Liezel Huber : Ask Biography

Personal information

Name

Liezel Huber

Country

United States
South Africa

Residence

Houston, Texas, U.S.

Height

1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)

Turned pro

April, 1993

Plays

Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

Career prize money

$4,929,719

Singles

Career record

175 � 159

Career titles

Highest ranking

No. 131 (March 29, 1999)

Grand Slam results

Australian Open

Q3 (2002)

French Open

2R (1998)

Wimbledon

Q2 (2002)

US Open

1R (1998)

Doubles

Career record

676 � 334

Career titles

44 WTA, 11 ITF

Highest ranking

No. 1 (November 12, 2007)

Current ranking

No. 5 (August 8, 2011)

Grand Slam Doubles results

Australian Open

W (2007)

French Open

F (2005)

Wimbledon

W (2005, 2007)

US Open

W (2008)

Major doubles tournaments

[[WTA Tour Championships|WTA Championships]

W (2007, 2008)

Olympic Games

QF ( )

Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results

Australian Open

F (2005)

French Open

W (2009)

Wimbledon

F (2001)

US Open

W (2010)

Home | Tennis | Liezel Huber

Liezel Huber (born August 21, 1976, Durban, South Africa) is a tennis player who competes for, resides in, and is a naturalized citizen of the United States. Huber has won four Grand Slam titles in women's doubles with partner Cara Black, and two mixed doubles titles with Bob Bryan. From November 12, 2007, she was the co-World No. 1 in Doubles with Cara Black. On April 19, 2010, Huber became the sole No. 1 for the first time in her career.

At age 15, she moved to the United States from South Africa to attend the Van Der Meer Tennis Academy in Hilton Head, South Carolina in 1992. Huber has since resided in the U.S. She is married to Tony Huber, an American citizen. In 2005, she started a foundation, Cause to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.

She competed for the United States in the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doubles, partnering with former world number 1 (both in singles and doubles) Lindsay Davenport; the pair lost in the quarter-finals.