She's done it before but says she won't do it again.
Martina Hingis will resume her tennis career in doubles in 2014, the couriermail.com.au reports, but that's as far as her comeback goes.
"I am not looking too far ahead,'' Hingis told the Courier Mail. "I will not be making a singles comeback. But I do still enjoy competing and there were a lot of positives from playing doubles in 2013. I am in decent shape at the moment and we'll see how I feel after the Auckland, Hobart and the Australian Open Legends (event)."
The 33-year-old Hingis will play in the Adelaide's World Tennis Challenge in January in doubles, but is not looking to add to her tennis resume after a productive 2013.
She returned to the WTA Tour in 2013 in doubles and earned induction into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island.
Hingis joined the Hall of Fame as one of the most prominent players of the modern era. She was the natural bridge between Steffi Graf and the Williams sisters (Serena and Venus), but also one who defied her time. Hingis' game was not built on power, but used grace and guile to help her compensate.
She won five grand-slam titles between 1997-99, including three Australian Open titles, and was ranked No. 1 for 209 weeks.
She first retired in 2002 because of injuries to both ankles. She returned to tennis in 2006, reaching a Top-10 ranking before testing positive for traces of cocaine in 2007 and received a two-year ban.
On the brink of her Hall of Fame induction, another negative report surfaced that Hingis was accused of infidelity and battery by her estranged husband. Those charges have yet to be substantiated.
How much a factor her off-the-court incidents have influenced her decision against returning to singles competition is unknown.
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