Martina Hingis

About

Martina won five Grand Slam singles titles and nine Grand Slam women’s doubles titles making her one of the finest female athletes of her generation. She began playing tennis when she was two years old and entered her first tournament at age four. In 1993, 12-year-old Hingis became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title: the girls’ singles at the French Open. In 1994, she won the girls’ singles title at Wimbledon, and reached the final of the US Open. She went onto become the youngest player to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament when she advanced to the second round of the Australian Open in 1995.

In 1997, Hingis became the undisputed World No. 1 women’s tennis player. From here her career prospered; in 1997 she won  the Australian and US Open without losing a set, and in 1998 she won all four of the Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, only the fourth in women’s tennis history to do so.

In 2007 Hingis received the Tour Comeback Player of the Year, which highlighted her dedication to the sport.

Martina is also one of only five female tennis players named to the 2000 Forbes magazine Power 100 in Fame and Fortune list at No. 51.
In 2009 Hingis partook in the BBC’s dancing competition, Strictly Come Dancing, and was the bookies favourite for the competition.

And in June 2011, Martina Hingis was named one of the 30 Legends of Women’s Tennis: Past, Present and Future by Time Magazine.

Martina is renowned for her passionate and sporting based motivational speeches. Her natural style and exuberant spirit allows him to set an audience at ease whilst keeping entertained and on the edge of their seats throughout the course of the presentation.