Martina Hingis

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Martina Hingis
File:Swiss Miss 2006.jpg
Country (sports) Switzerland
ResidenceTrübbach, Switzerland
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro1994
Retired2002; Comeback in 2006;
again November 1, 2007
PlaysRight; Two-handed backhand
Prize money$20,130,657 (4th in all-time rankings)
Singles
Career record548-133
Career titles43 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 record286-54
Career titles37 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 1 (June 8, 1998)
Last updated on: November 4, 2007.

Martina Hingis (Template:PronEng hing-GISS[citation needed]) (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia) is a former tennis player and World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one U.S. Open) before her retirement on November 1, 2007. She 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 spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1 and set a series of "youngest-ever" records before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to temporarily 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. During her comeback, Hingis climbed as high as No. 6 in the world rankings and won three singles titles (at the Tier I tournament in Rome, the Tier III tournament in Kolkata, India, and the Tier I tournament in Tokyo).

On November 1, 2007, after suffering from injuries for much of the year, Hingis announced her second retirement from tennis while admitting she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. She denied using the drug.[1] [2] On 2008-01-04, she was banned from tennis for two years due to the cocaine offense.[3]

Childhood and early career

Hingis was born to two accomplished tennis players: a Czech mother, Melanie Molitorová, and a Slovak father living in Košice (Slovakia), Karol Hingis.[4][5][6] Molitorová once ranked No. 10 among women in Czechoslovakia. Her father who was rated even number 19[7] in the tennis rankings of Czechoslovakia is today a tennis trainer in Košice. They named their daughter 'Martina' (originally Martina Hingisová) after Martina Navrátilová. Hingis' parents divorced when she was a young girl. She moved with her mother to the Czech Republic for a short period, then to Trübbach in Switzerland.

Hingis began playing tennis 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.

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. They jokingly referred to themselves as "The Spice Girls of Tennis."

Grand Slam success and period of dominance

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 6-3, 4-6, 6-0, 4-6, 6-0 at the year-end WTA Tour Championships.

Hingis's best year was 1997 when she was the undisputed world No. 1 women's tennis player. She started the year by winning the warm-up tournament in Sydney. She then became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner in the 20th century by winning the Australian Open at age 16 years and 3 months (beating former champion Mary Pierce in the final). In March, she became the youngest top ranked player in history. In July, she became the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since Lottie Dod in 1887 by beating Jana Novotná in the final. She then defeated another up-and-coming player, Venus Williams, in the final of the U.S. Open. The only Grand Slam singles title that Hingis failed to win in 1997 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, only the fourth in women's tennis history to do so [1], (the Australian Open with Mirjana Lucic and the other three events with 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 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 final of the WTA Tour Championships, where she lost to Davenport 6-4, 6-2.

In 2000, Hingis again found herself in both the singles and doubles finals at the Australian Open. This time, however, she lost both. Her three-year hold on the singles championship ended when she lost to Davenport 6-1, 7-5. Later, Hingis and Pierce, her new doubles partner, lost to Lisa Raymond and Renee Stubbs. Hingis captured the French Open women's doubles title with Pierce and produced consistent results in singles tournaments throughout the year. She reached the quarter final at Wimbledon and played great tennis but was beaten by Venus Williams in a thrilling match. Although she did not win a Grand Slam singles tournament, she kept the year end No. 1 ranking because of nine tournament championships, including the WTA Tour Championships where she won the singles and doubles titles.

Injuries and hiatus from tennis

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 wanted to go back to her country and coach full time.

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 (fourth most following Steffi Graf, Martina Navratilova, and Chris Evert). 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.

Martina Hingis in the Australian Open, 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 Ivanović 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 ended the year 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 Janković in three sets.

At the 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.

Hingis won her next tournament, the Tier I Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, Japan, defeating Ana Ivanović in the final 6-4, 6-2. This was Hingis's record fifth singles title at this event.[8]

Three weeks later, Hingis lost for the second time this year to Janković in the quarterfinals of the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open. At the Qatar Total Open in Doha, Hingis lost to Daniela Hantuchova 1-6, 6-4, 6-4 in the quarterfinals after being up a set and 4-1 (40-0) in the second set. In women's doubles, Hingis teamed with Maria Kirilenko to win the title, defeating Agnes Szavay and Vladimira Uhlirova in the final 6-1, 6-1.

At the Pacific Life Open in Indian Wells, California, which was the second Tier I tournament of the year, Hingis again lost to Hantuchova, this time in the fourth round 6-4, 6-3. Hingis was up a service break in both sets but, as in Doha, could not hold her lead.

At the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, Hingis again failed to reach the quarterfinals, losing in the third round to Agnieszka Radwańska of Poland 4-6, 6-3, 6-2.

Her next tournament was the Qatar Telecom German Open, where she fell in the third round to compatriot Patty Schnyder 6-4, 6-0. A hip injury that troubled her at the German Open (she took painkillers for her matches) caused her to withdraw from the Telecom Italia Masters Roma, where she was the defending champion, and the French Open, the only Grand Slam singles title that has eluded her.

In her first round match at Wimbledon Hingis saved two match points to defeat British wildcard Naomi Cavaday, apparently not having fully recovered from the hip injury that prevented her from playing the French Open.[9] In the third round Hingis lost to Laura Granville of the United States 6-4, 6-2 and claimed afterwards she should not have entered the tournament.[10]

At the Acura Classic in San Diego, Hingis defeated Michaella Krajicek before falling to an in-form Patty Schnyder 6-1, 6-7(4), 6-3. Hingis was leading 3-1 in the final set before losing five consecutive games. Hingis then lost to Sania Mirza in a second-round match of the East West Bank Classic tournament in Los Angeles.

Hingis's next tournament was the last Grand Slam tournament of the year, the U.S. Open, which she had won exactly ten years ago for the first time. After winning her first two matches, many commentators said that if she continued to play the way she was, she had a chance to reach the semifinals. Hingis, however, lost in the third round to Belarussian teenager Victoria Azarenka 3-6, 6-1, 6-0.

In September, Hingis lost in the second round of the China Open in Beijing to Chinese star Shuai Peng 7-5, 6-1.

Retirement

Hingis did not play any tournaments after the China Open during 2007, stating initially that she needed to take time off to recover from the injuries that plagued her for most of the year.

On November 1, 2007, Hingis said at a press conference in Glattbrugg near Zurich that she was retiring permanently from competitive tennis. She admitted that she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. But Hingis maintained her innocence, saying, "I have tested positive but I have never taken drugs and I feel 100 per cent innocent." She also said, "I would personally be terrified of taking drugs. When I was informed [about the test] I was shocked and appalled." She is not planning to contest the positive drug test because it could take years. "Because of my age and my health problems, I have also decided to retire from professional tennis."[11] The drug test results were released to Hingis after her third round loss to Laura Granville at Wimbledon, with both "A" and "B" urine samples failing the tests. Hingis then underwent a private drug test on a hair sample, which came back negative and, according to Hingis, is evidence that she did not use cocaine.

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, such as:

  • When asked in the late 1990s how she felt about the budding rivalry between herself and the then-up-and-coming Anna Kournikova, Hingis responded, "What rivalry? I win all the matches." [13]
  • 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.'" [14]
  • 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.)[citation needed]
  • Responding in a 1999 press conference on why she terminated her doubles partnership with former Wimbledon champion Jana Novotna, Hingis remarked, "She's old and slow."[15]
  • During her acceptance speech at the 1997 Australian Open women's singles final, the winner, Hingis, referred to her win in doubles the previous day and said, "I always love to come here to Australia and it's a great win for me and I will like to come back and win another title. Yesterday, I already won in my doubles so, next time I'll have to play mixed doubles so, maybe I'm going to win that too. But I also need to give someone else a chance to win an event."
  • The International Tennis Federation (ITF) Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal announced on January 4, 2008, that Hingis was found to have committed a doping offence. The tribunal determined that a sample provided by Hingis at Wimbledon on June 29, 2007, had tested positive for a metabolite of cocaine, which is a prohibited substance. The tribunal suspended Hingis from participation in any ITF or associated event for two years, beginning on October 1, 2007. In addition, the tribunal ordered her results from the 2007 Wimbledon Championships and subsequent tennis events disqualified, with the forfeiture of the ITF ranking points and repayment of prize money, totaling U.S.$129,481.00, that she won at those events.

Playing style

Hingis is renowned for her tactical approach to the game of tennis and for her technical skills, enabling her to produce a large array of shots with finesse. She lacks the power possessed by many of her contemporaries; therefore, she relies on low error rates and good shot selection to keep opponents off-balance. She often uses change of direction and pace to catch opponents off guard and sharp angles to open up the court. She is also well known for her ability to break long rallies by hitting accurate drop shots and coming to the net, where she is a skilled volleyer. A signature play of Hingis is the drop shot followed by a lob, often resulting in an easy volley or overhead to finish the point.

Personal life

Hingis had previously dated Spanish golf player Sergio García.[16] She had been engaged to Czech tennis player Radek Štěpánek, but split up in August 2007.[17][18]

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

Grand Slam women's doubles finals

Wins (9)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
1996 Wimbledon Czech Republic Helena Suková United States Meredith McGrath
Latvia Larisa Neiland		 5-7, 7-5, 6-1
1997 Australian Open Belarus Natasha Zvereva United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Lisa Raymond		 6-2, 6-2
1998 Australian Open (2) Croatia Mirjana Lucic United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 6-4, 2-6, 6-3
1998 French Open Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 6-1, 7-6(4)
1998 Wimbledon (2) Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 6-3, 3-6, 8-6
1998 U.S. Open Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 6-3, 6-3
1999 Australian Open (3) Russia Anna Kournikova United States Lindsay Davenport
Belarus Natasha Zvereva		 7-5, 6-3
2000 French Open (2) France Mary Pierce Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suarez		 6-2, 6-4
2002 Australian Open (4) Russia Anna Kournikova Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario		 6-2, 6-7(4), 6-1

Runner-ups (2)

Year Championship Partnering Opponents in Final Score in Final
1999 French Open Russia Anna Kournikova United States Serena Williams
United States Venus Williams		 6-3, 6-7(2), 8-6
2000 Australian Open France Mary Pierce United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Rennae Stubbs		 6-4, 5-7, 6-4

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit singles titles

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)

ITF Circuit

# Date Tournament Surface Opponent in 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

WTA Tour titles

# Date Tournament Surface Opponent in final Score
1. 1996-10-13 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet Germany Anke Huber 6-2, 3-6, 6-3
2. 1996-11-10 Oakland, U.S. Carpet United States Monica Seles 6-2, 6-0
3. 1997-01-12 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Jennifer Capriati 6-1, 5-7, 6-1
4. 1997-01-25 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard France Mary Pierce 6-2, 6-2
5. 1997-02-02 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet Germany Steffi Graf Walkover
6. 1997-02-16 Paris, France Carpet Germany Anke Huber 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
7. 1997-03-30 Key Biscayne, U.S. Hard United States Monica Seles 6-2, 6-1
8. 1997-04-06 Hilton Head Island, U.S. Clay United States Monica Seles 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(5)
9. 1997-07-06 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grass Czech Republic Jana Novotná 2-6, 6-3, 6-3
10. 1997-07-27 Stanford, U.S. Hard Spain Conchita Martínez 6-0, 6-2
11. 1997-08-03 San Diego, U.S. Hard United States Monica Seles 7-6(4), 6-4
12. 1997-09-07 US Open, New York, U.S. Hard United States Venus Williams 6-0, 6-4
13. 1997-10-12 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet United States Lisa Raymond 6-2, 6-4
14. 1997-11-16 Philadelphia, U.S. Carpet United States Lindsay Davenport 7-5, 6-7(7), 7-6(4)
15. 1998-01-31 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard Spain Conchita Martínez 6-3, 6-3
16. 1998-03-15 Indian Wells, U.S. Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-4
17. 1998-05-04 Hamburg, Germany Clay Czech Republic Jana Novotná 6-3, 7-5
18. 1998-05-17 Rome, Italy Clay United States Venus Williams 6-3, 2-6, 6-3
19. 1998-11-22 WTA Tour Championships, New York, U.S. Carpet United States Lindsay Davenport 7-5, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
20. 1999-01-30 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia Hard France Amélie Mauresmo 6-2, 6-3
21. 1999-02-07 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet South Africa Amanda Coetzer 6-2, 6-1
22. 1999-04-04 Hilton Head Island, U.S. Clay Russia Anna Kournikova 6-4, 6-3
23. 1999-05-16 Berlin, Germany Clay France Julie Halard-Decugis 6-0, 6-1
24. 1999-08-08 San Diego, U.S. Hard United States Venus Williams 6-4, 6-0
25. 1999-08-22 Toronto, Canada Hard United States Monica Seles 6-4, 6-4
26. 1999-10-10 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet France Mary Pierce 6-4, 6-1
27. 2000-02-06 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet France Sandrine Testud 6-3, 7-5
28. 2000-04-02 Key Biscayne, U.S. Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 6-2
29. 2000-05-07 Hamburg, Germany Clay Spain Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario 6-3, 6-3
30. 2000-06-25 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands Grass Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6-2, 3-0 retired
31. 2000-08-20 Montreal, Canada Hard United States Serena Williams 0-6, 6-3, 3-0 retired
32. 2000-10-08 Filderstadt, Germany Carpet Belgium Kim Clijsters 6-0, 6-3
33. 2000-10-15 Zurich, Switzerland Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-4, 4-6, 7-5
34. 2000-10-29 Moscow, Russia Carpet Russia Anna Kournikova 6-3, 6-1
35. 2000-11-19 WTA Tour Championships, New York, U.S. Carpet United States Monica Seles 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-4
36. 2001-01-08 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Lindsay Davenport 6-3, 4-6, 7-5
37. 2001-02-18 Doha, Qatar Hard France Sandrine Testud 6-3, 6-2
38. 2001-02-25 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard France Nathalie Tauziat 6-4, 6-4
39. 2002-01-13 Sydney, Australia Hard United States Meghann Shaughnessy 6-2, 6-3
40. 2002-02-03 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet United States Monica Seles 7-6(6), 4-6, 6-3
41. 2006-05-21 Rome, Italy Clay Russia Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5
42. 2006-09-24 Kolkata, India Carpet Russia Olga Poutchkova 6-0, 6-4
43. 2007-02-04 Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Japan Carpet Serbia Ana Ivanović 6-4, 6-2

WTA Tour and ITF Circuit doubles titles

Legend (Doubles)
Tier I (13)
Tier II (13)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV (0)
Grand Slam Title (9)
WTA Tour Championship (2)
ITF Circuit (1)
# Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in final Score
1. March 5, 1995 Prostejov, Czech Republic Hard Indoors Czech Republic Petra Langrova Czech Republic Eva Melicharova
Poland Katarzyna 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, U.S. 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
38. March 3, 2007 Doha, Qatar Hard Russia Maria Kirilenko Hungary Agnes Szavay
Czech Republic Vladimira Uhlirova 		6-1, 6-1

Singles runner-ups (26)

Doubles runner-ups (14)

Mixed doubles title

Team competition

Singles 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 end of 2007 WTA Tour.

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 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 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 / 3 5 / 37 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 8-3 N/A 153-32
WTA Tour Championships A A F QF W F W A A A A A RR A 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 4R 1 / 7 27-6
Miami A A 2R W SF SF W SF QF A A A 3R 3R 2 / 9 29-7
Charleston A A 2R W A W A F A A A A A A 2 / 4 15-2
Berlin A 2R 2R A QF W SF SF A A A A QF 3R 1 / 8 19-7
Rome A A F A W SF A SF A A A A W A 2 / 5 21-3
San Diego1 A A A W SF W QF SF A A A A QF 3R 2 / 7 18-5
Montreal/Toronto A 3R A A SF W W A QF A A A F A 2 / 6 21-4
Moscow A A A A A A W QF 1R A A A A A 1 / 3 5-2
Zurich 2R 2R F QF A F W A A A A A QF A 1 / 7 16-6
Tournaments played 4 13 18 17 18 20 20 18 12 0 0 1 20 14 N/A 175
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 28-14 17-11 N/A 290-74
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 1-1 N/A 109-25
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 2-1 N/A 26-8
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 9-1 4-0 N/A 95-23
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 24-13 N/A 520-130²
Year End Ranking 87 16 4 1 2 1 1 4 10 - - - 7 19 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 548-133.

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
2007 0 1 1 618,065
Career 5 38 43 19,505,362 4

Awards and accolades

1993

1994

  • ITF Junior Girls Singles World Champion. Won Wimbledon junior singles title (youngest junior champion there at 13 years, 276 days). Won French Open junior singles and doubles titles. Runner-up at U.S. Open junior singles tournament.

1995

  • TENNIS Magazine Female Rookie of the Year.

1996

1997

  • Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year.
  • Selected as the Player of the Year by the WTA Tour, the International Tennis Federation, and TENNIS Magazine.
  • BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.

1998

  • First female athlete to be on the cover of the American men's magazine GQ in June 1998.
  • WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Jana Novotna.

1999

2000

  • One of five female tennis players named to the 2000 Forbes magazine Power 100 in Fame and Fortune list at No. 51.
  • WTA Tour Diamond ACES Award.

2001

  • Family Circle/Hormel Foods Player Who Makes a Difference.

2002

  • Elected to Tour Players' Council.

2006

  • World Comeback of the Year Award at the 2006 Laureus World Sports Awards.

2007

Others

  • Except for the French Open, has won every major WTA Tour singles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).
  • Except for Berlin, has won every major WTA Tour doubles title at least once during her career (Grand Slam tournaments, WTA Tour Championships, and Tier I tournaments).
  • 1999 French Open final (Graf d. Hingis 4-6, 7-5, 6-2) was voted by worldwide fans as the Greatest Match in 30-Year History of the Tour (online voting spanned two months and included a ballot of 16 memorable matches).
  • To celebrate the WTA Tour's 30th Anniversary, attended on-court ceremony at 2003 season-ending WTA Tour Championships that honored 13 world No. 1 champions (past and present), and founding members of the tour.

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 U.S. Open final: Lost to Davenport 6-3,7-5 as Hingis, the defending champion, had no answers to Davenport's powerful and accurate shots. Many commentators viewed this match as an indication of the end of Hingis's era of dominance.
  • 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.
  • 2007 Tokyo (Pan Pacific) final: defeated Ana Ivanović 6-4, 6-2, winning her record fifth singles title at this tournament.

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See also

External links

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Sporting positions
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 Swiss Sportswoman of the Year
1997 		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 WTA Comeback of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by Laureus World Comeback of the Year
2006 		Succeeded by
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