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Playing more like a cagey veteran than a teenager, Hingis won the 1997 Australian Open singles championship at 16 years, 3 months, defeating Mary Pierce convincingly. With that win she became the youngest Aussie champion in history. That March, Hingis rose to No. 1 in world rankings and became the youngest ever to hold that position.
Hingis was named after Martina Navratilova, and, like that other grandee, she also split her tennis life into more than one act. For all Hingis' success in her first career - as a 16-year-old, she won three Grand Slam singles titles, and held the No.1 singles ranking - going out while still capable of much more, to complete her third career, could well be up there among her finest accomplishments.
ST PETERSBURG, FL, USA – Switzerland’s Martina Hingis has announced she is ending her career and retiring from professional tennis. The winner of 43 career singles titles and 64 career doubles titles (including 25 career Grand Slam titles across singles, doubles and mixed doubles), Hingis will step away from the sport, concluding a career as one of the legendary greats of the game.
Beating Mary Pierce 6-2 6-2 in the final of Australian Open 1997, Hingis didn't drop a set en route to the title, becoming the youngest player in the 20th century (at 16 years, three months and 26 days) to win a major. Hingis returned in 1998 seeded No.1, crushing Conchita Martinez 6-3 6-3 in 86 minutes and earning her place in the history ...
Sep 15, 2017 · Martina Hingis, 36, won the women’s doubles and the mixed doubles at the recent US Open, taking her overall grand slam total to 25. She partnered with Taiwan’s Chan Yung-Jan to win the women ...
Jan 15, 2022 · Martina Hingis was way ahead in the final, but Jennifer Capriati made history in the oppressive heat and won. Share full article Jennifer Capriati‘s 2002 Australian Open singles title was the ...
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