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Martina Hingis
Martina Hingis Country Switzerland Residence Hurden, Switzerland Born (1980-09-30) 30 September 1980 (age 34) Košice, Slovakia Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Turned pro 1994; Active (doubles only) Retired 2002–2005; 2007–2013; 2013–present (doubles only) Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money $20,574,495 10th in all-time rankings Int. Tennis HOF 2013 (member page) Singles Career record 548 – 133 (80.5%) 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 321 - 71 Career titles 41 WTA, 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 1 (June 8, 1998) Current ranking No. 7 (February 2, 2015) Grand Slam Doubles results Australian Open W (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002) French Open W (1998, 2000) Wimbledon W (1996, 1998) US Open W (1998) Mixed Doubles Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results Australian Open W (2006, 2015) French Open QF (1996) Wimbledon QF (1997, 2014) US Open SF (1996) Team competitions Fed Cup F (1998) Hopman Cup W (2001) Coaching career (2013–present) Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (2013) Sabine Lisicki (2014) Coaching achievements Coachee Singles Titles total 1 Coachee(s) Doubles Titles total 2 Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as world no. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Opens, 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 two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. 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. In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time. In 2013, Hingis was elected into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. In July 2013, Hingis came out of retirement to play a doubles tournament, partnering Daniela Hantuchová in California, and said she might also play singles and doubles tournaments in the future. She played doubles with Sabine Lisicki, whom she also coached briefly in 2014, until Wimbledon. After that, she partnered up with Flavia Pennetta.
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