Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980 in Ko?ice, Slovakia) is a retired professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. She won five Grand Slam singles titles (three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one U.S. Open). She also won nine Grand Slam women's doubles titles, winning a calendar year Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title. Hingis set a series of "youngest-ever" records before ligament injuries in both ankles forced her to withdraw temporarily from professional tennis in 2002 at the age of 22. After several surgeries and long recuperations, Hingis returned to the WTA tour in 2006. She then climbed to World No. 6 and won three singles titles. On November 1, 2007, after suffering from injuries for much of the year, Hingis announced her retirement from tennis while admitting she had tested positive for cocaine during Wimbledon in 2007. She denied using the drug. On January 4, 2008, she was banned from tennis for two years due to the cocaine offense. She has stated that she will not return to professional tennis when this ban expires. Hingis was born to accomplished tennis players: a Czech mother, Melanie Molitorova, and a Slovak father living in Kosice (Slovakia), Karol Hingis. Molitorova once ranked No. 10 among women in Czechoslovakia. Her father who was rated even number 19[9] in the tennis rankings of Czechoslovakia is today a tennis trainer in Kosice. They named their daughter 'Martina' (originally Martina Hingisova) after Martina Navratilova. Hingis' parents divorced when she was a young girl. She moved with her mother to the Czech Republic for a short period, then to Trbbach in Switzerland. Please visit Http://www.martina-hingis.mobi for more infomation.
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