Liezel Huber
- Residence: Houston, TX, USA
- DOB: August 21, 1976
- Birthplace: Durban, South Africa
- Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
- Weight: 158 lbs. (71.6 kg)
- Plays: Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Biography
Liezel Huber has won the women's doubles title in Wimbledon in 2005 and the Australian Open in 2007 with partner Cara Black. As of November 12, 2007, she is the co-World No. 1 in Doubles with Cara Black.
In July 2007, it was revealed that Huber had been sworn in as a U.S. citizen in an expedited process, so that she could she could win the 2008 Beijing Olympics in doubles, partnering former world number 1 (both in singles and doubles) Lindsay Davenport but she lost in the quarters.
Huber won the 2004 Hyderabad Open doubles with Sania Mirza and went on to win the 2005 Wimbledon Ladies Doubles with Cara Black. In 2006 she won the Bangalore Open doubles with Sania Mirza and the Strasbourg doubles with Martina Navratilova. 2007 saw her win both the Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles with Cara Black while in 2008 she reached the mixed doubles finals with Jamie Murray.
In 2005, Huber started a foundation, to raise money and gather basic supplies to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
Career History
Singles
- Career record:
175-159
- Career titles:
0
- Highest ranking:
No. 131 (March 29, 1999)
Grand Slam results
- Australian Open:
N/A
- French Open:
2R (1998)
- Wimbledon:
N/A
- US Open:
1R (1998)
Doubles results
- Career record:
563-289
- Career titles:
38 WTA, 11 ITF
- Highest ranking:
No. 1 (November 12, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
- Australian Open:
W (2007)
- French Open:
F (2005)
- Wimbledon:
W (2005, 2007)
- US Open:
W (2008)
- WTA Championships:
W (2007, 2008)
- Olympic Games:
QF (2008)
Mixed
Doubles results
- Career record:
- Career titles:
- Highest ranking:
Grand Slam mixed doubles results:
- Australian Open:
F (2005)
- French Open:
W (2009)
- Wimbledon:
F (2001)
- US Open:
F (2008)
