Martina Hingis

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player who was one of the leading women’s players of the late 1990s and 2010s.

Martina Hingis is a Swiss former professional tennis player who was one of the leading women’s players of the late 1990s and 2010s. She won five Grand Slam singles titles, 13 women’s doubles and seven mixed doubles major titles, and became the youngest player in the Open Era to win a Grand Slam singles title and reach world No. 1.

Early life and junior career

Martina Hingis was born on 30 September 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia). She grew up in a tennis family and emerged as a prodigy, turning professional in 1994.

Singles breakthrough

Hingis rose rapidly to the top of women’s tennis in the late 1990s. Her 1997 Australian Open win made her the youngest Grand Slam singles champion of the Open Era at age 16, and she finished that year as world No. 1. She went on to win five Grand Slam singles titles: three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon and one US Open, and spent 209 weeks as the singles world No. 1.

Doubles success and comeback

After her early singles peak, Hingis became one of the most successful doubles players in the sport. She won 13 Grand Slam women’s doubles titles and seven Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, including a calendar-year Grand Slam in women’s doubles in 1998. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013, and later returned to top-level tennis, focusing mainly on doubles and mixed doubles.

Retirement and legacy

Hingis retired from professional tennis after the 2017 WTA Finals while ranked No. 1 in doubles. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest players of her era because of her titles, rankings, and early records.