Martina Hingis, the retired professional tennis player was born in on September 30, 1980 in Košice, Czechoslovakia. She holds the record of spending a total of 209 weeks as World No. 1. Hingis has won five Grand Slam singles titles including three Australian Open, one Wimbledon, and one US Open. She also won nine Grand Slam women’s doubles titles, winning a calendar year Grand Slam in 1998, and one Grand Slam mixed doubles title.

Hingis had to withdraw from tennis at a young age because of ligament injuries in both ankles. She quit professional tennis in 2002 at the age of 22. After several surgeries and long

recuperations, Hingis returned to the WTA tour in 2006, then to climb to World No. 6 and won three singles titles. On November 1, 2007, again after suffering from injuries for much of the year, she retired. On January 4, 2008, she was banned from tennis for two years for the cocaine offence.

Hingis was born to to a Czech mother and a Hungarian father. Hingis took up tennis at a young age. Hingis began playing tennis when she was two years old and entered her first tournament at age four. In 1993, 12-year-old Hingis became the youngest player to win a Grand Slam junior title. She entered into professional tennis in October 1994 and became the youngest player to win a match at a Grand Slam tournament when she advanced to the second round of the Australian Open.

In 1996, Hingis became the youngest Wimbledon champion. Hingis became the World No. 1 women’s tennis player in 1997. In that year, the only Grand Slam singles title that she failed to win was the French Open. She lost in the final to Iva Majoli. In 2003 Hingis announced her retirement from tennis. In her career, Hingis has won 40 singles titles and 36 doubles events

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The Wimbledon Championships,or simply, Wimbledon, is one of the oldest tennis tournament in the world today. It is considered widely as the most prestigious Tennis tournament and is been  held  at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877. Wimbledon finds berth as the oldest of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, and is the only one still played on grass courts.
The Wimbledon tournament runs annually for a period

of 14 days from late June to early July. It has a climax being the men’s singles final, scheduled for a Sunday. Wimbledon is third in the annual Grand Slam season that happens after the Australian Open and the French Open.  The U.S. Open follows it.
 
Wimbledon follows strict dress code for competitors, and ball boys and girls. The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club is the body responsible for staging the world’s leading tennis tournament. It is a private club founded in 1868 ans was originally known as ‘The All England Croquet Club’.

Wimbledon is one of the premier tennis tournaments in the world. That is viewed by  13,800 to 15,000 fans under a  retractable roof. Wimbledon includes five main events, four junior events and four invitation events. The Wimbledon matches in the Gentlemen’s Singles and Gentlemen’s Doubles competitions are best-of-five sets. The Wimbledon tournament begins every year on the Monday falling between 20 and 26 June.  It is played two weeks after the Queen’s Club Championships. Wimbledon is played for a period of 14 days, beginning on a Monday and ending on a Sunday. The tournament is played on nineteen courts composed purely of rye grass. At present, Wimbledon is the only Grand Slam event, that is played on grass courts. The ball boys and girls, known as BBGs, has a cruicial role in the smooth running of the tournament.

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