10 great moments: Martina Hingis
As Martina Hingis turns 40, look back at highlights from her remarkable WTA career.
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At the 1997 Australian Open, Martina Hingis became the youngest ever Grand Slam champion, winning the tournament aged 16.
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On March 31, 1997, the Swiss became the youngest player ever to attain the WTA World No.1 spot. She would spend 209 weeks in total at the top of the ladder.
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Two more major titles followed in 1997, with the teenager winning both Wimbledon and the US Open and reaching the final at Roland Garros.
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Her domination of the sport continued in Melbourne in 1998 as she took a fourth major crown in five attempts.
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Hingis proved an exceptional doubles player and won the Grand Slam in 1998, doing so with two different partners: Mirjana Lucic in Australia and Jana Novotna in Paris, Wimbledon and New York.
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She held both the World No.1 rankings in singles and doubles concurrently for 29 weeks.
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Victory at the 1999 Australian Open proved to be the last singles Grand Slam title of her career, which would be interrupted by ankle ligament damage in early 2003.
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In 2006, she returned to the Tour and climbed to WTA World No.6. Among her achievements was winning Rome after posting her 500th career singles victory.
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After another injury-enforced break, Hingis returned to the Tour in 2013 to play exclusively doubles. She was very successful and would go on to win four majors in three years.
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Hingis also proved an excellent mixed doubles player. She completed the career Grand Slam in this discipline and took seven major titles overall, pairing up with Jamie Murray to win Wimbledon and the US Open in 2017.
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