Editing Martina Hingis (section)

===Grand Slam success and period of dominance (1996–2000)===

====1996====

In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time, when she teamed with [[Helena Suková]] at [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] to win the women's doubles title at age 15 years and 9 months.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/hingis-to-miss-wimbledon-651558.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090101102314/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/hingis-to-miss-wimbledon-651558.html |url-status=dead |archive-date= 1 January 2009 |title=Hingis to miss Wimbledon |author=John Roberts |date=21 May 2002 |access-date=31 October 2008 |work=The Independent |location=London }}</ref> She also won her first professional singles title that year at [[Filderstadt]], Germany. She reached the singles quarterfinals of the 1996 Australian Open and the singles semifinals of the 1996 [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]. Following her win at Filderstadt, Hingis defeated the reigning Australian Open champion and co-top ranked (with [[Steffi Graf]]) [[Monica Seles]] in the final in Oakland, but lost to Graf in the year-end [[WTA Tour Championships]] final in five sets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2019/10/wta-finals-debutants-have-history-success/85657/|title=WTA Finals newcomers have a history of success|website=Tennis.com|access-date=2019-10-31|archive-date=31 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191031210735/https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2019/10/wta-finals-debutants-have-history-success/85657/|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1997====

In 1997, Hingis became the World No. 1 women's tennis player. She started the year by winning the warm-up tournament in Sydney. She then became the youngest [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles winner in the 20th century by winning the Australian Open at age 16 years and 3 months (beating former champion [[Mary Pierce]] in the final). She also won the Australian Open women's doubles with [[Natasha Zvereva]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stevegtennis.com/draw-results/wta/Australian_Open/1997/#to_d|title=WTA Australian Open Draw 1997 {{!}} Women's Qualifying & Main Event Results|access-date=2020-01-16|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329120638/http://www.stevegtennis.com/draw-results/wta/Australian_Open/1997/#to_d|url-status=live}}</ref> In March, she became the youngest top ranked player in history. In July, she became the youngest singles champion at Wimbledon since [[Lottie Dod]] in 1887 by beating [[Jana Novotná]] in the final. She then defeated another up-and-coming player, [[Venus Williams]], in the final of the US Open. The only Grand Slam singles title that Hingis failed to win in 1997 was the French Open, where she lost in the final to [[Iva Majoli]].

====1998: Doubles Grand Slam====

In 1998, Hingis won all four of the Grand Slam women's doubles titles, only the fourth in women's tennis history to do so,<ref>[http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/martinahingis_trivia1.html Martina Hingis News and Trivias at] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100118015826/http://www.celebritywonder.com/html/martinahingis_trivia1.html |date=18 January 2010 }}. Celebritywonder.com. Retrieved 30 July 2011.</ref> (the Australian Open with [[Mirjana Lučić]] and the other three events with Novotná), and she became only the third woman to hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles simultaneously. She also retained her Australian Open singles title by beating [[Conchita Martínez]] in straight sets in the final. Hingis, however, lost in the final of the US Open to [[Lindsay Davenport]]. Davenport ended an 80-week stretch Hingis had enjoyed as the No. 1 singles player in October 1998, but Hingis finished the year by beating Davenport in the final of the WTA Tour Championships.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Lindsay Davenport|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/playerCard?player=lindsay|access-date=15 September 2020|publisher=ESPN|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917032841/http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/playerCard?player=lindsay|url-status=live}}</ref>

====1999====

[[File:Kournikova-Hingis-SYD-1.jpg|thumb|Martina Hingis (right) with doubles partner [[Anna Kournikova]] at the Sydney WTA tournament, 2002]]

1999 saw Hingis win her third successive Australian Open singles crown as well as the doubles title (with [[Anna Kournikova]]). She had dropped her former doubles partner Jana Novotná.<ref>[http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sports/features/5107/ Riot Girls] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201025/http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/sports/features/5107/ |date=30 September 2007 }}, Chris Smith, ''New York''</ref>
She then reached the French Open final and was three points away from victory in the second set before losing to Steffi Graf about whom she had said before: "Steffi had some results in the past, but it's a faster, more athletic game now... She is old now. Her time has passed." She broke into tears after a game in which the crowd had booed her for using underhand serves and crossing the line in a discussion about an umpire decision.<ref>[http://www.insidetennis.com/archive/YB08_hingis.html Say it ain’t so] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924035219/http://www.insidetennis.com/archive/YB08_hingis.html |date=24 September 2015 }}, Bill Simons, Inside Tennis</ref> After a shock first-round, straight set, loss to [[Jelena Dokić]] at Wimbledon,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/1999/wimbledon/news/1999/06/22/vicario_advance/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010617051749/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/1999/wimbledon/news/1999/06/22/vicario_advance/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 June 2001 |publisher=CNN|title=Qualifier Dokic crushes world No. 1, 6–2, 6–0 |date=22 June 1999 |access-date=12 May 2010 }}</ref> Hingis bounced back to reach her third consecutive US Open final, where she lost to 17-year-old [[Serena Williams]]. Hingis won a total of seven singles titles that year and reclaimed the No. 1 singles ranking. She also reached the final of the WTA Tour Championships, where she lost to Lindsay Davenport.<ref name=":0" />

====2000====

In 2000, Hingis again found herself in both the singles and doubles finals at the Australian Open. This time, however, she lost both. Her three-year hold on the singles championship ended when she lost to Davenport. Later, Hingis and Mary Pierce, her new doubles partner, lost to [[Lisa Raymond]] and [[Rennae Stubbs]]. Hingis captured the French Open women's doubles title with Pierce and produced consistent results in singles tournaments throughout the year. She reached the quarterfinals at Wimbledon before losing to Venus Williams. Although she did not win a Grand Slam singles tournament, the first time this had happened since 1996,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martina Hingis|url=http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/playerCard?player=hingis|website=ESPN PlayerCard|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=17 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917010355/http://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/playerCard?player=hingis|url-status=live}}</ref> she kept the year end No. 1 ranking because of nine tournament championships, including the WTA Tour Championships where she won the singles and doubles titles.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martina Hingis|url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/80301/martina-hingis/matches|website=WTA Tournaments|access-date=15 September 2020|archive-date=16 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916213949/https://www.wtatennis.com/players/80301/martina-hingis/matches|url-status=live}}</ref>