She'd won a staggering 8 major titles and bested her rival, Steffi Graf in 2 of 3 slam finals. At the time, Seles was the world's top ranked female star. She recovered from her physical injuries but was left with deep emotional scars and didn’t play again professionally for another two years. 1993-Germany: 19 year old Monica Seles is stabbed in the shoulder by a crazed fan. Parche was quickly apprehended by security officials and Seles was taken to the hospital.
On April 30, 1993, Seles, then 19, was sitting on a courtside seat during a changeover in her match against Magdalena Maleeva at the Hamburg Open when 38-year-old Gunter Parche leaned over a fence and stabbed her between the shoulder blades with a knife. Things would never be the same after that incident. In the Hamburg tournament of 1993, the number 1 player Monica Seles was stabbed by a mentally disturbed fan. At the time of the 1993 attack, she had won eight Grand Slam titles and was ranked No. Uploaded 3 years ago Report this video One of the worst days in world tennis. In 1991, Seles, a power player with a habit of grunting loudly during matches, replaced Graf as the top-ranked women’s player. Seles became the youngest woman to win the French Open in 1990 when she defeated No. The countrywoman has called for the come back of Serena Williams, who does not get a title. While his wife, tennis Hall of Famer Monica Seles, pays about 5000 a year in taxes on her New York City apartment assessed at 1. A return that is hoped for by another tennis player and another former world number one: Monica Seles. The assailant, a fan of German tennis star Steffi Graf, apparently hoped that by injuring Seles his idol Graf would be able to regain her No. He said western New York is notorious for high property taxes. Top women’s tennis player Monica Seles is stabbed by a deranged German man during a match in Hamburg.
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