Wayne Hamilton Black (born 14 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.

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, 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.

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.

Personal life Black married Kazakhstani tennis player Irina Selyutina and settled in the United Kingdom following retirement, where both of his children were born. He competed in club tennis for Sutton Tennis & Squash Club for a period of time alongside his former coach Miles Maclagan. 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.

Career finals

Doubles: 33 (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) ResultW-L DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 May 1998 St. Poelten, Austria Clay David Adams Jim Grabb David Macpherson 4–6, 4–6Win 1–1 Feb 1999 Dubai, UAE Hard Sandon Stolle David Adams John-Laffnie de Jager 4–6, 6–1, 6–4Win 2–1 Mar 1999Indian Wells, United States Hard Sandon Stolle Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 7–6(7–4), 6–3Win 3–1 Mar 1999Miami, United States Hard Sandon Stolle Boris Becker Jan-Michael Gambill 6–1, 6–1Loss 3–2 Apr 1999 Chennai, India Hard Neville Godwin Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes 6–4, 5–7, 4–6Loss 3–3 Apr 1999Tokyo, Japan Hard Brian MacPhie Jeff Tarango Daniel Vacek 3–4, RET.Loss 3–4 Jan 2000Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Andrew Kratzmann Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach 4–6, 6–3, 3–6, 6–3, 16–18Win 4–4 Oct 2000 Hong Kong Hard Kevin Ullyett Dominik Hrbatý David Prinosil 6–1, 6–2Win 5–4 Jan 2001 Chennai, India Hard Byron Black Barry Cowan Mosé Navarra 6–4, 6–3Win 6–4 Feb 2001 Copenhagen, Denmark Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Jiří Novák David Rikl 6–3, 6–3Win 7–4 Oct 2001U.S. Open, New York City Hard Kevin Ullyett Donald Johnson Jared Palmer 7–6(11–9), 2–6, 6–3Win 8–4 Jan 2002 Adelaide, Australia Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–5, 6–2Win 9–4 Mar 2002 San Jose, United States Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett John-Laffnie de Jager Robbie Koenig 6–3, 4–6, [10–5]Loss 9–5 May 2002Rome, Italy Clay Kevin Ullyett Martin Damm Cyril Suk 5–7, 5–7Win 10–5 Jun 2002 London/Queen's Club, England Grass Kevin Ullyett Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 7–5, 6–3Win 11–5 Aug 2002Washington, D.C., United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 3–6, 6–3, 7–5Win 12–5 Oct 2002 Lyon, France Carpet Kevin Ullyett Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(7–3)Win 13–5 Oct 2002 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–4)Loss 13–6 Mar 2003Dubai, UAE Hard Kevin Ullyett Leander Paes David Rikl 3–6, 0–6Win 14–6 May 2003 Munich, Germany Clay Kevin Ullyett Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer 6–3, 7–5Loss 14–7 Oct 2003 Moscow, Russia Carpet Kevin Ullyett Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 3–6, 5–7Loss 14–8 Oct 2003Madrid, Spain Hard (i) Kevin Ullyett Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi 2–6, 6–2, 3–6Loss 14–9 Mar 2004Indian Wells, United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Arnaud Clément Sébastien Grosjean 3–6, 6–4, 5–7Win 15–9 Apr 2004Miami, United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge 6–2, 7–6(14–12)Win 16–9 May 2004Hamburg, Germany Clay Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–2Loss 16–10 Jul 2004 Indianapolis, United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas 7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss 16–11 Nov 2004Paris, France Carpet Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge 3–6, 4–6Loss 16–12 Nov 2004Tennis Masters Cup, Houston Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–4, 5–7, 4–6, 2–6Win 17–12 Jan 2005Australian Open, Melbourne Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 6–4, 6–4Loss 17–13 Apr 2005Miami, United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 1–6, 2–6Loss 17–14 Aug 2005 Washington, D.C., United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 4–6, 2–6Win 18–14 Aug 2005Montreal, Canada Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–0Loss 18–15 Aug 2005Cincinnati, United States Hard Kevin Ullyett Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi 6–7(3–7), 2–6

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament 199219931994199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006 Career SR Career win–loss Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1RA2R3RFQFQF3RQFWA1 / 925–8French OpenAAAA1R3R3R3R2R3R3R2RQF1RA0 / 1015–10WimbledonAAAA1RSFSFQF1R1R2R3RQFSF1R0 / 1121–11U.S. OpenAAAAASF1RQF1RWQF3RQFSFA1 / 925–8Grand Slam SR0 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 30 / 30 / 40 / 40 / 41 / 40 / 40 / 40 / 41 / 40 / 12 / 39N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–00–00–00–310–37–410–46–411–39–47–412–414–30–10–086–37 Masters SeriesIndian WellsAA1RAAA1RW2R1RQFAFQFA1 / 814–7MiamiAAAAAA3RW2R3R3R2RWFA2 / 818–6Monte CarloAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0RomeAAAAAAA1R1R1RF2RQF2RA0 / 75–7HamburgAAAAAAAA1R2R1R2RW2RA1 / 65–5CanadaAAAAAAQF2RA2R2R1R2RWA1 / 78–6CincinnatiAAA2RAAQFQF1R1R2R1R2RFA0 / 98–9Madrid (Stuttgart)AAAAA2RAAA2R2RFASFA0 / 56–5ParisAAA1RA1R1R2RASF2RQFFSFA0 / 98–9Masters Series SR0 / 00 / 00 / 10 / 20 / 00 / 20 / 52 / 60 / 50 / 80 / 80 / 72 / 71 / 80 / 05 / 59N/AAnnual win–loss0–00–00–11–20–01–25–511–41–55–89–85–717–517–70–00–072–54 Year-end ranking54110563021461583846144212132385576N/A

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