Martina Hingis

Some Lesser Known Facts About Martina Hingis

• Does Martina Hingis smoke: No

• Does Martina Hingis drink alcohol: Yes

• Martina’s mother said that she named her daughter after the most celebrated female player at the time of her birth, Martina Navratilova.

• Martina Hingis started competing at the age of 4 and turned pro at a mere age of 14.

• Melanie Molitor, Martina’s mother, has been her coach for most of her career.

• At the age of 12, in 1993, Martina Hingis won French Open Girls’ Singles title and became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam Junior Title.

• In March 1997, Martina became the youngest top ranked player in History.

• In 1998, Martina Hingis became the first athlete to be on the cover of the American Men’s Magazine named GQ.

• Interestingly, Hingis had announced her retirement twice, but came back both the times. In 2003, she had to consider retirement because of hip and ankle injuries, & in 2007, the ban levied on her, because of positive tests for Cocaine forced her to ‘retire’ again.

• Hingis returned to professional competition once again in 2013, this time strictly as a doubles player and a coach.

• Time magazine recognized her as one of the “30 Legends of Women’s Tennis: Past, Present and Future” in 2011.

• Martina Hingis was inducted in the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2013.