Hoover Clean Sweep Award 1998

I found this picture last night of a tennis player winning a Hoover Windtunnel as I think a promotional gift at a tennis match in New York. I was a kid in 1998, but this is my first time learning about the "Clean Sweep Award".

The caption on Getty Images is:

"NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Martina Hingis of Switzerland takes her new Hoover vacumn [sic] cleaner for a spin across the court after she was given the Clean Sweep Award by the Hoover Company 17 November at the Chase Championships in New York. AFP PHOTO/Matt CAMPBELL "

I found an online tennis website that also wrote about it:

"In addition to claiming a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory, Hingis received the Hoover Clean Sweep Award for her consistent play at the year's Grand Slam events. 'You're trying to make a housewife out of me,' Hingis exclaimed upon being presented with a vacuum". Sounds like not the most welcome gift lol

Has anyone else heard of this? Very interested to learn more.

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Post# 472595 8/2/2024 at 09:02 by bagintheback (Flagstaff, Arizona)
Checkrate/Likes 2 I found this picture last night of a tennis player winning a Hoover Windtunnel as I think a promotional gift at a tennis match in New York. I was a kid in 1998, but this is my first time learning about the "Clean Sweep Award". The caption on Getty Images is: "NEW YORK, UNITED STATES: Martina Hingis of Switzerland takes her new Hoover vacumn [sic] cleaner for a spin across the court after she was given the Clean Sweep Award by the Hoover Company 17 November at the Chase Championships in New York. AFP PHOTO/Matt CAMPBELL " I found an online tennis website that also wrote about it: "In addition to claiming a 4-6, 6-0, 6-3 victory, Hingis received the Hoover Clean Sweep Award for her consistent play at the year's Grand Slam events. 'You're trying to make a housewife out of me,' Hingis exclaimed upon being presented with a vacuum". Sounds like not the most welcome gift lol Has anyone else heard of this? Very interested to learn more. CLICK HERE TO GO TO bagintheback's LINK Photos... < > Photo 1 of 2 View Full Size

Post# 472597 , Reply# 1 8/2/2024 at 10:28 by Gottahaveahoove (Pittston, Pennsylvania, 18640)
Checkrate/Likes 1 *Neat!* Hoover was known to do all kinds of things like that. Geat ad, huh?

Post# 472613 , Reply# 2 8/4/2024 at 07:40 by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada)
Checkrate/Likes I wonder which Hoover model was given to Hingis. Since she is from Switzerland, it would only make sense that she received a 220 volt cleaner fitted with the correct plug for Swiss electrical outlets. Curious to know�.