Martina Hingis Biography!
Martina Hingis is
considered as one of the most talented tennis players of all-time. Her
parents named her after the lengendery Martina Navratilova.
Martina
Hingis was born on September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia (former
Czechoslovakia). Her father Karoly Hingis and mother Melanie Molitorova
were accomplished tennis players. This helped Martina Hingis to began
hitting tennis balls when she was just two years old and started
competing in tournaments at the age of four.
At 12, Martina Hingis become the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title when she won the French Open girls' singles.
Since then Martina Hingis won five Grand Slam singles titles, nine
Grand Slam Doubles titles before retiring at 22 (in year 2002), due to
ligament injuriy. Also Martina bagged 40 singles WTA titleas and 36
doubles titles.
In July 2005, Martina Hingis returned to tennis arena and registered
her career 500th singles victory in the quarterfinals of the Italian
Open (defeating Top 20 player Pennetta). The same tournament become her
41st WTA Tour singles title, which came after four years.
Martina Hingis become the youngest player to become World No.1 on March 1997 and after her come back currently ranked No. 15.
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