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ITF's finest Agassi, Hingis grab top singles honors
Posted: Tuesday January 04, 2000 12:00 PM
LONDON (AP) -- The International Tennis Federation on Tuesday named Andre Agassi and Martina Hingis as its world champions. Agassi gets the award for the first time after a year in which he won the French and U.S. Open titles and was runner up to Pete Sampras at Wimbledon. He also finished 1999 as world No. 1. Hingis is world champion for the second time having also been honored in 1997. The Swiss player won the Australian Open, was runner up at the French and U.S. Opens and also finished the year at No. 1 in the rankings. Hingis shared the award of ITF's world doubles champions with Anna Kournikova with whom she won five out of six events contested.
The men's doubles champions are Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi of India, who reached the finals of all four Grand Slams, winning the French Open and Wimbledon.
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