Black and Huber Victorious in Doubles Final

The top-seed team of Cara Black of Zimbabwe and American Liezel Huber captured the 2007 Acura Classic doubles championship as they defeated the unseeded team of Victoria Azarenka of Belarus and Russia’s Anna Chakvetadze, 7-5, 6-4.

The victory marked the fourth career Acura Classic doubles title for Black, who is the number one doubles player in the world.

She won her first Acura Classic doubles title in 2001 with Russian Elena Likhovtseva. Black also teamed with Rennae Stubbs of Australia to win the doubles titles in 2004 and 2006.

This was the sixth title that Black and Huber won together in 2007. They played their first tour event together in Tokyo in 2001.

Huber has now won 20 career tour doubles titles. A native of South Africa, Huber recently became an American citizen.

Earlier this year, Black and Huber won the doubles titles at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. They were also semifinalists at this year’s French Open.

Chakvetadze and Azarenka reached the second round at Wimbledon this year.

The victory over Azarenka and Chakvetadze took one hour and 28 minutes to complete.

• Black is the number one ranked doubles player in the world.
• Black has won 33 career doubles titles on the tour including six this year.
• Black reached the fourth round of the 2001 French Open in singles.
• Black won mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon in 2004 and French Open in 2002.
• Black has represented Zimbabwe in the Olympics.
• Black and Huber are the reigning Australian and Wimbledon champions.
• Huber is ranked fourth in the world in doubles.
• Huber has represented South Africa in the Olympics and South Africa.
• Huber was making her fifth career Acura Classic appearance.
• Chakvetadze is ranked 78 in the world in doubles.
• Chakvetadze has represented Russia in Fed Cup play
• Azarenka is ranked 86 in the world in doubles.
• Azarenka has represented Belarus in Fed Cup play.
• Azarenka won her only tour doubles title in 2006 in Tashkent.
• This was the fifth tournament of the year Chakvetadze / Azarenka have played together.