Martina Hingis

Nickname(s)	Swiss Miss Chucky
Country	Switzerland
Residence	Hurden, Switzerland
Date of birth	September 30, 1980 (1980-09-30) (age 28)
Place of birth	Košice, Slovakia (then Czechoslovakia)
Height	1.70 metres (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	59 kilograms (130 lb)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2002; Comeback in 2006; again November 1, 2007
Plays	Right-handed; Two-handed backhand
Career prize money	US$20,130,657 (6th in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record	548–133 (80.5%)
Career titles	43 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (March 31, 1997)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (1997, 1998, 1999)
French Open	F (1997, 1999)
Wimbledon	W (1997)
US Open	W (1997)
Major tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1998, 2000)
Olympic Games	2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	286–54
Career titles	37 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 8, 1998)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002)
French Open	W (1998, 2000)
Wimbledon	W (1996, 1998)
US Open	W (1998)
Last updated on: July 4, 2008.

Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia) is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1.¹ She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one US Open). She also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in 2002 at the age of 22. After several surgeries and long recuperations, Hingis returned to the WTA tour in 2006. She then climbed to world number 6 and won three singles titles. On November 1, 2007, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis while admitting she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. She denied using the drug.²³ On January 4, 2008, she was banned from tennis for two years after both cocaine tests (samples A and B) turned positive.⁴ She has stated that she will not return to professional tennis when this ban expires.⁵

Childhood and early career

Hingis was born to accomplished tennis players:⁶ a Czech mother, Melanie Molitorova, and a Hungarian⁷ father living in Košice (Slovakia), Károly Hingis. Molitorova was a professional tennis player, who was once ranked tenth among women in Czechoslovakia, and was determined to develop Hingis into a top player as early as pregnancy.⁸ Her father was ranked as high as nineteenth in the Czechoslovakian tennis rankings. She was named after tennis legend Martina Navratilova. Hingis's parents divorced when she was six, and she and her mother relocated around a year later to Trübbach in Switzerland.⁸ Her father, who continued to live in Košice as a tennis coach, said in 1997 that he had seen little of his daughter after the split.⁹

Hingis began playing tennis when she was two years old and entered her first tournament at age four.¹⁰ In 1993, 12-year-old Hingis became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title: the girls' singles at the French Open.¹¹ In 1994, she retained her French Open junior title, won the girls' singles title at Wimbledon, and reached the final of the US Open.¹²

She made her professional debut in October 1994, two weeks after her 14th birthday. She ended the year ranked World No. 87,¹² and in January 1995, she became the youngest player to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament when she advanced to the second round of the Australian Open.¹³

Grand Slam success and period of dominance

In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time, when she teamed with Helena Suková at Wimbledon to win the women's doubles title at age 15 years and 9 months.¹⁴ She also won her first professional singles title that year at Filderstadt, Germany. She reached the singles quarterfinals at the 1996 Australian Open and the singles semifinals of the 1996 US Open. Following her win at Filderstadt, Hingis defeated the reigning Australian Open champion and co-top ranked (with Steffi Graf) Monica Seles 6–2, 6–0 in the final at Oakland. Hingis then lost to Graf 6–3, 4–6, 6–0 at the year-end WTA Tour Championships.

In 1997, Hingis became the undisputed World No. 1 women's tennis player. She started the year by winning the warm-up tournament in Sydney. She then became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner in the 20th century by winning the Australian Open at age 16 years and 3 months (beating former champion Mary Pierce in the final). In March, she became the youngest top ranked player in history. In July, she became the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since Lottie Dod in 1887 by beating Jana Novotná in the final. She then defeated another up-and-coming player, Venus Williams, in the final of the US Open. The only Grand Slam singles title that Hingis failed to win in 1997 was the French Open, where she lost in the final to Iva Majoli.

In 1998, Hingis won all four of the Grand Slam women's doubles titles, only the fourth in women's tennis history to do so, ¹⁵ (the Australian Open with Mirjana Lučić and the other three events with Novotná), and she became only the third woman to simultaneously hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles. She also retained her Australian Open singles title by beating Conchita Martínez in straight sets in the final. Hingis, however, lost in the final of the US Open to Lindsay Davenport. Davenport ended an 80-week stretch Hingis had enjoyed as the No. 1 singles player in October 1998, but Hingis finished the year by beating Davenport in the final of the WTA Tour Championships.

1999 saw Hingis win her third successive Australian Open singles crown as well as the doubles title (with teammate Anna Kournikova). She then reached the French Open final and was three points away from victory in the second set against Steffi Graf, but ended up losing 4–6, 7–5, 6–2. During the match, Hingis had infuriated an already partisan crowd by arguing with the umpire over several line calls (crossing the net in one instance), taking a bathroom break early in the final set, and twice delivering a rare underhand serve on match point. In tears after the match, Hingis was comforted by her mother as she returned to the court for the trophy ceremony. After a shock first-round 6–2, 6–0 loss to Jelena Dokić at Wimbledon, Hingis bounced back to reach her third consecutive US Open final, where she lost to Serena Williams. Hingis won a total of seven singles titles that year and reclaimed the No. 1 singles ranking. She also reached the final of the WTA Tour Championships, where she lost to Davenport 6–4, 6–2.

In 2000, Hingis again found herself in both the singles and doubles finals at the Australian Open. This time, however, she lost both. Her three-year hold on the singles championship ended when she lost to Davenport 6–1, 7–5. Later, Hingis and Pierce, her new doubles partner, lost to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs. Hingis captured the French Open women's doubles title with Pierce and produced consistent results in singles tournaments throughout the year. She reached the quarter final at Wimbledon and played great tennis but was beaten by Venus Williams in a thrilling match. Although she did not win a Grand Slam singles tournament, she kept the year end No. 1 ranking because of nine tournament championships, including the WTA Tour Championships where she won the singles and doubles titles.

Injuries and hiatus from tennis

In 2001, Switzerland, with Hingis and Roger Federer on its team, won the Hopman Cup. Hingis was undefeated in singles during the event, defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn, Nicole Pratt, Amanda Coetzer, and Monica Seles.

Hingis reached her fifth consecutive Australian Open final in 2001, defeating both of the Williams sisters en route. She lost to Jennifer Capriati 6–4, 6–3. She briefly ended her coaching relationships with her mother Melanie early in the year but had a change of heart two months later just before the French Open. Hingis underwent surgery on her right ankle in October 2001.

Coming back from injury, Hingis won the Australian Open doubles final at the start of 2002 (again teaming with Anna Kournikova) and reached a sixth straight Australian Open final in singles, again facing Capriati. Hingis led by a set and 4–0 and had four match points but lost 4–6, 7–6, 6–2. In May 2002, she needed another ankle ligament operation, this time on her left ankle. After that, she continued to struggle with injuries and was not able to recapture her best form.

In 2003, at the age of 22, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis. In several interviews, she indicated she wanted to go back to her country and coach full time.^{citation needed}

During this segment of her tennis career, Hingis won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles events. She held the World No. 1 singles ranking for a total of 209 weeks (fourth most following Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert). In 2005, Tennis magazine put her in 22nd place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.

Return to the game

2005

In February 2005, Hingis made an unsuccessful return to competition at an event in Pattaya, Thailand, where she lost to Germany's Marlene Weingartner in the first round. After the loss, she claimed that she had no further plans for a comeback.

Hingis, however, resurfaced in July, playing singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in World Team Tennis and notching up singles victories over two top 100 players and shutting out Martina Navratilova in singles on July 7. With these promising results behind her, Hingis announced on November 29 her return to the WTA Tour in 2006.

2006

Martina Hingis in the Australian Open, 2006.

At the Australian Open, Hingis lost in the quarterfinals to second-seeded Kim Clijsters. However, Hingis won the mixed doubles title with Mahesh Bhupathi of India. This was her first career Grand Slam mixed doubles title and fifteenth overall (5 singles, 9 women's doubles, 1 mixed doubles).

The week after the Australian Open, Hingis defeated World No. 4 Maria Sharapova 6–3, 6–1 in the semifinals of the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo before losing in the final to World No. 9 Elena Dementieva.

At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Hingis defeated World No. 4 Lindsay Davenport in the fourth round 6–3, 1–6, 6–2 before losing to Sharapova in the semifinals.

On clay at the Tier II tournament in Warsaw, Poland, Hingis and Venus Williams reignited a rivalry in the second round that had been dormant since 2002. Williams won the match 4–6, 7–5, 6–4. At the Tier I Qatar Telecom German Open in Berlin, Hingis defeated Dementieva in the fourth round but lost in the quarterfinals to World No. 1 Amélie Mauresmo. At the Tier I Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome, Hingis posted her 500th career singles match victory in the quarterfinals, beating World No. 18 Flavia Pennetta, and subsequently won the tournament with wins over Venus Williams in the semifinals and Dinara Safina in the final. This was her 41st Women's Tennis Association tour singles title and first in more than four years. Hingis then reached the quarterfinals of the French Open, losing to Clijsters 7–6(5), 6–1.

At Wimbledon, Hingis lost in the third round to Ai Sugiyama 7–5, 3–6, 6–4.

Hingis played three tournaments during the North American summer hard court season. At the Tier I Acura Classic in San Diego, Hingis lost in the quarterfinals to World No. 2 Clijsters 7–5, 6–2. Hingis then defeated World No. 7 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals of the Tier I Rogers Cup in Montreal before losing the final to Ana Ivanović. Hingis's return to the US Open was short lived, however, as she lost in the second round to World No. 112 Virginie Razzano of France 6–2, 6–4.

In her first tournament since the US Open, Hingis won the second title of her comeback at the Tier III Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, India. She defeated unseeded Russian Olga Poutchkova in the final. The following week in Seoul, Hingis notched her 50th match win of the year before losing in the second round to Sania Mirza 4–6, 6–0, 6–4. At the Tier I Zurich Open three weeks later, Hingis lost to Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals 6–1, 1–6, 6–3.

Hingis qualified for the year-ending WTA Tour Championships in Madrid as the eighth seed. In her round robin matches, she lost in three sets to both Justine Henin and Mauresmo but defeated Petrova 6–4, 3–6, 6–3.

Hingis ended the year ranked World No. 7. She also finished eighth in prize money earnings (U.S.$1,159,537).

2007

Hingis started the year by reaching the final of the Tier III Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia, losing to Dinara Safina of Russia 6–3, 3–6, 7–5. The next week at the Medibank International in Sydney, Hingis lost her first round match to Jelena Janković in three sets.

At the Australian Open, Hingis won her first three rounds without losing a set before defeating China's Na Li in the fourth round 4–6, 6–3, 6–0. Hingis then lost a quarterfinal match to Kim Clijsters 3–6, 6–4, 6–3. This was the second consecutive year that Hingis had lost to Clijsters in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open and the third time in the last five Grand Slam tournaments that Clijsters had eliminated Hingis in the quarterfinals.

Hingis won her next tournament, the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, defeating Ana Ivanović in the final. This was Hingis's record fifth singles title at this event.

Three weeks later, Hingis lost for the second time that year to Janković in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open. At the Qatar Total Open in Doha, Hingis lost to Daniela Hantuchová 1–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the quarterfinals after being up a set and 4–1 (40–0) in the second set. In women's doubles, Hingis teamed with Maria Kirilenko to win the title, defeating Ágnes Szávay and Vladimíra Uhlířov in the final 6–1, 6–1.

At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, Hingis again lost to Hantuchová, this time in the fourth round 6–4, 6–3. Hingis was up a service break in both sets but, as in Doha, could not hold her lead. At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Hingis again failed to reach the quarterfinals, losing in the third round to Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland 4–6, 6–3, 6–2.

Her next tournament was the Qatar Telecom German Open, where she lost in the third round to compatriot Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–0. A hip injury that troubled her at the German Open caused her to withdraw from the Internazionali BNL d'Italia, where she was the defending champion, and the French Open, the only Grand Slam singles title that eluded her.

In her first round match at Wimbledon, Hingis saved two match points to defeat British wildcard Naomi Cavaday, apparently not having fully recovered from the hip injury that prevented her from playing the French Open.¹⁶ In the third round, Hingis lost to Laura Granville of the United States 6–4, 6–2 and claimed afterwards she should not have entered the tournament.¹⁷

At the Acura Classic in San Diego, Hingis defeated Michaella Krajicek before falling to Schnyder 6–1, 6–7(4), 6–3. Hingis was leading 3–1 in the final set before losing five consecutive games. Hingis then lost to Sania Mirza in a second round match of the East West Bank Classic in Los Angeles.

Hingis's next tournament was the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open, which she had won exactly ten years ago for the first time. Hingis lost in the third round to Belarussian teenager Victoria Azarenka 3–6, 6–1, 6–0.

In her last career singles match in September, Hingis lost in the second round of the China Open in Beijing to Chinese player Shuai Peng 7–5, 6–1.

Retirement

Hingis did not play any tournaments after the China Open, as she was beset by injuries for the rest of the year.¹³ However, on November 1, 2007, Hingis said at a press conference in Glattbrugg near Zürich that she was retiring permanently from competitive tennis. She admitted that she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. But Hingis maintained her innocence, saying, "I have tested positive but I have never taken drugs and I feel 100 percent innocent." She also said, "I would personally be terrified of taking drugs. When I was informed [about the test] I was shocked and appalled." She is not planning to contest the positive drug test because it could take years. "Because of my age and my health problems, I have also decided to retire from professional tennis." The drug test results were released to Hingis after her third round loss to Laura Granville at Wimbledon, with both "A" and "B" urine samples failing the tests. Hingis then underwent a private drug test on a hair sample, which came back negative and, according to Hingis, is evidence that she did not use cocaine.¹⁸

Hingis played an exhibition match at the Liverpool International tournament on June 13, 2008. Although this event was a warm-up for Wimbledon, it was not part of the WTA Tour. This allowed Hingis to participate without breaching the rules of her ban.¹⁹ In a rematch of their 1997 Wimbledon final,²⁰ Hingis defeated Jana Novotná 6–3, 6–4.

Controversies

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Hingis is also well known for usually being outspoken. During her career, Hingis has made a number of statements about her fellow players that have subsequently become the focus of attention and the source of controversy, such as:

• Referring to Amélie Mauresmo's lesbianism on the eve of their 1999 Australian Open final, Hingis told reporters, "She's here with her girlfriend. She's half a man already."²¹

• When asked in the late 1990s how she felt about the budding rivalry between herself and the then-up-and-coming Anna Kournikova, Hingis responded, "What rivalry? I win all the matches."²²

• After the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena) had complained of discrimination against them, Hingis told Time magazine in 2001: "Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black. And they have had a lot of advantages because they can always say, 'It's racism.' They can always come back and say, 'Because we are this color, things happen.'"²³

• At the peak of the Williams sisters' and Hingis' competitive and fierce rivalry, Hingis stated in a press conference during the 1999 US Open referring to the sisters' remarks, "They always have big mouths. They always talk a lot. It's happened before, so it's gonna happen again. I don't really worry about that."²⁴

• On the long-dominant player, Steffi Graf, Hingis said, "Steffi has had some results in the past, but it's a faster, more athletic game now than when she played. She is old now. Her time has passed." (Hingis made this comment in 1998 while Graf was on an injury-related hiatus from tennis.)²⁵ Graf subsequently defeated Hingis in the 1999 French Open final.

• Responding in a 1999 press conference on why she terminated her doubles partnership with former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotná, Hingis remarked, "She's old and slow."²⁶

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal announced on January 4, 2008, that Hingis was found to have committed a doping offence. The tribunal determined that a sample provided by Hingis at Wimbledon on June 29, 2007, had tested positive for cocaine. The tribunal suspended Hingis from participation in any ITF or associated event for two years, beginning on October 1, 2007. In addition, the tribunal ordered her results from the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and subsequent tennis events disqualified, with the forfeiture of the ITF ranking points and repayment of prize money, totaling US$129,481, that she won at those events.

Record against other top players

As of October 30, 2008, Hingis win-loss record against players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:²⁷ Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

Playing style

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Hingis was renowned for her tactical approach to the game of tennis and for her technical skills, enabling her to produce a wide array of shots with finesse. She lacked the power possessed by many of her contemporaries; therefore, she relied on low error-rates and good shot selection to keep opponents off-balance. She often used change of direction and pace to catch opponents off guard and sharp angles to open up the court. She was also well known for her ability to break long rallies by hitting accurate drop shots and coming to the net, where she was a skilled volleyer. A signature play of Hingis was the drop shot followed by a lob, often resulting in an easy volley or overhead to finish the point. Hingis often hit the ball extremely early by standing close to the baseline (or inside it) in order to take reaction time away from her opponent.

Hingis's strongest groundstroke was her two-handed backhand, which had an extremely low error-rate and great variety. Her backhand down-the-line was among her signature shots and often the shot she chose to hit with greater pace to surprise opponents during a rally.

Personal life

Hingis has dated Spanish golf player Sergio García and British footballer Sol Campbell.²⁸²⁹ She was engaged to Czech tennis player Radek Štěpánek, but split from him in August 2007.³⁰ She has also dated former World No. 2 Magnus Norman.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 12 (5-7)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	1997	French Open	Clay	Iva Majoli	6–4, 6–2
Winner	1997	Wimbledon	Grass	Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	1997	US Open	Hard	Venus Williams	6–0, 6–4
Winner	1998	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1998	US Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–5
Winner	1999	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1999	French Open (2)	Clay	Steffi Graf	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1999	US Open (2)	Hard	Serena Williams	6–3, 7–6(4)
Runner-up	2000	Australian Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 7–5
Runner-up	2001	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	2002	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	4–6, 7–6(7), 6–2

Doubles: 11 (9-2)

By winning the 1998 US Open title, Hingis completed the doubles Career Grand Slam. She became the 17th female player in history to achieve this.

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1996	Wimbledon	Grass	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Savchenko	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
Winner	1997	Australian Open	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1998	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Mirjana Lučić	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
Winner	1998	French Open	Clay	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6(4)
Winner	1998	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
Winner	1998	US Open	Hard	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1999	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	1999	French Open	Clay	Anna Kournikova	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–3, 6–7(2), 8–6
Runner-up	2000	Australian Open	Hard	Mary Pierce	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
Winner	2000	French Open (2)	Clay	Mary Pierce	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4
Winner	2002	Australian Open (4)	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez	6–2, 6–7(4), 6–1

Mixed doubles: 1 (1-0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi	Elena Likhovtseva Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–3

Career WTA Tour and ITF Circuit finals

ITF Circuit

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	October 24, 1993	Langenthal, Switzerland	Carpet	Sophie Georges	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(4)
2.	March 10, 1996	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard Indoors	Barbara Paulus	6–1, 6–4

WTA Tour

#	Date	Tournament Name	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	October 13, 1996	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (1)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Anke Huber	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2.	November 10, 1996	Bank of the West Classic (1)	Oakland, California, U.S.	Carpet	Monica Seles	6–2, 6–0
3.	January 12, 1997	Sydney International (1)	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
4.	January 25, 1997	Australian Open (1)	Melbourne	Hard	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–2
5.	February 2, 1997	Toray Pan Pacific Open (1)	Tokyo	Carpet	Steffi Graf	Walkover
6.	February 16, 1997	Open Gaz de France	Paris	Carpet	Anke Huber	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
7.	March 30, 1997	Lipton International Players Championships (1)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	6–2, 6–1
8.	April 6, 1997	Family Circle Magazine Cup (1)	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Monica Seles	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
9.	July 6, 1997	Wimbledon	London	Grass	Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
10.	July 27, 1997	Bank of the West Classic (2)	Stanford, California, U.S.	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–2
11.	August 3, 1997	Toshiba Classic (1)	San Diego, California, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	7–6(4), 6–4
12.	September 7, 1997	US Open	New York City	Hard	Venus Williams	6–0, 6–4
13.	October 12, 1997	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (2)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–4
14.	November 16, 1997	Advanta Championships	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–7(7), 7–6(4)
15.	January 31, 1998	Australian Open (2)	Melbourne	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–3
16.	March 15, 1998	State Farm Evert Cup	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–4
17.	May 4, 1998	Intersport Damen Grand Prix (1)	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
18.	May 17, 1998	Italian Open (1)	Rome	Clay	Venus Williams	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
19.	November 22, 1998	Chase Championships (1)	New York City	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
20.	January 30, 1999	Australian Open (3)	Melbourne	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–3
21.	February 7, 1999	Toray Pan Pacific Open (2)	Tokyo	Carpet	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 6–1
22.	April 4, 1999	Family Circle Cup (2)	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–3
23.	May 16, 1999	German Open	Berlin	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–0, 6–1
24.	August 8, 1999	TIG Tennis Classic (2)	San Diego, California, U.S.	Hard	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–0
25.	August 22, 1999	du Maurier Open	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Monica Seles	6–4, 6–4
26.	October 10, 1999	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (3)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–1
27.	February 6, 2000	Toray Pan Pacific Open (3)	Tokyo	Carpet	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 7–5
28.	April 2, 2000	Ericsson Open (2)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2
29.	May 7, 2000	Betty Barclay Cup (2)	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
30.	June 25, 2000	Heineken Trophy	's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	Grass	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–2, 3–0 retired
31.	August 20, 2000	du Maurier Open	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Serena Williams	0–6, 6–3, 3–0 retired
32.	October 8, 2000	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (4)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Kim Clijsters	6–0, 6–3
33.	October 15, 2000	Swisscom Challenge	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
34.	October 29, 2000	Kremlin Cup	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	6–3, 6–1
35.	November 19, 2000	Chase Championships (2)	New York City	Carpet	Monica Seles	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–4
36.	January 8, 2001	adidas International (2)	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
37.	February 18, 2001	Qatar Total FinaElf Open	Doha	Hard	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 6–2
38.	February 25, 2001	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
39.	January 13, 2002	adidas International (3)	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–3
40.	February 3, 2002	Toray Pan Pacific Open (4)	Tokyo	Carpet	Monica Seles	7–6(6), 4–6, 6–3
41.	May 21, 2006	Internazionali d'Italia (2)	Rome	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–2, 7–5
42.	September 24, 2006	Sunfeast Open	Kolkata, India	Carpet	Olga Poutchkova	6–0, 6–4
43.	February 4, 2007	Toray Pan Pacific Open (5)	Tokyo	Carpet	Ana Ivanović	6–4, 6–2

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit doubles titles

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	March 5, 1995	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Petra Langrová	Eva Melicharova Katarzyna Teodorowicz	7–6, 6–2
2.	May 7, 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–2, 6–3
3.	July 7, 1996	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
4.	October 20, 1996	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Helena Suková	Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
5.	January 26, 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
6.	February 16, 1997	Paris, France	Carpet	Helena Suková	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	6–3, 6–0
7.	April 6, 1997	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Mary Joe Fernandez	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
8.	July 27, 1997	Stanford, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–3
9.	August 3, 1997	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6–3, 7–5
10.	September 28, 1997	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Jana Novotná	Yayuk Basuki Helena Suková	6–2, 6–2
11.	October 12, 1997	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
12.	October 19, 1997	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
13.	January 18, 1998	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Helena Suková	Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath	6–1, 6–2
14.	February 1, 1998	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Mirjana Lučić	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
15.	February 8, 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Mirjana Lučić	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
16.	March 29, 1998	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
17.	June 7, 1998	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6
18.	July 5, 1998	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
19.	August 16, 1998	Los Angeles	Hard	Helena Suková	Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–2
20.	August 23, 1998	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jana Novotná	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6–3, 6–4
21.	September 13, 1998	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
22.	January 31, 1999	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–3
23.	March 14, 1999	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Mary Joe Fernandez Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–2
24.	March 28, 1999	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jana Novotná	Mary Joe Fernandez Monica Seles	6–0, 4–6, 7–6
25.	May 9, 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Anna Kournikova	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–2
26.	June 20, 1999	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Kournikova	Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva	6–4, retired
27.	November 21, 1999	New York City	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–4
28.	February 6, 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Mary Pierce	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–1
29.	June 11, 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mary Pierce	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4
30.	August 20, 2000	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
31.	October 8, 2000	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Anna Kournikova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Barbara Schett	6–4, 6–2
32.	October 15, 2000	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–3, 6–4
33.	November 12, 2000	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 7–5
34.	November 19, 2000	New York City	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 6–3
35.	October 7, 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Elena Dementieva Lina Krasnoroutskaya	7–6, 6–3
36.	January 27, 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
37.	May 5, 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Barbara Schett	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–1
38.	March 3, 2007	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	Ágnes Szávay Vladimíra Uhlířová	6–1, 6–1

Singles runner-ups (26)

Doubles runner-ups (14)

Team competition

• 2001 Hopman Cup (with Roger Federer)

Performance timelines

Singles

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the end of 2007 WTA Tour.

• A = did not participate in the tournament
• SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
• ²If ITF women's circuit (Hardcourt: 12–2; Carpet: 6–1) and Fed Cup (10–0) participations are included, overall win-loss record stands at 548–133.

Doubles

WTA Tour career earnings

Records

• These records were attained in Open Era of tennis.

Awards and accolades

1994

• ITF Junior Girls Singles World Champion. Won Wimbledon junior singles title (youngest junior champion there at 13 years, 276 days). Won French Open junior singles and doubles titles. Runner-up at US Open junior singles tournament.

1995

• Tennis magazine. Female Rookie of the Year.

1996

• Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour Most Improved Player. WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award.^{citation needed}

1997

• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.^{citation needed}
• Selected as the Player of the Year by the WTA Tour, the International Tennis Federation, and Tennis magazine.
• BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.^{citation needed}

1998

• First female athlete to be on the cover of the American men's magazine GQ in June 1998.^{citation needed}
• WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Jana Novotná.

1999

• WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Anna Kournikova.

2000

• One of five female tennis players named to the 2000 Forbes magazine Power 100 in Fame and Fortune list at No. 51.
• WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award.

2002

• Elected to Tour Players' Council.^{citation needed}

2006

• World Comeback of the Year Award at the 2006 Laureus World Sports Awards.

2007

• Surpassed U.S.$20 million in career earnings at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, the fourth female player to do so (after Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Lindsay Davenport). She was fourth in the all-time money list at $20,033,600 after the tournament. [1]
• Meredith Inspiration Award for inspiring women around the world - Family Circle Cup/Family Circle magazine [2]

Others

• Except for the French Open, has won every major WTA Tour singles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).
• Except for Berlin, has won every major WTA Tour doubles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).
• 1999 French Open final (Graf d. Hingis 4–6, 7–5, 6–2) was voted by worldwide fans as the Greatest Match in 30-Year History of the Tour (online voting spanned two months and included a ballot of 16 memorable matches).
• To celebrate the WTA Tour's 30th Anniversary, attended on-court ceremony at 2003 season-ending WTA Tour Championships that honored 13 world No. 1 champions (past and present), and founding members of the tour.

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

• Martina Hingis profile on the WTA Tour's official website
• Martina Hingis at the International Tennis Federation
• Martina Hingis at the Fed Cup

Martina Hingis Achievements v • d • e Women's Tennis Association (WTA) World No. 1 players Chris Evert (1975/1985 - 260 w) · Evonne Goolagong (1976 - 2 w) · / Martina Navrátilová (1978/1987 - 331 w) · Tracy Austin (1980 - 22 w) · Steffi Graf (1987/1997 - 377 w) · // Monica Seles (1991/1996 - 178 w) · Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1995 - 12 w) · Martina Hingis (1997/2001 - 209 w) · Lindsay Davenport (1998/2006 - 98 w) · Jennifer Capriati (2001/2002 - 17 w) · Venus Williams (2002 - 11 w) · Serena Williams (2002/2009 - 72 w) · Kim Clijsters (2003/2006 - 19 w) · Justine Henin (2003/2008 - 117 w) · Amélie Mauresmo (2004/2006 - 39 w) · Maria Sharapova (2005/2008 - 17 w) · Ana Ivanović (2008 - 12 w) · Jelena Janković (2008/2009 - 18 w) · Dinara Safina (2009 - 11 w) WTA rankings incepted on November 3, 1975 · (year first held/year last held - number of weeks (w)) · current No. 1 in bold, as of June 29, 2009 v • d • e WTA Year-end championships winners (1971) Billie Jean King • (1972) Chris Evert • (1973) Chris Evert • (1974) Evonne Goolagong • (1975) Chris Evert • (1976) Evonne Goolagong • (1977) Chris Evert • (1978) Martina Navrátilová • (1979) Martina Navrátilová  • (1980) Tracy Austin • (1981) Martina Navrátilová • (1982) Sylvia Hanika • (1983) Martina Navrátilová • (1984) Martina Navrátilová • (1985) Martina Navrátilová • (1986-1) Martina Navrátilová • (1986-2) Martina Navrátilová  • (1987) Steffi Graf • (1988) Gabriela Sabatini • (1989) Steffi Graf • (1990) Monica Seles • (1991) Monica Seles • (1992) Monica Seles • (1993) Steffi Graf • (1994) Gabriela Sabatini • (1995) Steffi Graf • (1996) Steffi Graf • (1997) Jana Novotná • (1998) Martina Hingis • (1999) Lindsay Davenport • (2000) Martina Hingis • (2001) Serena Williams • (2002) Kim Clijsters • (2003) Kim Clijsters • (2004) Maria Sharapova • (2005) Amélie Mauresmo • (2006) Justine Henin • (2007) Justine Henin • (2008) Venus Williams