Monica Seles
![]() Seles at the 1991 U.S. Women's Hardcourt Championships | ||||||||||||||
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Residence | Sarasota, Florida, Unitit States | |||||||||||||
Born | Novi Sad, SR Serbie, SFR Yugoslavie | 2 December 1973|||||||||||||
Hicht | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1989 | |||||||||||||
Retired | 2008 (last match 2003) | |||||||||||||
Plays | Left-haundit (twa-haundit baith sides) | |||||||||||||
Coach(es) | Nick Bollettieri, Sven Groeneveld | |||||||||||||
Prize money | US$ 14,891,762 | |||||||||||||
Int. Tennis HOF | 2009 (member page) | |||||||||||||
Singles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 595–122 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 53 | |||||||||||||
Heichest rankin | No. 1 (Mairch 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) | |||||||||||||
Ither toornaments | ||||||||||||||
Tour Finals | W (1990, 1991, 1992) | |||||||||||||
Olympic Gemmes | ![]() | |||||||||||||
Doubles | ||||||||||||||
Career record | 89–45 | |||||||||||||
Career titles | 6 | |||||||||||||
Heichest rankin | No. 16 (Aprile 22, 1991) | |||||||||||||
Grand Slam Doubles results | ||||||||||||||
Australian Open | SF (1991, 2001) | |||||||||||||
French Open | 3R (1990) | |||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1999) | |||||||||||||
US Open | QF (1999) | |||||||||||||
Team competeetions | ||||||||||||||
Fed Cup | ![]() W (1996, 1999, 2000) | |||||||||||||
Hopman Cup | ![]() W (1991) ![]() F (2001, 2002) | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Monica Seles (Hungarian: Szeles Mónika, [Моника Селеш, Monika Seleš] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help), pronounced [ˈsɛlɛʃ],[1] born December 2, 1973) is an umwhile Yugoslav warld no. 1 professional tennis player an a member o the Internaitional Tennis Haw o Fame. An ethnic Hungarian, she wis born an raised in Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavie. She acame a naituralised American ceetizen in 1994 an an aa received Hungarian ceetizenship in Juin 2007.[2][3] She wan nine Grand Slam singles teetles, aicht o them while a ceetizen o Yugoslavie an the feenal as a ceetizen o Unitit States o Americae. In 1990, Seles acame the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age o 16. She went on tae win aicht Grand Slam singles teetles afore her 20t birthday an wis the year-end Warld No. 1 in 1991 an 1992. Houever, on Aprile 30, 1993, she wis the victim o an on-coort attack, when a man stabbed her in the back wi a 9-inch (23 cm) lang knife; Seles did nae return tae tennis for ower twa years.[4] Tho she enjoyed some success efter rejynin the tour in 1995, includin a fowert Australian Open teetle in 1996, she wis unable tae conseestently reproduce her best form. She played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open, but did nae offeecially retire till Februar 2008.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ Pronoonced in Hungarian an Serbo-Croatian
- ↑ "Grossly Abbreviated". Canadian Online Explorer. 1 Julie 2007. Retrieved 15 Juin 2008.
- ↑ "Titokban lett magyar állampolgár Szeles Mónika (Szeles Mónika has become a Hungarian citizen in secret)". Heti Világgazdaság (in Hungarian). 7 Juin 2007. Retrieved 9 Mey 2008.
- ↑ "1993: Tennis star stabbed". On This Day 30 April 1993. BBC. 30 Apryle 1993. Retrieved 17 Julie 2011.
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