Monica seles

Editor’s note: This story is So let’s begin here: I don’t think anyone in tennis history hit more lines than the young Monica Seles. It was uncanny. How do prodigies like Seles happen? Here was this 16-year old girl, this 17-year-old girl, from a city called Novi Sad on the Danube River in the former Yugoslavia (now Serbia), a city that had a grand total of four tennis courts. Here was this girl who still hit forehands two-handed because that’s how she learned how to play as a child when the racket was too heavy to hold with one hand. “You’re not going to let her keep hitting like that?” tennis people asked her father, Karolj, again and again. “That is how she picked up the racket, that is how she is supposed to play,” he said. And in those first years after she turned pro — when she was so young and hit the ball so hard — she cracked shot after shot after shot off of the baseline or sideline. Of course, all pros can hit the lines — even us amateurs can hit lines from time to time. Seles hit more of them. Tennis pros will talk about how you should give yourself a margin of error. Seles had no margin of error. The joke used to be that she wasn’t just aiming for the line, she was aiming for the back of the line. And hitting all those lines, she was unbeatable. Seles played in eight Grand Slam tournaments from 1991 to 1993. She won seven of them and lost in the Wimbledon final to Steffi Graf in the other one — Seles never did love grass as much as the other surfaces. With Sel...

On this day, August 15, 1995, Monica Seles played her first official match in more than two years, since her tragic stabbing in Hamburg, in April 1993. Her long awaited comeback took place at the Canadian Open, in Toronto, where she appeared with a unique ranking of co-No 1, which the WTA awarded her due to the extraordinary circumstances. Despite such a long absence, Monica Seles crushed her opponent, Kimberly Po, the world No 133, 6-0, 6-3. Seles’ successful return to the sport in Canada would be even more impressive as she would then go on to claim the title, defeating world No 27 Amanda Coetzer in the final, 6-0, 6-1. The players involved: Monica Seles and Kimberly Po • Monica Seles– one of the greatest to ever play Monica Seles had been one of the most successful players in the world at a particularly young age. She made her first steps on the tour in 1988, at the age of 14, in Boca Raton, where she defeated world No 31 Helen Kelesi (7-6, 6-3). Her powerful two-handed groundstrokes, her innovative way of taking the ball on the rise with breathtaking power and her trademark grunting, represented an absolute revolution in the women’s game. In 1989, she played her first full year on the Tour and, after claiming her first title in spring in Houston, she played her first Grand Slam main draw in Roland-Garros. This first appearance in Paris would be long remembered. In the third round, facing world No 4 Zina Garrison, young Monica, aged 15, gave away flowers to the Center C...

The following two years were the best of her career. She won three out of the four Grand Slams in 1991, missing out on Wimbledon only because she was unable to compete due to an injury. That year, she also became the World No. 1. Seles once again won three Majors in 1992 but was unable to win Wimbledon as she was comprehensively beaten 6-2, 6-1 by The then-Yugoslav won her eighth Major title at the Australian Open in 1993, just months before her unfortunate stabbing accident in Hamburg. On April 30 that year, Gunter Parche, a mentally unstable fan of Steffi Graf, attacked her with a knife during her quarterfinal match in the Citizen Cup tournament. She was stabbed in the shoulder. Seles' injury kept her out of action for over two years and she returned to action in 1995. Monica Seles continued to do well and regularly featured in the Top 10 of the WTA rankings, but she was not as lethal as she was in the early 1990s. She did manage to win a Grand Slam at the 1996 Australian Open. Seles' last professional match came in the first round of the 2003 French Open, which she lost to Nadia Petrova. She officially announced her retirement in 2008. What is Monica Seles doing these days? Monica Seles with the 2016 WTA Finals finalists Dominika Cibulkova and Angelique Kerber Monica Seles was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009, a year after announcing her retirement. She still attends tennis events and ceremonies, and was also involved in a few exhibition match...

• Home • Tennis News • WTA Tennis Iga Swiatek has joined Naomi Osaka and Monica Seles on an exclusive list as the Pole is the third female in the Open Era to go 4/4 in her first four Grand Slam finals, per OptaAce. On Saturday, top-seeded Swiatek defeated Seles won her first six Grand Slam finals before finishing her career with a 9-4 record in her Slam finals. A few years ago, Osaka became the first player after Seles to win her first four Grand Slam finals. Osaka, 25, hasn't played in any Grand Slam finals since landing her fourth Grand Slam title at the 2021 On the other side, Swiatek won the French Open finals in 2020, 2022 and 2023. Also, Swiatek defeated Ons Jabeur in the 2022 US Open final. 3 - Iga Swiatek is the third female player in the Open Era to win each of their first four Grand Slam finals, after Monica Seles and Naomi Osaka. Foolproof. Swiatek joins Osaka, Seles on an exclusive list Muchova, 26, was playing in her first Grand Slam final and she didn't start well. Muchova was also down by a break in the second set but she stunningly recovered to force a third set. In the third set, Muchova was twice up by a break but failed to capitalize. After the match, Swiatek spoke extremely highly of Muchova. “I feel like I know Karolina’s game, because I played many practices with her since 2019. And I also watch her actually more than most of the players; just a coincidence, but it (has) happened. And I really like her game, honestly. I really respect her, and she’s I...

This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Significant finals [ ] Grand Slam finals [ ] Singles: 13 finals (9 titles, 4 runner-ups) [ ] Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Win Clay 7–6 (8–6), 6–4 Win Hard 5–7, 6–3, 6–1 Win French Open (2) Clay 6–3, 6–4 Win Hard 7–6 (7–1), 6–1 Win Australian Open (2) Hard 6–2, 6–3 Win French Open (3) Clay Steffi Graf 6–2, 3–6, 10–8 Loss Grass Steffi Graf 2–6, 1–6 Win US Open (2) Hard Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–3 Win Australian Open (3) Hard Steffi Graf 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Loss US Open Hard Steffi Graf 6–7 (6–8), 6–0, 3–6 Win Australian Open (4) Hard 6–4, 6–1 Loss US Open Hard Steffi Graf 5–7, 4–6 Loss French Open Clay Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–7 (5–7), 6–0, 2–6 Year-end championships finals [ ] Singles: 4 finals (3 titles, 1 runner-up) [ ] Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Win Carpet (i) 6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 Win Virginia Slims Championships, New York Carpet (i) 6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0 Win Virginia Slims Championships, New York Carpet (i) Martina Navratilova 7–5, 6–3, 6–1 Loss Chase Championships, New York Carpet (i) 7–6 (7–5), 4–6, 4–6 (i) = Indoor Tier I finals [ ] Singles: 18 finals (9 titles, 9 runner-ups) [ ] Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score Win 1990 Hard 6–1, 6–2 Win 1990 Clay 6–1, 6–1 Win 1990 Clay 6–4, 6–3 Win 1991 (2) Hard 6–3, 7–5 Loss 1991 Italian Open Clay Gabriela Sabatini 3–6, 2–6 Loss 1992 Italian Open (2) Clay Gabriela Sabatini 5–7, 4–6 Loss 1992 Hard 3–6, 6–4, 4–...

The blockbuster Indian Wells quarterfinal between Carlos Alcaraz and Felix Auger-Aliassime on Thursday had a special guest in attendance. 9-time Grand Slam singles champion Monica Seles was in the stands for the night-session match, soaking in all the thrilling tennis action at Stadium 1 between the two young stars of the men's game. Former world No. 1 Seles was seated next to businessman and Indian Wells tournament owner Larry Ellison and was seen having a chat with him during the sixth game of the first set. Monica Seles and Indian Wells tournament owner Larry Ellison Meanwhile, Alcaraz kept his hopes alive of regaining the world No. 1 spot from Novak Djokovic, and now stands within two wins of the feat. With nothing short of the Indian Wells title sufficing in his bid to do so, the 19-year-old has looked in great touch all week as he is yet to drop a set after four matches. Alcaraz also bagged his first win in four tries against The duo have played out some thrillers already, most recently at the 2022 US Open, where eventual champion Alcaraz won their quarterfinal contest 6-3, 6-7(7), 6-7(0), 6-3, 7-5. "Really happy to play against him (Sinner) again. Great battles, I've enjoyed the matches against him," Carlos Alcaraz said in his on-court interview after the win over Auger-Aliassime. "It's going to be a really good match for the fans as well to watch. For myself as well, I'll try to do my best and show my hundred percent as Jannik is playing great. I'm going to enjoy t...

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