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
I am lucky to have advisers whom I trust.
As you know, I was one of the original grunters. But Jimmy Connors used to grunt way before I was born. I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.
I did realize more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
I never knew I was grunting, it was just part of my strokes.
I lost my dad way too early and it was agonisingly awful. I missed him so much and I hated knowing that I could never again pick up the phone to tell him about my day.
What I put in the stock market, I don't have to touch in my lifetime. I want to live off my bonds. I want to be that safe.
If I find the person that I love, it is because I love them, not because I will be dependent on them.
I did realise more than ever, after the stabbing, that tennis is a business - a tough business.
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.
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.
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.
For me, the biggest thing with money has always been independence - just the biggest.
I love new restaurants; I love trying out new foods.
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?