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Martina Hingis

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Country (sports)	Switzerland
Residence	Hurden, Switzerland
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	1994
Retired	2002; Comeback in 2006; again 1 November 2007
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Prize money	US$20,130,657 (6th in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record	548–133
Career titles	43 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (31 March 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1997, 1998, 1999)
French Open	F (1997, 1999)
Wimbledon	W (1997)
US Open	W (1997)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1998, 2000)
Olympic Games	2R (1996)
Doubles
Career record	286–54
Career titles	37 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 1 (8 June 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: 4 July 2008.

Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia) is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 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 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 No. 6 and won three singles titles. On 1 November 2007, after suffering from injuries for much of the year, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis while admitting she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. She denied using the drug. On 4 January2008, she was banned from tennis for two years for the cocaine offense. She has stated that she will not return to professional tennis when this ban expires.

Childhood and early career

Hingis was born to accomplished tennis players: a Czech mother, Melanie Molitorova, and a Hungarian 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. 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. 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.

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 Grand Slam junior title: the girls' singles at the French Open. In 1994, she retained her French Open junior title, won the girls' singles title at Wimbledon, and reached the final of the US Open.

She made her professional debut in October 1994, two weeks after her 14th birthday. She ended the year ranked World No. 87, 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.

Grand Slam success and period of dominance

In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Wimbledon champion when she teamed with Helena Suková 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 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, 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, (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, where 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.

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 7 July. With these promising results behind her, Hingis announced on 29 November her return to the WTA Tour in 2006.

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 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. The following week 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. This was her 41st WTA 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 Vladimira Uhlirova 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. 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.

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. However, on 1 November 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 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.

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 WTA Tour. This allowed Hingis to participate without breaching the rules of her ban. In a rematch of their 1997 Wimbledon final, Hingis defeated Jana Novotná 6–3, 6–4.

Controversies

Hingis is also well known for usually being outspoken and "sharp-tongued." 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."

• 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."

• 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.'"

• 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."

• 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.)

• 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."

• During her speech after winning the 1997 Australian Open women's singles final, Hingis, referring to her win in women's doubles the previous day, said, "Next time I have to play mixed doubles, but I have to give someone else a chance to win an event."

The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal announced on 4 January 2008, that Hingis was found to have committed a doping offence. The tribunal determined that a sample provided by Hingis at Wimbledon on 29 June2007, had tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine. The tribunal suspended Hingis from participation in any ITF or associated event for two years, beginning on 1 October 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 U.S.$129,481.00, that she won at those events.

Record against other top players

As of 30 October 2008, Hingis win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:

• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 18–2
• Monica Seles 15–5
• Barbara Schett 11-0
• Anna Kournikova 11–1
• Conchita Martínez 11–3
• Venus Williams 11–10
• Lindsay Davenport 11–14
• Amanda Coetzer 10-2
• Mary Pierce 10–6
• Jana Novotná 9–3
• Chanda Rubin 8-2
• Amélie Mauresmo 7–7
• Irina Spîrlea 6–0
• Ai Sugiyama 6–2
• Serena Williams 6–7
• Julie Halard-Decugis 5–0
• Jennifer Capriati 5–4
• Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 4-0
• Elena Dementieva 4–3
• Kim Clijsters 4–5
• Mary Joe Fernandez 3–0
• Jelena Dokić 3–2
• Alicia Molik 2–0
• Dinara Safina 2–1
• Nadia Petrova 2–1
• Anastasia Myskina 2–1
• Justine Henin 2–2
• Svetlana Kuznetsova 2–2
• Daniela Hantuchová 2–3
• Patty Schnyder 2–3
• Steffi Graf 2–7
• Kimiko Date Krumm 1–0
• Vera Zvonareva 1–0
• Anna Chakvetadze 1–0
• Nicole Vaidišová 1–0
• Gabriela Sabatini 1–1
• Ana Ivanović 1–1
• Maria Sharapova 1–2
• Agnieszka Radwańska 0–1
• Jelena Janković 0–2

Playing style

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. She had been engaged to Czech tennis player Radek Štěpánek, but split with him in August 2007.

Career statistics

Grand Slam singles finals (12)

Wins (5)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1997	Australian Open	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–2
1997	Wimbledon	Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
1997	US Open	Venus Williams	6–0, 6–4
1998	Australian Open (2)	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–3
1999	Australian Open (3)	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–3

Runner-ups (7)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1997	French Open	Iva Majoli	6–4, 6–2
1998	US Open	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 7–5
1999	French Open (2)	Steffi Graf	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
1999	US Open (2)	Serena Williams	6–3, 7–6(4)
2000	Australian Open	Lindsay Davenport	6–1, 7–5
2001	Australian Open (2)	Jennifer Capriati	6–4, 6–3
2002	Australian Open (3)	Jennifer Capriati	4–6, 7–6(7), 6–2

Grand Slam women's doubles finals (11)

Wins (9)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1996	Wimbledon	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
1997	Australian Open	Natasha Zvereva	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
1998	Australian Open (2)	Mirjana Lučić	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
1998	French Open	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6(4)
1998	Wimbledon (2)	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
1998	US Open	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
1999	Australian Open (3)	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–3
2000	French Open (2)	Mary Pierce	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4
2002	Australian Open (4)	Anna Kournikova	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–7(4), 6–1

Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Partner	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1999	French Open	Anna Kournikova	Serena Williams Venus Williams	6–3, 6–7(2), 8–6
2000	Australian Open	Mary Pierce	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–4, 5–7, 6–4

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit singles titles

ITF Circuit

#	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	24 October 1993	Langenthal, Switzerland	Carpet	Sophie Georges	2–6, 7–5, 7–6(4)
2.	10 March 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.	13 October 1996	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (1)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Anke Huber	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
2.	10 November 1996	Bank of the West Classic (1)	Oakland, California, U.S.	Carpet	Monica Seles	6–2, 6–0
3.	12 January 1997	Sydney International (1)	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6–1, 5–7, 6–1
4.	25 January 1997	Australian Open (1)	Melbourne	Hard	Mary Pierce	6–2, 6–2
5.	2 February 1997	Toray Pan Pacific Open (1)	Tokyo	Carpet	Steffi Graf	Walkover
6.	16 February 1997	Open Gaz de France	Paris	Carpet	Anke Huber	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
7.	30 March 1997	Lipton International Players Championships (1)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	6–2, 6–1
8.	6 April 1997	Family Circle Magazine Cup (1)	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Monica Seles	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(5)
9.	6 July 1997	Wimbledon	London	Grass	Jana Novotná	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
10.	27 July 1997	Bank of the West Classic (2)	Stanford, California, U.S.	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–0, 6–2
11.	3 August 1997	Toshiba Classic (1)	San Diego, California, U.S.	Hard	Monica Seles	7–6(4), 6–4
12.	7 September 1997	US Open	New York City	Hard	Venus Williams	6–0, 6–4
13.	12 October 1997	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (2)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–4
14.	16 November 1997	Advanta Championships	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 6–7(7), 7–6(4)
15.	31 January 1998	Australian Open (2)	Melbourne	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–3
16.	15 March 1998	State Farm Evert Cup	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–4
17.	4 May 1998	Intersport Damen Grand Prix (1)	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Jana Novotná	6–3, 7–5
18.	17 May 1998	Italian Open (1)	Rome	Clay	Venus Williams	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
19.	22 November 1998	Chase Championships (1)	New York City	Carpet	Lindsay Davenport	7–5, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
20.	30 January 1999	Australian Open (3)	Melbourne	Hard	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 6–3
21.	7 February 1999	Toray Pan Pacific Open (2)	Tokyo	Carpet	Amanda Coetzer	6–2, 6–1
22.	4 April 1999	Family Circle Cup (2)	Hilton Head, South Carolina, U.S.	Clay	Anna Kournikova	6–4, 6–3
23.	16 May 1999	German Open	Berlin	Clay	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–0, 6–1
24.	8 August 1999	TIG Tennis Classic (2)	San Diego, California, U.S.	Hard	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–0
25.	22 August 1999	du Maurier Open	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Monica Seles	6–4, 6–4
26.	10 October 1999	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (3)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–1
27.	6 February 2000	Toray Pan Pacific Open (3)	Tokyo	Carpet	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 7–5
28.	2 April 2000	Ericsson Open (2)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 6–2
29.	7 May 2000	Betty Barclay Cup (2)	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
30.	25 June 2000	Heineken Trophy	's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands	Grass	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–2, 3–0 retired
31.	20 August 2000	du Maurier Open	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Serena Williams	0–6, 6–3, 3–0 retired
32.	8 October 2000	Porsche Tennis Grand Prix (4)	Filderstadt, Germany	Carpet	Kim Clijsters	6–0, 6–3
33.	15 October 2000	Swisscom Challenge	Zürich, Switzerland	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–4, 4–6, 7–5
34.	29 October 2000	Kremlin Cup	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	6–3, 6–1
35.	19 November 2000	Chase Championships (2)	New York City	Carpet	Monica Seles	6–7(5), 6–4, 6–4
36.	8 January 2001	adidas International (2)	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	6–3, 4–6, 7–5
37.	18 February 2001	Qatar Total FinaElf Open	Doha	Hard	Sandrine Testud	6–3, 6–2
38.	25 February 2001	Dubai Duty Free Women's Open	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–4
39.	13 January 2002	adidas International (3)	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Meghann Shaughnessy	6–2, 6–3
40.	3 February 2002	Toray Pan Pacific Open (4)	Tokyo	Carpet	Monica Seles	7–6(6), 4–6, 6–3
41.	21 May 2006	Internazionali d'Italia (2)	Rome	Clay	Dinara Safina	6–2, 7–5
42.	24 September 2006	Sunfeast Open	Kolkata, India	Carpet	Olga Poutchkova	6–0, 6–4
43.	4 February 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.	5 March 1995	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Petra Langrová	Eva Melicharova Katarzyna Teodorowicz	7–6, 6–2
2.	7 May 1995	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Gigi Fernández	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–2, 6–3
3.	7 July 1996	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Helena Suková	Meredith McGrath Larisa Neiland	5–7, 7–5, 6–1
4.	20 October 1996	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Helena Suková	Nicole Arendt Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
5.	26 January 1997	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Lindsay Davenport Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
6.	16 February 1997	Paris, France	Carpet	Helena Suková	Alexandra Fusai Rita Grande	6–3, 6–0
7.	6 April 1997	Hilton Head, U.S.	Clay	Mary Joe Fernandez	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–5, 4–6, 6–1
8.	27 July 1997	Stanford, U.S.	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Conchita Martínez Patricia Tarabini	6–1, 6–3
9.	3 August 1997	San Diego, U.S.	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Amy Frazier Kimberly Po	6–3, 7–5
10.	28 September 1997	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Jana Novotná	Yayuk Basuki Helena Suková	6–2, 6–2
11.	12 October 1997	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Lindsay Davenport Jana Novotná	7–6, 3–6, 7–6
12.	19 October 1997	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Larisa Neiland Helena Suková	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
13.	18 January 1998	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Helena Suková	Katrina Adams Meredith McGrath	6–1, 6–2
14.	1 February 1998	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Mirjana Lučic	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–4, 2–6, 6–3
15.	8 February 1998	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Mirjana Lučic	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–4
16.	29 March 1998	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jana Novotná	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Natasha Zvereva	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
17.	7 June 1998	French Open, Paris	Clay	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–1, 7–6
18.	5 July 1998	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grass	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 3–6, 8–6
19.	16 August 1998	Los Angeles	Hard	Helena Suková	Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 6–2
20.	23 August 1998	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Jana Novotná	Yayuk Basuki Caroline Vis	6–3, 6–4
21.	13 September 1998	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jana Novotná	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	6–3, 6–3
22.	31 January 1999	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	7–5, 6–3
23.	14 March 1999	Indian Wells, U.S.	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Mary Joe Fernandez Jana Novotná	6–2, 6–2
24.	28 March 1999	Miami, U.S.	Hard	Jana Novotná	Mary Joe Fernandez Monica Seles	6–0, 4–6, 7–6
25.	9 May 1999	Rome, Italy	Clay	Anna Kournikova	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–2, 6–2
26.	20 June 1999	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Anna Kournikova	Jana Novotná Natasha Zvereva	6–4, retired
27.	21 November 1999	New York City	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Larisa Neiland	6–4, 6–4
28.	6 February 2000	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet	Mary Pierce	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	6–4, 6–1
29.	11 June 2000	French Open, Paris	Clay	Mary Pierce	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6–2, 6–4
30.	20 August 2000	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Julie Halard-Decugis Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
31.	8 October 2000	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Anna Kournikova	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Barbara Schett	6–4, 6–2
32.	15 October 2000	Zürich, Switzerland	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Kimberly Po Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–3, 6–4
33.	12 November 2000	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 7–5
34.	19 November 2000	New York City	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Nicole Arendt Manon Bollegraf	6–2, 6–3
35.	7 October 2001	Moscow, Russia	Carpet	Anna Kournikova	Elena Dementieva Lina Krasnoroutskaya	7–6, 6–3
36.	27 January 2002	Australian Open, Melbourne	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–2, 6–7, 6–1
37.	5 May 2002	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Barbara Schett	Daniela Hantuchová Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–1
38.	3 March 2007	Doha, Qatar	Hard	Maria Kirilenko	Ágnes Szávay Vladimira Uhlirova	6–1, 6–1

Singles runner-ups (26)

Doubles runner-ups (14)

Mixed doubles title

• 2006 Australian Open (with Mahesh Bhupathi)

Team competition

• 2001 Hopman Cup (with Roger Federer)

Singles performance timeline

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
• ² If 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.

Grand Slam women's doubles performance timeline

WTA Tour career earnings

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.

1997

• Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
• 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.

1998

• First female athlete to be on the cover of the American men's magazine GQ in June 1998.
• 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.

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.
• Meredith Inspiration Award for inspiring women around the world - Family Circle Cup/Family Circle magazine

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

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External links

• Martina Hingis at the Women's Tennis Association
• {{ITF profile}} template using deprecated numeric ID.
• Martina Hingis at the Billie Jean King Cup