Martina Hingis facts for kids
![]() Hingis in 2017
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Residence | Feusisberg, Switzerland | ||||||
Born | 30 September 1980 Košice, Czechoslovakia |
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Height | 1.71 metres (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||
Turned pro | 1994 | ||||||
Retired | 29 October 2017 | ||||||
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) | ||||||
Prize money | $24,749,074 | ||||||
Int. Tennis HOF | 2013 (member page) | ||||||
Singles | |||||||
Career record | 548–135 (80.2%) | ||||||
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 | |||||||
Championships | W (1998, 2000) | ||||||
Olympic Games | 2R (1996) | ||||||
Doubles | |||||||
Career record | 489–109 (81.77%) | ||||||
Career titles | 64 WTA, 1 ITF | ||||||
Highest ranking | No. 1 (8 June 1998) | ||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | |||||||
Australian Open | W (1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2016) | ||||||
French Open | W (1998, 2000) | ||||||
Wimbledon | W (1996, 1998, 2015) | ||||||
US Open | W (1998, 2015, 2017) | ||||||
Other Doubles tournaments | |||||||
Championships | W (1999, 2000, 2015) | ||||||
Olympic Games | F (2016) | ||||||
Mixed Doubles | |||||||
Career record | 54–12 (81.82%) | ||||||
Career titles | 7 | ||||||
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |||||||
Australian Open | W (2006, 2015) | ||||||
French Open | W (2016) | ||||||
Wimbledon | W (2015, 2017) | ||||||
US Open | W (2015, 2017) | ||||||
Team Competitions | |||||||
Fed Cup | F (1998) | ||||||
Hopman Cup | W (2001) | ||||||
Coaching career (2013–2015) | |||||||
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Coaching achievements | |||||||
Coachee Singles Titles total | 2 | ||||||
Coachee(s) Doubles Titles total | 2 | ||||||
Medal record
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Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980 in Košice, Slovakia, then Czechoslovakia) is a Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She is known as the "Swiss Miss". She has won five Grand Slam singles titles, three at the Australian Open (1997 to 1999), one at Wimbledon (1997) and one at the U.S. Open (1997). She is a dominant player in doubles, winning 10 Grand Slam doubles titles and 3 mixed doubles titles.
Hingis has retired twice from the game.
In 2013, she returned to playing doubles and became a tennis coach. She won the 2015 Wimbledon doubles title together with Sania Mirza, 19 years after winning her first Wimbledon doubles title in 1996.
She was a contestant in the 2009 series of Strictly Come Dancing.
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Career statistics
Singles performance timeline
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | SR | W–L |
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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 | A | 0 / 8 | 35–8 |
Wimbledon | A | 1R | 4R | W | SF | 1R | QF | 1R | A | A | A | A | 3R | 3R | 1 / 9 | 23–8 |
US Open | A | 4R | SF | W | F | F | SF | SF | 4R | A | A | A | 2R | 3R | 1 / 10 | 43–9 |
Grand Slam W–L | 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 | 8–3 | 5 / 37 | 153–32 |
WTA Tour Championships | A | A | F | QF | W | F | W | A | A | A | A | A | RR | A | 2 / 6 | 16–5 |
- SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number played
- 2If 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 singles finals: 12 (5–7)
Outcome | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 1997 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 1997 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 1997 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 6–3 |
Winner | 1997 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
6–0, 6–4 |
Winner | 1998 | Australian Open (2) | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1998 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 1999 | Australian Open (3) | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 1999 | French Open | Clay | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 1999 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Runner-up | 2000 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 2001 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
4–6, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2002 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–7(7–9), 2–6 |
Doubles
Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003–06 | 2007 | 2008–12 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | SR | W–L |
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Australian Open | A | 1R | 1R | W | W | W | F | SF | W | A | 2R | A | A | A | 3R | W | 2R | 5 / 12 | 43–7 |
French Open | A | A | QF | SF | W | F | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 3R | SF | 2 / 8 | 33–6 |
Wimbledon | A | 2R | W | QF | W | A | 2R | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | W | QF | QF | 3 / 9 | 29–6 |
US Open | A | 3R | SF | SF | W | A | 3R | QF | QF | A | 3R | A | 1R | F | W | SF | W | 3 / 13 | 47–9 |
Grand Slam W–L | 0–0 | 3–3 | 13–3 | 17–3 | 24–0 | 11–1 | 14–2 | 7–2 | 9–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 5–2 | 17–2 | 15–3 | 14–3 | 13 / 42 | 152–28 |
Tour Championships | A | A | QF | QF | QF | W | W | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | W | SF | SF | 3 / 8 | 13–5 |
Related pages
Images for kids
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Martina Hingis (right) with doubles partner Anna Kournikova at the Sydney WTA tournament, 2002