Editing Martina Hingis (section)

====2006====
At the [[2006 Australian Open|Australian Open]], Hingis lost in the quarterfinals to second-seeded [[Kim Clijsters]]. However, Hingis won the mixed doubles title with [[Mahesh Bhupathi]] of India. This was her first career [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] mixed doubles title and fifteenth overall (5 singles, 9 women's doubles, 1 mixed doubles).

The week after the Australian Open, Hingis defeated world No. 4, [[Maria Sharapova]], in the semifinals of the [[Tier I]] [[Pan Pacific Open]] in Tokyo, before losing in the final to world No. 9, [[Elena Dementieva]]. Hingis competed in Dubai then, reaching the quarterfinals before falling to Sharapova. At the Tier I [[Pacific Life Open]] in Indian Wells, Hingis defeated world No. 4, [[Lindsay Davenport]] in the fourth round, before again losing to Sharapova in the semifinals.

[[File:Martina Hingis am Zurich Open 2006.jpg|thumb|left|Martina Hingis at the Zurich Open, 2006]]
At the Tier I [[Rome Masters|Italian Open]] in Rome, Hingis posted her 500th career singles match victory in the quarterfinals, beating world No. 18 Flavia Pennetta, and subsequently won the tournament with wins over Venus Williams in the semifinals and [[Dinara Safina]] in the final. This was her 41st WTA Tour singles title and first in more than four years. Hingis then reached the quarterfinals of the French Open before losing to Kim Clijsters.

At Wimbledon, Hingis lost in the third round to [[Ai Sugiyama]].

Hingis's return to the US Open was short lived, as she was upset in the second round by world No. 112, [[Virginie Razzano]] of France.

In her first tournament after the US Open, Hingis won the second title of her comeback at the Tier III [[Sunfeast Open]] in Kolkata, India. She defeated unseeded Russian [[Olga Puchkova]] in the final. The following week in [[Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships|Seoul]], Hingis notched her 50th match win of the year before losing in the second round to [[Sania Mirza]].

Hingis qualified for the year-ending [[WTA Tour Championships]] in Madrid as the 8th seed. In her round robin matches, she lost in three sets to both [[Justine Henin]] and [[Amélie Mauresmo]] but defeated [[Nadia Petrova]].

Hingis ended the year ranked world No. 7. She also finished eighth in prize money earnings (US$1,159,537). Hingis also ranked as No. 7 on the Annual Top Google News Searches in 2006.<ref>[http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/google-zeitgeist-highlights-2006-searches/ Google Zeitgeist Highlights 2006 Searches] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928212644/http://www.digitaltrends.com/lifestyle/google-zeitgeist-highlights-2006-searches/ |date=28 September 2011 }}. Digitaltrends.com (29 December 2006). Retrieved 30 July 2011.</ref>