Past News
04/07/02
Cara and Elena's best ever Wimbledon results in the Ladies Doubles keeps improving!! They are through to the semi finals after beating 5th seeds Kim Po-Messerli and former Singles finalist Nathalie Tauziat in two very close sets 7-5 7-6(3). It was a match of service break, 5 took place in the first set alone, Elena being the only player on court not to be broken. All looked comfortable until a vital overrule against Cara and Elena which seemed to knock their rhythm and from that point they had difficulty in beating their Swiss/French opponents.
In the semis they will play against the Spanish/Argentinian combination of Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suarez who are reigning French Open doubles champions.
On a side note, congratulations to Elena on achieving a singles career best at Wimbledon by reaching the quarter-finals where unfortunately she was beaten by Venus Williams.
01/07/02
Cara and Elena eased into the quarter finals of Wimbledon for their best showing there in their careers, their previous best being 2nd round. De Villiers and Selyutina went with little resistance beaten 6-3 6-3. Cara and Elena went 4-2 up quickly but Cara's serve was broken, fortunately they broke back straight away and didn't look back.
They will play the 5th seeds Kim Po-Messerli and Nathalie Tauziat who are ranked 9th and 12th in the world respectively. Caution must be drawn from the fact that they ended Martina Navratilova's dream of equaling Billy Jean King's 20 Wimbledon titles.
28/06/02
Phew! That was close, Cara and Elena came back from a break down in the third set to beat Musgrave/Tanasugarn 5-7 6-0 6-4. They were able to go through to the third round where they will meet Nannie De Villiers(RSA)/Irina Selyutina(KAZ) currently ranked 71 and 74 respectively. On a side note, this Wimbledon Irina is playing mixed doubles with Cara's brother, Wayne.
Unfortunately, Cara and Byron were not able to go past the first round, they lost in two very close sets, both went to tie-breakers but Florent/Schiavone rallied to win 7-6 (4) 7-6 (2). This means that Cara is now only playing in the Ladies Doubles at Wimbledon 2002.
26/06/02
Cara and Elena advanced comfortably into the second round with a straightforward 6-2 6-2 win over the qualifiers. They will face either Nemeckova/Vanc or Musgrave/Tanasugarn on Friday.
The mixed doubles draw was announced today, Cara will partner her brother Biron after her success at the French Open it's her other brother's turn and will face Florent/Schiavone in the first round. They have a tough quarter with a potential second round against the top seeds Jared Palmer(USA) and Rennae Stubbs (AUS).
25/06/02
Cara was beaten today out on Court 4 in her 1st round match. Playing against the 29th seed Barbara Schett of Austria, Cara won four games losing 6-2 6-2.
| Barbara Schett | Cara Black | |
| 1st Serve % | 32 of 54 = 59 % | 45 of 77 = 58 % |
| Aces | 0 | 1 |
| Double Faults | 1 | 1 |
| Winning % on 1st Serve | 23 of 32 = 72 % | 28 of 45 = 62 % |
| Winning % on 2nd Serve | 15 of 22 = 68 % | 11 of 32 = 34 % |
| Winners (Including Service) | 24 | 12 |
| Receiving Points Won | 38 of 77 = 49 % | 16 of 54 = 30 % |
| Break Point Conversions | 4 of 13 = 31 % | 0 of 2 = 0 % |
| Net Approaches | 12 of 18 = 67 % | 10 of 21 = 48 % |
| Total Points Won | 76 | 55 |
Cara will now turn her attentions to the doubles, she is playing with her regular partner Elena Likhovtseva against the qualifiers Gisela Dulko of Argentina and Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia. They are ranked 218 and 169 in the world respectively.
20/06/02
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva (RUS) go through to the semi finals of Eastbourne with a 6-1 4-6 6-0 win over Evie Dominikovic/Silvia Farina Elia (AUS/ITA). They will play 4th seeds Nicole Pratt/Ai Sugiyama (AUS/JPN) who defeated Amanda Coetzer/Lori McNeil (RSA/USA) 6-2 6-3. Tomorrow, they will play last on centre court.
19/06/02
Cara Black and Elena Likhovtseva def. Nathalie Dechy and Mary Pierce: 6-2 6-2
Report
by "bluepastures":
Oh dear Mary. Your team won just 4 games, and I thought you were fortunate to
get them. With this form, I wonder how on earth she got so far in Roland Garros.
She looked very slow. To me, she looked a bit overweight too. Dechy didn't play
well, but she was better than Pierce. Black and Likhovtseva ran the French pair
all over the court.
At times they were almost toying with them. Even Stubbs and Raymond will
struggle against them on this form. Black especially was quite brilliant at
times.
18/06/02
Wimbledon draws released. Cara's bad luck in Grand Slam draws continues as she is drawn up against Barbara Schett seeded 29th in singles.
Cara partners Elena Likhovtseva and they are seeded 4th. (Fortunately) they are on the opposite side of the draw to the WIlliams Sisters (3). They are drawn up against qualifiers TBC.