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| Name: | CARA BLACK |
| Nationality: | Zimbabwe |
| Gender: | Female |
| Birthdate: | 2/17/1979 |
| Birthplace: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
| Residence: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
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| Play Style: | Right Handed |
| Raquet: | n/a |
| Clothes by: | n/a |
| Shoes by: | n/a |
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About:
Not traveling with a full-time coach; works with David Taylor...Favorite surface is grass (grew up with four grass courts in her back yard); is an all-court player...Father, Don, who is deceased, was a tennis coach (coached Cara) who competed at Wimbledon; mother, Velia, is a teacher; older brothers, Byron and Wayne, play on the men’s tennis tour...Has five dogs, three cats and two parrots...Most memorable experience was winning junior Wimbledon...Graduated from high school in December 1996...Self-described as fun, easy-going and relaxed...Doesnt like to fly...Favorite city to visit is Melbourne...Other interests include music, snow boarding and surfing (the bigger the waves, the better!)...In her time off, likes to go out into the bush back home in Zimbabwe, visit Lake Kariba and enjoy the wildlife and surroundings...Favorite movie is Seven; favorite actor is Brad Pitt; favorite flower is the flame lily, Zimbabwe’s national flower; favorite author is Wilbur Smith.
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Highest Rank:
Career-High Singles No. 31 (March 15, 1999)
Career-High Doubles No. 2 (June 6, 2005)
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