Liezel Huber
Liezel Huber is a South African-American retired tennis player who represented the United States internationally since August 2007. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, one with Lisa Raymond, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. On 12 November 2007, she became the co-world No. 1 in doubles with Cara Black. On 19 April 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career.
Personal life
At age 15, she moved from South Africa to the United States to attend the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina in 1992. Huber has since resided in the U.S. and became a naturalized American citizen in July 2007. She married Tony Huber, an American, in February 2000. In 2005, she started a foundation, 'Liezel's Cause', to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.She competed for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doubles, partnering with former World No. 1 Lindsay Davenport; the pair lost in the quarterfinals. At the 2012 London Olympics, she teamed with Lisa Raymond. Together they reached the semi-finals, losing to Hlaváčková and Hradecká of the Czech Republic. They then lost the bronze medal match to Kirilenko and Petrova of Russia. In the mixed doubles she teamed with Bob Bryan but lost in the first round.
Professional career
Liezel Huber is primarily a doubles specialist, having achieved one of the best careers in this discipline. She has won 64 women's doubles titles in her career; of which 53 are on the WTA Tour and 11 on the ITF Women's Circuit. In singles, her greatest result in her career was reaching to the quarterfinals at the tournament in Pattaya City in 2001, where she lost to Henrieta Nagyová. She participated in two Grand Slam singles main draws, losing to Lindsay Davenport in the second round of the 1998 French Open. She lost in the 1999 US Open first round to Raluca Sandu. Her highest singles ranking was world no. 131, which she achieved on 29 March 1999. She enjoyed the majority of her first eight years on tour on the ITF Circuit.Huber has enjoyed successful women's partnerships with Magdalena Maleeva, Ai Sugiyama, Martina Navratilova, Lindsay Davenport, Cara Black, Sania Mirza, Nadia Petrova, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, María José Martínez Sánchez, and Lisa Raymond. Huber has been in the final of all four Grand Slams, winning in all except for the French Open. She has won a total of five Grand Slam women's doubles titles with three partners in ten finals with four partners, and finished as a titlist in two of her five mixed doubles finals.
Huber and her Zimbabwean partner Black made up what many tennis experts regard as one of the greatest women's doubles teams in history between mid-2005. and early 2010. Together, the pair reached seven women's doubles finals, winning four. The duo won a total of 29 titles together on the WTA Tour. The partnership suddenly broke up in April 2010.
Huber has also enjoyed success in mixed doubles, winning two titles with American men's doubles legend Bob Bryan, at the 2009 French Open and 2010 US Open. She reached her first career mixed final with Bob's brother Mike at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships, and two additional finals, at the 2005 Australian Open with Kevin Ullyett, and at the 2008 US Open with Jamie Murray.
Huber has also enjoyed impressive success in the Fed Cup national competition. She logged a 9–3 record on the South Africa Fed Cup team, with all but one match being in doubles. Huber is now a major member of the United States Fed Cup team, compiling a 6–2 record in doubles play. In the competition, Huber has played with Julie Ditty, Vania King, Bethanie Mattek-Sands, Melanie Oudin, and Sloane Stephens.
Liezel Huber currently serves as Executive Director of Tennis, at the New York Junior Tennis & Learning , in Bronx Crotona Park.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 10 (5–5)
Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)
Olympics
Doubles: 1 Bronze medal match (0–1)
WTA career finals
Doubles: 92 (53–39)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 19 July 1998 | Warsaw Open | Clay |  Karin Kschwendt |  Olga Lugina  Karina Habšudová | 7–6, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 12 November 2000 | Commonwealth Bank Tennis Classic, Kuala Lumpur | Hard |  Vanessa Webb | Henrieta Nagyová Sylvia Plischke | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Winner | 1. | 23 September 2001 | Toyota Princess Cup, Tokyo | Hard |  Cara Black |  Kim Clijsters  Ai Sugiyama | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 7 October 2001 | Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo | Hard |  Rachel McQuillan |  Janet Lee  Wynne Prakusya | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 14 October 2001 | China Open, Shanghai | Hard |  Lenka Němečková | Evie Dominikovic  Tamarine Tanasugarn | 6–0, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 11 November 2001 | PTT Pattaya Open | Hard | Wynne Prakusya |  Åsa Carlsson  Iroda Tulyaganova | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 4. | 5 January 2002 | Auckland Open | Hard |  Nicole Arendt | Květa Hrdličková Henrieta Nagyová | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 5. | 30 March 2003 | Miami Masters | Hard |  Magdalena Maleeva | Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi | 6–4, 3–6, 7–5 |
| Winner | 6. | 6 April 2003 | Sarasota Clay Court Classic | Clay | Martina Navratilova | Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 7. | 4 May 2003 | Warsaw Open | Clay | Magdalena Maleeva |  Eleni Daniilidou  Francesca Schiavone | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Winner | 8. | 24 May 2003 | Madrid Open | Clay | Jill Craybas | Rita Grande Angelique Widjaja | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Winner | 9. | 26 October 2003 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Ai Sugiyama |  Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 11 January 2004 | Brisbane International, Gold Coast | Hard | Magdalena Maleeva |  Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 10. | 21 February 2004 | Hyderabad Open | Hard |  Sania Mirza |  Li Ting Sun Tiantian | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 3 July 2004 | Wimbledon | Grass | Ai Sugiyama | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 8 August 2004 | Rogers Cup, Montreal | Hard | Tamarine Tanasugarn | Ai Sugiyama Shinobu Asagoe | 6–0, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 7 November 2004 | Advanta Championships of Philadelphia | Hard | Corina Morariu | Lisa Raymond Alicia Molik | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 8. | 26 February 2005 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | Cara Black | Francesca Schiavone Alicia Molik | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 9. | 2 May 2005 | Qatar Total German Open, Berlin | Clay | Cara Black | Vera Zvonareva Elena Likhovtseva | 4–6, 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 11. | 9 May 2005 | Rome Masters | Clay | Cara Black | Maria Kirilenko  Anabel Medina Garrigues | 6–0, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 10. | 4 June 2005 | French Open | Clay | Cara Black | Virginia Ruano Pascual  Paola Suárez | 4–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 12. | 20 June 2005 | Wimbledon | Grass | Cara Black | Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 13. | 19 February 2006 | Bangalore Open | Hard | Sania Mirza | Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 11. | 22 March 2006 | Sony Ericcson Open, Miami | Hard | Martina Navratilova | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 12. | 9 April 2006 | MPS Group Championships, Ponte Vedra Beach | Clay | Sania Mirza | Shinobu Asagoe  Katarina Srebotnik | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 14. | 27 May 2006 | Internationaux de Strasbourg | Clay | Martina Navratilova |  Martina Müller  Andreea Vanc | 6–2, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 13. | 18 June 2006 | DFS Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Jill Craybas |  Jelena Janković Li Na | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 14. | 24 June 2006 | Eastbourne International | Grass | Martina Navratilova | Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Winner | 15. | 24 September 2006 | Sunfeast Open, Kolkata | Hard | Sania Mirza | Yuliya Beygelzimer Yuliana Fedak | 6–4, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 15. | 1 October 2006 | Fortis Championships Luxembourg | Hard | Anna-Lena Grönefeld | Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Runner-up | 16. | 22 October 2006 | Zürich Open | Hard |  Katarina Srebotnik | Cara Black Rennae Stubbs | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Winner | 16. | 15 January 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | Cara Black | Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung | 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 |
| Winner | 17. | 5 February 2007 | Open Gaz de France, Paris | Carpet | Cara Black | Gabriela Navratilova Vladimíra Uhlířová | 6–2, 6–0 |
| Winner | 18. | 12 February 2007 | Proximus Diamond Games, Antwerp | Carpet | Cara Black | Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina | 7–5, 4–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 19. | 19 February 2007 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Cara Black | Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik | 7–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 17. | 3 April 2007 | Sony Ericcson Open, Miami | Hard | Cara Black | Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur | 6–4, 3–6, |
| Winner | 20. | 25 June 2007 | Wimbledon | Grass | Cara Black | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 3–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 21. | 30 July 2007 | Acura Classic, San Diego | Hard | Cara Black |  Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 18. | 19 August 2007 | Canada Masters, Toronto | Hard | Cara Black | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 6–4, 2–6, |
| Runner-up | 19. | 25 August 2007 | New Haven Open at Yale | Hard | Cara Black | Sania Mirza Mara Santangelo | 6–1, 6–2 |
| Winner | 22. | 8 October 2007 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Carpet | Cara Black | Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek | 4–6, 6–1, |
| Winner | 23. | 28 October 2007 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Cara Black | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 6–2, 3–6, |
| Winner | 24. | 11 November 2007 | WTA Tour Championships, Madrid | Hard | Cara Black | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 5–7, 6–3, |
| Winner | 25. | 17 February 2008 | Proximus Diamond Games, Antwerp | Carpet | Cara Black | Květa Peschke Ai Sugiyama | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 20. | 24 February 2008 | Qatar Total Open, Doha | Hard | Cara Black | Rennae Stubbs Květa Peschke | 6–1, 5–7, |
| Winner | 26. | 1 March 2008 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Cara Black | Yan Zi Zheng Jie | 7–5, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 21. | 6 April 2008 | Miami Masters | Hard | Cara Black | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 7–5, 4–6, |
| Winner | 27. | 11 May 2008 | German Open, Berlin | Clay | Cara Black | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 3–6, 6–2, |
| Winner | 28. | 15 June 2008 | DFS Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Cara Black | Virginia Ruano Pascual Séverine Brémond | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 29. | 21 June 2008 | International Women's Open, Eastbourne | Grass | Cara Black | Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs | 2–6, 6–0, |
| Winner | 30. | 20 July 2008 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | Cara Black | Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Winner | 31. | 3 August 2008 | Canada Masters, Montreal | Hard | Cara Black | Maria Kirilenko Flavia Pennetta | 6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 32. | 7 September 2008 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black | Samantha Stosur Lisa Raymond | 6–4, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 22. | 12 October 2008 | Kremlin Cup, Moscow | Hard | Cara Black | Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner | 33. | 19 October 2008 | Zurich Open | Hard | Cara Black | Anna-Lena Grönefeld  Patty Schnyder | 6–1, 7–6 |
| Runner-up | 23. | 26 October 2008 | Generali Ladies Linz | Hard | Cara Black | Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama | 6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 34. | 9 November 2008 | WTA Tour Championships, Doha | Hard | Cara Black | Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs | 6–1, 7–5 |
| Winner | 35. | 15 February 2009 | Open GDF Suez, Paris | Hard | Cara Black | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 6–4, 3–6, |
| Winner | 36. | 21 February 2009 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Cara Black | Maria Kirilenko  Agnieszka Radwańska | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Winner | 37. | 16 May 2009 | Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open | Clay | Cara Black | Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond | 4–6, 6–3, |
| Winner | 38. | 14 June 2009 | AEGON Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Cara Black | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Winner | 39. | 16 August 2009 | Cincinnati Masters | Hard | Cara Black | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 6–3, 0–6, |
| Runner-up | 24. | 14 September 2009 | US Open | Hard | Cara Black | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 25. | 1 November 2009 | WTA Tour Championships, Doha | Hard | Cara Black | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 7–6, 5–7, |
| Winner | 40. | 9 January 2010 | Auckland Open | Hard | Cara Black |  Natalie Grandin Laura Granville | 7–6, 6–2 |
| Winner | 41. | 15 January 2010 | Medibank International Sydney | Hard | Cara Black | Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova | 6–1, 3–6, |
| Runner-up | 26. | 29 January 2010 | Australian Open | Hard | Cara Black | Serena Williams Venus Williams | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 27. | 14 February 2010 | Open GDF Suez, Paris | Hard | Cara Black | Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Iveta Benešová | w/o |
| Winner | 42. | 18 April 2010 | Family Circle Cup, Charleston | Clay | Nadia Petrova | Vania King  Michaëlla Krajicek | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 28. | 13 June 2010 | AEGON Classic, Birmingham | Grass | Bethanie Mattek-Sands | Cara Black Lisa Raymond | 6–3, 3–2 ret. |
| Winner | 43. | 1 August 2010 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | Lindsay Davenport | Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie | 7–5, 6–7, |
| Runner-up | 29. | 13 September 2010 | US Open | Hard | Nadia Petrova |  Yaroslava Shvedova Vania King | 2–6, 6–4, 7–6 |
| Winner | 44. | 20 February 2011 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | María José Martínez Sánchez | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 7–6, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 30. | 26 February 2011 | Qatar Ladies Open, Doha | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 7–5, 6–7, |
| Runner-up | 31. | 3 April 2011 | Miami | Hard | Nadia Petrova | Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska | 7–6, 2–6, |
| Runner-up | 32. | 18 June 2011 | AEGON International, Eastbourne | Grass | Lisa Raymond | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Runner-up | 33. | 31 July 2011 | Bank of the West Classic, Stanford | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 45. | 14 August 2011 | Rogers Cup, Toronto | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko | w/o |
| Winner | 46. | 11 September 2011 | US Open | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova | 4–6, 7–6, 7–6 |
| Winner | 47. | 1 October 2011 | Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta | 7–6, 0–6, |
| Winner | 48. | 30 October 2011 | WTA Championships, Istanbul | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 34. | 13 January 2012 | Sydney International | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik | 6–1, 4–6, |
| Winner | 49. | 12 February 2012 | Open GDF Suez, Paris | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Anna-Lena Grönefeld  Petra Martić | 7–6, 6–1 |
| Winner | 50. | 19 February 2012 | Qatar Ladies Open, Doha | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 51. | 25 February 2012 | Dubai Tennis Championships | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Winner | 52. | 17 March 2012 | Indian Wells Masters | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Runner-up | 35. | 18 June 2012 | Birmingham | Grass | Lisa Raymond |  Tímea Babos Hsieh Su-wei | 5–7, 7–6, |
| Runner-up | 36. | 23 June 2012 | Eastbourne | Grass | Lisa Raymond | Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez | 4–6, ret. |
| Winner | 53. | 25 August 2012 | New Haven Open at Yale | Hard | Lisa Raymond | Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká | 4–6, 6–0, |
| Runner-up | 37. | 3 February 2013 | Open GDF Suez, Paris | Hard | Andrea Hlaváčková | Sara Errani Roberta Vinci | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 38. | 7 April 2013 | Family Circle Cup, Charleston | Clay | Andrea Hlaváčková | Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová | 3–6, 6–7 |
| Runner-up | 39. | 28 September 2013 | Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo | Hard | Chan Hao-ching | Cara Black Sania Mirza | 4–6, 6–0, |
ITF finals
Singles (0–4)
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | 27 July 1994 | Salisbury, United States | Hard | Camille Benjamin | 6–3, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 3 June 1996 | Skopje, Macedonia | Clay | Linda Sentis | 4–6, 0–6 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 3 August 1997 | Lexington, United States | Hard | Karin Miller | 7–6, 1–6, 2–6 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 28 April 2002 | Dothan, United States | Clay |  Milagros Sequera | 6–7, 6–4, 1–6 |