The victory sent the Swiss through to the Italian Open final against 16th seed Dinara Safina.
Hingis dropped just one game in the straight set win.
Martina Hingis reached the final of the Montreal Cup after Anna Chakvetadze retired.
Gaston Gaudio, the 2004 champion, won his battle with 2003 champion Juan Carlos Ferrero of Spain at the French Open.
Former world number one Martina Hingis said on Tuesday she may make a second return to the women's tour, this time on the doubles circuit.
Leander Paes and Martina Hingis won their mixed doubles opener at the Australian Open tennis tournament on Sunday.
Leander Paes will partner Russian Maria Kirilenko in the mixed doubles event of the French Open
The two will clash for the third time this year at the Indian Wells semi-final
The Swiss beat third seed Francesca Schiavone 6-1, 6-2 at the Qatar Open
Coco Vandeweghe was in two minds whether to answer the call when an unknown number with a strange international dialling code popped up on her telephone last year.
Top seeds Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis defeated Czech pair of Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka in straight sets to virtually seal a women's doubles semi-final spot in the WTA Tennis Finals in Singapore.
Sania Mirza and her doubles partner Martina Hingis were ousted from the Rogers Cup after the top seeds suffered a straight sets loss to Caroline Garcia and Katarina Srebotnik in Toronto on Saturday.
Martina Hingis has been drawn to play Justine Henin-Hardenne in the first round of the Sydney International.
Former world number one Martina Hingis has called an early end to her 2007 season after failing to recover from a string of injuries and health problems.
Hingis and Clijsters entered the two showcourts at Melbourne Park at almost the same time for their second-round matches.
Swiss former World No. 1 Martina Hingis, a winner of five Grand Slam singles titles, headlined the International Tennis Hall of Fame's list of inductees for the 2013 class.
The Swiss stuttered to a 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 win over Israel's Shahar Peer in the fourth round of the French Open.
India's miserable campaign at the Wimbledon ended as defending mixed doubles champions Leander Paes and Martina Hingis were knocked out in the third round by scratch pair of Britain's Heather Watson and Finland's Henri Kontinen, who played their first match together.
The Indian ace upset seventh-seed Martina Hingis 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in the second round.
Martina Hingis was knocked out of the German Open, losing 6-4, 6-0 to fellow Swiss Patty Schnyder.
The duo of Sania Mirza and Martina Hingis sailed into the 10th final of the year at the Women's Tennis Association's (WTA) Finals after beating Chinese Taipei's Chan Hao-Ching and Chan Yung-Jan in straight sets, in Singapore, on Saturday.
Former world number one Hingis, chasing a record fifth Pan Pacific crown, reached the last four by pulverising Australia's Samantha Stosur 6-0 6-1.
A minor scuffle broke out between the media and police personnel during Martina Hingis' arrival at the Kolkata airport.
The Swiss ace proved too good for Russia's Olga Poutchkova in the final.
Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis has joined her Indian partner Sania Mirza at the top of the women's doubles rankings, a day after the duo won its second title of the season in Sydney. With 11395 points, the 35-year-old Hingis joined Mirza at the top in the latest WTA rankings released on Friday. Sania and Hingis' awe-inspiring run continued unabated as they lifted their second trophy of the season with the WTA Apia International title after clinching their 30th win in a row.
Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and her Swiss partner Martina Hingis extended their winning streak to 37 games with a straight sets victory in the opening round of the women's doubles event at the St Petersburg Ladies Trophy on Thursday.
Second seed Maria Sharapova crushed defending champion Mary Pierce 6-2 6-3, setting up a last four clash with Patty Schnyder of Switzerland, who beat number four Elena Dementieva 6-4 6-3.
Hingis said Federer now had to make sure he stayed focused on his training and is prepared to "say no".
Martina Hingis swept aside Dinara Safina 6-2, 7-5 to win her first title since ending a three-year self-imposed exile
Martina Hingis recovered from a poor start to beat Nathalie Dechy 4-6, 7-5, 6-2 and advance to the Pan Pacific Open quarter-finals.
She beat Venezuela's Maria Vento-Kabchi 6-2, 6-1 at the Australian hardcourt championships on the Gold Coast on Monday.
Both made it to the fourth round of the women's singles at the Australian Open.
Martina Hingis lost to by Ai Sugiyama 7-5, 3-6, 6-4 in the third round at Wimbledon
The former world no. 1 is under no illusions about her prospects at the Australian Open after deciding to rejoin the professional circuit more than three years after quitting because of injuries.
The former world number one is to return to professional tennis next year.
Leander Paes, Sania Mirza, and Mahesh Bhupathi have left their mark by collectively winning 10 US Open titles.