Monica Seles
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 Monica Seles facts

• 1 professional tennis player and a member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame
• An ethnic Hungarian, she was born and raised in Novi Sad, SFR Yugoslavia
• She became a naturalized American citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007
• She won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them while a citizen of Yugoslavia and the final as a citizen of United States of America
• In 1990, Seles became the youngest-ever French Open champion at the age of 16
• She went on to win eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday and was the year-end World No
• 1 in 1991 and 1992
• However, on April 30, 1993, she was the victim of an on-court attack, when a man stabbed her in the back with a 9-inch (23 cm) long knife; Seles did not return to tennis for over two years
• Though she enjoyed some success after rejoining the tour in 1995, including a fourth Australian Open title in 1996, she was unable to consistently reproduce her best form
• She played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open, but did not officially retire until February 2008