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Monica Seles

Monica Seles

Date of birth: 2 December 1973
Birthplace: Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
Professional career started: 13 February 1989
Retired from playing: February 2008
Career singles titles 53
Total career prize money: $14,891,762

Monica Seles won 9 Grand Slam singles titles in her career.
Australian Open 4 times.
French Open 3 times.
US Open 2 times.

Head to head

Monica Seles vs. Martina Navratilova 10 - 7
Monica Seles vs. Chris Evert 1 - 2
Monica Seles vs. Steffi Graf 5 - 10
Monica Seles vs. Gabriela Sabatini 11 - 3
Monica Seles vs. Jennifer Capriati 9 - 5
Monica Seles vs. Martina Hingis 5 - 15
Monica Seles vs. Anna Kournikova 5 - 1
Monica Seles vs. Venus Williams 1 - 9
Monica Seles vs. Serena Williams 1 - 4
Monica Seles vs. Justine Henin 4 - 3
Monica Seles vs. Maria Sharapova 1 - 0

Monica Seles was ranked number one in the world for 178 weeks (65 were as joint top rated with Steffi Graf). The longest consecutive spell was 91 weeks between 9 September 1991 and 6 June 1993.

At the Hamburg tournament on 30 April 1993, Monica Seles was stabbed by a deranged Steffi Graf fan during her quarter final match against Magalena Maleeva. She did not play again for over two years.

Monica Seles Career Highlights

1989 Monica Seles won her first tour title in Houston beating Chris Evert in the final 3-6 6-1 6-4.

1990 Monica won her first Grand Slam tournament, the French Open, beating Steffi Graf in the final 7-6 (8-6) 6-4.

1991 Monica Seles won the Australian Open title beating Jana Novotna 5-7 6-3 6-1 in the final. She won the French Open defeating Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-3 6-4 in the final and also took the US Open beating Martina Navratilova 7-6 (7-1) 6-1 in the final.

1992 Monica repeated her 3 Grand Slam tournaments wins beating Mary Jo Fernandez in the Australian Open final 6-2 6-3. In the French Open final she beat Steffi Graf 6-2 3-6 10-8 and in the US Open final she defeated Arantxa Sanchez Vicario 6-3 6-3.

1993 Monica Seles won the Australian Open beating Steffi Graf 4-6 6-3 6-2 in the final.

1995 Monica Seles made her comeback to the tour at the Canadian Open. Which she won beating Amanda Coetzer 6-1 6-0 in the final and reached the US Open final where she was just beaten my Steffi Graf in the final 7-6 (8-6) 0-6 6-3.

1996 Monica won the Australian Open beating Anke Huber in the final 6-4 6-1.

1997 Monica won 3 tour titles in Los Angeles, Toronto and Tokyo.

2000 Monica Seles won 3 tour titles in Oklahoma, Amelia Island and Rome.

2001 Monica won 4 tour title in Oklahoma, Bahia, Tokyo and Shanghai.

2002 Monica won her last title on 25 May in Madrid beating Chanda Rubin 6-4 6-2 in the final.

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