Informations about Martina Hingis
Name : Martina Hingis
Profession : tennis Player
Birthdate : September 30, 1980s
Birthplace : Kosice, Slovakia
Height : 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Weight : 130 lbs. (59 kg)
Plays : Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Some biography
Martina Hingis (born September 30, 1980) is a professional tennis player from Switzerland. Born in Kosice, Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), Hingis lived for a time in Florida but has now returned to Switzerland. She was named after Martina Navratilova, another tennis player of Czechoslovakian origin. At one time ranked #1 in the world for women's singles. She has not played since October 2002 because of chronic foot injuries, and in February 2003 stated that she could not foresee a return to tennis. In her statments, she said that due to her injuries she could not play to a level where she would again be competitive with the best, and was not interested in coping with the pain in her feet to compete at a lesser level.