ROME, May 17 (UPI) -- Switzerland's Martina Hingis will undergo surgery on her left ankle on Monday and will miss the French Open, the WTA Tour announced Friday.
Hingis, who remains a French Open triumph shy of completing the career Grand Slam, will have the operation in Zurich. The 21-year-old former world No. 1 has one torn and three loose ankle ligaments that need to be repaired.
That will snap Hingis' streak of playing in 29 consecutive Grand Slam events, dating to October 1994.
Recent reports have categorized Hingis' ailment as career threatening. She also was sidelined for three months after undergoing surgery on torn tendons in her right ankle on Oct. 14, 2001.
However, the WTA described such suggestions as "premature and unwarranted."
A French Open finalist in 1997 and 1999, Hingis has won 40 career WTA titles, including the Sydney and Tokyo crowns earlier this year.
