Career Highlights:
Martina began playing tennis when she was two years old and entered her first tournament at age four.
When she was six no one under the age of nine could beat her.
Became Switzerland's under-18 champion at age 11.
Won Swiss adult championship at
age 12.
Won junior Grand Slam singles at the French Open (1993).
1994 retained French Open junior title, won girls' singles title at Wimbledon, and was ranked World No. 1 junior player.
Made her professional debut two weeks after her 14th birthday and upset American veteran Patty Fendick in straight sets.
Reached the quarterfinals in next two events (upset former top-ten player Helena Sukova).
Ranked in the top 100 at the end of 1994.
1995 Won first round match at Australian Open.
Won Wimbledon Women's Doubles title with Helena Suková 1996 .
Won first professional singles title at Filderstadt, Germany.
Reached singles quarterfinals at Australian Open and singles semifinals at 1996 U.S. Open.
March 1997 Ranked No. 1
Won Australian Open singles championship.
Runner-up at French Open (lost to Iva Majoli).
1998 Won all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles.
Ranked No. 1 in both singles and doubles.
Retained Australian Open singles title (beat Conchita Martínez in straight sets).
Lost in U.S. Open final to Lindsay Davenport.
80-week stretch as the No. 1 singles player came to an end in October 1998.
Finished the year by beating Davenport in the final of the WTA Tour Championships.
1999 won third successive Australian Open singles crown as well as the doubles title (with Anna Kournikova).
Lost French Open final to Steffi Graf.
Lost in first-round at Wimbledon (6-2, 6-0 to Jelena Dokic).
Runner up to Serena Williams at the U.S. Open.
Reclaimed the No. 1 singles ranking.
Reached final of WTA Tour Championships (lost to Davenport 6-4, 6-2).
2000 lost both singles and doubles finals at Australian Open (ending a three-year run).
Captured French Open women's doubles title with Mary Pierce.
Reached quarter final at Wimbledon but lost to Venus Williams in a thrilling match.
Ranked No. 1 at year end.
2001 Undefeated in singles at Hopman Cup, defeating Tamarine Tanasugarn, Nicole Pratt, Amanda Coetzer, and Monica Seles.
Reached fifth consecutive Australian Open final (lost to Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-3).
Underwent surgery on her right ankle in October 2001.
2002 won Australian Open doubles final (with Kournikova) and reached a sixth straight Australian Open singles final (lost to Capriati).
May 2002 needed left ankle surgery. Continued to struggle with injuries and was not able to recapture best form.
2003 Martina Hingis (age 22) announced her retirement from tennis, indicating in several interviews,that she wanted to go back to her country and coach full time.
2004 Did not play.
2005 Played first Tour event since 2002 and announced plans for a full-scale return to Tour play in 2006.
2006 Won two Tour singles titles and returned to Top 10 on August 21 (after Montréal).
Defeated five Top 20 players in six matches. Earned 500th singles match win of her career.
Won 42nd Tour singles title at Kolkata as top seed and did not drop a set.
Reached QF or better at 13 of 19 events during regular season, and qualified for Tour Championships.
November 6, hit highest ranking since comeback (No.7) and remained there for year-end rankings.
Five Top 10 wins and only two non-Top 25 losses.
2006 won singles at Rome
Won Australian Open Mixed Doubles (with Bhupathi).
2007 won 43rd singles title at Tokyo, women's doubles at Doha (with Kirilenko).
Injuries returned. Missed French Open. Her final match came in Beijing in September, losing to local player Shuai Peng.
Martina Hingis retired November 1st, 2007. |
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Profile:
Name: Martina Hingisová Molitor
Birth Date: September 30, 1980
Birth Place: Kosice, Slovakia
Height: 5'7"
Parents: Karol Hingis & Melanie Molitor
Siblings: None
Resides: Trubbach, Switzerland
Turned Pro: 1994
Nickname: Swiss Miss
Plays: Right. Two-handed backhand
Pro Wins: Singles (43 WTA, 2 ITF)
Doubles (37 WTA, 1 ITF)
Best Results in Grand Slams:
Australian Open - Won (3)Wimbledon - Won (1)US Open - Won (1)Women's Doubles - Won (9)Mixed Doubles - Won (1)French Open - Finalist (2)Calendar Year Grand Slam (1)
Career Singles Record: 548-133
Highest Ranking: No. 1 (209 weeks)
Career Doubles Record: 286-54
Highest Ranking: No. 1 (June 8, 1998)
Milestones:
Youngest girl to win a junior Grand Slam (she was only 12).
In 1995 she became the youngest player to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament (advanced to second round of Australian Open).
In 1996 became the youngest Wimbledon champion (15 years, 9 months). Won the Women's Doubles title with Helena Suková.
Became the youngest Grand Slam singles champion in the 20th century (16 years, 3 months) by winning Australian Open (Lottie Dod in 1887).
In March 1997 became youngest No. 1 ranked player in history.
Won all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles in 1998 - only the fourth in women's tennis history to do so.
Became only the third woman to hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles.
* Martina Hingis has won every major WTA Tour singles title (except the French Open) at least once (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).
* She has won every major WTA Tour doubles title (except Berlin) at least once (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).
* 1999 French Open final was voted by worldwide fans as the Greatest Match in the 30-Year History of the Tour (online voting for two months included a ballot of 16 memorable matches). Graf d. Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2.
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Martina's father, Karol Hingis, was a tennis player and coach.
Martina's mother was also a tennis player and had been ranked as high as ten in her native Czechoslovakia.
Melanie Molitor's hero was Martina Navratilova, and Hingis was named after her.
Although Melanie was primarily a baseliner she was determined to make Martina an all-court player, capable of playing any shot in the game.
By age five, Martina was playing tennis up to five hours a day.
She defeated her mother for the first time when she was 10 years old.
Martina's passion for horse riding was sparked when she was a child. She loved it instantly, and lists it as her main passion in life.
Martina Hingis moved to Trubbach, Switzerland when she was seven and she still calls Trubbach home.
Hingis speaks four languages - Czech, German (Swiss German), English, French.
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