Martina Hingis is an outstanding Swiss tennis player. In her sports career, there are both triumphs and defeats.
An extraordinary personality was able to achieve considerable heights in such a sport as tennis.
The beginning of a sports career
Martina was born in 1980 on September 30 in the Slovak city of Kosice. Melanie, the mother of the future sports celebrity, was one of the ten best tennis players in Czechoslovakia. She became the first coach of her daughter.
Martina received her first racket for a biennium. Then the baby was interested in skiing, but still tennis won.
Five-year-old Hingis actively participated in children's competitions. Soon, the girl's parents broke up.
Mother remarried to Swiss programmer Andres Zogg. The newly formed family moved to a small town in the north of Switzerland, Trubbach.
It was in this country that Martina's rapid ascent to the sporting peaks began. For several years in the eighties, the girl won the largest national tournaments.
Twice the young tennis player managed to win the title of European champion.
Swift start
In 1993, the first competitions of the girl in the "Grand Slam" took place. Immediately a talented debutante managed to win them at the junior level in France.
A year later, she already acted as a professional. By the end of his first season, a fourteen-year-old teenager went around many adult athletes: Martina got into the first hundred of the world ranking.
In 1996, the girl set a record. She became the youngest winner of Wimbledon. The duet with Helena Sukova obeyed the famous "Grand Slam".
Throughout the season, Martina took part in sixteen competitions held under the auspices of the Women's Tennis Association. She managed to attend the Atlanta Olympics, defending Switzerland.
The girl achieved success not only in the doubles game, but also in the single player. During the US Open, she lost only the final. She was defeated by Steffi Graf, then the first racket of the world.
On top of success
A real triumph for the tennis princess of 1997. Of the seventy-five matches, Hingis lost only five. The young athlete finished the season on the first line of the world ranking.
For a year, she won the first places of a dozen competitions. In a win-win series, there were almost forty meetings. And next year, the tennis player began her victory in the Australian tournament.
She managed to consolidate her leadership in the world classification. Especially pleased with her victory over Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams.
Serious injuries followed. As a result, Martina had to restore shape.
During fights, the girl began to cramp. Because of this, the final match of the US Open and the title of the first world racket had to be given to the rivals.
Once again, Lindsay Davenport entered the top of the podium. However, after injuries, Hingis recovered quite quickly. The main rival was again defeated in the final annual meeting.
Until 2007, Martina remained the constant winner of prestigious tournaments and the owner of the most flattering titles. The doping scandal in 2016 led to the end of his career. For a long time, unpleasant court proceedings did not subside.
Heart affairs
In her personal life, Martin adhered to the rule of publicity. The press always knew everything about her novels. At the end of 2006, the girl announced an upcoming engagement with Czech tennis player Radek Stepanek. True, the ceremony did not wait.
In less than a year, the couple broke up. A similar situation occurred with the Swiss lawyer Andreas Bieri. The press widely covered plans for weddings.
The shocking news was that Martina had married Thibault Uten, a French rider, in 2010.
Three years later, unpleasant details of the celebrity's family life were revealed. Thibault did not hide the fact that the wife raised her hand at him and constantly cheated.
Because the newlyweds live separately. Soon the marriage broke up. After a short union, Hingis managed to meet with many eminent tennis players.
Among her amorous victories are Justin Gimelstob, Julian Plonso, Ivo Heuberger, Magnus Norman. In addition, Martina is credited with an affair with Czech hockey player Pavel Kubina, lawyer Chris Kalkin, golfer Sergio Garcia, football player Sol Campbell and restaurateur Stefan Eggeroy. Moreover, the list of heart affairs of the tennis princess is far from complete.
In the spring of 2013, Hingis began an affair with Spain's sports agent tennis player Tommy Robredo David Ros. And again, the press was shocked by the unexpected conclusion of the story.
