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This tournament would later attract infamy for being the location where then World No. 1 Monica Seles was stabbed during a singles quarterfinal match with then World No. 14 Magdalena Maleeva by an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, Günter Parche. The stabbing prompted an increase in security at subsequent tennis events. [2]
The stabbing incident is the subject of Dan Bern's 1998 tribute to Seles, "Monica". Additionally, American band Majesty Crush paid tribute with "Seles" from the 1993 album Love-15 . The WTA suggested that Seles's No. 1 ranking be preserved due to her absence from the stabbing, but the ranking was ultimately not preserved. [ 41 ]
Monica Seles defeated Amanda Coetzer in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1995 Canadian Open. It was Seles' first tournament back after being stabbed during a match in April 1993. [1] Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but lost in the third round to Helena Suková.
WTA Hamburg was the location where Monica Seles, then-world No.1, was stabbed during a match by a disorderly local tennis fan on April 30, 1993. In 2021, Hamburg returned to the calendar of the WTA tour, becoming part of its WTA 250 series category of tournaments. Since 2024 the tournament is classified as a WTA 125 tournament. The WTA refers ...
Monica Seles defeated Martina Navratilova in the final, 7–6 (7–1), 6–1 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1991 US Open. It was her third major title of the year. With the win, Seles recaptured the world No. 1 ranking from Steffi Graf , and would hold it until her 1993 stabbing .
Steffi Graf defeated Monica Seles in the final, 7–6 (8–6), 0–6, 6–3 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1995 US Open.With the win, Graf equaled Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova's Open Era record of 18 major singles titles, and became the only player to achieve a quadruple career Grand Slam.
Seles returned to the game after the attack and won the 1996 Australian Open but never fully regained the dominant form that saw her win nine majors as a teenager. Kvitova says meeting with Seles ...
—In tennis, American Jim Courier was the No. 1-ranked men’s player and Monica Seles ranked No. 1 on the women’s side. The month after her top ranking, she was stabbed on the court during a ...