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Oct 26, 2017 · THE TACTICIAN. Hingis’ path had been forged from the minute she was born in Czechoslovakia on September 30, 1980. Hingis’ mother, Melanie Molitor, a fine player in her own right, had named her after the greatest of all Czech players, Martina Navratilova.
Martina Hingis was born September 30, 1980 in Kosice, Slovakia (then part of Czechoslovakia). Her father, Karol Hingis, was a mechanic and a tennis enthusiast. Her mother, Monica Molitor, was an eighteen-year-old ranked tennis player from Roznov when she married Hingis; Martina was their only child.
Born on 30 September 1980 in Kosice, Slovakia, child tennis prodigy Hingis was named after tennis legend Martina Navratilova. Making her AO debut in 1995, the Swiss Miss became the youngest player to win a round at a Grand Slam.
