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Martina Hingis

Swiss tennis player · Switzerland · Tennis Players · Born 1980 · age 46

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She was the youngest to reach the summit and the youngest to win a major, then became the world's highest-paid female athlete before her body gave out at 22. Three retirements, two doping suspensions, and 25 Grand Slam titles across three disciplines later, Hingis remains the Swiss standard.

A life in dates

2006Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the YearAward1999“She's here with her girlfriend. She's half a man.”In their wordsInternational Herald Tribune, Sports (1999)

1998Best Female Tennis Player ESPY AwardAward1997Associated Press Athlete of the YearAwardBBC World Sport Star of the YearAward1995Switzerland Billie Jean King Cup teamClub1995-20171980Born30 September 1980

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4 statements, newest first
  1. She's here with her girlfriend. She's half a man.

    1999, International Herald Tribune, Sports (1999), Own words

  2. 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.

    About Serena and Venus Williams, U.S. OPEN; Serena Williams Wins Match, Then Takes a Shot at Hingis, Own words

  3. Being black only helps them. Many times they get sponsors because they are black.

    Julianne Malveaux on Business and Economics., Own words

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Switzerland Billie Jean King Cup team1995-2017

Awards

Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year2006
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award1998
BBC World Sport Star of the Year1997
Associated Press Athlete of the Year1997
Swiss Sports Personality of the Year
International Tennis Hall of Fame

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Martina Hingis was born 30 September 1980 and spent the 1990s rewriting tennis record books, claiming five Grand Slam singles titles and holding the world No. 1 ranking for 209 weeks while still a teenager. Ligament damage in both ankles forced her out in early 2003 at age 22, cutting short a run that had made her the highest-paid female athlete for five straight years. She returned in 2006, climbed back to No. 6, and won Comeback of the Year before retiring again in 2007 with a hip injury - then came a two-year suspension in 2008 after testing positive for a cocaine metabolite. In July 2013 she came back a third time for doubles only, adding 10 more major titles and an Olympic silver before her final retirement in 2017 as doubles world No. 1. The International Tennis Hall of Fame inducted her in 2013 and named her its first Global Ambassador two years later.

Country
Switzerland
Category
Tennis Players
Type
Tennis Player
Status
living
Dates
Born 1980 · age 46

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