Hingis hopes to play in Australian Open
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-12-05 09:19

"It's absolutely possible that that problem will come back one day," Buehlmann said. "It depends on how many tournaments she will play (and) it depends on the training."

Hingis made a brief comeback in February, losing in the first round of the Volvo Women's Open in Thailand. Her previous match was at Filderstadt in October 2002, after which she withdrew from all remaining tournaments.

Hingis won 40 singles titles �� five Grand Slams �� and 36 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She was only 16 1/2 when she took over the top ranking in March 1997. She spent 209 of the next 247 weeks in the top spot.

Hingis made her debut on the WTA Tour on Oct. 4, 1994, four days after her 14th birthday. In 1997, she won three of the four majors and missed the Grand Slam by losing the French Open final to Iva Majoli. In 1998, Hingis won all four doubles titles at the majors.

She is one of only five women to be ranked No. 1 in singles and doubles at the same time.