WUHAN, China - Martina Hingis has been one of the most successful tennis players in the world over the last two decades, amassing an incredible 20 Grand Slam titles across all three disciplines - five in singles, 11 in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. She's just the third active player to have more than 20 Grand Slam titles to her name - the other two are, of course, the Williams sisters.
But this one's all about the birthday girl - we're turning back the clock and looking at her 20 majors, starting with those five singles titles. The first of those five - the Australian Open in 1997 - made Hingis, just 16 years old at the time, the youngest player to win a Grand Slam title in the Open Era.
Grand Slam Singles Title No.1: 1997 Australian Open
(d. Mary Pierce in the final, 6-2, 6-2)
Grand Slam Singles Title No.2: 1997 Wimbledon
(d. Jana Novotna in the final, 2-6, 6-3, 6-3)
Grand Slam Singles Title No.3: 1997 US Open
(d. Venus Williams in the final, 6-0, 6-4)
Grand Slam Singles Title No.4: 1998 Australian Open
(d. Conchita Martínez in the final, 6-3, 6-3)
Grand Slam Singles Title No.5: 1999 Australian Open
(d. Amélie Mauresmo in the final, 6-2, 6-3)
And now, Hingis' 11 Grand Slam women's doubles titles. The first of those 11 was even more historic than her singles triumph at the 1997 Australian Open - at age 15, her doubles victory at Wimbledon in 1996 made Hingis the youngest player ever to win a Grand Slam title in any of the three disciplines.
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.1: 1996 Wimbledon (w/Helena Sukova)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.2: 1997 Australian Open (w/Natasha Zvereva)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.3: 1998 Australian Open (w/Mirjana Lucic-Baroni)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.4: 1998 French Open (w/Jana Novotna)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.5: 1998 Wimbledon (w/Jana Novotna)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.6: 1998 US Open (w/Jana Novotna)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.7: 1999 Australian Open (w/Anna Kournikova)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.8: 2000 French Open (w/Mary Pierce)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.9: 2002 Australian Open (w/Anna Kournikova)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.10: 2015 Wimbledon (w/Sania Mirza)
Grand Slam Doubles Title No.11: 2015 US Open (w/Sania Mirza)
And finally, Hingis' four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. She won the first of the four during her second career in 2006, and the other three during her self-titled third career - all this season.
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Title No.1: 2006 Australian Open (w/Mahesh Bhupathi)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Title No.2: 2015 Australian Open (w/Leander Paes)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Title No.3: 2015 Wimbledon (w/Leander Paes)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles Title No.4: 2015 US Open (w/Leander Paes)
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