WIMBLEDON, England — Cara Black of Zimbabwe won her second consecutive women's doubles title at Wimbledon on Sunday, this time with Liezel Huber of South Africa as her partner.
The second-seeded duo beat U.S. Open singles champion Svetlana Kuznetsova and three-time Wimbledon singles semifinalist Amelie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-1.
Black won the doubles title last year with Rennae Stubbs, beating Huber and Ai Sugiyama in the final.
Black also took the mixed doubles title with her brother, Wayne, in 2004.
Huber became the first South African woman to win a doubles title at Wimbledon.
"We went out today and really had a goal and a purpose. To go out and play like we did was a great feeling," Black said. "We knew we had to come out and put a lot of pressure on them. We had to intimidate them by being as active as we could."
Black and Huber, who will move up to No. 1 in the rankings, lost in the French Open final.
Later Sunday, Huber and Kevin Ullyett of Zimbabwe lost to Paul Hanley of Australia and Tatiana Perebiynis of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4 in the mixed doubles semifinals.
Hanley and Perebiynis then lost to Mahesh Bhupathi of India and Mary Pierce of France in the final 6-4, 6-2. It was Bhupathi's fourth mixed doubles title.
For Kuznetsova and Mauresmo, the tournament was their first together. Mauresmo is 160th in doubles, making her the lowest-ranked player in the Open era to reach the doubles final. Kuznetsova has lost five of her six Grand Slam doubles finals, with her only win coming this year at the Australian Open with Alicia Molik.
In the junior doubles, Jesse Levine and Michael Shabaz of the United States won the boys title by beating Samuel Groth of Australia and Andrew Kennaugh of Britain 6-4, 6-1.
Viktoria Azarenka of Belarus and Agnes Szavay of Hungary won the girls title, beating Marina Erakovic of New Zealand and Monica Niculescu of Romania 6-7 (5), 6-2, 6-0.
CONNORS ON RODDICK: Two-time Wimbledon champion Jimmy Connors returned to the All England Club this year to work as a commentator for the BBC and bemoaned the polite on-court demeanor of most players today.
Connors said one player who shares his knack for showmanship is Andy Roddick, who lost Sunday's final to Roger Federer.
"Certainly our games are not the same — but the attitude," Connors said before the final. "Anybody who shows emotion and enjoyment for the game and for the battle that they're in out there is really what it's all about. That's what gets the fans involved. That's what gets Andy involved in the match. Basically that's also selling the game, and he understands that."
Tennis in the United States rose in popularity in the late 1970s and 1980s when Connors and John McEnroe were battling for titles. This year, Roddick was the lone American man seeded in the top 20 at Wimbledon, and none of the last seven Grand Slam tournaments was won by a man from the country, the longest such drought in 16 years.
"I had an interesting rivalry with Mac," Connors said. "For Andy, he's carrying the weight of all America, really, and that's extra pressure."
MILLS RETIRES: Alan Mills retired Sunday after 23 years as tournament referee at Wimbledon.
His duties included arranging the match schedule each day, overseeing Centre Court and deciding when rain delays should begin and end. He also confers with the Grand Slam committee to assess fines.
"I'm sure I'll miss it," Mills said.
Mills and Wimbledon chief executive Chris Gorringe, who is also retiring, were presented with plates on Centre Court after Roger Federer beat Andy Roddick to win the men's final. Federer later gave Mills a tennis racket.
On Saturday, women's champion Venus Williams gave Mills another plate engraved with the names of all the women's singles winners since he took charge in 1982.
Mills will be replaced by assistant Andrew Jarrett.
"The next year will be the worst one," Mills said in a BBC tribute, "knowing what's going on and not being a part of it."