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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 ]
April 30 – during a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany, Monica Seles is stabbed in the back by a deranged fan of rival Steffi Graf. Seles would not play competitively for more than two years after the incident. Grand Slam in tennis men's results: Australian Open – Jim Courier; French Open – Sergi Bruguera
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 ...
Steffi Graf defeated Arantxa Sánchez Vicario in the final, 6–1, 6–4, 3–6, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 1993 Virginia Slims Championships. [1]Monica Seles was the three-time defending champion, but did not participate this year due to her stabbing that April.
He goes so far as to proclaim that he stalked her during her tournaments and finally reveals himself as the man who stabbed Monica Seles as revenge for her defeat of Graf, a big news story in 1993. While the tune is performed, a slideshow of Steffi Graf playing tennis is shown on a projector screen.
April 30 – Tennis player Monica Seles – at this time the top-ranked player in women's tennis – is stabbed during a match at the 1993 Citizen Cup in Hamburg, ...
Monica Seles was the two-time reigning champion, but was unable to participate due to her on-court stabbing in April 1993. Seeds