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October 31, 2009 DARK AND HUBER SECURE SONY ERICSSON WTA VISIT INCREASES YEAR-END WORLD NO.1 POSITION Sony Ericsson Championships finalists clinch top position for next sequential year Whilst the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour World No.1 ranked increases group for the 3rd straight year doha, QATAR Cara Black and Liezel Huber may determine this year's period, the Tour introduced today. Black and Huber may keep the Planet No.1 position they have used since November 1-2, 2007, once the new ratings are launched on Monday, November 2, 2009. The mixture have advanced level to the finals of the Sony Ericsson Championships this week because they compete to get to be the 2nd group ever to get three or even more games in the occasion, joining Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver (1981-85, 1986-89, 1991). Dark and Huber symbolize two of the six people in Tour history to put on the No.1 position for over 100 weeks as Black will improve her career total to 148 weeks, 2nd only to Martina Navratilova (377 weeks), while Huber will enhance her career total to 112 weeks (totals tell you the entire year, including week of December 2-8, 2009). Dark / Huber are just the next increases set to collectively hold No 1 Doubles Ranking to the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour since its beginning in 1984. 'It is truly amazing,' mentioned Huber. 'I was not considering it today and when we were finished with the fit I believed to Cara, what does which means that - Are we No. 1? This can be a good way to finish the year, not only getting the No.1 position but playing in the closing of the Sony Ericsson Championships.' Cara Black adopted, 'We're definitely delighted and I'm really happy with our efforts. It's been a year, we'd some good benefits and some tough deficits. The US Open was an excellent work, we'd some amazing fits there, but to come here and protect it in the Championships means a whole lot to us. We're definitely delighted and I'm likely to get home and relish it and contain the prize large.' 'Cara and Liezel have kept the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour World No.1 position for 2 years, an amazing achievement,' mentioned Stacey Allaster, Chairman and CEO, Sony Ericsson WTA Tour. 'It is hard enough to finish the period at the top of the ratings after, but to repeat that task 3 times demonstrates that Cara and Liezel are two of the best increases winners in the background of the Tour.' 'We are happy to congratulate Cara and Liezel on closing the growing season whilst the most useful doubles team in-the earth once again,' said Aldo Liguori, Corporate Vice President and Head of Global Communications & PR for Sony Ericsson. 'They usually provide great athleticism and pleasure on the court and are fantastic winners and fantastic ambassadors for the activity .' Dark and Huber have experienced an outstanding 2009 year, earning five games on the way, four of these Premier Tour activities - Open GDF SUEZ (Paris Indoors), Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships (Dubai), Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open (Madrid) and Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open (Cincinnati), as well as a Global Tour occasion name at AEGON Classic (Birmingham). In addition, they finished as runner-up in the US Open and reached six semi-finals, including Wimbledon and Roland Garros. Huber and dark first joined on the Sony Ericsson WTA Tour in 2001, earning their very first event in the Princess Cup in Tokyo before playing periodically until the beginning of 2005. They reached the ultimate of Roland Garros, won the Rome name and won Wimbledon (their next event triumph) before Huber experienced a serious ACL damage which later required surgery, getting their period to an early end, soon after. Both reunited at the beginning of the 2007 period, winning their next event together at the Australian Open and haven't looked straight back since. They've gathered a 221-57 fit report earning 27 increases games together including four Grand Slams (2005 Wimbledon, 2007 Australian Open, 2007 Wimbledon, 2008 US Open) and two Sony Ericsson Championships (2007, 2008). Dark has kept the in-patient Doubles No. 1 position since July 9, 2007, with Huber joining her at No. 1-on November 1-2, 2007. SONY ERICSSON WTA VISIT WORLD NO.1 INCREASES GROUPS Year World No.1's 2009 Liezel Huber (USA) & Cara Black (ZIM) 2008 Liezel Huber (USA) & Cara Black (ZIM) 2007 Liezel Huber (USA) & Cara Black (ZIM) 2006 Lisa Raymond (USA) & Samantha Stosur (AUS) 2005 Cara Black (ZIM) 2004 Virginia Ruano Pascual (ESP) 2003 Paola Suarez (ARG) 2002 Paola Suarez (ARG) 2001 Lisa Raymond (USA) 2,000 Julie Halard-Decugis (FRA) 1999 Anna Kournikova (RUS) 1998 Natasha Zvereva (BLR) 1997 Natasha Zvereva (BLR) 1996 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) 1995 Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario (ESP) 1994 Natasha Zvereva (BLR) 1993 Gigi Fernandez (USA) 1992 Helena Sukova (TCH) 1991 Jana Novotna (TCH) 1990 Helena Sukova (TCH) 1989 Martina Navratilova (USA) 1988 Martina Navratilova (USA) 1987 Martina Navratilova (USA) 1986 Martina Navratilova (USA) 1985 Pam Shriver (USA) 1984 Martina Navratilova (USA) # # #