Tornado Alicia Black

Tornado Alicia Black (born May 12, 1998) is an American former tennis player.

Tornado Alicia Black

Black at the 2015 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1998-05-12) May 12, 1998 (age 24) Boca Raton, Florida
Prize money	$47,348
Singles
Career record	33–17
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 404 (February 2, 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	Q2 (2014)
Doubles
Career record	6–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 348 (September 14, 2015)
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	2R (2015)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
US Open	1R (2014)

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][5]

In 2017, she was sidelined by a hip injury. 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.

ITF finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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)

Legend $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Clay (0–0)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	June 6, 2015	ITF Manzanillo, Mexico	Hard	Dasha Ivanova	Carolina Betancourt   Steffi Carruthers	3–6, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

Singles

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	2013	US Open	Hard	Ana Konjuh	6–3, 4–6, 6–7^(6)

References

1. . US Open. September 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 28, 2014. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
2. Harwitt, Sandra (September 8, 2013). "Coric and Konjuh secure US Open titles". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
3. "Jovanovski blows past Tornado Black". kora.com. February 25, 2014. Retrieved March 5, 2014.
4. Isaacson, Melissa (September 18, 2013). "Greatness in forecast for Tornado Black". ESPN. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
5. Kussoy, Howie (September 4, 2013). "Tornado, Hurricane could be next Serena, Venus". New York Post. Retrieved February 23, 2014.
6. "Alicia "Tornado" Black hip surgery, organized by Alicia Black".

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