MIAMI (AP) -- Martina Hingis testified Monday she told the person charged with stalking her to leave her alone, but that the request was ignored by the 46-year-old man who came to the gate of her Swiss home and professed his love.

``I told him he should get out of my life,'' the tennis star said. ``I didn't want to talk with him anymore, I wouldn't want to spend any time with him. I told him he should go away and get out of my life.''

Dubravko Rajcevic is charged with one count of stalking and three counts of trespassing at last year's Ericsson Open at Key Biscayne. He faces up to a year in jail if convicted of stalking and three counts of trespassing, all misdemeanors.

``I couldn't believe it at first that he made that step, to follow me across the Atlantic to watch me play,'' the Swiss player said.

After his arrest a year ago, Hingis said she was told that Rajcevic had her address at a Tampa Bay area resort.

``I was nervous, but it made me feel if he gets out he would follow me,'' the top-ranked women's tennis player said. ``He won't give up until he reaches his goal.''

Hingis said her only face-to-face conversation with Rajcevic came in June 1999, after the French Open. Hingis, then 18, said she spoke to Rajcevic through a gate at her Swiss home after her manager, Mario Widmer, suggested she tell Rajcevic in person she did not want anything to do with him.

``He didn't believe Mario that I didn't want to tell him (in person) to stop showing up, that I didn't love him, that I didn't want to do anything with him,'' Hingis said. ``He told me we were engaged.''

``He was looking at me, smiling at me; but he was maybe looking through me, he wouldn't accept what I was telling him.''

Three psychological evaluations last July concluded Rajcevic, a Croatian-born naval engineer and Australian citizen, was delusional about Hingis but agreed he was legally competent to stand trial, which is expected to take about five days.

Rajcevic's lawyer contends his client was just courting Hingis.

Rajcevic regularly sent love letters and flowers to Hingis, starting in January 1999; frequently called her at hotels; and sometimes came to the gate of her home.

Rajcevic grinned and smiled broadly through much of Hingis' appearance and repeatedly interrupted the court proceedings.

``It must be love,'' the defendant blurted out once as she testified that he wouldn't stop ringing her door bell.

At one point, Circuit Judge Kevin Emas abruptly sent out the jury and warned Rajcevic that he would be ejected from the courtroom if he interrupted again.

The warning generated a mistrial motion by defense attorney Frank Abrams, but the judge rejected it.

The judge's warning came when Hingis was describing Rajcevic's interviews with Swiss newspapers in which he told them that he loved Hingis and she loved him.

She talked about the headlines being on the front pages, but Rajcevic said, ``It wasn't front pages. It was middle pages.''

Hingis had earlier said she didn't recall how long a phone call lasted when she told Rajcevic to stop calling her.

``Six minutes,'' Rajcevic said out loud.

She said she told Rajcevic during the telephone call in 1999 that she didn't want him in her life, that she had a boyfriend, that she wanted him to stop calling and to leave her alone.

``You were very clear with him. You weren't flirting with him?'' prosecutor Chris Calkin asked.

``No, not at all,'' Hingis replied.