WTA: Martina Hingis – 20 years later again top of the class again

After her triumph in Wuhan, which she celebrated on her 37th birthday,Martina Hingis is once again the best in her class in the WTA’s double ranking.

It is quite common that a football team wins the Champions League 20 years after winning a cup in the National Cup.If Real Madrid were to fill the triple next year, this would be more like a paper version – and not a surprise.Of course, Zinedine Zidane, the great Frenchman, would then be on the sidelines as a coach and would not take care of the important goals himself.

On the other hand, anything is possible in tennis.Especially if your name is Martina Hingis.

A few weeks ago, the Swiss woman celebrated her 13th birthday in New York City.double-grand-slam-title, which is spread over it in the mixed competition.It was only a matter of time before this was reflected in the world ranking.And since yesterday Monday, Martin Hingis has once again been the industry’s best double player – 20 years after taking this position for the first time, when she was 17 years old.

Now, however, the Swiss has already collected seven titles in the current campaign, the last one in Wuhan last weekend.And all at the side of Yang Chan Yung-Jan.The 28-year-old from Taipei follows Hingis with a small respectful distance, but there is no place in the world rankings for the two partners.

Broken down to weeks, Hingis is now holding the lead at 67 weeks.And so Jana Novotna has caught up to 13th place on the eternal best list.Regardless of the outcome of the current event in Beijing, Martina Hingis will advance at least one position in this order.

Here is the current WTA double world ranking list