Byron Hamish
Black
Male
Zimbabwe
1969-10-06
Harare, Zimbabwe
He is the son of Donald Black and Velia Black and brother to Wayne Black and Cara, who were also professional tennis players. He attended the University of Southern California and was named and an All-American by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association
Black started playing tennis at a young age at his father?s grass court in Highlands, and played the game for Prince Edward School in his hometown. He played for the tennis team when he moved to the Oriel Boys High School, where he was exposed to other future Davis Cup players for Zimbabwe like Greig Rodgers and Mark Gurr.
In 1995 Black was a US Open quarter-finalist and in 2000 he reached the same round at Wimbledon. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 22, which he achieved in June 1996.
An accomplished doubles player, Black became World No. 1 in doubles in February 1994. He won the 1994 French Open partnering Jonathan Stark. Black was a doubles finalist in three other majors, the 1994 and 2001 Australian Opens and 1996 Wimbledon.
Black is one of the few professional players to have played with a double-handed forehand.[2]
Black formed the core of the Zimbabwean Davis Cup team with his brother Wayne.
1983 - 2000
0
39
20
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Andrew Ilie
6-3
5-7
7-6(4)
6-0
Round 2
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Dominik Hrbaty
6-3
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Albert Portas
6-2
6-0
6-4
Round 4
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Gianluca Pozzi
4-6
7-6(5)
6-2
6-4
Quarterfinals
Vladimir Voltchkov 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
7-6(2)
7-6(2)
6-4
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Taylor Dent
7-6(7)
6-3
7-5
Round 2
Jiri Novak 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
2-6
6-3
7-5
7-6(4)
Round 1
Sebastien Rene Grosjean 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
5-7
6-0
7-5
7-5
Round 4
Jonas Lars Björkman 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-2
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Richard Fromberg
7-5
3-6
3-6
7-6(7)
6-2
Round 2
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Jan-Michael Gambill
7-5
6-4
7-5
Round 3
Timothy Henry (Tim) Henman 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-4
6-4
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Pat Cash
3-6
7-6(3)
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Danny E. Sapsford
6-2
7-5
6-2
Round 3
Pete Sampras 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-1
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Bohdan Ulihrach 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-4
6-2
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Kris Goossens
5-7
6-1
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Karol Kucera 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
4-6
6-1
5-7
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Barry A. Cowan
6-4
7-5
6-1
Round 2
David Wheaton 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-3
6-2
3-6
6-4
Round 4
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Michael Detlef Stich
6-4
6-4
3-6
2-6
6-3
Quarterfinals
Pete Sampras 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
7-6(3)
6-4
6-0
Round 1
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-1
6-7
6-3
6-4
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Byron Shelton
6-4
4-6
6-2
7-5
Round 2
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Marc-Kevin Goellner
6-1
6-4
6-4
Round 3
Wayne Richard Ferreira 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-2
3-6
6-1
7-6(8)
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Robbie Weiss
6-2
6-7
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Paul Kilderry
7-5
6-0
6-3
Round 3
Pete Sampras 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Bent-Ove Pedersen
6-3
6-3
6-2
Round 2
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Shuzo Matsuoka
3-6
6-2
7-5
7-6(5)
Round 3
Karl Johan Thomas Enqvist 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-3
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Paolo Cane 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-4
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
Frederic Fontang
6-2
7-5
6-1
Round 2
James Spencer (Jim) Courier 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-4
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Laurent Prades 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
6-3
6-3
6-3
Round 1
Todd Witsken 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
7-6
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
Byron Hamish Black 1 *
M. Temple
6-2
5-7
6-1
Final
Mark Gurr 1 *
Byron Hamish Black
2-6
6-0
6-2