biography
pronunciation:
[hingis]
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| female
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| lived:
| (1980– )
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| biography:
| Tennis player, born in Kosice, SE Slovak Republic. She was brought up in Switzerland and, playing for that country, in 1997 became the youngest singles Grand Slam tournament winner of the 20th-c after her victory in the Australian Open, and the youngest-ever world number one when she replaced the injured Steffi Graf. Winner of the 1996 and 1998 Wimbledon doubles title, she won the singles title in 1997 at the age of 16, and that same year won the US and Australian titles, retaining the latter in 1998 and 1999. Her doubles titles include the Australian Open, 1997, 1998, and 1999, the US Open, 1998, and the French, 1998 and 2000. Injury forced her retirement in 2003. |
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