I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.

Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as world no. BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year. "


Retirement
Hingis played an exhibition match at the Liverpool International tournament on 13 June 2008.

Martina Hingis (born 30 September 1980) is a Swiss former professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as world no. After several surgeries and long recuperations Hingis returned to the WTA tour in 2006. She then climbed to world no.