Top five youngest Australian Open champions ft. Martina Hingis
56 minutes ago · Martina Hingis is the one of the youngest Australian Open champions ever. ... The tournament has been held at the Melbourne Park complex since 1988 and is a major contributor to the Victorian economy. First held in 1905 as the Australasian championships, the Australian Open has grown to become one of the biggest sporting events in the Southern ...
Martina Hingis | AO - Australian Open
While her three-year monopoly of the Open was impressive, Hingis' most memorable match in Melbourne was probably her 2002 final against Jennifer Capriati. The Swiss woman led a set and 4-0, holding four match points before letting Capriati level the match.
1997 | The youngest Grand Slam winner | AO - Australian Open
The crown for youngest Grand Slam winner, man or woman, belongs to Martina Hingis. In 1997, at the age of 16-years and 117-days, the Swiss defeated former world No.3 Mary Pierce in the final of the Australian Open.
Melbourne Memories: The Hingis hat-trick - WTA Tennis
Jan 19, 2021 · Martina Hingis dominated the Australian Open at the end of the 1990s, capping off the decade with three straight titles as she cemented her Hall of Fame legacy.
Martina Hingis - Wikipedia
Martina Hingis (German pronunciation: [maʁˈtiːna ˈhɪŋɡɪs], Slovak: Martina Hingisová; born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player. Hingis was the first Swiss player, male or female, to win a major title and to attain a world No. 1 ranking. She spent a total of 209 weeks as the singles world No. 1 and 90 weeks as the doubles world No. 1, holding both No. 1 ...
The 9 youngest Australian Open women’s champions in the Open …
Jan 20, 2024 · Already the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time as she was just 15 years old when she won the 1996 Wimbledon women’s doubles title alongside Helena Sukova, Martina Hingis added another chapter to her story in January 1997 when she won the Australian Open.
Martina Hingis - International Tennis Hall of Fame
Hingis enjoyed great success in Melbourne and was a crowd favorite. She earned her first title there in 1997 with a routine 6-2, 6-2 victory over Pierce. After winning her third Australian Open in 1999 over France’s Amélie Mauresmo , 6-2, 6-3, Hingis delighted her adoring legion of fans by tossing her match racquet and two others from her ...
1999 Australian Open - Wikipedia
On the other side, Martina Hingis reached her third consecutive Australian Open final, having defeating Monica Seles, 6–2, 6–4, and restricting Seles' Open Era record for an Australian Open winning streak made by a woman to 33. In the final, Hingis defeated Mauresmo in …
The 7 longest Australian Open women's singles win streaks
6 days ago · 2) Martina Hingis – 27 (1997-2000) Hingis remains the last woman to win three consecutive Australian Open titles – and this Swiss won 27 Melbourne matches in a row at the peak of her powers. The Swiss became the youngest champion in the tournament’s history in 1997, progressing to the final as a 16-year-old before beating former champion ...
Hingis, 34, back in Aussie Open final, 20 years after debut
Jan 31, 2015 · MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — When Martina Hingis came out retirement for the second time in her career two years ago, she set some ground rules for herself. She would only play doubles, no singles. And she only wanted partners who would help her win trophies.