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Martina Hingis ( German pronunciation: [maʁˈtiːna ˈhɪŋɡɪs], Slovak: Martina Hingisová; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis was the first Swiss player, male or female, to have won a major title and attain the world No. 1 ranking.
Jun 5, 2024 · Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980, Košice, Czechoslovakia [now in Slovakia]) is a Swiss professional tennis player who became the youngest person in the “open” era to win a Grand Slam singles title and the youngest to be ranked world number one.
Dec 7, 2023 · At the 1997 Australian Open, Switzerland's Martina Hingis put the tennis world on notice as the youngest Grand Slam champion in history. What followed was a year for the record books.
Hingis won three consecutive championships at the Australian Open (1997, 1998, 1999) and one each at Wimbledon (1997) and the US Open (1997). On seven occasions, Hingis was a major singles finalist (French in 1997, 1999; Australian in 2000, 2001, 2002; US Open in 1998, 1999).
Oct 26, 2017 · SINGAPORE - Martina Hingis has hung up her racquets and retired after reaching the semifinals of the BNP Paribas WTA Finals Singapore presented by SC Global. Hingis officially made her announcement on social media on Friday, after advancing to the last four with partner Chan Yung-Jan at the WTA Finals.
Hingis was named after Martina Navratilova, and, like that other grandee, she also split her tennis life into more than one act. For all Hingis' success in her first career - as a 16-year-old, she won three Grand Slam singles titles, and held the No.1 singles ranking - going out while still capable of much more, to complete her third career ...
Swiss star and multiple Grand Slam champion Martina Hingis ends her illustrious career, leaving the sport as the WTA World No.1 doubles player.
Oct 26, 2017 · Martina Hingis’ announcement that she was retiring naturally compelled the International Tennis Hall of Fame (ITHF) to ponder this great champion’s legacy. ITHF historian-at-large Joel Drucker now offers his assessment of Hingis’ genius.
This is a list of the main career statistics of Swiss former professional tennis player Martina Hingis. As one of the most notable female tennis player, she achieve multiple major goals.
May 4, 2020 · It’s easy to say that Martina Hingis won the 1997 final because Venus Williams was nervous. And while that was an important factor in Hingis’ eventual win, it doesn’t account for the fact that tactical ninja Hingis executed her gameplan perfectly.
