Monica Seles
Chronology
| 1973 | Born December 2, 1973, in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia, to Ester and Karoly Seles |
| 1980 | Begins playing tennis; plays in first tournament in the spring and wins |
| 1982 | Ranked no. 1 junior player in Yugoslavia |
| 1985 | Wins the Orange Bowl in Miami, meets coach Nick Bollettieri and moves to Florida from Yugoslavia to train |
| 1987 | Ranked no. 1 junior player in the world |
| 1988 | Competes in the Virginia Slims tournament in Boca Raton, Florida (competes as an amateur) |
| 1989 | Turns professional at the age of 15 |
| 1989 | Wins her first professional tournament at the Virginia Slims in Houston in April |
| 1990 | Wins her first Grand Slam event—the French Open |
| 1991 | Becomes youngest tennis professional tennis player in history to be ranked no. 1 in the world |
| 1991 | Wins the French Open, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open |
| 1992 | Withdraws from Wimbledon due to shin splints |
| 1992 | Wins the French Open, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open |
| 1993 | Wins Australian Open |
| 1993 | Stabbed in the back on April 30th in the quarterfinals of the Citizen Cup in Hamburg, Germany (she will be away from tennis for almost two years) |
| 1994 | Becomes a naturalized U.S. Citizen |
| 1995 | Makes her comeback on July 29 and rejoins WTA in August |
| 1995-96 | Named to Federation Cup Team |
| 1996 | Releases book "From Fear to Victory" in June 1996 |
| 1996 | Member of U.S. Olympic Tennis Team |
| 1996 | Publishes her autobiography, Monica: From Fear to Victory |
| 1996 | Wins the Australian Open |
| 1997 | Wins her 40th title in August |
| 1998 | Wins the Tokyo Princess Cup with Anna Kournikova |
| 1998-2000 | Again named to Federation Cup Team |
| 2000 | Member of U.S. Olympic Tennis Team |
| 2001 | Ends season with a thirteen-match winning streak |
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