Wayne Black

Wayne Black

Country (sports)	Zimbabwe
Residence	Harare, Zimbabwe
Born	(1973-11-14) 14 November 1973 (age 52) Harare, Zimbabwe
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$3,300,258
Singles
Career record	78–103
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 69 (30 March 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	4R (1999)
French Open	1R (1997, 1998, 1999)
Wimbledon	3R (2001)
US Open	2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record	319–203
Career titles	18
Highest ranking	No. 4 (31 January 2005)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2005)
French Open	QF (2004)
Wimbledon	SF (1997, 1998, 2005)
US Open	W (2001)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	2
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	QF (2005)
French Open	W (2002)
Wimbledon	W (2004)
US Open	SF (2003)

Wayne Hamilton Black (born 17 November 1973) is a Zimbabwean tennis coach and a former professional player. Black turned professional in 1994 and reached his highest singles ranking of No. 69 on 30 March 1998. He is the son of former player Don Black, the younger brother of fellow ATP Tour player Byron Black, with the pair forming the mainstay of the Zimbabwe Davis Cup team for over a decade. He was the coach of Estonian player Mark Lajal in 2024-2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Black struggled for consistency in his singles game and by the new millennium had converted to a doubles specialist, in which he experienced greater success. He won two men's doubles Grand Slam titles at the 2001 U.S. Open and 2005 Australian Open with compatriot Kevin Ullyett, ^[3] as well as two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles at the 2002 French Open and 2004 Wimbledon with sister Cara Black.

He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 4 on 31 January 2005, following his second Grand Slam title win, and retired from professional play in 2006. ^[3]

Early life and education

Black and his siblings Byron and Cara were drilled in tennis from a young age by their father; they frequently played at least an hour of tennis before the school day began, another hour after school, followed by a third hour once homework had been completed.

He was educated at St. John's College in Harare and the University of Southern California, but left before completing his degree to go professional. ^[4]

Personal life

Black married Kazakhstani tennis player Irina Selyutina and settled in the United Kingdom following retirement, where both of his children were born. ^[4] He competed in club tennis for Sutton Tennis & Squash Club for a period of time alongside his former coach Miles Maclagan. ^[5] Citing a failure to get used to the colder climate of London, he later moved back to his home country and ran a tourist lodge with his wife. ^[4]

Career finals

Doubles (18 titles, 15 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (2–1) Tennis Masters Cup (0–1) ATP Masters Series (5–6) ATP International Series Gold (1–2) ATP Tour (10–5)

Titles by surface Hard (14–11) Clay (2–2) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–2)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	May 1998	St. Poelten, Austria	Clay	David Adams	Jim Grabb David Macpherson	4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	Feb 1999	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Sandon Stolle	David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	Mar 1999	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Win	3.	Mar 1999	Miami, United States	Hard	Sandon Stolle	Boris Becker Jan-Michael Gambill	6–1, 6–1
Loss	2.	Apr 1999	Chennai, India	Hard	Neville Godwin	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Loss	3.	Apr 1999	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Brian MacPhie	Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek	3–4, RET.
Loss	4.	Jan 2000	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Andrew Kratzmann	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 16–18
Win	4.	Oct 2000	Hong Kong	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil	6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	Jan 2001	Chennai, India	Hard	Byron Black	Barry Cowan Mosé Navarra	6–4, 6–3
Win	6.	Feb 2001	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Jiří Novák David Rikl	6–3, 6–3
Win	7.	Oct 2001	U.S. Open, New York City	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	7–6(11–9), 2–6, 6–3
Win	8.	Jan 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–2
Win	9.	Mar 2002	San Jose, United States	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig	6–3, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss	5.	May 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	5–7, 5–7
Win	10.	Jun 2002	London/Queen's Club, England	Grass	Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–5, 6–3
Win	11.	Aug 2002	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	12.	Oct 2002	Lyon, France	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)
Win	13.	Oct 2002	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)
Loss	6.	Mar 2003	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Leander Paes David Rikl	3–6, 0–6
Win	14.	May 2003	Munich, Germany	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7.	Oct 2003	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	3–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	Oct 2003	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	2–6, 6–2, 3–6
Loss	9.	Mar 2004	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean	3–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	15.	Apr 2004	Miami, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6–2, 7–6(14–12)
Win	16.	May 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–2
Loss	10.	Jul 2004	Indianapolis, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	11.	Nov 2004	Paris, France	Carpet	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	3–6, 4–6
Loss	12.	Nov 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 2–6
Win	17.	Jan 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–4, 6–4
Loss	13.	Apr 2005	Miami, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	1–6, 2–6
Loss	14.	Aug 2005	Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 2–6
Win	18.	Aug 2005	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0
Loss	15.	Aug 2005	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7(3–7), 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	Career SR	Career win–loss
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	2R	3R	F	QF	QF	3R	QF	W	A	1 / 9	25–8
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	3R	3R	2R	3R	3R	2R	QF	1R	A	0 / 10	15–10
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	1R	SF	SF	QF	1R	1R	2R	3R	QF	SF	1R	0 / 11	21–11
U.S. Open	A	A	A	A	A	SF	1R	QF	1R	W	QF	3R	QF	SF	A	1 / 9	25–8
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 4	1 / 4	0 / 1	2 / 39	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	10–3	7–4	10–4	6–4	11–3	9–4	7–4	12–4	14–3	0–1	0–0	86–37
Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	1R	A	A	A	1R	W	2R	1R	QF	A	F	QF	A	1 / 8	14–7
Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	W	2R	3R	3R	2R	W	F	A	2 / 8	18–6
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	F	2R	QF	2R	A	0 / 7	5–7
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	2R	W	2R	A	1 / 6	5–5
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	2R	A	2R	2R	1R	2R	W	A	1 / 7	8–6
Cincinnati	A	A	A	2R	A	A	QF	QF	1R	1R	2R	1R	2R	F	A	0 / 9	8–9
Madrid (Stuttgart)	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	2R	2R	F	A	SF	A	0 / 5	6–5
Paris	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	SF	2R	QF	F	SF	A	0 / 9	8–9
Masters Series SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 5	2 / 6	0 / 5	0 / 8	0 / 8	0 / 7	2 / 7	1 / 8	0 / 0	5 / 59	N/A
Annual win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	5–5	11–4	1–5	5–8	9–8	5–7	17–5	17–7	0–0	0–0	72–54
Year-end ranking	541	1056	302	146	158	38	46	14	42	12	13	23	8	5	576	N/A

References

1. "Mark Lajal faces Gael Monfils in Tallinn on Thursday". 19 November 2024.
2. "Lajali treener Wayne Black avaldas, mis peaks paranema, et Eesti esireket muutuks tennisetuuril veelgi kardetavamaks vastaseks" (in Estonian). 8 January 2025.
3. "Wayne Black Tennis Player Profile | ITF". www.itftennis.com. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
4. Madzokere, Munyaradzi (17 August 2016). "Wayne Black reveals biggest regret". The Standard . Retrieved 18 November 2022.
5. Amos, Stuart (30 August 2007). "Sutton eye national tennis title". Sutton & Croydon Guardian . Retrieved 18 November 2022.

External links

• Wayne Black at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Wayne Black at the International Tennis Federation
• Wayne Black at the Davis Cup (archived)