Quotes by Martina Hingis

About Martina Hingis:

Martina Hingis is a Swiss professional tennis player who spent a total of 209 weeks as world No. 1. She won 19 Grand Slam titles, with five singles titles (three at the Australian Open, one at Wimbledon, and one at the US Open), ten women's doubles titles, winning a calendar-year doubles Grand Slam in 1998, and four mixed doubles titles.
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I always give Lindsay so much credit for her tennis game, for her attitude, for her person, and because of how she deals with all the things. I don't think people give her enough credit for how well she's doing.

Martina Hingis

Well, maybe at home I don't have the best image.

Martina Hingis

Any tournament you go to, you want to win it.

Martina Hingis

Honestly, I'm more into the computer, the Internet, and checking out scores or the news.

Martina Hingis

I don't think it's a low point being in the finals of the French Open, three points away from the victory.

Martina Hingis

I grew up on the tennis court with lots of other kids. There were like 40 kids all afternoon and I was one of the youngest ones, so I always had to chase everybody to keep up.

Martina Hingis

I still speak Czech with my parents because I was born there.

Martina Hingis

I've lived for 10 years in Switzerland, so I speak German.

Martina Hingis

No, because I think I have a reason to believe in myself and I think I'm also pretty confident about who I am and what I'm doing and it might be because I'm still at the top too.

Martina Hingis

Now that I beat Lindsay I feel much better.

Martina Hingis

Right now I like baseball, hockey and tennis players. And horseback riders.

Martina Hingis

Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.

Martina Hingis

The first point is always to believe in it when you go on court and then you have the chances to win.

Martina Hingis

The game overall has gotten so much better, stronger, more physical parts to the game.

Martina Hingis

The older you get, the more you learn.

Martina Hingis

The top players talk more now, and we have more meetings. We're just trying to get things better. But we still need somebody who could make a difference.

Martina Hingis

We had a poster of the Davis Cup in 1986. It was in Prague, the Czech Republic against Sweden, and we went to watch, so I got the poster. You couldn't get all the posters. You were lucky if you got one.

Martina Hingis

When I was 4 my mother got divorced and we were very close to each other. I always wanted to be with her. She took me everywhere. When she went for dinner with friends or when they had meetings at the tennis club, I was always there.

Martina Hingis

I didn't have the same fitness or ability as the other girls, so I had to beat them with my mind.

Martina Hingis

I'm not saying I'm something special. I might play a little better tennis than other people, but it is because I was given the chance, and not many people are.

Martina Hingis

Author Bio

  • NameMartina Hingis
  • DescriptionSwiss tennis player
  • BornSeptember 30, 1980
  • CountrySwitzerland
  • ProfessionTennis Player; Tennis Coach
  • AwardsSwiss Sports Personality Of The Year