Monica Seles
Monica Seleš (Hungarian spelling: Szeles Mónika), an ethnic Hungarian born in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro) on 2 December 1973, is a noted female tennis player and the winner of many competitions including nine Grand Slam titles (the Australian Open in 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1996; the French Open in 1990, 1991, and 1992; and the US Open in 1991 and 1992).
On April 30, 1993, she was stabbed on court by Günter Parche, a 38-year-old German who was a deranged fan of her principal rival at that time, Steffi Graf. Seles, who was ranked No. 1 in the world at the time of the attack, did not play competitively again for more than two years. During her layoff, she became a United States citizen. Although she won the Australian Open within months of her return, and has remained a consistent Top 10 performer, she struggled psychologically with the death of her father in 1998 and physically with a series of nagging injuries.
The 5' 9" Seles plays left-handed, and uses two hands on both her forehand and backhand. Even more unusually, she does not change her grip when switching sides; she actually hits her forehand cross-handed.
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