Martina Hingis

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. The first time was in 2002, when she was struggling with injuries and was only 22. She returned to tennis in 2005, but retired two years later after sustaining more injuries. A blood test had also proved that she was using cocaine, an illegal drug. 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.

Career statistics

Singles performance timeline
{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
! Tournament !! 1994 !! 1995 !! 1996 !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! SR !! W–L
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;" |
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| A
| A
| A
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF
! 3 / 10
! 52–7
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;" | French Open
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| A
| A
| A
| A
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF
| A
! 0 / 8
! 35–8
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;" | Wimbledon
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 4R
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 1R
| A
| A
| A
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R
! 1 / 9
! 23–8
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;" | US Open
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 4R
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| style="background:yellow;" | SF
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 4R
| A
| A
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 2R
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 3R
! 1 / 10
! 43–9
|-
! style=text-align:left| 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
! 
|-
|  style="background:#efefef; text-align:left;" | WTA Tour Championships
| A
| A
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:#ffebcd;" | QF
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| style="background:thistle;" | F
| style="background:#0f0;" | W
| A
| A
| A
| A
| A
| style="background:#afeeee;" | 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)

Doubles

Related pages
List of WTA number 1 ranked players

References

Other websites 

WTA

Australian Open champions
Coaches
Doping cases in sport
Female tennis players
French Open champions
Slovakian sportspeople
Strictly Come Dancing participants
Swiss tennis players
US Open (tennis) champions
Wimbledon champions
World No. 1 tennis players
1980 births
Living people
Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic silver medalists