Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) is a professional tennis player from the United States, having been a naturalized American citizen since July 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.

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. 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 (in both singles and doubles) 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.

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 Slovakian 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.

Doubles: 10 (5–5)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Ai Sugiyama	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	2005	French Open	Clay	Cara Black	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2007	Australian Open	Hard	Cara Black	Chan Yung-jan Chuang Chia-jung	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Winner	2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	2008	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–3, 7–6(10–8)
Runner-up	2009	US Open	Hard	Cara Black	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	2010	Australian Open	Hard	Cara Black	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2010	US Open	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	2011	US Open	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Vania King Yaroslava Shvedova	4–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3)

Mixed doubles: 5 (2–3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Mike Bryan	Leoš Friedl Daniela Hantuchová	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Kevin Ullyett	Samantha Stosur Scott Draper	6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	2008	US Open	Hard	Jamie Murray	Leander Paes Cara Black	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Winner	2009	French Open	Clay	Bob Bryan	Vania King Marcelo Melo	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Winner	2010	US Open	Hard	Bob Bryan	Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 6–4

Doubles: 92 (53–39)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	19 July 1998	Warsaw	Clay	Karin Kschwendt	Olga Lugina Karina Habšudová	7–6(7–2), 7–5
Runner-up	2.	12 November 2000	Kuala Lumpur	Hard	Vanessa Webb	Henrieta Nagyová Sylvia Plischke	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	1.	23 September 2001	Tokyo	Hard	Cara Black	Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
Winner	2.	7 October 2001	Tokyo	Hard	Rachel McQuillan	Janet Lee Wynne Prakusya	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	14 October 2001	Shanghai	Hard	Lenka Němečková	Evie Dominikovic Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–0, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	11 November 2001	Pattaya City	Hard	Wynne Prakusya	Åsa Carlsson Iroda Tulyaganova	4–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	5 January 2002	Auckland	Hard	Nicole Arendt	Květa Hrdličková Henrieta Nagyová	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	30 March 2003	Miami	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Winner	6.	6 April 2003	Sarasota	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi	7–6(10–8), 6–3
Winner	7.	4 May 2003	Warsaw	Clay	Magdalena Maleeva	Eleni Daniilidou Francesca Schiavone	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	8.	24 May 2003	Madrid	Clay	Jill Craybas	Rita Grande Angelique Widjaja	6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	9.	26 October 2003	Linz	Hard (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Marion Bartoli Silvia Farina Elia	6–1, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	4.	11 January 2004	Gold Coast	Hard	Magdalena Maleeva	Svetlana Kuznetsova Elena Likhovtseva	6–3, 6–4
Winner	10.	21 February 2004	Hyderabad	Hard	Sania Mirza	Li Ting Sun Tiantian	7–6(7–1), 6–4
Runner-up	5.	3 July 2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Ai Sugiyama	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	6.	8 August 2004	Montreal	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	Ai Sugiyama Shinobu Asagoe	6–0, 6–3
Runner-up	7.	7 November 2004	Phildaelphia	Hard (i)	Corina Morariu	Lisa Raymond Alicia Molik	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	26 February 2005	Doha	Hard	Cara Black	Francesca Schiavone Alicia Molik	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	2 May 2005	Berlin	Clay	Cara Black	Vera Zvonareva Elena Likhovtseva	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	9 May 2005	Rome	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	Hard	Sania Mirza	Anastasia Rodionova Elena Vesnina	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	11.	22 March 2006	Miami	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	9 April 2006	Ponte Vedra Beach	Clay	Sania Mirza	Shinobu Asagoe Katarina Srebotnik	6–2, 6–4
Winner	14.	27 May 2006	Strasbourg	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Martina Müller Andreea Vanc	6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	13.	18 June 2006	Birmingham	Grass	Jill Craybas	Jelena Janković Li Na	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	24 June 2006	Eastbourne	Grass	Martina Navratilova	Svetlana Kuznetsova Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–4
Winner	15.	24 September 2006	Kolkata	Hard	Sania Mirza	Yuliya Beygelzimer Yuliana Fedak	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	15.	1 October 2006	Luxembourg	Hard (i)	Anna-Lena Grönefeld	Francesca Schiavone Květa Peschke	2–6, 6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	16.	22 October 2006	Zürich	Hard (i)	Katarina Srebotnik	Cara Black Rennae Stubbs	7–5, 7–5
Winner	16.	15 January 2007	Australian Open	Hard	Cara Black	Yung-Jan Chan Chia-Jung Chuang	6–4, 6–7(4–7), 6–1
Winner	17.	5 February 2007	Paris	Carpet	Cara Black	Gabriela Navratilova Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–2, 6–0
Winner	18.	12 February 2007	Antwerp	Carpet	Cara Black	Elena Likhovtseva Elena Vesnina	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
Winner	19.	19 February 2007	Dubai	Hard	Cara Black	Svetlana Kuznetsova Alicia Molik	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Runner-up	17.	3 April 2007	Miami	Hard	Cara Black	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6–4, 3–6, [10–2]
Winner	20.	25 June 2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	21.	30 July 2007	San Diego	Hard	Cara Black	Victoria Azarenka Anna Chakvetadze	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	18.	19 August 2007	Toronto	Hard	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 2–6, [10–5]
Runner-up	19.	25 August 2007	New Haven	Hard	Cara Black	Sania Mirza Mara Santangelo	6–1, 6–2
Winner	22.	8 October 2007	Moscow	Carpet	Cara Black	Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek	4–6, 6–1, [10–7]
Winner	23.	28 October 2007	Linz	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–2, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	24.	11 November 2007	Madrid	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	25.	17 February 2008	Antwerp	Carpet	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Ai Sugiyama	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	20.	24 February 2008	Doha	Hard	Cara Black	Rennae Stubbs Květa Peschke	6–1, 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	26.	1 March 2008	Dubai	Hard	Cara Black	Yan Zi Zheng Jie	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	21.	6 April 2008	Miami	Hard	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	7–5, 4–6, [10–3]
Winner	27.	11 May 2008	Berlin	Clay	Cara Black	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	3–6, 6–2, [10–2]
Winner	28.	15 June 2008	Birmingham	Grass	Cara Black	Virginia Ruano Pascual Séverine Brémond	6–2, 6–1
Winner	29.	21 June 2008	Eastbourne	Grass	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 6–0, [10–8]
Winner	30.	20 July 2008	Stanford	Hard	Cara Black	Elena Vesnina Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 6–3
Winner	31.	3 August 2008	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(8–6)
Runner-up	22.	12 October 2008	Moscow	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Nadia Petrova Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
Winner	33.	19 October 2008	Zurich	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Patty Schnyder	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	23.	26 October 2008	Linz	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Katarina Srebotnik Ai Sugiyama	6–4, 7–5
Winner	34.	9 November 2008	Doha	Hard	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Rennae Stubbs	6–1, 7–5
Winner	35.	15 February 2009	Paris	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	6–4, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner	36.	21 February 2009	Dubai	Hard	Cara Black	Maria Kirilenko Agnieszka Radwańska	6–3, 6–3
Winner	37.	16 May 2009	Madrid	Clay	Cara Black	Květa Peschke Lisa Raymond	4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	38.	14 June 2009	Birmingham	Grass	Cara Black	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–1, 6–4
Winner	39.	16 August 2009	Cincinnati	Hard	Cara Black	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 0–6, [10–2]
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	Doha	Hard	Cara Black	Nuria Llagostera Vives María José Martínez Sánchez	7–6(7–0), 5–7, [10–7]
Winner	40.	9 January 2010	Auckland	Hard	Cara Black	Natalie Grandin Laura Granville	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Winner	41.	15 January 2010	Sydney	Hard	Cara Black	Tathiana Garbin Nadia Petrova	6–1, 3–6, [10–3]
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	Paris	Hard (i)	Cara Black	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová Iveta Benešová	W/O
Winner	42.	18 April 2010	Charleston	Clay	Nadia Petrova	Vania King Michaëlla Krajicek	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	28.	13 June 2010	Birmingham	Grass	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Cara Black Lisa Raymond	6–3, 3–2 ret.
Winner	43.	1 August 2010	Stanford	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Chan Yung-jan Zheng Jie	7–5, 6–7(8–10), [10–8]
Runner-up	29.	13 September 2010	US Open	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Yaroslava Shvedova Vania King	2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	44.	20 February 2011	Dubai	Hard	María José Martínez Sánchez	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	30.	26 February 2011	Doha	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	7–5, 6–7(2–7), [10–8]
Runner-up	31.	3 April 2011	Miami	Hard	Nadia Petrova	Daniela Hantuchová Agnieszka Radwańska	7–6(7–5), 2–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	32.	18 June 2011	Eastbourne	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	33.	31 July 2011	Stanford	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Victoria Azarenka Maria Kirilenko	6–1, 6–3
Winner	45.	14 August 2011	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(7–5), 7–6(7–3)
Winner	47.	1 October 2011	Tokyo	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	7–6(7–4), 0–6, [10–6]
Winner	48.	30 October 2011	Istanbul	Hard (i)	Lisa Raymond	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	34.	13 January 2012	Sydney	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6–1, 4–6, [13–11]
Winner	49.	12 February 2012	Paris	Hard (i)	Lisa Raymond	Anna-Lena Grönefeld Petra Martić	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Winner	50.	19 February 2012	Doha	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–3, 6–1
Winner	51.	25 February 2012	Dubai	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–1
Winner	52.	17 March 2012	Indian Wells	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Sania Mirza Elena Vesnina	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	35.	18 June 2012	Birmingham	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Tímea Babos Su-Wei Hsieh	5–7, 7–6(7–2), [8–10]
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	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	4–6, 6–0, [10–4]
Runner-up	37.	3 February 2013	Paris	Hard (i)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	1-6, 1-6
Runner-up	38.	7 April 2013	Charleston	Clay (green)	Andrea Hlaváčková	Kristina Mladenovic Lucie Šafářová	3-6, 6-7(6-8)
Runner-up	39.	28 September 2013	Toray Pan Pacific Open, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Chan Hao-ching	Cara Black Sania Mirza	4–6, 6–0, [9–11]

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