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Martina Hingis
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceTrübbach, Switzerland,
Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2002; Comeback in 2006
PlaysRight; Two-handed backhand
Prize money$19,691,380 (4th in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record532-123
Career titles42 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1 (March 31, 1997)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenW (1997, 1998, 1999)
French OpenF (1997, 1999)
WimbledonW (1997)
US OpenW (1997)
Doubles
Career record275-50
Career titles36 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1 (June 8, 1998)
Last updated on: January 29, 2007.

Martina Hingis (pronounced: hing-GISS) (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a former World No. 1 Swiss tennis player. Known as the "Swiss Miss," she has won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one US Open). She has also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. She set a series of "youngest-ever" records before ligament injuries in both of her ankles forced her to withdraw from professional tennis at the relatively early age of 22.

On November 29, 2005, after several surgeries and long recuperations, the 25-year-old Hingis announced that she would return to the WTA tour, starting her professional comeback at a low-key tournament in Gold Coast, Australia in January 2006. Since then, Hingis has climbed to No. 6 in the world rankings, won three titles (at the Tier I tournament in Rome, the Tier III tournament in Kolkata, India and the Tier I Pan Pacific in Tokyo, Japan), was the runner-up in two tournaments (Tier I tournaments in Tokyo and Montreal), and qualified for the 2006 WTA Tour Championships in Madrid.

She is currently engaged to fellow tennis player Radek Štěpánek.[1] [2] She has always been coached by former Czech professional and mother, Melanie Molitor.

Childhood and early career

Hingis was born to two accomplished tennis players: a Czech mother, Melanie Molitorová, and a Slovak father, Karol Hingis. Molitorová once ranked No. 10 among women in Czechoslovakia. Her father is a tennis trainer in Košice. They named their daughter 'Martina' (originally Martina Hingisová - Molitorová) after Martina Navrátilová. Hingis' parents divorced when she was a young girl. She moved with her mother to Moravia for a short period, then to Switzerland.

Hingis began hitting tennis balls 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 was ranked the World No. 1 junior player.

Hingis at US Open in 1995

She made her professional debut in October 1994, two weeks after her 14th birthday. In 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.

Hingis was twice rated among FHM magazine's 100 sexiest women, and her championship doubles partnership with tennis' glamour girl Anna Kournikova (two Grand Slam championships) in the late 1990s and early-2000s attracted a great deal of attention. Jestingly, they announced that they were "The Spice Girls of Tennis."

Grand Slam success

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 U.S. 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 6-4, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 at the year-end WTA Tour Championships.

In January 1997, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner in the 20th century by winning the Australian Open at age 16 years and 3 months. In March, she became the youngest ever player to attain the World No. 1 ranking. And in July, she became the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since Lottie Dod in 1887. She won the U.S. Open title over another up-and-coming player, Venus Williams, in the final. The only Grand Slam singles title she failed to win that year 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 (the Australian Open with Mirjana Lucic, and the other three events with Jana 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 U.S. 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 (the reason had been Hingis statements before the match - see under Controversy) 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 Dokic at Wimbledon, Hingis bounced back to reach her third consecutive U.S. 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 finals of the WTA Tour Championships, but lost 6-4, 6-2 to Davenport.

In 2000, Hingis and Mary Pierce were runners-up in the Australian Open women's doubles tournament.

Injuries and hiatus from tennis

Hingis' three-year hold on the Australian Open singles title came to an end in 2000 when she lost in the final to Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 7-5. Although she did not win a Grand Slam singles tournament that year, she kept the year end No. 1 ranking because of nine tournament championships, including the WTA Tour Championships where she won both in singles and doubles.

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 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 was attending an advanced English course at AKAD in Zürich to broaden her career opportunities.

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 (third most following Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova). 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 Navrátilová in singles on July 7th. With these promising results behind her, Hingis announced on November 29 her return to the WTA Tour in 2006.

2006

Her Grand Slam comeback debut was at the 2006 Australian Open, where she reached the quarterfinals before losing to Kim Clijsters, the second seed. 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).

On May 19, 2006, Hingis posted her 500th career singles match victory in the quarterfinals of the Tier I Italian Open in Rome, beating top 20 player Flavia Pennetta, and two days later won the tournament. This was her 41st WTA tour singles title and first in more than four years. Hingis then reached the quarterfinals at the French Open, losing to Clijsters, and the third round at Wimbledon, losing to Ai Sugiyama. Her U.S. Open return was short lived, losing in the second round 6-2, 6-4 to Virginie Razzano, who was ranked outside the top 100.

In her first tournament since the U.S. Open, Hingis won the second title of her comeback at the Tier III Sunfeast Open in Kolkata, India. She defeated unseeded Russian Olga Poutchkova 6-0, 6-4 in the final after defeating Sania Mirza 6-1, 6-0 in a semifinal. The following week in Seoul, Hingis notched her 50th match win of the year before losing in the second round to Mirza 4-6, 6-0, 6-4.

During her 8 months back on the WTA tour, Hingis has reached three Tier I finals - the first in Tokyo (falling to Elena Dementieva 6-2, 6-0, after defeating Maria Sharapova in a semifinal), then in Rome (winning the title over Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5), and in Montreal (falling to Ana Ivanovic 6-2, 6-3). She has beaten several top players in her comeback, including Sharapova, Lindsay Davenport, Dementieva, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Nadia Petrova and Venus Williams.

Hingis qualified for the end of year WTA Tour Championships in Madrid as the eighth seed. In her three round robin matches, she lost in three sets to both Justine Henin-Hardenne and Amelie Mauresmo but defeated Nadia Petrova 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.

Hingis is currently ranked No. 7 in the WTA rankings, which is based on the previous 52 weeks of results. In the 2006 Race to the Sony Ericsson Championships rankings, she also finished No. 7. She finished 8th in prize money earnings during 2006 (U.S. $1,159,537).

2007

Hingis started 2007 by reaching the final of a Tier III event, the Australian Hardcourt Championships 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 Jankovic in three sets.

At the 2007 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.

After receiving a first round bye, Hingis defeated Nicole Pratt (6-1, 7-5), Samantha Stosur (6-0, 6-1), Elena Dementieva (6-1, 6-2) and finally Ana Ivanović (6-4, 6-2) to win her record fifth tournament at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan. Hingis and Lindsay Davenport were previously tied at four titles each in this event.[3] This was also Hingis' third singles title and second Tier I tournament win since her comeback.

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.

  • 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 colour, things happen.'" In the U.S., this comment garnered considerable attention, although elsewhere her comment was mostly greeted with indifference.[citation needed]
  • At the peak of the Williams sisters and Hingis' competitive and fierce rivalry, Hingis stated in a press conference during the 1999 U.S. 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."[citation needed]
  • On the long-dominant German 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. She defeated Hingis in the finals of the French Open the following year.)[citation needed]
  • Responding in a 1999 press conference on why she terminated her doubles partnership with former Wimbledon champ Jana Novotna, Hingis remarked, "She's old and slow."[citation needed]

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (5)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1997 Australian Open France Mary Pierce 6-2, 6-2
1997 Wimbledon Czech Republic Jana Novotná 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
1997 U.S. Open United States Venus Williams 6-0, 6-4
1998 Australian Open (2) Spain Conchita Martínez 6-3, 6-3
1999 Australian Open (3) France Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-3

Runner-ups (7)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1997 French Open Croatia Iva Majoli 6-4, 6-2
1998 U.S. Open United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 7-5
1999 French Open (2) Germany Steffi Graf 4-6, 7-5, 6-2
1999 U.S. Open (2) United States Serena Williams 6-3, 7-6
2000 Australian Open United States Lindsay Davenport 6-1, 7-5
2001 Australian Open (2) United States Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-3
2002 Australian Open (3) United States Jennifer Capriati 4-6, 7-6, 6-2

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 2007 Toray Pan Pacific Open, which ended on February 4, 2007.

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A 2R QF W W W F F F A A A QF QF 3 / 10 52-7
French Open A 3R 3R F SF F SF SF A A A A QF 0 / 8 35-8
Wimbledon A 1R 4R W SF 1R QF 1R A A A A 3R 1 / 8 21-7
US Open A 4R SF W F F SF SF 4R A A A 2R 1 / 9 41-8
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 1 5 / 35 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0-0 6-4 14-4 27-1 23-3 19-3 20-4 16-4 9-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 11-4 4-1 N/A 149-30
WTA Tour Championships A A F QF W F W A A A A A RR 2 / 6 16-5
Tokyo A A SF W F W W F W A A A F W 5 / 9 32-4
Indian Wells A A A A W QF F SF F A A A SF 1 / 6 25-5
Miami A A 2R W SF SF W SF QF A A A 3R 2 / 8 28-6
Charleston A A 2R W A W A F A A A A A 2 / 4 15-2
Berlin A 2R 2R A QF W SF SF A A A A QF 1 / 7 18-6
Rome A A F A W SF A SF A A A A W 2 / 5 21-3
San Diego1 A A A W SF W QF SF A A A A QF 2 / 6 16-4
Montreal/Toronto A 3R A A SF W W A QF A A A F 2 / 6 21-4
Moscow A A A A A A W QF 1R A A A A 1 / 3 5-2
Zurich 2R 2R F QF A F W A A A A A QF 1 / 7 16-6
Tournaments played 4 13 18 17 18 20 20 18 12 0 0 1 20 4 N/A 165
Finals reached 0 1 5 13 7 13 13 6 4 0 0 0 4 2 N/A 68
Tournaments Won 0 0 2 12 5 7 9 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 N/A 43
Hardcourt Win-Loss 2-1 7-5 15-5 38-1 32-8 41-7 43-6 39-7 28-8 0-0 0-0 0-1 28-12 8-3 N/A 281-64
Clay Win-Loss 0-0 7-3 10-5 11-1 16-2 19-2 12-2 17-5 2-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 14-3 0-0 N/A 108-24
Grass Win-Loss 0-0 0-1 3-1 7-0 5-1 0-1 7-1 0-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 N/A 24-7
Carpet Win-Loss 3-2 4-3 18-5 15-3 8-2 11-3 15-1 4-2 4-1 0-0 0-0 0-0 9-3 4-0 N/A 95-25
Overall Win-Loss 5-3 18-12 46-16 71-5 61-13 71-13 77-10 60-15 34-10 0-0 0-0 0-1 53-19 12-3 N/A 508-1202
Year End Ranking 87 16 4 1 2 1 1 4 10 - - - 7 N/A N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

1 The San Diego tournament achieved Tier I status only in 2004.

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 532-123.

WTA Tour singles titles (43), ITF Circuit singles titles (2)

Legend (Singles)
Tier I (17)
Tier II (15)
Tier III (4)
Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (5)
WTA Tour Championship (2)
ITF Circuit (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1993-10-24 Langenthal, Switzerland Carpet France Sophie Georges 2-6, 7-5, 7-6(4)
2. 1996-03-10 Prostejov, Czech Republic Hard Indoors Austria Barbara Paulus 6-1, 6-4
3. 1996-10-13 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet Germany Anke Huber 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
4. 1996-11-10 Oakland, USA Carpet United States Monica Seles 6-2, 6-0
5. 1997-01-12 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Jennifer Capriati 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
6. 1997-01-26 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard France Mary Pierce 6-2, 6-2
7. 1997-02-02 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet Germany Steffi Graf Walkover
8. 1997-02-16 Paris, France Carpet Germany Anke Huber 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
9. 1997-03-30 Key Biscayne, USA Hard United States Monica Seles 6-2, 6-1
10. 1997-04-06 Hilton Head Island, USA Clay United States Monica Seles 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
11. 1997-07-06 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass Czech Republic Jana Novotná 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
12. 1997-07-27 Stanford, USA Hard Spain Conchita Martínez 6-0, 6-2
13. 1997-08-03 San Diego, USA Hard United States Monica Seles 7-6(4), 6-4
14. 1997-09-07 US Open, New York, USA Hard United States Venus Williams 6-0, 6-4
15. 1997-10-12 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet United States Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-4
16. 1997-11-16 Philadelphia, USA Carpet United States Lindsay Davenport 7-5, 6-7(7), 7-6(4)
17. 1998-02-01 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Spain Conchita Martínez 6-3, 6-3
18. 1998-03-15 Indian Wells, USA Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-4
19. 1998-05-04 Hamburg, Germany Clay Czech Republic Jana Novotná 6-3, 7-5
20. 1998-05-17 Rome, Italy Clay United States Venus Williams 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
21. 1998-11-22 WTA Tour Championships, New York, USA Carpet United States Lindsay Davenport 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
22. 1999-01-31 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard France Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-3
23. 1999-02-07 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6-2, 6-1
24. 1999-04-04 Hilton Head Island, USA Clay Russia Anna Kournikova 6-4, 6-3
25. 1999-05-16 Berlin, Germany Clay France Julie Halard-Decugis 6-0, 6-1
26. 1999-08-08 San Diego, USA Hard United States Venus Williams 6-4, 6-0
27. 1999-08-22 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Monica Seles 6-4, 6-4
28. 1999-10-10 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet France Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-1
29. 2000-02-06 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet France Sandrine Testud 6-3, 7-5
30. 2000-04-02 Key Biscayne, USA Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-2
31. 2000-05-07 Hamburg, Germany Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 6-3, 6-3
32. 2000-06-25 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Grass Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6-2, 3-0 retired
33. 2000-08-20 Montreal, Canada Hard United States Serena Williams 0-6, 6-3, 3-0 retired
34. 2000-10-08 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet Belgium Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-3
35. 2000-10-15 Zurich, Switzerland Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
36. 2000-10-29 Moscow, Russia Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova 6-3, 6-1
37. 2000-11-19 WTA Tour Championships, New York, USA Carpet United States Monica Seles 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
38. 2001-01-08 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
39. 2001-02-18 Doha, Qatar Hard France Sandrine Testud 6-3, 6-2
40. 2001-02-25 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard France Nathalie Tauziat 6-4, 6-4
41. 2002-01-13 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-3
42. 2002-02-03 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet United States Monica Seles 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3
43. 2006-05-21 Rome, Italy Clay Russia Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5
44. 2006-09-24 Kolkata, India Carpet Russia Olga Poutchkova 6-0, 6-4
45. 2007-02-04 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet Serbia Ana Ivanovic 6-4, 6-2

Doubles (37)

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (13)
Tier II (12)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (9)
WTA Tour Championship (2)
ITF Circuit (1)


No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. March 5, 1995 Prostejov, Czech Republic Hard Indoors Czech Republic Petra Langrova Czech Republic Eva Melicharova Poland Kathar Teodorowicz 7-6, 6-2
2. May 7, 1995 Hamburg, Germany Clay United States Gigi Fernandez Spain Conchita Martinez Argentina Patricia Tarabini 6-2, 6-3
3. July 7, 1996 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass Czech Republic Helena Sukova United States Meredith McGrath Latvia Larisa Neiland 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
4. October 20, 1996 Zurich, Switzerland Carpet Czech Republic Helena Sukova United States Nicole Arendt Belarus Natasha Zvereva 7-5, 6-4
5. January 26 1997 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Belarus Natasha Zvereva United States Lindsay Davenport United States Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-2
6. February 16, 1997 Paris, France Carpet Czech Republic Helena Sukova France Alexandra Fusai Italy Rita Grande 6-3, 6-0
7. April 6, 1997 Hilton Head, USA Green Clay United States Mary Joe Fernandez United States Lindsay Davenport Czech Republic Jana Novotna 7-5, 4-6, 6-1
8. July 27, 1997 Stanford, USA Hard United States Lindsay Davenport Spain Conchita Martinez Argentina Patricia Tarabini 6-1, 6-3
9. August 3, 1997 San Diego, USA Hard Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario United States Amy Frazier United States Kimberly Po 6-3, 7-5
10. September 28, 1997 Leipzig, Germany Carpet Czech Republic Jana Novotna Indonesia Yayuk Basuki Czech Republic Helena Sukova 6-2, 6-2
11. October 12, 1997 Filderstadt, Germany Hard Indoors Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario United States Lindsay Davenport Czech Republic Jana Novotna 7-6, 3-6, 7-6
12. October 19, 1997 Zurich, Switzerland Carpet Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Latvia Larisa Neiland Czech Republic Helena Sukova 4-6, 6-4, 6-1
13. January 18, 1998 Sydney, Australia Hard Czech Republic Helena Sukova United States Katrina Adams United States Meredith McGrath 6-1, 6-2
14. February 1, 1998 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Croatia Mirjana Lucic United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
15. February 8, 1998 Tokyo, Japan Carpet Croatia Mirjana Lucic United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva 7-5, 6-4
16. March 29, 1998 Miami, USA Hard Czech Republic Jana Novotna Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
17. June 7 1998 French Open, Paris, France Red Clay Czech Republic Jana Novotna United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-1, 7-6
18. July 5 1998 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass Czech Republic Jana Novotna United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-3, 3-6, 8-6
19. August 16, 1998 Los Angeles, USA Hard Czech Republic Helena Sukova Thailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Ukraine Elena Tatarkova 6-4, 6-2
20. August 23, 1998 Montreal, Canada Hard Czech Republic Jana Novotna Indonesia Yayuk Basuki Netherlands Caroline Vis 6-3, 6-4
21. September 13, 1998 U.S. Open, New York City, USA Hard Czech Republic Jana Novotna United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-3, 6-3
22. January 31, 1999 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Russia Anna Kournikova United States Lindsay Davenport Belarus Natasha Zvereva 7-5, 6-3
23. March 14, 1999 Indian Wells, USA Hard Russia Anna Kournikova United States Mary Joe Fernandez Czech Republic Jana Novotna 6-2, 6-2
24. March 28, 1999 Miami, USA Hard Czech Republic Jana Novotna United States Mary Joe Fernandez United States Monica Seles 6-0, 4-6, 7-6
25. May 9, 1999 Rome, Italy Red Clay Russia Anna Kournikova France Alexandra Fusai France Nathalie Tauziat 6-2, 6-2
26. June 20, 1999 Eastbourne, United Kingdom Grass Russia Anna Kournikova Czech Republic Jana Novotna Belarus Natasha Zvereva 6-4, retired
27. November 21, 1999 New York City, USA Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Latvia Larisa Neiland 6-4, 6-4
28. February 6, 2000 Tokyo, Japan Carpet France Mary Pierce France Alexandra Fusai France Nathalie Tauziat 6-4, 6-1
29. June 11 2000 French Open, Paris, France Red Clay France Mary Pierce Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual Argentina Paola Suarez 6-2, 6-4
30. August 20, 2000 Montreal, Canada Hard France Nathalie Tauziat France Julie Halard-Decugis Japan Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 3-6, 6-4
31. October 8, 2000 Filderstadt, Germany Hard Indoors Russia Anna Kournikova Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario Austria Barbara Schett 6-4, 6-2
32. October 15, 2000 Zurich, Switzerland Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova United States Kimberly Po France Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6-3, 6-4
33. November 12, 2000 Philadelphia, USA Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova United States Lisa Raymond Australia Rennae Stubbs 6-2, 7-5
34. November 19, 2000 New York City, USA Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova United States Nicole Arendt Netherlands Manon Bollegraf 6-2, 6-3
35. October 7, 2001 Moscow, Russia Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova Russia Elena Dementieva Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya 7-6, 6-3
36. January 27, 2002 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Russia Anna Kournikova Slovakia Daniela Hantuchova Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-2, 6-7, 6-1
37. May 5, 2002 Hamburg, Germany Red Clay Austria Barbara Schett Slovakia Daniela Hantuchova Spain Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario 6-1, 6-1


Mixed Doubles

  • 2006 Australian Open (w/ Mahesh Bhupati)

Team Competition

  • 2001 Hopman Cup (w/ Roger Federer)

WTA Tour career earnings

Year Majors WTA wins Total wins Earnings ($) Money list rank
1995 0 0 0 186,567 32
1996 0 2 2 1,330,996 4
1997 3 9 12 3,400,196 1
1998 1 4 5 2,760,960 1
1999 1 6 7 2,936,425 1
2000 0 9 9 3,457,049 1
2001 0 3 3 1,765,116 5
2002 0 2 2 1,467,584 5
2003 DNP
2004 DNP
2005 0 0 0
2006 0 2 2 1,159,537 8
Career 5 37 42 19,505,362 4

Notable matches

  • 1996 Italian Open quarterfinal: defeated Steffi Graf, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3.
  • 1996 Chase Championships final: lost to Graf, 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 in the only women's tournament that featured a best-of-five set final. Entering the tournament with a world ranking of seventh, Hingis ended the year as world number four.
  • 1997 French Open final: lost to Iva Majoli 6-4, 6-2. Majoli snapped Hingis's 37-match winning streak and prevented her from achieving a calendar year Grand Slam. This was Hingis's first loss in 1997.
  • 1997 U.S. Open final: defeated Venus Williams 6-0, 6-4. The 16-year-old Hingis faced the unseeded 17-year-old Williams. The match reflected the changing of the guard in women's tennis, ushering in the new generation of power baseliners as well as the budding rivalry between Hingis and the Williams sisters.
  • 1997 Philadelphia final: defeated Lindsay Davenport 7-5, 6-7(7), 7-6(4). After winning three straight three-set matches to reach the final, the top-seeded Hingis held off third-ranked Davenport.
  • 1998 Chase Championships final: defeated Davenport 7-5, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. Hingis and Davenport dominated the 1998 season, winning four and six titles, respectively, coming into the tournament. Hingis won her fifth title, although she had to settle for the number two spot as Davenport finished the year as the best women's tennis player.
  • 1999 French Open final: lost to Graf, 4-6, 7-5, 6-2. Graf won the title in her last appearance at the French Open, defeating the top three players in the world.
  • 1999 Wimbledon first round: lost to Jelena Dokic 6-2, 6-0. Billed as one of the greatest upsets in Wimbledon's 113-year history, Hingis was beaten by a qualifier in the opening round. This was only the third time in the tournament's history that the top seeded woman lost in the first round. The loss ended Hingis's streak of making at least the semifinals in 11 consecutive Grand Slam singles tournaments. Two years later, as the top seed, she also was defeated in the opening round, this time by 83rd-ranked Virginia Ruano Pascual 6-4, 6-2.
  • 1999 Grand Slam Cup semifinal: lost to Venus Williams 6-2, 6-7(6), 9-7. The fourth-seeded Williams beat the top-seeded Hingis. Williams blasted 18 aces, Hingis none.
  • 2000 Australian Open final: lost to Davenport 6-1, 7-5.
  • 2001 Australian Open quarterfinal: defeated Serena Williams 6-2, 3-6, 8-6. She went on to defeat older sister Venus in a semifinal, handing Venus her career-worst defeat, 6-1, 6-1. In doing so, she became the first player to beat both of the Williams sisters in a single Grand Slam tournament. Hingis was defeated in the final by Jennifer Capriati 6-4, 6-3.
  • 2002 Australian Open final: lost to Capriati 4-6, 7-6(7), 6-2. In her sixth straight Australian Open final, Hingis once again faced Capriati. Although Hingis led 4-0 in the second set and held four match points, she failed to close out the match. The on court temperature hovered in the mid-30s to high-40s (Celsius). As both struggled with the heat, the players were given a 10-minute heat break at the end of the second set, when they immediately walked into the locker room to lie on tables and pack their limbs with ice.
  • 2002 U.S. Open fourth round: lost to Monica Seles 6-4, 6-2. This was the last Grand Slam match that Hingis played prior to her comeback in 2006.
  • 2006 Australian Open quarterfinal: lost to Kim Clijsters 6-3, 2-6, 6-4. In just her third tournament and her first major tournament since her comeback started, Hingis reached the quarterfinals. She became the first wildcard and lowest-ranked woman to reach that round in 25 years.
  • 2006 Tokyo (Pan-Pacific) semifinal: defeated Maria Sharapova 6-3, 6-1. Hingis defeated a top five player for the first time in her comeback.
  • 2006 Indian Wells fourth round: defeated Davenport 6-3, 1-6, 6-2. Renewing a rivalry that had been shelved since 2001, Hingis notched her second top five win. This was their earliest meeting in a tournament since their first one in 1995.
  • 2006 Italian Open semifinal: defeated Venus Williams, 0-6, 6-3, 6-3. Hingis notched her 500th career win by beating an old rival. Hingis went on to claim the first title in her comeback over Dinara Safina

References

  1. ^ http://www.tennisidols.com/hingis-confirms-her-engagement-to-stepanek
  2. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news;_ylt=AuJg5RNGoGTw9D3WN6Y6o5w4v7YF?slug=ap-hingisengaged&prov=ap&type=lgns
  3. ^ http://sports.yahoo.com/ten/news?slug=ap-tokyo&prov=ap&type=lgns
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Preceded by
Steffi Graf
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
 World No. 1
March 31, 1997 - October 11, 1998
February 8, 1999 - July 4, 1999
August 9, 1999 - April 2, 2000
May 8, 2000 - May 14, 2000
May 22, 2000 - October 14, 2001 		Succeeded by
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Lindsay Davenport
Jennifer Capriati
Preceded by WTA Newcomer of the Year
1995 		Succeeded by
Preceded by WTA Most Improved Player
1996 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Steffi Graf
 WTA Player of the Year
1997 		Succeeded by
Lindsay Davenport
Preceded by
Steffi Graf
 ITF World Champion
1997 		Succeeded by
Lindsay Davenport
Preceded by
Lindsay Davenport
 ITF World Champion
1999-2000 		Succeeded by
Jennifer Capriati
Preceded by Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
1997 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Laureus World Comeback of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
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