Martina Hingis Martina Hingis is on of the greatest tennis players in the history of woman's tennis. Martina was born in Kasica, Czechaslovakia on 30th September, in 1980. She startedplaying tennis at the age of three. Martina parents divorced, but in 1988 her motherremarried.She moved to Switzerland with mother and stepfather and she lived there eversince. In 1994 she became European champion for players under 18. Martina was theWimp