Beijing 2008: Top Zimbabwe tennis player hits jackpot with 4 titles

HARARE, March 6 (Xinhua) -- It is only three months into the new year and Zimbabwe's top female tennis player Cara Black has already hit a jackpot with four doubles titles with her South African partner Liezel Huber.

Black, who captured the 2007 Australian Open women's doubles title with Huber in Melbourne at the end of January, has made more than 290,000 US dollars on the road this year.

According to Tuesday's The Herald, the latest Sony Ericsson Women's Tennis Association Tour top prize money earners list for 2007 indicates that Black has made a total of 294,663 dollars.

The 27-year-old Zimbabwean and Huber have picked up a total of $292,785 after winning four doubles titles this year in Melbourne, Paris (France), Antwerp (Belgium) and in Dubai between January and February. These four crowns have seen Black bringing her career doubles titles to 31.

Black, who was inactive last week, now has a doubles record of 22 wins and two defeats (22-2) this year alone and has now made $3,838,165 in career prize money since she turned professional in January 1998.

Black and Huber are still ranked as the top female doubles pair in the world after their heroic performances in Melbourne, Paris, Antwerp and Dubai.