Martina Hingis
Biography
Martina
was born on 30 th September, 1980 in Kosice in now Slovakia to mother
Melanie Molitor and father Karol Hingis. Both Martina'a mother and
father played tennis quite well. They married and Martina was born
four years later. As a toddler she used to sit on a blanket watching
her parents and she started "playing' at the age of 2. Melanie
divorced and moved with Martina to Roznov, in the now Czech Republic.
Martina entered her first tournament at the age of 4, when she couldn't
even see above the net! Her first match ended 6-0, 6-0. For her
much older opponent. But soon Martina started winning her matches.
When martina was 8, Melanie remarried with the Swiss computer scientist
Andreas Zogg. Together they moved to Trubbach, a small town in the
north of German speaking Switzerland, where Martina still lives
in her own apartment attached to the main house. Melanie later divorced
again and is currently engaged with Mario Widmer, a Swiss sports
journalist. She is Martina's coach and mother, a double role that
led to some teen troubles in the past. But Martina always calls
her mother "best friend". The two of them also own a house
in Roznov, and recently acquired a villa in Saddlebrook, Florida,
near the harry Hopmans Tennis Academy where Martina lives when in
the USA. Martina is 20 years old, 1.70m x 59 kg, has natural chestnut
hair and blue eyes. She plays right-handed forehand and two-handed
backhand, she is the archetipal all-court player, at ease playing
from the baseline or with a natural serve and volley. Her astonishing
talent and wide array of shots are coupled with a strong mind and
a tactical sense that many chess masters dream to have, making her
extremely dangerous on court.
History
of Champion
Australian Open: Singles - 1997 1998 1999, Doubles - 1997 1998 1999
French Open: Doubles - 1998 1999 2000
Wimbledon: Singles - 1997, Doubles - 1996 1998
U.S. Open: Singles - 1997, Doubles - 1998
Masters: Singles - 1998, Doubles - 1999
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