Hurricane Tyra Black

Hurricane Tyra Black (born March 2, 2001) is an American professional tennis player. She is the sister of Tornado Alicia Black.^[1]

Early life

Tyra Hurricane Black and Alicia "Tornado" Black are the children of Sylvester Black, who played for the Jamaican Davis Cup team, and Gayal Black.^[2] Black started playing tennis at the age of three. She favours hard court surfaces.^{[citation needed]}

She was coached in tennis by Rick Macci.^{[citation needed]}

Despite this her only career title on the ITF tour came on the clay surface in Antalya, Turkey.^{[citation needed]} She won the doubles tournament alongside Swiss tennis player Svenja Ochsner, in December 2020.^[3] The first three encounters all went to a third set tie-break.^{[citation needed]} During the third set of the quarter final, against the Turkish and Croatian duo of Cemre Anil and Ena Kajevica, the tie-break went beyond the normal ten points, with Black and Ochsner winning 11–9.^[3] At the final, the pair played Gergana Topalova and Daniela Vismane, winning in straight sets by a scoreline of 7–6 7–5.^[3] This was Black's first ITF title, winning $478 in prize money.^[3]

In 2022, Black, she won two $15K ITF Professional Singles Titles within a span of 3 weeks, both were in Antalya, Turkey.^[4]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Nov 2019	ITF Hua Hin, Thailand	25,000	Hard	Lesley Pattinama Kerkhove	3–6, 4–6
Win	1–1	Jun 2021	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Federica Bilardo	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–2	Nov 2021	ITF Cundinamarca, Colombia	15,000	Clay	María Herazo González	6–7^(5–7), 6–3, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	2–2	Nov 2021	ITF Guatemala City, Guatemala	15,000	Clay	Olivia Lincer	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–2	Jan 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Barbora Palicová	6–0, 6–4
Win	4–2	Feb 2022	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Ilay Yörük	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win	5–2	Jun 2022	ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	25,000	Hard	Jana Kolodynska	6–3, 6–3

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Dec 2020	ITF Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Svenja Ochsner	Gergana Topalova Daniela Vismane	7–6⁽²⁾, 7–5
Win	2–0	Nov 2021	ITF Cundinamarca, Colombia	15,000	Clay	Rushri Wijesundera	Fernanda Astete Jessica Plazas	7–6 ^(13–11), 5–7, [10–4]
Loss	2–1	Nov 2021	ITF Guatemala City, Guatemala	15,000	Clay	Fernanda Astete	Paris Corley Lexington Reed	6–4, 6–7 ^(1–7), [5–10]
Loss	2–2	Jan 2023	Antalya, Turkey	15,000	Clay	Qavia Lopez	Daria Lodikova Ekaterina Ovcharenko	2–6, 3–6