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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 illustrious ...
Apr 2, 2014 · Monica Seles was born on December 2, 1973, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, to Hungarian parents. Her father, Karolj Seles, taught her to play tennis in a parking lot when she was 5 years old, ...
She officially retired in February 2008, at age 34, though her last professional match was in 2003. It was a majestic run for Seles, compiling a 595-122 record (83 percent), winning 53 tournaments in singles and six in doubles. Seles won 86 percent of her matches in the majors (180-31), and captured the Tour Finals three straight years (1990 ...
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. She had to overcome ...
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. In 1991, at the age of 17, Seles became the youngest singles player ever to be ranked number one in the world by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA).
Jul 3, 2020 · "Monica Seles is the most electric happening in tennis since Lenglen," he said. "She lights up the court and can hit the ball harder than anyone I have ever seen."
Seles was born in Novi Sad, in what was then Yugoslavia. She came to prominence as a teenager, winning the 1990 French Open when she was only 16-years-old. In the next three years Seles won the French Open three times (1990-92), the Australian Open three times (1991-93), and the US Open twice (1991-92). She also lost in the Wimbledon final, to ...
Jun 6, 2018 · Monica Seles hasn’t struck a tennis ball in tour-level competition in a decade-and-a-half, her last match a forgettable 6-4, 6-0 first-round loss to Nadia Petrova at Roland Garros, an event she thrice won between 1990 and 1992. It marked the only time the Yugoslav-born baseliner ever lost an opening-round match at a major.
Sep 22, 2015 · Monica Seles is special guest at Children's Day in Budapest. 2018 - BUDAPEST - BUDAPEST • February 25, 2018. Dokic reveals locker-room loyalty of Hingis, Seles and Davenport • November 14, 2017. Photos: Iga Swiatek and the players to win a ...
