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Martina Hingis
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Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia, now Slovakia) is a former world number one Swiss tennis player. Known as the "Swiss Miss," she has won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one US Open). She has 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 set a series of "youngest-ever" records before ligament injuries in both of her ankles forced her to 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, starting her professional comeback at a low-key tournament in Gold Coa... more Martina Hingis biography
Nickname: Swiss Miss
Country: Switzerland
Residence: Trübbach, Switzerland,
Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA
Date of birth: September 30, 1980
Place of birth: Košice, Slovakia
Height: 170 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Awards and Accolades
1993
-Aged 12, became youngest-ever Grand Slam junior winner at 1993 French Open. Jennifer Capriati was the previous youngest winner.
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
-Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Tour Most Improved Player. WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award.
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.
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
-WTA Tour Doubles Team of the Year with Anna Kournikova.
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.
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