Martina Hingis is an outstanding Swiss tennis player. There are triumphs and defeats in her sports career.
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 her daughter's first coach.
Martina received her first racket for her second birthday. Then the baby became interested in skiing, but tennis won.
Five-year-old Khingis took an active part in children's competitions. Soon the girl's parents broke up.
The mother married again the Swiss programmer Andres Tsogg. The newly formed family moved to a small town in northern Switzerland, Trubach.
It was in this country that Martina's rapid ascent to sports heights 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.
Rapid start
In 1993, the girl's first Grand Slam competition took place. Immediately, the talented debutanne managed to win them at the junior level in France.
A year later, she was already performing as a professional. By the end of his first season, the fourteen-year-old teenager bypassed many adult athletes: Martina got into the first hundred of the world rankings.
In 1996, the girl set a record. She became the youngest winner of Wimbledon. The famous "Grand Slam" was resigned to the duet with Helena Sukova.
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 a doubles game, but also in a single game. During the US Open, she lost only the final. She was defeated by Steffi Graf, then the first racket in the world.
On top of success
1997 turned into a real triumph for the tennis princess. Hingis lost only five out of seventy-five matches. The young athlete finished the season on the first line of the world ranking.
For a year, she won the first places in a dozen competitions. There were almost forty meetings in the unbeaten run. And the next year, the tennis player began with a victory in the Australian tournament.
She managed to secure the leadership in the world standings for herself. She was especially pleased with her victories over Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams.
This was followed by serious injuries. As a result, Martina had to regain her shape.
During the fights, the girl began to have convulsions. Because of this, the final match of the US Open and the title of the first world racket had to be given to rivals.
Lindsay Davenport entered the top of the podium again. However, after injuries Khingis recovered quickly enough. The main rival was again defeated in the final annual meeting.
Until 2007 Martina remained the unchanged 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 proceedings in court did not subside.
Matters of the heart
In her personal life, Martina adhered to the rule of publicity. The press always knew everything about her novels. At the end of 2006, the girl announced her upcoming engagement with Czech tennis player Radek Stepanek. True, the ceremony did not wait.
Less than a year later, the couple broke up. A similar situation happened with the Swiss lawyer Andreas Bieri. Plans for weddings were widely reported in the press.
The sheer shock was the news that Martina in 2010 married Thibault Utena, a French rider.
Three years later, unpleasant details of the celebrity's family life were revealed. Thibault did not hide the fact that his wife raised her hand to him and constantly cheated.
Therefore, the newlyweds live separately. The marriage soon fell apart. 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 having an affair with Czech hockey player Pavel Kubina, lawyer Chris Kalkin, golfer Sergio Garcia, football player Saul Campbell and restaurateur Stefan Eggeroy. Moreover, the list of the tennis princess's heart is far from complete.
Since the spring of 2013, Hingis began an affair with the sports agent of the tennis player from Spain Tommy Robredo David Ros. Once again, the press was shocked by the unexpected end of the story.
Living in the present
Martina announced her upcoming wedding with sports physician Harald Limann. The newlyweds met in 2016 in Rio de Janeiro during the Olympics.
Hingis performed in doubles at the time. The tennis player won silver. The doctor of the Swiss national team, Harald, was already taking care of the girl, taking care of her health.
They did not stop communicating even after returning home. Sympathy grew into true love. In 2017, Martine and her chosen one, who is a year older than his wife, sounded wedding bells.
The ceremony took place at the Bad Ragaz resort in Switzerland. One hundred and fifty people were invited. The fans of the star learned about the upcoming joyful event personally.
She shared the news on Instagram. The girl posted pictures from the wedding. Hingis thanked her family and friends for their wishes.
