Hurricane Tyra Black (born March 2, 2001) is an American pickleball player and inactive tennis player. She is the sister of Tornado Alicia Black.
Early life Tyra Hurricane and Alicia "Tornado" Black are the children of Sylvester Black, who played for the Jamaican Davis Cup team, and Gayal Black. At the age of three, Black was nicknamed "Hurricane" because her parents attempted to make them more marketable as professional tennis players.
Career She was coached in tennis by Rick Macci.
Despite this, her only title on the ITF Women's World Tennis Tour came on clay in Antalya, Turkey. She won the doubles tournament alongside Swiss tennis player Svenja Ochsner in December 2020. The deciding tiebreaker of the quarterfinal against the Turkish/Croatian duo of Cemre Anil and Ena Kajevica saw Black and Ochsner winning 11–9. In the final, the pair defeated Gergana Topalova and Daniela Vismane in straight sets. This was Black's first ITF title, winning $478 in prize money.
In 2022, Black won two 15k professional singles titles within a span of three weeks, both in Antalya.
ITF Circuit finals Legend$25,000 tournaments$15,000 tournaments
Singles: 7 (5 titles, 2 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Nov 2019ITF Hua Hin, Thailand25,000Hard Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove3–6, 4–6Win1–1Jun 2021ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Federica Bilardo2–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss1–2Nov 2021ITF Cundinamarca, Colombia15,000Clay María Herazo González6–7(5), 6–3, 6–7(3)Win2–2Nov 2021ITF Guatemala City15,000Clay Olivia Lincer7–5, 6–3Win3–2Jan 2022ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Barbora Palicová6–0, 6–4Win4–2Feb 2022ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Ilay Yörük6–2, 4–6, 6–4Win5–2Jun 2022ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic25,000Hard Jana Kolodynska6–3, 6–3
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Dec 2020ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Svenja Ochsner Gergana Topalova Daniela Vismane7–6(2), 7–5Win2–0Nov 2021ITF Cundinamarca, Colombia15,000Clay Rushri Wijesundera Fernanda Astete Jessica Plazas7–6(11), 5–7, [10–4]Loss2–1Nov 2021ITF Guatemala City15,000Clay Fernanda Astete Paris Corley Lexington Reed6–4, 6–7(1), [5–10]Loss2–2Jan 2023ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Qavia Lopez Daria Lodikova Ekaterina Ovcharenko2–6, 3–6Loss2–3Jan 2023ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Doga Turkmen Polina Leykina Ekaterina Ovcharenko2–6, 6–3, [4–10]
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