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Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980 in Košice, Slovakia) is a former World No. 1 professional tennis player. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one U.S. Open). She ... won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. She spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1.
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Martina Hingis (born Martina Hingisová Molitor on September 30, 1980) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. Born in Košice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), Hingis lived for a time in Florida but has now returned to Switzerland. She was named after Martina Navrátilová, another tennis player of Czechoslovakian origin.
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Martina Hingis has a new sparkle these days thanks to the diamond engagement ring she's been sporting since fiance Radek Stepanek proposed to her late last year. The 26-year-old Hingis revealed today deciding to return to tennis after a three year layoff required reflection, but accepting Stepanek's marriage proposal was a snap.
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Martina Hingis has an endorsement deal with Yonex, which provides her tennis racquets, and with Tacchini, which supplies her shoes and clothes. She is represented by International Management Group, the leading management company in the sport of tennis, and she recently bought herself a horse. Hingis ... happens to have braces and has been in the eighth grade for all of two weeks.
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Martina Hingis, who was born into a tennis family, has won five Grand Slam singles titles - three Australian Opens, one Wimbledon, and one US Open. She has ... won nine Grand Slam women’s doubles titles. She set a series of “youngest-ever” records, and spent 209 weeks at number one. She has had several surgeries and set backs due to hip, leg, and feet problems. Her last match was this past September 19, with Peng Shuai of China. Peng Shuai left that match victorious.
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Martina Hingis ... burst on the scene as a very young junior and started to play top WTA players immediately. With only 15 years old she played Lindsay Davenport twice and took a set of her both times. She still couldn’t win against top players like Steffi Graf and Conchita Martinez, but she did come to the finals and put up a good fight. Lost in 5 sets against Steffi Graf in the Masters championships. Steffi had by then won 102 singles tournaments and 21 Grand Slam titles!
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