Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Seles in 2002
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia (1988–1992)  Yugoslavia (1992–1994)  United States (1994–2008)
Residence	Sarasota, Florida, United States
Born	(1973-12-02) December 2, 1973 (age 50) Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)[1]
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2008 (last match in 2003)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$14,891,762[2] 36th in all-time rankings
Int. Tennis HoF	2009 (member page)
Singles
Career record	595–122 (83.0%)
Career titles	53
Highest ranking	No. 1 (March 11, 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	W (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996)
French Open	W (1990, 1991, 1992)
Wimbledon	F (1992)
US Open	W (1991, 1992)
Other tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1990, 1991, 1992)
Olympic Games	Bronze medal (2000)
Doubles
Career record	89–45
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 16 (April 22, 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1991, 2001)
French Open	3R (1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1999)
US Open	QF (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	United States W (1996, 1999, 2000)
Hopman Cup	Yugoslavia W (1991)  United States F (2001, 2002)
Medal record Women's tennis Representing  United States Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Singles

Monica Seles^[a] (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. 1 tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. She won nine major singles titles, eight of them as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia, and the final one while representing the United States.

In 1990, Seles became the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age of 16. She went on to win eight major singles titles before turning 20 and was the year-end No. 1 in 1991 and 1992. However, on April 30, 1993, while playing a match, she was the victim of an on-court attack when an obsessed fan of Seles' rival Steffi Graf stabbed Seles in the back with a 9-inch (23 cm) knife as she was sitting down between games. Seles did not return to tennis for over two years after the stabbing.^[3] Though she enjoyed success after returning in 1995, including another major championship at the 1996 Australian Open, she was unable to consistently produce her best tennis. She played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open but did not officially retire until February 2008. Regarded by many as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Seles was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time.^[4] Several players and historians have stated that Seles had the potential to become the most accomplished female player of all time had she not been stabbed.^[5][6][7] She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009.

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