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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.
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 ...
The Graf–Seles rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Steffi Graf and Monica Seles, who competed in 15 matches between 1989 and 1999.Seles, a left-handed player, demonstrated powerful and precise hitting from the baseline on both wings and an exceptional return of serve.
Newly released bodycam footage shows the chaotic moment a knife-wielding man ambushed and stabbed a Santa Monica police officer — leading to a deadly shootout that killed the suspect. The ...
The title track, "Fly Monica Fly", was written by Peter Heazlewood for a girlfriend in distress. [7] [8] It came to the attention of prominent tennis player, Monica Seles, who was recovering from her 1993 stabbing. Seles stated "I received this at a pretty tough time in my life and it was very inspirational and I played it a lot". [9]