Monica Seles (Tennis Player) - Age, Birthday, Bio, Facts, Family, Net Worth, Height & More

Monica Seles is a retired professional tennis player, who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. She was born and raised in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia to an ethnic Hungarian family. She became a naturalized American citizen in 1994 and also received Hungarian citizenship in June 2007. A former world no. 1, she won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia, and the final one while representing the United States. 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 long knife. Seles did not return to tennis for over two years.

Residence	Sarasota, Florida, United States
Born	December 2, 1973, Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	5 ft 10 in
Turned pro	1989
Retired	2008 (last match in 2003)
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed both sides)
Prize money	US$ 14,891,762
Int. Tennis HoF	2009 (member page)
Career record	595–122 (82.98%)
Career titles	53
Highest ranking	No. 1 (March 11, 1991)
Australian Open	W (1991, 1992, 1993, 1996)
French Open	W (1990, 1991, 1992)
Wimbledon	F (1992)
US Open	W (1991, 1992)
Tour Finals	W (1990, 1991, 1992)
Olympic Games	Bronze medal (2000)
Career record	89–45
Career titles	6
Highest ranking	No. 16 (April 22, 1991)
Australian Open	SF (1991, 2001)
French Open	3R (1990)
Wimbledon	QF (1999)
US Open	QF (1999)
Fed Cup	W (1996, 1999, 2000)
Hopman Cup	W (1991), F (2001, 2002)

Tennis Player Monica Seles was born on December 2, 1973 in Yugoslavia (She's 50 years old now).

Member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame who won nine Grand Slam titles and boldly returned to pro tennis after being stabbed by a frenzied fan of her opponent, ^{Tennis Player} Steffi Graf, during a 1993 match.

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Monica Seles was born in the Zodiac sign Sagittarius (The Centaur/Archer), and 1973 is also the year of Ox (牛) in the Chinese Zodiac.

Her father, renowned cartoonist Karolj Seles, taught her how to play tennis when she was five years old.

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When she won the 1990 French Open at the age of 16, she became the youngest French Open winner ever.

In Yugoslavia, she was raised by Karolj and Esther Seles.

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In 2011, Time Magazine named her one of the"30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present, and Future", alongside ^{Tennis Player} Martina Navratilova.

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Latest information about Monica Seles updated on March 13 2023.