<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> 2000 Sydney </Td> <Td> Singles </Td> </Tr> <P> Monica Seles (/ ˈsɛləs /; Hungarian: Szeles Mónika, pronounced (ˈsɛlɛʃ ˈmoːnikɒ); Serbian: Monika Seleš, Моника Селеш; born December 2, 1973) is a retired American and Yugoslav professional tennis player, who last represented the United States and is also 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 . 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 . </P> <P> 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 . </P> <P> Regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Seles was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time . Several players and historians have stated that Seles had the potential to become the most accomplished female player of all time had she not been stabbed . She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009 . </P>

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