On Thursday, January 15th, women’s tennis legend Monica Seles was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Seles’s career consisted of nine Grand Slam singles titles and the stabbing incident that anyone who follows tennis remembers. She returned to the tour after being stabbed.
During a conference call, Seles said, “It was just a lot of highs and a lot of lows. One of the things that always kept me going was my love of the game.”
Other achievements of Seles’s include winning 53 singles titles. She won four at the Australian Open (which starts in just a few days!), …read more

Even though Monica Seles hasn’t competed in five years but it was just this week that Seles announced her retirement from tennis.
She plans to play exhibitions and play in charity events to promote the sport of tennis but as far as working her schedule around the WTA tournaments – that’s not going to be a part of her life.
Seles won nine Grand Slams and a total of 53 singles titles. And who can forget the infamous day when a whacked-out fan emerged from the stands and stabbed Seles in the back, effectively interrupting her career for a time.
Some say retirement …read more

She is contemplating it. Monica Seles hasn’t played since the 2003 French Open and won her last Grand Slam in Australia in 1996.
Nothing like getting stabbed in the back – literally – to help shove your career in a new direction.
“I certainly would not ever be able to do a full schedule again, because of the foot, but I’m thinking about the Slams and about some of the better tournaments that lead into them. I won’t decide for sure until the beginning of the year and the Australian is certainly not possible. But Miami. Maybe,” said the 34-year-old Seles.
It seems …read more