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American tennis player
Tornado Alicia Black Country (sports) United States Born (1998-05-12 ) May 12, 1998 (age 26) Boca Raton , FloridaPrize money $47,348 Career record 33–17 Career titles 2 ITF Highest ranking No. 404 (February 2, 2015) US Open Q2 (2014 ) Career record 6–6 Career titles 0 Highest ranking No. 348 (September 14, 2015) US Open 2R (2015 ) US Open 1R (2014 )
Tornado Alicia Black (born May 12, 1998) is an American former tennis player.
She was taught by Rick Macci , a former tennis player. Macci taught many people including Serena and Venus Williams.
Black won two singles titles on the ITF Circuit in her career. On February 2, 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 404. On September 14, 2015, she peaked at No. 348 in the doubles rankings.
She was runner-up at the 2013 Junior US Open , losing to Ana Konjuh in three sets.[ 1] [ 2]
Black made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel . Having been awarded a wildcard , she played Serbian sixth seed Bojana Jovanovski in the first round, losing in straight sets.[ 3]
Tornado and her younger sister Hurricane Tyra had at one point been referred to as "the next Williams sisters ".[ 4]
In 2017, she was sidelined by a hip injury.[ 5] Black used GoFundMe to get the $40,000 needed for the hip surgery.[ 6] Her last match on the circuit so far took place in March 2017.
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–1)
Result
Date
Tournament
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
July 1, 2012
ITF Buffalo, United States
Clay
Jamie Loeb
6–7(5) , 2–6
Win
September 29, 2013
ITF Amelia Island, United States
Clay
Alexandra Mueller
4–6, 6–0, 6–0
Win
July 20, 2014
ITF Evansville, United States
Hard
Caitlin Whoriskey
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Doubles: 1 (runner-up)[ edit ]
Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Junior Grand Slam tournament finals [ edit ]
^ "Konjuh outlasts Black to win girls' singles title" . US Open . September 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ Harwitt, Sandra (September 8, 2013). "Coric and Konjuh secure US Open titles" . International Tennis Federation . Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ "Jovanovski blows past Tornado Black" . kora.com . February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014 .
^ Isaacson, Melissa (September 18, 2013). "Greatness in forecast for Tornado Black" . ESPN . Retrieved February 23, 2014 .
^ David Waldstein (5 September 2017). "Tornado Black, Tennis Prodigy, Sidelined by an Operation's High Cost" . New York Times . Retrieved 28 January 2023 .
^ "Alicia "Tornado" Black hip surgery, organized by Alicia Black" .