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Martina Hingis (, ; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional
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player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the
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(WTA) for 209 weeks ( fifth-most of all time) and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 90 weeks, holding both No. 1 rankings simultaneously for 29 weeks. Hingis won 43
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-level singles titles and 64 doubles titles, including a total of 25
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titles: five in singles, 13 in women's doubles (including the
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in
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), and seven in mixed doubles. In addition, she won the season-ending Tour Finals two times in singles and three in doubles, an Olympic silver medal in doubles, and a record 17
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singles titles. Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records during the 1990s, including youngest-ever Grand Slam champion and youngest-ever world No. 1. Before
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injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in early 2003, at the age of 22, she had won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles titles and, according to ''
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'', was the highest-paid female athlete in the world for five consecutive years, 1997 to 2001. After several surgeries and long recoveries, Hingis returned to the WTA Tour in 2006, climbing to world No. 6 in singles, winning two Tier I tournaments, and receiving the
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. She retired in November 2007 after being hampered by a hip injury for several months. In January 2008, the International Tennis Federation suspended Hingis for two years following a positive test for a
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of cocaine in 2007. In July 2013, Hingis again returned from retirement to play the doubles events of the North American hardcourt season. During her doubles-only comeback, she won four major women's doubles tournaments, six major mixed doubles tournaments (completing the career Grand Slam in mixed doubles), 27 WTA Tour titles, and the silver medal in women's doubles at the
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. Hingis retired for the third and final time after the 2017 WTA Finals, while ranked as the doubles world No. 1. Hingis was ranked by ''
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'' magazine in 2005 as the eighth-greatest female player of the preceding 40 years. She was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by ''TIME'' in June 2011. Hingis was the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and to attain a world No. 1 ranking. In 2013, Hingis was elected into the
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, and was appointed two years later the organization's first ever Global Ambassador.Martina Hingis named Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Retrieved on 2015-09-11.


Personal life

Hingis was born in
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,
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(now in
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) as Martina Hingisová, to Melanie Molitorová and Karol Hingis, both of whom were tennis players. Molitorová 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. Her father was ranked as high as 19th in the Czechoslovak tennis rankings. Martina Hingis spent her early childhood growing up in the town of
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(now in the
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). Hingis's parents divorced when she was six, and she and her mother defected from Czechoslovakia in 1987 and emigrated to Trübbach (Wartau) in Switzerland when she was seven. Her mother remarried to a Swiss man, Andreas Zogg, a computer technician. Hingis acquired Swiss citizenship through naturalization. Along with her native
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and
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, Hingis speaks English and
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. Hingis became engaged to Czech tennis player
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in November 2006, but the couple broke off the engagement in August 2007. In December 2009, Hingis became engaged to then-38-year-old Andreas Bieri, a Swiss attorney she had been living with since the summer of 2009, but the couple broke off the engagement in April 2010. On 10 December 2010, in Paris, Hingis married then-24-year-old Thibault Hutin, a French equestrian
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she had met at a competition in April of that year. On 8 July 2013, Hingis told the Swiss newspaper ''
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'' the pair had been separated since the beginning of the year. On 20 July 2018, Hingis married sports physician Harald Leemann in Switzerland in a secret ceremony at the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz. Hingis and Leemann had been in a relationship for almost a year before they got married. They were both 37. On 30 September 2018 (her 38th birthday) Hingis announced, via social media, her first pregnancy. She gave birth to a daughter, Lia, on 26 February 2019. The couple divorced in August 2022.


Tennis career

Hingis began playing tennis when she was two years old and entered her first tournament at age four. In 1993, 12-year-old Hingis became the youngest player to win a
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junior title: the girls' singles at the French Open. In 1994, she retained her French Open junior title, won the girls' singles title at
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, and reached the final of the US Open. She made her WTA debut at the
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in October 1994, two weeks after turning 14, and ended 1994 ranked world No. 87.


Grand Slam success and period of dominance (1996–2000)


1996

In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time, when she teamed with
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at
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to win the women's doubles title at age 15 years and 9 months. She also won her first professional singles title that year at
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, Germany. She reached the singles quarterfinals of the 1996 Australian Open and the singles semifinals of the 1996
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. Following her win at Filderstadt, Hingis defeated the reigning Australian Open champion and co-top ranked (with
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)
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in the final in Oakland, but lost to Graf in the year-end
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final in five sets.


1997

In 1997, Hingis became the World No. 1 women's tennis player. She started the year by winning the warm-up tournament in Sydney. She then became the youngest
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singles winner in the 20th century by winning the Australian Open at age 16 years and 3 months (beating former champion
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in the final). She also won the Australian Open women's doubles with
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. In March, she became the youngest top ranked player in history. In July, she became the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since
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in 1887 by beating
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in the final. She then defeated another up-and-coming player,
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, 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
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.


1998: Doubles Grand Slam

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, (the Australian Open with
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and the other three events with Novotná), and she became only the third woman to hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles simultaneously. She also retained her Australian Open singles title by beating
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in straight sets in the final. Hingis, however, lost in the final of the US Open to
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. 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

1999 saw Hingis win her third successive Australian Open singles crown as well as the doubles title (with
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). She had dropped her former doubles partner Jana Novotná. She then reached the French Open final and was three points away from victory in the second set before losing to Steffi Graf about whom she had said before: "Steffi had some results in the past, but it's a faster, more athletic game now... She is old now. Her time has passed." She broke into tears after a game in which the crowd had booed her for using underhand serves and crossing the line in a discussion about an umpire decision. After a shock first-round, straight set, loss to
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at Wimbledon, Hingis bounced back to reach her third consecutive US Open final, where she lost to 17-year-old
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. 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 Lindsay Davenport.


2000

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. Later, Hingis and Mary Pierce, her new doubles partner, lost to
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and
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. Hingis captured the French Open women's doubles title with Pierce and produced consistent results in singles tournaments throughout the year. She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon before losing to Venus Williams. Although she did not win a Grand Slam singles tournament, the first time this had happened since 1996, 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 first retirement from tennis (2001–2003)


2001

In 2001,
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, with Hingis and
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on its team, won the
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. Hingis didn't drop a set in any of her singles matches during the event, defeating
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,
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,
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, and Monica Seles. In 2018, after his second Hopman Cup victory, Federer was quoted as saying: "I learned a lot from her, especially the two years I was here – once as a hitting partner and once as a partner with Martina. Definitely she helped me to become the player I am today." Hingis reached her fifth consecutive
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final in 2001, defeating both of the
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en route, before losing to
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. She briefly ended her coaching relationship with her mother Melanie early in the year but had a change of heart two months later just before the French Open. 2001 was her least successful year in several seasons, with only three tournament victories in total. She lost her No. 1 ranking for the last time (to
Jennifer Capriati Jennifer Maria Capriati (born March 29, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 17 weeks. Capriati won 14 WTA Tour-level singles t ...
) on 14 October 2001. In that same month, Hingis underwent surgery on her right ankle.


2002

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 in three sets. 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.


2003

In February 2003, at the age of 22, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis, due to her injuries and being in pain. "I want to play tennis only for fun and concentrate more on horse riding and finish my studies." In several interviews, she indicated that she wished to return to her home country and coach full-time. During this segment of her tennis career (until what would become her first retirement), Hingis won a total of 40 singles titles and 36 doubles. She held the world No. 1 singles ranking for a total of 209 weeks (fifth most following Steffi Graf,
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,
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, and Serena Williams). In 2005, ''Tennis'' magazine put her in 22nd place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis era.


Return to the game (2005–2007)


2005

In February 2005, Hingis came out of retirement and made an unsuccessful return to competition. This took place at an event in
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, Thailand, where she lost to Germany's
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in the first round. After the loss, she claimed that she had no further plans to continue further and make a full-fledged comeback. Hingis, however, resurfaced in July, playing singles, doubles, and mixed doubles in
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and notching up singles victories over two top 100 players and shutting out
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in singles on 7 July. With these promising results behind her, Hingis announced on 29 November her return to the next season's
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.


2006

At the
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, Hingis lost in the quarterfinals to second-seeded
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. However, Hingis won the mixed doubles title with
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of India. This was her first career
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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,
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, in the semifinals of the
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in Tokyo, before losing in the final to world No. 9,
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. Hingis competed in Dubai then, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to Sharapova. At the Tier I Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, Hingis defeated world No. 4,
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in the fourth round, before again losing to Sharapova in the semifinals. At the Tier I Italian Open 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
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in the final. This was her 41st WTA Tour singles title and first in more than four years. Hingis then reached the quarterfinals of the French Open before losing to Kim Clijsters. At Wimbledon, Hingis lost in the third round to
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. Hingis's return to the US Open was short lived, as she was upset in the second round by world No. 112,
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of France. In her first tournament after the US Open, Hingis won the second title of her comeback at the Tier III
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in Kolkata, India. She defeated unseeded Russian
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in the final. The following week in
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, Hingis notched her 50th match win of the year before losing in the second round to
Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles ...
. Hingis qualified for the year-ending
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in Madrid as the 8th seed. In her round robin matches, she lost in three sets to both
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and
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but defeated
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. Hingis ended the year ranked world No. 7. She also finished eighth in prize money earnings (US$1,159,537). Hingis also ranked as No. 7 on the Annual Top Google News Searches in 2006.


2007

At the
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, Hingis won her first three rounds without losing a set before defeating China's
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in the fourth round. Hingis then lost a quarterfinal match to
Kim Clijsters Kim Antonie Lode Clijsters (; born 8 June 1983) is a Belgian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 20 weeks, and as the world No. 1 in women's double ...
. 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
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tournaments that Clijsters had eliminated Hingis in the quarterfinals. Hingis won her next tournament, the Tier I
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in Tokyo, defeating
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in the final. This was Hingis's record fifth singles title at this event. A hip injury that troubled her at the German Open caused her to withdraw from the
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, where she was the defending champion, and the French Open, the only important singles title that eluded her. In her first round match at Wimbledon, Hingis saved two match points to defeat British wildcard
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, apparently not having fully recovered from the hip injury that prevented her from playing the French Open. In the third round, Hingis lost to
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of the United States, and stated afterwards she should not have entered the tournament. Hingis's next tournament was the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the US Open, in which Hingis lost in the third round to Belarusian teenager
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. Hingis did not play any tournaments after the
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, as she was beset by injuries for the rest of the year.


ITF suspension and second retirement (2007–2012)

In November 2007, Hingis called a press conference to announce that she was under investigation for testing positive for
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, a metabolite of cocaine, during a urine test taken by players at Wimbledon. Hingis's urine sample contained an estimated 42 nanograms per millilitre of benzoylecgonine. The
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's report on the matter states that "the very low estimated concentration of benzoylecgonine (42 ng/ml) was such that it would go unreported in many drug testing programmes such as that of the US military, which uses a screening threshold of 150 ng/ml." As the amount was so low, Hingis appealed, arguing the likely cause was contamination rather than intentional ingestion. In January 2008, the ITF's tribunal suspended Hingis from the sport for two years, effective from October 2007. At the time of Hingis's suspension, the ITF required an automatic two-year suspension for any players who tested positive for banned substances, regardless of extenuating circumstances such as contamination or extremely low detection levels. The ITF subsequently altered the suspension rules as a result of the Hingis case, allowing for future flexibility in cases of unintentional or unexplained ingestion.


2008–09

Having retired for the second time in 2007, Hingis played an exhibition match at the Liverpool International tournament on 13 June 2008. Although this event was a warm-up for Wimbledon, it was not part of the
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. In a rematch of their
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final, Hingis defeated
Jana Novotná Jana Novotná (; 2 October 1968 – 19 November 2017) was a Czech professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 2 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in 1997, and as the world No. 1 in women's doubles for 67 weeks. ...
. In 2009, Hingis took part in the British television dancing competition ''
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''. She was the bookies' favourite for the competition, but went out in the first week after performing a waltz and a rumba.


2010

At the start of 2010, Hingis defeated former world No. 1
Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 98 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 four ...
, and hinted at a possible return to tennis. In February, she announced having committed to a full season with the
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tour in 2010. She had previously played for World TeamTennis in 2005 to assist her first comeback. Sparking thoughts that she was trying to come back to the WTA Tour, she committed to playing at the Nottingham Masters. On 5 May 2010, it was announced that Hingis would reunite with her doubles partner
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. Kournikova was participating in competitive tennis for the first time in seven years, in the Invitational Ladies Doubles event at Wimbledon. Hingis also confirmed that she would play at the
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championship in June 2010, preceding Wimbledon, before playing in the Manchester Masters after Wimbledon. Liverpool like the Nottingham and Manchester Masters are organised by her management company Northern Vision. At the Nottingham Masters, Hingis faced
Michaëlla Krajicek Michaëlla Krajicek (; born 9 January 1989) is a Dutch former tennis player. She has won three singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as one WTA 125 tournaments, WTA 125 doubles title, and 14 titles in singles and 24 in double ...
(twice),
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and Monika Wejnert. Hingis won just once in the event, against Wejnert. After the Nottingham event,
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stated that she believed that Hingis might return to the WTA Tour on the doubles circuit, after competing in the WTT.


2011

On 5 June 2011, Hingis, paired with Lindsay Davenport, won the Roland Garros Women's Legends title, defeating Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotná in the final. Before facing Navratilova/Novotná, Hingis and Davenport won two round-robin matches in the tournament: first against
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/Natasha Zvereva, and then in the next match they prevailed over
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/
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and 10:0 in the super tie-break. On 3 July, Hingis partnering Lindsay Davenport won the Wimbledon Ladies' Invitation Doubles title, defeating Navratilova and Novotná in the final. She also played for the New York Sportimes of the World TeamTennis Pro League in July 2011. She finished the season with the top winning percentage of any player competing in women's singles.


2012

Hingis and Davenport successfully defended their Wimbledon Ladies' Invitation Doubles title in 2012, again beating Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotná in the final.


Second return and doubles success (2013–2017)


2013: Coming out of retirement

In April 2013, Hingis agreed to coach
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova Anastasia Sergeyevna "Nastia" Pavlyuchenkova (; born 3 July 1991) is a Russian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 11 on 8 November 2021. Pavlyuchenkova has won twelve singles titles ...
; however, after a disagreement about how to prepare for tournaments they parted ways in June. Hingis won the Ladies' Invitation Doubles for a third year in a row at Wimbledon, again with Davenport. They beat Jana Novotná and
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in the final. Hingis was inducted into the
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in July 2013, and in the same month, announced that she was coming out of retirement to play a doubles tournament, with Daniela Hantuchová as her partner, in Carlsbad, California. She was accepted as a wildcard entry. She also played doubles in Toronto, Cincinnati, New Haven, and the
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.


2014: US Open doubles finalist

Hingis helped
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during the
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. She participated in Champions Tennis League India to boost tennis in the country. Hingis returned to the WTA Tour at Indian Wells, partnering Lisicki in the doubles. They lost in the first round to three-time Grand Slam finalists
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and
Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
. At the Miami Open, Hingis and Lisicki reached the finals of the tournament and then defeated Makarova and Vesnina in straight sets, marking Hingis's first title since she won the
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in 2007 and her first Premier Mandatory doubles title since winning the 2001 title in Moscow. This was also her third win in Miami, having won her last title there in 1999. Hingis reached the final at Eastbourne with Pennetta where they lost to
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and
Chan Yung-jan Latisha Chan (born 17 August 1989), formerly known by her Chinese name Chan Yung-jan (; ), is a Taiwanese professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. She has won 33 career titles in doubles, including a Grand Slam title ...
of Taiwan. At the
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, she reached the quarterfinals with partner
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in mixed doubles, where they lost to
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and
Kristina Mladenovic Kristina "Kiki" Mladenovic (born 14 May 1993) is a French professional tennis player and a former List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles. Her best singles ranking is world No. 10. She is a nine-time Grand Slam ...
in straight sets. Entering as an unseeded team at the
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, Hingis and Pennetta reached the final, without losing a set in any of their matches. In the final they lost to Makarova and Vesnina in three sets. At the latter end of the season, Hingis and Flavia Pennetta won two titles. At the tournament in Wuhan, they beat Cara Black and
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to take the title; in Moscow they beat
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and
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.


2015: Five major doubles titles

In her first tournament of the year in Brisbane, Hingis and partner Sabine Lisicki didn't drop a set en route to the title, beating Caroline Garcia and
Katarina Srebotnik Katarina Srebotnik (born 12 March 1981) is a Slovenian former professional tennis player. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 20, on 7 August 2006. On 4 July 2011, she became the No. 1 of the WTA doubles rankings, holding thi ...
in straight sets in the final. Hingis played at the
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with Flavia Pennetta, as the fourth seeds, but lost in the third round. However, Hingis paired with
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in the mixed doubles to win the title. The win was her first in a major event since capturing the mixed-doubles crown at the 2006 Australian Open. After early exits with Pennetta at the Dubai Tennis Championships and Qatar Ladies Open, Hingis then partnered with Indian player
Sania Mirza Sania Mirza (; born 15 November 1986) is an Indian former professional tennis player. A former doubles world No. 1, she won six major titles – three in women's doubles and three in mixed doubles. From 2003 until her retirement from singles ...
; they won the first 20 sets they contested, subsequently winning back-to-back titles in two WTA Premier Mandatory events: the
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and the Miami Open, also winning afterwise the
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. They were defeated in the first round in
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. At the Madrid Open they lost in the quarterfinals to
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champions Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Lucie Šafářová 11–9 in the super tie-break. They reached the quarterfinals of the
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, losing again to Mattek-Sands and Šafářová, this time in straight sets. Hingis made a comeback in
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after a 17-year absence. She was scheduled to play doubles only, but then decided to try another comeback in singles by playing in the Fed Cup tie for Switzerland. She drew Agnieszka Radwańska in the first rubber and was defeated in two sets in her first official tour match since 2007. She lost her second singles rubber too, defeated by
Urszula Radwańska Urszula Radwańska (; born 7 December 1990) is a Polish professional tennis player. Radwańska has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour, as well as seven singles and eleven doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 8 October 2012, she reac ...
in three sets, having been a set and a double break up. On 11 July 2015, Hingis and Mirza beat Makarova and Vesnina in three tight sets, recovering from 5–2 down in the third to win the women's doubles tournament at Wimbledon. The win gave Hingis her first Grand Slam in women's doubles since the 2002 Australian Open. The following day, Hingis then won the mixed doubles final, partnering with Leander Paes, to defeat
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and
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in straight sets. After two semifinal losses in
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and
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, Hingis won the mixed doubles title at the
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on 12 September, partnering Paes, defeating
Sam Querrey Samuel Austin Querrey ( ; born October 7, 1987) is an American professional pickleball player and former tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 11 achieved on February 26, 2018, and won ten ATP singles titles. Known ...
and
Bethanie Mattek-Sands Bethanie Mattek-Sands ( Bethanie Lynn Mattek; born March 23, 1985) is an American professional tennis player. She has won nine Grand Slam titles (five in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles), and an Olympic gold medal, and is a former w ...
in three sets. The following day, Hingis and Mirza beat
Casey Dellacqua Casey Dellacqua ( ; born 11 February 1985) is an Australian former professional tennis player and current commentator. Her best singles results on the WTA Tour have been semifinal appearances at the 2012 Texas Tennis Open and 2014 Birmingham ...
and
Yaroslava Shvedova Yaroslava Vyacheslavovna Shvedova (; born 12 September 1987) is a Kazakhstani former professional tennis player. Before 2008, she represented her country of birth, Russia. She won one singles title and 13 doubles titles on the WTA Tour, plus o ...
in straight sets to win the doubles tournament. At the WTA Finals, they won all their group matches, including against Kops-Jones/Spears, Hlaváčková/Hradecká and Babos/Mladenovic. In the semifinals they beat the Chan sisters, and then they beat the Spanish team Muguruza/Suárez Navarro to win the title. That month Hingis participated at the
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in India, playing for the Hyderabad Aces team.


2016: Mixed-doubles career Grand Slam

In January, Hingis and Mirza won at Brisbane and Sydney. They then won the doubles tournament at the
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, defeating Hlaváčková and Hradecká in the final, for their third consecutive Grand Slam title. Afterwards, Hingis said of their partnership: "There's not that many people who can match her in the forehand rallies and me on the backhand side and at the net. That's what we try to do every match." In mixed doubles, Hingis and Paes lost in the quarterfinals to Mirza and
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. In February, Hingis represented
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in the
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tie against
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alongside
Belinda Bencic Belinda Bencic (; born 10 March 1997) is a Swiss professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA rankings, ranking of world No. 4 which she achieved in February 2020. Bencic has won nine career singles titles, including Tennis at the 2020 ...
and
Timea Bacsinszky Timea Bacsinszky (; born 8 June 1989) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. A former top ten singles player, Bacsinszky reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 9, on 16 May 2016. She won four singles and five doubles titles o ...
. Switzerland beat Germany 3–2, with Hingis and Bencic clinching the doubles rubber. Switzerland advanced to the semifinals, where the team lost to the defending champions of the
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. The Hingis-Mirza winning-streak record of 41 matches ended in the quarterfinals of the
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, where they lost to Kasatkina/Vesnina. Hingis and Mirza then proceeded to the
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to defend their title. However, they suffered a shock as the unseeded
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/
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defeated them in straight sets. At the Miami Open, Mirza and Hingis lost in the second round to
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and
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. Hingis and Mirza started their clay season by reaching the finals of Porsche Tennis Grand Prix and Madrid Open, where they lost to
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and
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in both the tournaments. However, they won the Italian Open, defeating Makarova and Vesnina. At the
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, they were upset by Czech pair
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and
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in the third round, which ended their 20 match winning streak in Grand Slam doubles tournaments. Hingis won the
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mixed doubles partnering
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. It is her first mixed doubles title at Roland Garros, and she completed the mixed-doubles career Grand Slam, becoming only the fourth woman ever to complete a career Grand Slam in both women's doubles and mixed doubles. Hingis qualified for the
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in Rio de Janeiro, 20 years after her last Olympic appearance. She played doubles with Timea Bacsinszky and won the silver medal, losing to Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina in straight sets in the final. Hingis then played at the US Open with CoCo Vandeweghe, where they made the semifinals and lost to top seeds Garcia and Mladenovic. At the WTA Finals, Hingis reunited with Sania Mirza in what would be the partnership's last tournament together; they defeated the Chan sisters in the quarterfinals but then lost to Makarova and Vesnina.


2017: Three major doubles titles, back to world No. 1, final retirement

Hingis continued to partner CoCo Vandeweghe in women's doubles competition at the start of the
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. Together they reached the quarterfinals of the 2017 Apia International Sydney – Women's doubles, Sydney International, losing to eventual champions Tímea Babos and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and the second round of the 2017 Australian Open – Women's doubles, Australian Open, losing to the Australian duo of Ashleigh Barty and Casey Dellacqua. This capped a run of poor form, having gone 5–5 in tournaments since they made the semifinals at the 2016 US Open – Women's doubles, US Open the 2016 WTA Tour, previous season. As a result, Hingis split with Vandeweghe and entered a new partnership with Republic of China, Taiwan's Chan Yung-jan, who herself had just split with her sister Hao-ching. In the 2017 Australian Open – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles competition at the Australian Open, Hingis reached the quarterfinals with Leander Paes before losing to another Australian duo, Samantha Stosur and Sam Groth in straight sets. In preparation for the upcoming 2017 Fed Cup World Group#Quarterfinals, Fed Cup quarterfinal match between
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and France Fed Cup team, France, Hingis partnered with Belinda Bencic to defend her 2017 St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy – Doubles, St. Petersburg title. The pair lost in the first round to Gabriela Dabrowski and
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. In the Fed Cup quarterfinal match, Hingis instead paired up with Timea Bacsinszky and won their doubles match against Amandine Hesse and Kristina Mladenovic, helping the team to a 4–1 victory to advance to the semifinals. In the first two tournaments of their new partnership, Hingis and Chan suffered some "tough" losses. They fell to
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and Yaroslava Shvedova in the semifinals of the 2017 Qatar Total Open – Doubles, Qatar Open and to Andrea Hlaváčková and Peng Shuai in straight sets in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Dubai Tennis Championships – Women's doubles, Dubai Tennis Championships. However, they immediately rebounded by winning their first title together at the 2017 BNP Paribas Open – Women's doubles, Indian Wells Open, defeating Hingis's old partner Sania Mirza with Barbora Strýcová in the quarterfinals, top seeded Mattek-Sands and Šafářová in the semifinals, and Czech pair Lucie Hradecká and Kateřina Siniaková in the final. They then reached the semifinals of the 2017 Miami Open – Women's doubles, Miami Open, before losing to Mirza and Strýcová. Hingis again sought to practice with a Switzerland, Swiss partner before the 2017 Fed Cup World Group#Semifinals, Fed Cup semifinal clash of
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versus Belarus Fed Cup team, Belarus, and this time paired up with Bacsinszky to enter the inaugural 2017 Ladies Open Biel Bienne – Doubles, Ladies Open Biel Bienne. Hingis and Bacsinszky reached the final, succumbing there to Hsieh Su-wei and
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. Despite winning her doubles rubber with Bacsinszky in the Fed Cup semifinal tie, Switzerland would ultimately lose 2–3. Switzerland had been seeking to reach its first final since Hingis had spearheaded the team to a narrow defeat to Spain Fed Cup team, Spain in 1998 Fed Cup World Group, 1998. In the clay-court season, Hingis and Chan continued their good form to win back-to-back titles at the 2017 Mutua Madrid Open – Women's doubles, Madrid and 2017 Italian Open – Women's doubles, Italian Opens, defeating
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and Andrea Hlaváčková and Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina respectively, in the finals of each event. Hingis's victory in Madrid was her 100th WTA career title. This success marked the pair as one of the pre-tournament favorites to win the 2017 French Open – Women's doubles, French Open. Hingis and Chan reached the semifinals, where their 12 match winning streak was ended by eventual champions Mattek-Sands and Šafářová. Hingis and Paes lost in the opening round of the 2017 French Open – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles competition to
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and Raven Klaasen in a super tiebreak. Hingis and Chan again won back-to-back titles, this time at the 2017 Mallorca Open – Doubles, Mallorca Open and the 2017 Aegon International Eastbourne – Women's doubles, Eastbourne International. At Mallorca, they won the title by walkover after Jelena Janković and Anastasija Sevastova withdrew from the title match owing to an injury sustained by Sevastova in the singles competition. At Eastbourne, they won after defeating Barty and Dellacqua in the final. However, like the French Open two months previous, Hingis and Chan could not replicate the success at Grand Slam level: losing at the quarterfinal stage to Grönefeld and Peschke at 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Women's doubles, Wimbledon. In the 2017 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles competition, Hingis paired up with new partner Great Britain's Jamie Murray after splitting from Leander Paes. As top seeds they reached the final without losing a set, before defeating defending champions Heather Watson and Henri Kontinen in the championship match. Hingis and Chan next played at the 2017 Rogers Cup – Women's doubles, Canadian Open, where the German-Czech pair of Grönefeld and Peschke defeated them for the second tournament in a row in the quarterfinals. However, not to be deterred, a week later at the 2017 Western & Southern Open – Women's doubles, Cincinnati Open they produced another winning run and defeated Hsieh and Niculescu in the final to capture their next title together. On 14 August, Hingis and Chan became one of the first teams to qualify for the doubles competition at the year-end 2017 WTA Finals, WTA Finals. At the 2017 US Open (tennis), US Open, Hingis emerged victorious from both the 2017 US Open – Women's doubles, women's and the 2017 US Open – Mixed doubles, mixed doubles competition. Jamie Murray and she defeated Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus (tennis), Michael Venus in the final to capture their second consecutive title together and remain undefeated as a pair. Then, less than 24 hours later with Chan, they defeated Hradecká and Siniaková in the final to win their first major title together. In total, this was Hingis's 25th Grand Slam title across all disciplines. Hingis and Chan extended their winning run to 18 matches in China by winning their third and fourth straight titles: the 2017 Wuhan Open – Doubles, Wuhan and 2017 China Open – Women's doubles, China Opens. In Wuhan, they defeated Shuko Aoyama and Yang Zhaoxuan in the final. With this win, Hingis ascended to the No. 1 ranking on 2 October for the 67th week in her career. In Beijing, they defeated Babos and Hlaváčková. Hingis announced her retirement at the WTA Finals in Singapore in October 2017.


Playing style

Hingis was an all-court player who possessed an intelligent, crafty game. Hingis compensated for her lack of power with superior movement, anticipation, finesse, point construction, shot selection, and knowledge of the geometry of the court. Hingis used a semi-western grip for her forehand, allowing her to create sharp angles and dictate play. Her two-handed backhand was her most effective groundstroke, and was used to redirect power down the line. She could also hit her backhand one-handed with slice, and would use this shot to break up the pace of rallies. Her serve was not particularly powerful, and she rarely served aces, but was reliable, and she was proficient at defending her serve. Although her serve had been recorded as high as , her first serve was typically delivered at , and her second serve speed averaged . She was one of the most effective returners on the WTA tour, positioning herself on the baseline to return first serves, and her superior sense of anticipation allowed her to read serves effectively. Due to her doubles experience, Hingis was one of the most effective players at the net on the WTA tour, possessing an almost complete repertoire of shots at the net, and she would frequently choose to finish points off at the net.


Career statistics


Singles performance timeline

* 2If ITF Women's Circuit (hardcourt: 12–2; carpet: 6–1) and Fed Cup (10–0) participations are included, overall win–loss record: 548–133.


Grand Slam singles finals: 12 (5–7)


Doubles


Grand Slam doubles finals: 16 (13–3)

By winning the 1998 US Open (tennis), 1998 US Open title, Hingis completed the doubles Career Grand Slam, becoming the 17th female player in history to achieve this, as well as the youngest. It also meant she completed the Calendar Year Grand Slam, becoming the fourth woman in history to achieve the feat in doubles.


Mixed doubles


Mixed doubles finals: 7 (7–0)

By winning the 2016 French Open title, Hingis completed the mixed doubles Career Grand Slam. She became the 7th female player in history to achieve this.


Records

* These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis. * By winning Wimbledon doubles title in 1996 with Helena Suková became youngest doubles winner at 15 years, 282 days and youngest ever Grand Slam winner. * By winning Australian singles title in 1997, became youngest winner there in tennis history at 16 years and 3 months. * By defeating Monica Seles 6–2, 6–1 in 1997 at Sony Ericsson Open, Key Biscayne, ascended the no. 1 spot as the youngest ever in tennis history. * Became the youngest ever year-end No.1 in 1997 in tennis history. * By winning the US Open against Venus Williams in 1997, Hingis contended all Grand Slam tournament finals that year; second youngest winner in the US Open at 16 years, 11 months and 8 days. * Won the Australian and US Open in 1997 without losing a set. * In 1997, from Sydney to the final of Roland Garros had a 37-match winning streak, best from 1995 until present. * By winning the US Open doubles title in 1998 with Jana Novotná, completed a doubles Grand Slam, third player in the Open Era. * Held simultaneously the no. 1 position for singles and doubles in 1998. * Most successful player to play the Toray Pan-Pacific Tournament with 5 wins in 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2007, and reached 8 finals in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007. * Compiled 103 top-10 wins (behind Serena Williams 164, Lindsay Davenport 129, and Venus Williams 127), 43 singles titles, 64 doubles titles, 7 mixed doubles titles, and 209 weeks at no.1 (5th behind Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, Chris Evert and Serena Williams). * In 2015, won three Grand Slam Mixed Doubles title with
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, an accomplishment last achieved in 1969 by Margaret Court and Marty Riessen * Most Mixed Doubles titles (2) won by a woman player in Open Era in Australian Open * Only player in the Open Era to win the Australian Open singles and doubles titles three consecutive years. ** 1997 (S) d. Pierce, (D) w/Zvereva d. Davenport/Raymond ** 1998 (S) d. Martinez, (D) w/Lučić d. Davenport/Zvereva ** 1999 (S) d. Mauresmo, (D) w/Kournikova d. Davenport/Zvereva


Awards

* 1992: Swiss Champion together with the tennisclub ''TC Schützenwiese'' (from Winterthur) in the Interclub-Championships. * 1994: ITF Junior Girls Singles World Champion. * 1995: WTA Newcomer of the Year. * 1995: Named "Female Rookie of the Year" by ''
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'' magazine. * 1996: WTA Most Improved Player of the Year. * 1997: Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year. * 1997: WTA Player of the Year. * 1997: ITF World Champions, ITF World Champion – Women's singles. * 1997: BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. * 1998: First female athlete to be on the cover of the American men's magazine GQ in June 1998. * 1998: WTA Doubles Team of the Year (with
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). * 1999: WTA Doubles Team of the Year (with
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). * 1999: ITF World Champion – Women's Singles. * 1999: ITF World Champions, ITF World Champion – Women's doubles (with Anna Kournikova). * 2000: ITF World Champion – Women's Singles. * 2000: One of five female tennis players named to the 2000 ''
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'' magazine Power 100 in Fame and Fortune list at No. 51. * 2000: WTA Diamond Aces Award. * 2002: Elected to Tour Players' Council. * 2006:
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. * 2007: Surpassed US$20 million in career earnings at the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, the fourth female player to do so (after
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,
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, and
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). She was fourth in the all-time money list at $20,033,600 after the tournament. * 2007: Meredith Inspiration Award for inspiring women around the world – Family Circle Cup/''Family Circle'' magazine * 2013: Inducted into the
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on 13 July 2013 * 2015: First Global Ambassador for the International Tennis Hall of Fame. * 2015: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with
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. * 2015: ITF World Champion – Women's Doubles (with Sania Mirza). * 2017: WTA Doubles Team of the Year with
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. * 2017: ITF World Champion – Women's Doubles (with Chan Yung-jan).


Notable accolades

* Except for the French Open, she won every major WTA Tour singles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments,
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, and Tier I tournaments). * Except for Berlin, she won every major WTA Tour doubles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments). * By reaching the 2016 French Open mixed doubles finals, Hingis joined an elite group of players who have reached the finals in all 4 Grand Slams across singles, doubles, and mixed doubles.


Equipment endorsements

Hingis's current on-court apparel is manufactured by ''Tonic Lifestyle Apparel''; having her own clothing line: ''Tonic by Martina Hingis''. She is sponsored by Yonex for racquets and shoes. In the 1990s, Hingis was sponsored by Sergio Tacchini. In 1998 she suffered a foot injury, and she withdrew from the Wimbledon doubles competition in 1999. She sued the company in 2001 for making allegedly defective shoes that injured her feet. Hingis and Tacchini settled in 2005 for an undisclosed amount of money. She was sponsored by Adidas from 1999 until 2008.


See also

* WTA Tour records * List of WTA number 1 ranked singles players * List of WTA number 1 ranked doubles players * List of female tennis players * List of tennis rivalries * List of Grand Slam women's singles champions * List of Grand Slam women's doubles champions * Open Era tennis records – women's singles * All-time tennis records – women's singles


References


External links

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ITF Press release: Decision in the case of Martina Hingis

Representation Agency for Martina Hingis
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