Monica Seles
Monica Seles
Monica Selesis a former Yugoslav world no. 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...
NationalityYugoslavian
ProfessionTennis Player
Date of Birth2 December 1973
You're out there for two-and-a-half hours, it's six-all in the tiebreaker, a couple of points will decide who's in the finals, and then you have the plane flying over. And it's like 'Oh, get me out of here' for a second.
I never really did Christmas before. Christmas Day? I mean - what's that? What's it all about? I was always flying on Christmas Day
Women athletes have the ability to serve as role models for women and girls throughout the world. I am excited to attend the World Economic Forum to explore ways in which the global community can continue to support athletes? ability to help create positive social change.
It's fantastically exciting. She's so young still and she was so good. I'm a big fan of hers. She was a great No. 1 player. She was a chess player out there.
What Mary has achieved is nothing short of amazing. If she can come back from all her injuries and do so well, then I think why can't I?
I love new restaurants; I love trying out new foods.
As a top player, you have to keep your emotions in check. You think you can control everything.
For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.
Tennis is pretty unforgiving if you are carrying weight. You are expected to wear short skirts, and you are compared to all these 16 and 17-year-olds.
Since I retired, I very much enjoy watching Serena Williams play. While I was playing, she was one of the toughest players I ever faced. Her ground strokes are so solid, her serve is one of the most powerful in women's tennis, and mentally she is just so strong.
If you look at tennis, the girls have become much more attractive; they wear makeup. In my generation, you were a tennis player. It wasn't like you had to look a certain way.
It doesn't matter who is playing or how old they are. I just worry about what I can control. It doesn't give me more or less motivation.
I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
If I find the person that I love, it is because I love them, not because I will be dependent on them.