Tornado Alicia Black
Tornado Alicia Black is an American former tennis player.
Black was taught by Rick Macci, a former tennis player. Rick Macci taught many people including Serena and Venus Williams.
She 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.
Black made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2014 Abierto Mexicano Telcel. Having been awarded a wild card, she played Serbian sixth seed Bojana Jovanovski in the first round, losing in straight sets.
Tornado and her younger sister Hurricane Tyra had at one point been referred to as "the next Williams sisters".
In 2017, she was sidelined by a hip injury. Black used GoFundMe to successfully get the $40,000 needed for the hip surgery. Her last match on the circuit so far took place in March 2017.
ITF finals
Singles (2–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | July 1, 2012 | Buffalo, United States | Clay | Jamie Loeb | 6–7, 2–6 |
Winner | 1. | September 29, 2013 | Amelia Island, United States | Clay | Alexandra Mueller | 4–6, 6–0, 6–0 |
Winner | 2. | July 20, 2014 | Evansville, United States | Hard | Caitlin Whoriskey | 6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Doubles (0–1)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | June 6, 2015 | Manzanillo, Mexico | Hard | Dasha Ivanova | Carolina Betancourt Steffi Carruthers | 3–6, 3–6 |