PARIS, May 23 (AFP) - She may be only 18, but Martina Hingis resents the fact that she does not possess a full set of Grand Slam titles. The feisty Swiss miss has won five Slams already in her short career, but has never triumphed in the French Open, which starts on Monday on the slow red clay at Roland Garros. "Because I have't won the French Open, it is the one I want the most," said Hingis, who already has three Australian Opens, a Wimbledon and a US Open to her credit. Hingis will meet Amanda Hopmans of the Netherlands in her first-round match at Roland Garros but could then face a second-round meeting with the player she beat in the Australian Open final in January - unseeded French powerhouse Amelie Mauresmo. Mauresmo has a first-round meeting with unseeded American Tara Snyder, who on Sunday played a practice match with five-time champion Steffi Graf. Hingis sparked controversy in Melbourne by saying the muscular Mauresmo - who makes no secret of her lesbianism - was "half a man". Much of the talk ahead of the start of the French Open has centred on the likely Hingis-Mauresmo clash. Mauresmo is aware of the pressures of being the local favourite in a Slam but is determined to give it her best shot. "Of course, the pressure is beginning to build a little bit, but it doesn't bother me," she said. "I like it in a way. Altogether I think I handle it well. My thinking is that I could win this year, but it is not going to be easy. I think if you give 100 percent then people understand that." The players have a 1-1 record this year after Slovak-born Hingis won in Melbourne and 19-year-old Mauresmo got her revenge by beating Hingis in the semis of the Paris Indoors. Whoever makes it to the third round - Hingis or Mauresmo - their path to the final will be tough. A possible quarter-final meeting with the imposing Venus Williams looms and the top half of the 128-player draw is clearly the stronger, with Hingis, Mauresmo, the Williams sisters Venus and Serena, defending champion Sanchez-Vicario and fourth-seed Jana Novotna all in the same bracket. Hingis, who won the German Open in impressive style earlier this month, appears in a bubbly, confident mood. She said being beaten by American Lindsay Davenport in last year's US Open final and then briefly losing her number one ranking to the American served as a wake-up call to her. After winning the Australian Open - the first Grand Slam of the year - she is firmly back on top of rankings. "Some times you feel like no-one can beat you and that is not a good way to feel," she said. "I needed to work on my game and I did that."  