Liezel Huber (born August 21, 1976 in
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) is a tennis player from South Africa who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won the women's doubles title in
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
in 2005 and the
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
in 2007 with partner
Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
. As of November 12, 2007, she is the co-World No. 1 in Doubles with Cara Black.
In 2005, Huber started a foundation to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of
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In July 2007, it was revealed that Huber had been sworn in as a U.S.
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Liezel Huber (born August 21, 1976 in
DurbanDurban is the third most populous city in South Africa, forming part of the eThekwini metropolitan municipality. It is the largest city in KwaZulu-Natal and is famous as the busiest port in Africa. It is also a major centre of tourism due to the city's warm subtropical climate and...
) is a tennis player from South Africa who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won the women's doubles title in
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
in 2005 and the
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
in 2007 with partner
Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
. As of November 12, 2007, she is the co-World No. 1 in Doubles with Cara Black.
In 2005, Huber started a foundation to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of
Hurricane KatrinaHurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest hurricane, as well as one of the five deadliest, in the history of the United States...
.
In July 2007, it was revealed that Huber had been sworn in as a U.S. citizen in an expedited process so that she could she could compete for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doubles, partnering with former world number 1 (both in singles and doubles)
Lindsay DavenportLindsay Ann Davenport is a former World No. 1 American professional tennis player. She has won three Grand Slam singles tournaments and an Olympic gold medal in singles. In 2005, TENNIS Magazine ranked her as the 29th-best player of the preceding forty years...
; the pair lost in the quarter-finals.
Career
Huber won the 2004 Hyderabad Open doubles with
Sania MirzaSania Mirza , born 15 November 1986, is an Indian tennis player. She started her tennis career in 2003. In 2004 she was awarded the Arjuna award by the Indian Government.-Early life:...
and went on to win the 2005 Wimbledon Ladies Doubles with
Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
. In 2006 she won the Bangalore Open doubles with Sania Mirza and the Strasbourg doubles with
Martina NavratilovaMartina Navrátilová is a Czech-American tennis player. A former World No. 1...
. 2007 saw her win both the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles with Cara Black while in 2008 she reached the mixed doubles finals with
Jamie MurrayJamie Murray was a cast member on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: New Orleans during the Spring of 2000.-Real World:After The Real World, Murray reappeared on several of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge seasons: Extreme Challenge , Battle of the Sexes , and The Gauntlet II...
. In 2009 the pair were defeated in the Semi Finals at Wimbledon.
Doubles (7 (4-3))
Wins (4)
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Championship |
Partnering |
Opponents in final |
Score in final |
| 2005 |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
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ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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RUS Svetlana KuznetsovaSvetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 3. She won the 2004 US Open and 2009 French Open singles titles...
FRA Amélie MauresmoAmélie Simone Mauresmo ; born 5 July 1979) is a French professional tennis player. She is a former World No. 1. Mauresmo won two Grand Slam singles titles in 2006, at the Australian Open and at Wimbledon....
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6–2, 6–1 |
| 2007 |
Australian OpenThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
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ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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TPE Chan Yung-janChan Yung-jan is a professional female tennis player from Republic of China.She has won 13 ITF singles titles; and 7 WTA and 11 ITF doubles titles. Her career highlights include semifinals in the Japan Open in 2006 and finals in the PTT Bangkok Open in 2007 Chan Yung-jan ' onMouseout='HidePop("46651")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Chuang_Chia-jung">Chuang Chia-jung Chuang Chia-jung is a Taiwanese professional female tennis player. In the Australian Open 2007, she entered the final of women's doubles with her partner Chan Yung-jan, but lost in three sets to Cara Black and Liezel Huber.-Runner-ups :-Wins :-Runner-ups :-Wins :-Runner-ups :-Doubles performance...
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6–4, 6–7, 6–1 |
| 2007 |
Wimbledon (2) |
ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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SLO Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik is a Slovenian professional tennis player, coached by Biljana Veselinovic. Srebotnik is right-handed, 1.80 m, weighs 65 kg and lives in Dubai. She reached a career-high ranking of No. 20 on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour on August 7, 2006. Her nickname amongst fans is...
JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2008 |
US Open |
ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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USA Lisa RaymondLisa Raymond is a professional female tennis player from the United States. On June 12, 2000, she reached the World No. 1 ranking in doubles. Her career high singles ranking was World No...
AUS Samantha StosurSamantha Stosur is an Australian professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 on WTA Tour in doubles, together with Lisa Raymond from the United States. As of October 19, 2009, Stosur is ranked No. 13 in singles and No...
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6–3, 7–6(8) |
Runner-ups (3)
| Year |
Championship |
Partnering |
Opponents in final |
Score in final |
| 2004 |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
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JPN Ai Sugiyamais a retired Japanese professional tennis player. She is a former world No. 1 in women's doubles, and was considered to be one of the best doubles player in the WTA Tour. Her career-high singles ranking was world No. 8 achieved on February 9, 2004. She turned professional in 1992...
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ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
AUS Rennae StubbsRennae Stubbs is an Australian professional female tennis player. She has won several Grand Slam doubles titles and represented Australia at three successive Olympic Games....
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6–3, 7–6 |
| 2005 |
French Open |
ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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ESP Virginia Ruano PascualVirginia Ruano Pascual is a Spanish professional female tennis player. She was born in Madrid, Spain.She has won three career singles titles but she has been more successful in doubles where she has won 42 titles, including 10 Grand Slam titles Virginia Ruano Pascual (born September 21, 1973) is...
ARG Paola SuárezPaola Suárez was a top 10 tennis player in the early 2000s. She gained prominence in 2004 by reaching the finals of nine straight WTA doubles tournaments, and by reaching the singles semifinals of the French Open tournament, held in Paris."La Negra" Suárez began playing professional tennis at the...
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4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| 2009 |
US Open |
ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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USA Venus Williams Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three separate occasions; as of October 19, 2009, she is ranked World No. 4...
USA Serena WilliamsSerena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player and current World No. 1. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions...
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2–6, 2–6 |
Mixed doubles (3 (1-2))
Wins (1)
| Year |
Championship |
Partnering |
Opponents in Final |
Score in Final |
| 2009 |
French Open |
USA Bob Bryan Robert Charles Bryan was born on April 29, 1978, in Camarillo, California and is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has been a World No. 1 doubles player for the last several years. He has won thirteen Grand Slam titles, including seven in men's doubles...
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USA Vania KingVania King is a female tennis player from the United States. She is a Taiwanese American.On November 6, 2006, King achieved her career-high singles ranking:, at 50th overll...
BRA Marcelo MeloMarcelo Melo is a Brazilian tennis player, currently ranked 22nd in the world in doubles. Alongside regular teammate André Sá, he has reached the Mens Doubles semifinal at the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and the quarterfinal at the 2007 US Open...
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5–7, 7–6, [10–7] |
Runner-up (2)
| Year |
Championship |
Partnering |
Opponents in Final |
Score in Final |
| 2001 |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
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USA Mike BryanMichael Carl Bryan is an American professional tennis player. He stands tall, weighs 192 lbs and plays right-handed. He turned professional in 1998.-College:...
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CZE Leos Friedl Leoš Friedl is a Czech professional tennis player best known for his doubles play with František Čermák. He is coached by Lubomir Gerla. In his career, he has won 15 top-level doubles titles and $1,027,625 in prize money...
SVK Daniela HantuchovaDaniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová Daniela Hantuchová ' onMouseout='HidePop("61731")' href="http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/2008_U.S._Open">2008 2008 U.S. Open can refer to:*2008 U.S. Open Golf Championship*2008 US Open *2008 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup*2008 US Open Darts...
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US Open |
GBR Jamie Murray Jamie Murray was a cast member on MTV's reality television series, The Real World: New Orleans during the Spring of 2000.-Real World:After The Real World, Murray reappeared on several of MTV's Real World/Road Rules Challenge seasons: Extreme Challenge , Battle of the Sexes , and The Gauntlet II...
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IND Leander PaesLeander Adrian Paes is an Indian professional tennis player who currently features in the doubles events in the ATP tour and the Davis Cup tournament. He is one of the most successful professional Indian tennis players and also the former captain of the Indian tennis team. He has won various...
ZIM Cara BlackCara Black is a professional female tennis player from Zimbabwe. She is the current World No. 1 in Doubles.-Career:...
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6–7, 4–6 |
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