Martina Hingis is a former world no. 1 Swiss professional tennis player born on 30th September, 1980.
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Martina Hingis was born in Košice, Slovakia and spent her childhood in Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic.
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Martina’s parents divorced when she was 6 years old and her mother Melanie Molitorová shifted to Switzerland & remarried Andreas Zogg, a Swiss national.
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Martina was named after Martina Navratilova and has a number of ‘youngest ever’ records to her name including youngest ever world no. 1.
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By the age of 22, Martina already had won 40 singles titles & 36 doubles titles to her name making her the highest paid female athlete in the world for 5 consecutive years.
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Martina Hingis is only the fourth woman in the women’s tennis history to win all four Grand Slam women’s doubles titles.
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In the year 2003, Martina Hingis announced her retirement at the age of 22 from tennis due to injuries. However, she was back in 2006.
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Martina became the 17th player in the history of tennis to complete the Doubles Career Grand Slam, when she won the US Open in 1998.
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Martin has reached a total of 35 finals at Grand Slam events (including singles, doubles & mixed-doubles) and has emerged winner 25 times.
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Martina Hingis is part of the elite group of players who have reached the finals in all 4 Grand Slams across singles, doubles and mixed-doubles.