933	48.7%	—	—	+144	55.6%	+0.22	0–1	1–0	—	+0.03
2006	27	1508	106.0	+1.65	-0.27	1.032	50.5%	-8	—	—	33.3%	-1.56	0–1	1–0	—	-0.19
2008	29	1490	104.2	-0.59	-0.88	0.598	38.4%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.07
Career		1773	132.7	-0.06	-0.53	0.909	48.1%	-2	-37	+94	44.2%	-0.38	38–44 (46%)	30–30 (50%)	102.4	-2.09

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Cara Black Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	R64	R32	R64	4–3 (57%)
1999	20	R128	R128	R128	R128	0–4 (0%)
2000	21	R64	R64	R64	R128	3–4 (43%)
2001	22	R64	R16	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
2002	23	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
2003	24	R128	R64	R32	R128	3–4 (43%)
2004	25	R64	R128	R128	R64	2–4 (33%)
2005	26	—	—	R32	—	2–1 (67%)
2006	27	R128	—	R128	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		4–7 (36%)	6–7 (46%)	7–9 (44%)	3–7 (30%)	20–30 (40%)

WTA 1000

Cara Black WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	IW	MIA	ITA	PAN	BER	CAN	CHA	HIL	KEY	PAN	W-L Win %
1998	19	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	20	R16	—	R64	—	R16	R64	—	R64	R64	R16	5–7 (42%)
2000	21	R32	R64	R64	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R16	3–6 (33%)
2001	22	R32	R64	R64	—	R64	R64	—	—	—	R16	2–6 (25%)
2002	23	R16	R16	R64	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
2003	24	R32	R64	R16	—	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
2004	25	R64	R128	R64	R32	R64	—	R64	—	—	—	0–6 (0%)
2006	27	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2008	29	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		9–7 (56%)	5–5 (50%)	2–6 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	3–5 (38%)	2–7 (22%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	24–38 (39%)

WTA 500

Cara Black WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	DUB	EAS	HAM	SDG	SHA	AME	POR	LEI	LIN	LOS	NEW	PHI	SCO	STA	TOY	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1999	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	0–3 (0%)
2000	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	4–4 (50%)
2001	22	—	—	R32	R32	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R16	R16	4–7 (36%)
2002	23	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2003	24	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	R64	R32	—	—	R64	QF	R32	R16	R32	—	3–9 (25%)
2004	25	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R64	R32	—	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–3 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	1–1 (50%)	12–30 (29%)

WTA 250

Cara Black WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	DOH	EST	LIB	MAD	STO	JAP	VIE	BAL	BIR	BOL	BOS	BRA	BUD	HOB	LUX	MAK	OKL	OKL	OPO	QUE	STR	TAS	WAI	W-L Win %
1998	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	SF	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–5 (55%)
1999	20	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R32	—	R16	—	QF	—	—	QF	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	12–8 (60%)
2000	21	F	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	12–6 (67%)
2001	22	QF	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R32	—	SF	R16	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	9–8 (53%)
2002	23	R32	—	R32	—	R16	—	R32	—	R32	R32	—	—	R32	QF	R32	R32	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	W	11–11 (50%)
2003	24	R16	R32	—	R16	QF	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–7 (46%)
2004	25	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–5 (29%)
2005	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		8–5 (62%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–3 (57%)	4–3 (57%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	12–7 (63%)	2–3 (40%)	3–1 (75%)	1–3 (25%)	2–1 (67%)	7–6 (54%)	2–4 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	5–1 (83%)	58–51 (53%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Mar 15, 1999

First Top 100

Jul 6, 1998

First Top 50

Sep 14, 1998

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Cara Black ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1994	15	—	—	—	—	723	733	727	—	—	717	728	726
1995	16	724	711	634	471	481	484	479	492	495	483	491	497
1996	17	502	488	517	622	483	480	479	481	476	486	334	337
1997	18	299	223	246	211	209	205	209	218	213	188	189	192
1998	19	192	198	192	198	146	108	69	52	47	42	44	44
1999	20	42	40	32	35	32	34	45	55	62	55	51	50
2000	21	40	45	48	47	59	45	36	36	36	40	43	41
2001	22	40	39	39	39	37	40	54	51	50	59	58	58
2002	23	74	81	75	54	46	68	65	65	57	57	56	56
2003	24	58	57	61	68	64	59	49	40	56	48	51	51
2004	25	53	45	53	53	73	83	104	138	121	140	136	138
2005	26	182	187	166	163	165	182	133	150	173	167	174	179
2006	27	172	192	207	215	224	225	351	268	271	286	291	288
2007	28	389	394	402	409	429	431	440	—	—	—	—	—
2008	29	—	—	—	—	—	—	1063	642	649	652	652	660
2009	30	656	674	665	675	670	679	679	—	—	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Tina Pisnik	SLO	#29	1,720	210	91	119	43.3%	$931,077	1	1998–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Jelena Kostanic Tosic	CRO	#32	1,709	264	112	152	42.4%	$1,577,765	0	1998–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Marie-Gayanay Mikaelian	SUI	#33	1,771	111	53	58	47.7%	$543,735	1	2000–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Petra Mandula	HUN	#30	1,717	150	69	81	46.0%	$991,024	0	1999–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Martina Müller	GER	#33	1,646	169	62	107	36.7%	$1,042,511	1	2000–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Nicole Pratt	AUS	#35	1,764	378	159	219	42.1%	$2,404,645	1	1990–2008	Rivalries	Match log
Meilen Tu	USA	#35	1,692	266	103	163	38.7%	$1,590,412	1	1994–2008	Rivalries	Match log
María Sánchez Lorenzo	ESP	#33	1,726	308	127	181	41.2%	$1,268,365	1	1994–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Julia Vakulenko	UKR	#31	1,730	127	51	76	40.2%	$869,480	0	2001–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Laura Granville	USA	#28	1,699	194	86	108	44.3%	$1,327,584	0	1998–2010	Rivalries	Match log
Denisa Chladkova	CZE	#31	1,729	294	129	165	43.9%	$1,343,285	0	1995–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Kristina Brandi	PUR	#27	1,722	255	104	151	40.8%	$1,248,528	1	1995–2007	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Cara Black?: Cara Black is 47 years old, born on February 17, 1979.
Which country does Cara Black represent?: Cara Black represents Zimbabwe in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Cara Black?: Cara Black is 167 cm / 5'6".
Does Cara Black use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Cara Black uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Cara Black left-handed or right-handed?: Cara Black plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Cara Black won?: Cara Black has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Cara Black won?: TennisDB does not group any of Cara Black's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Cara Black won?: Cara Black has won 1 WTA singles title across all categories. The most recent was Waikoloa in 2002.
What is Cara Black's highest WTA ranking?: Cara Black's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 31, first achieved on March 15, 1999.
What is Cara Black's career win-loss record?: Cara Black has a career WTA singles record of 115 wins and 152 losses (43.1%).
How much career prize money has Cara Black earned?: Cara Black has earned at least $7,730,801 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Cara Black's career appear in TennisDB?: Cara Black appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1998 through 2008.
On which surface does Cara Black have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Cara Black's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on grass: 52.3% (23–21).
Who has Cara Black faced most often?: Cara Black's most frequent opponent is Elena Likhovtseva, with a head-to-head record of 4–4 across 8 meetings.