reaching the final of the Birmingham Classic, Black and Erakovic went out in the second round of Wimbledon. After losing their opening match in Cincinnati, the pair reached the third round of the US Open, losing to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina of Russia. Black began working with Sania Mirza in September, with whom she ended up winning back to back Premier-5 tournaments in the far east. In Tokyo, Black and Mirza defeated the top seeded team of Hsieh Su-wei and Peng Shuai in the semifinals before taking out Chan Hao-ching and Liezel Huber. It was Black's first Premier 5 title since 2009, and her second of the season. This was immediately followed by a win at the China Open, where en route to the final, they once again took out the top seeds of world number 1 team Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci in the semifinals, before defeating Vera Dushevina and Arantxa Parra Santonja in the final. It was the first time since 2010 that Black had won back-to-back doubles titles, and it took her back up into the world's top 20, finishing the year ranked number 13 in the world. Grand Slam finals Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups) Mixed doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) By winning the 2010 Australian Open title, Black completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. She became the sixth female player in history to achieve this. Career statistics Grand Slam tournament performance timelines Doubles Mixed doubles References External links 1979 births Living people Zimbabwean female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Zimbabwe Tennis players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics French Open champions Wimbledon champions Sportspeople from Harare White Zimbabwean sportspeople Hopman Cup competitors Wimbledon junior champions US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in women's doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' singles Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles Zimbabwean people of English descent Zimbabwean people of Scottish descent African Games medalists in tennis African Games bronze medalists for Zimbabwe Competitors at the 1995 All-Africa Games WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players ITF World Champions