FACTOIDS
Full Name: Monica Seles
Nickname: Monica
Birthday: December 2, 1973
Height: 5’10”
Hometown: Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
Sports: Tennis
PROFILE
Monica Seles is a former world No. 1 professional Yugoslav-American tennis player, who played for both Yugoslavia and the United States.
Seles was listed as the 13th greatest player of all time (men and women) by (U.S.) Tennis magazine and was also one of 15 women named by Australian Tennis magazine as the greatest champions of the last 30 years (players were listed chronologically). Seles is also known as one of the greatest "big point" players of all-time, having tremendous mental fortitude during the toughest situations on the court.
Like Maureen Connolly, whose career was cut short by injury, Seles's career most probably was affected by the stabbing incident and it is impossible to know the course of her career had this not happened. Her trajectory was indicative of a great career - during the height of her career, 1990-1993, she was almost unstoppable (lost only 19 matches).
