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| Name: | Martina Hingis |
| Sex: | F |
| Nationality: | Swiss |
| Birth Date: | September 30, 1980 |
| Birth Place: | Kosice, Slovakia |
| Profession: | tennis player |
| Father: | Karol Hingis (manages a tennis club in Slovakia; divorced) |
| Mother: | Melanie Molitor (former tennis champion) |
| Step Father: | Andreas Zogg (Swiss computer scientist; divorced) |
| Contact: | Click here |
| MARTINA HINGIS GOSSIP, NEWS & TRIVIA |
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- Weight : 130 lbs.
- Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- Residence: Trubbach, Switzerland
- Her parents named her after women's tennis great Martina Navratilova. Five of her seven 1999 singles titles came at Grand Slam or Tier I events; tied for most titles in 1999; reached the finals at 13 of the 20 tournaments she played in 1999, including three Grand Slam finals.
- Favorite movies: MISS SAIGON and LION KING
- Favorite designers: Gucci, D&G, DKNY
- Began skiing and playing tennis at age 2; entered tournaments at 4.
- Coached by mother, Melanie Molitor.
- Other favorite sports: skiing, soccer, basketball, swimming and horseback riding (horses' names are Montana, Sorrenta and Velvet)
- First female athlete to be on the cover of the American men's magazine GQ in June 1998.
- Favorite cities: Paris and New York for the shopping
- Most Memorable Experiences: winning her first WTA TOUR title in Filderstadt 1996; winning her first singles Grand Slam (Australian Open 1997); successfully defending her first Grand Slam (Australian Open 1998); playing Steffi Graf in the 1999 French Open final; defeating Venus Williams in the 1999 U.S. Open semifinals (her best win so far, she says)
- Superstition: Not to walk on the tennis court lines
- Immortalized in wax at the famous Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London.
- Invited to the Academy Awards by famous Swiss director, Arthur Cohn (Central Station)
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