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Monica Seles (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.
May 14, 2023 · Monica Seles officially retired from tennis in 2008 and is currently married to American businessman Tom Golisano. Seles is one of the greatest tennis players of all time and had an...
Dec 2, 2023 · Happy 50th Birthday, Monica Seles. From her explosive groundstrokes to her inspiring story, nine-time Grand Slam champion left an indelible mark on the game.
It was the dawn of a 2 ½ year reign in women’s tennis, one the sport has not often witnessed. In 1990, at 16 years, 6 months old, Seles became the then-youngest major champion in history, winning the French Open by staving off four set points in the first set tiebreaker to defeat Steffi Graf, 7-6, 6-4.
Biography. But for a crazed German fan of Steffi Graf, a nine-inch knife, and lax tournament security, many tennis experts feel Monica Seles might have become the greatest female tennis player of all-time. Seles was born in Novi Sad, in what was then Yugoslavia.
Jun 8, 2024 · Monica Seles (born December 2, 1973, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia [now in Serbia]) is a Yugoslavian-born retired American professional tennis player who dominated her sport and was nearly unbeatable during the height of her career in the early 1990s.
Aug 18, 2020 · Monica Seles had to overcome the most traumatic event any athlete could imagine. She had to overcome a severe eating disorder. She had to overcome the death of her father.
Jul 13, 2009 · Monica Seles was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame on July 11 in Newport, R.I. Here's a look back her career, which Seles described as having ''a lot...
Jun 6, 2018 · Monica Seles proved unstoppable at the US Open, going back-to-back in Flushing Meadows with trophy-clinching victories over Martina Navratilova and Arantxa Sanchez Vicario.
Jul 3, 2020 · Monica Seles: The warrior queen who could have been the best ever. 1993 attack derailed teenage star who had dynamite on her strings and ice in her veins. Expand. Monica Seles celebrates her...
