Martina Hingis is a Swiss tennis player. She had a successful career that lasted 23 years from 1994 to 2017. Hingis won multiple Grand Slam singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles, and she was also a world number one in singles and doubles. She also won the year-end WTA Tour Finals titles in both singles and doubles. Hingis, often overlooked, was a titan of tennis and a goddess on the court.
Martina Hingis began her tennis career in 1994. She wasted no time making a name for herself as she made it to the singles final of all four major tournaments in 1997. She won the 1997 Australian Open singles title against Mary Pierce, 1997 Wimbledon singles title against Jana Novotna, and the 1997 U.S. Open singles title against Venus Williams. She also made it to the final of the 1997 French Open, but lost to Iva Majoli. Hingis’ success in 1997 would propel her to the world number one ranking for the first time in her career. Hingis would win the Australian Open singles title in 1998 and 1999. She made it back to the French Open Final in 1999, but lost to Steffi Graf. She won the year-end WTA Tour Finals in 1998 and 2000. Throughout her singles career, Hingis collected five Grand Slam titles, 43 WTA titles, and 548 career match wins.
In addition to her success in singles competitions, Hingis had an extremely dominant doubles career. She has won all four major doubles titles in her career, and in 1998 Hingis won the doubles Calendar Grand Slam. She also won the WTA Tour Finals doubles title in 1999, 2000, and 2015. She was world number one in doubles in 1998. Hingis was also a doubles silver medalist in the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. In doubles competitions, Hingis won 13 Grand Slam titles, 64 WTA titles, and 490 career match wins.
Martina Hingis has 7 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. When you total up all Grand Slam titles for singles, doubles, and mixed doubles, Hingis’ career total is 25. That’s extremely impressive.
Martina Hingis was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013, and retired from professional tennis in 2017. She’s one of the greatest tennis players ever. Hingis is a tennis goddess, mixing talent on the court with her beautiful image.
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