Editing Martina Hingis (section)

====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>