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Liezel Huber
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Liezel Huber is a female tennis player born in Durban in 1976. She holds citizenship in the United States and South Africa, though she represented the United States in her sport. A right-handed athlete, she competed professionally from 1993 until 2017. Her career included participation in the 2000 and 2012 Summer Olympics, as well as membership on the United States Billie Jean King Cup team.
Huber achieved a singles record of 175–159 and a doubles record of 792–398. Over the course of her career, she earned $6,303,795 in prize money. She speaks English.
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Key facts
- Country sports
- South Africa (until 12 August 2007), United States (since 13 August 2007)
- Residence
- New York , U.S.
- Born
- ( 1976-08-21 ) 21 August 1976 (age 49) , Durban , South Africa
- Height
- 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Prize money
- $6,303,795
- Career record
- 175–159
- Highest ranking
- No. 131 (29 March 1999)
- Australian open
- Q3 ( 2002 )
- French open
- 2R ( 1998 )
- Wimbledon
- Q2 ( 2002 )
- Us open
- 1R ( 1998 )
- Tour finals
- W ( 2007 , 2008 , 2011 )
- Olympic games
- SF – 4th ( 2012 )
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Tennis
- Position
- Tennis Player
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Huber
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Durban
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- United States Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 71
- Official website
- www.blackandhuber.com
- Image
- Nürnberger Versicherungscup 2014-Liezel Huber by 2eight 3SC6764.jpg
- Height
- 180
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- Commons category
- Liezel Huber
- date of birth
- 1976-08-21
- singles record
- 175–159
- doubles record
- 792–398
- ranking
- 24
- prize money
- 6303795
- end of work period
- 2017-00-00
- start of work period
- 1993-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Liezel Huber (née Horn; born 21 August 1976) 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
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Liezel Huber” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.