Editing Martina Hingis (section)

====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" />