Maureen Connolly won 9.

And Monica should have had three more majors to play during her teens, but she was attacked before that could happen, of course.

​@@carrerau7138 Open Era. Maureen Conolly only played against a handful of women back then.

@@monica012077 So did Seles. Which opposition did she have in the early 90s??

@carrerau7138 Seles played GS draws of 128 women, which included the likes of Graf, ASV, Sabatini, MJ Fernandez, Navratilova, Martinez, Novotna and Capriati. Maureen literally played against the same 6-8 women at GS and tournaments.

yes❤❤👍

She was not always respectful towards her opponents. That's why she was not very popular before the stabbing.

yeah a lot of these insane fans downplay the stabbing as if Graf would have just rolled right through Monica. Do people even realize that , not only did she win 7 of the 9 slams from 1991-93 but she defended each of the grand slams that she won in that time period.

@@alexpiper1115Look at the history of women‘s tennis in the last 80 years. There were several players who won 7-9 slams within 3 years. What did they win in the NEXT 3 years? Well, about 2.5 slams on average. Only maroons maintain that winning 8 slams in 3 years means that this rate would be upheld. But what the heck - Seles fans generally ARE maroons!

@@carrerau7138 Well two examples of people you cited winning 7-9 Slams in a three year period are Monica Seles and Maureen Connolly. Maureen Connolly's career was cut short with a horse riding accident and while Monica returned to the tour, she was never the same player. Both players would have won so much more had those tragedies not happened. Read her two autobiographies to get some insight into the impact of the stabbing.

@@pablofrank2466 No, I didn‘t count Seles of course. And Connolly shows what can happen. Can we be sure that Seles would not have had a career-ending bicycle accident? Can we be sure that Seles wouldn’t have found the love of her life and founded a family instead of hitting a yellow ball? Can we sure that Seles would not have developed the shoulder injury that hampered her from 1997 on a few years earlier? The point of the stats I mentioned is that winning 7-9 slams in 3 years doesn‘t mean a lot for the next 3 years.

@@pablofrank2466 For me it was an eye-opener that Seles didn‘t provide the court of the Parche trial with her medical records. The judges wanted to know about the impact the stabbing had had on her, the psychological one. A severe trauma would have influenced the sentencing of Parche considerably. Seles didn‘t send the medical records to the judges….

When Seles won her slams in the early 90s 1) Evert was gone 2) Navratilova was in her mid-30 3) Steffi in the worst slump of her career 4) Sanchez not yet peaking 5) Hingis still a toddler. Kudos to Seles for using that window of opportunity to the max!

@@carrerau7138 all those things you stated can be used define any number of players who rose to the top. Seles still accomplished what she accomplished and was seen as such a threat that someone tried to take her out to benefit a player who was, as you said, slumping.

@@carrerau7138 - Chris Evert had won the Houston Virginia Slims clay court tournament title in 1986, 1987 and 1988. She lost in the finals of the 1989 event to a 15 year old unseeded Monica Seles. This was Monica's first ever WTA title. Just 15 years old... and Seles had beaten the greatest women's clay court player of all time. Evert was 34. Seles lost to Martina Navratilova in the finals at Dallas in September of 1989 (7-6, 6-3) when Monica was 15 and Martina was 33. Monica beat Martina (6-1, 6-1) for the title at the 1990 Italian Open when she was 16 and Martina was 34. Monica beat Martina all 3 times they met in a final in 1990. Martina beat Monica (6-2, 7-6) for the title at Indian Wells in 1991 when Martina was 35 and Monica was 17. But Monica beat Martina (7-6, 6-1) at the US Open later that year. Seles lost to Steffi Graf in the finals of the Brighton International in October of 1989 (7-5, 6-4) when Monica was 15 and Steffi was 20. The next time they played in a final, Monica beat Steffi (6-4, 6-3) at the Berlin Open in May of 1990 - when Seles was 16. They played again just a month later when Monica beat Steffi (7-6, 6-4) in the final at the French Open. Again Monica was just 16 years old. In November of 1990, Monica beat Gabriela Sabatini (6-4, 5-7, 3-6, 6-4, 6-2) in the final to win the WTA Finals at age 16. Sabatini was 20. She would beat Sabatini again in March of 1991 (6-3, 7-5) for the title in Miami. In January of 1991, Monica beat Jana Novotna (5-7, 6-3, 6-1) to win the Australian Open after just turning 17. Novotna was 22. In June of 1991, Monica beat Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (6-3, 6-4) to win the French Open at age 17. Arantxa was 19. Before being stabbed... Monica Seles had made the FINALS of the last eight Grand Slam events she had entered - and WON SEVEN of them. She won EIGHT of the 11 GS events that she played in from 1990 till she was stabbed. All as a teenager. And she still would have had 3 more GS to play - as a teen had she not been stabbed. She was 3-1 vs. Steffi Graf in Grand Slam finals! Amazing how Steffi somehow came out of her "slump"... after Monica was stabbed. The other GS she won in before stabbing... She was 1-0 vs. Martina Navratilova.(Martina beat Graf in the 1991 US Open semis - and Seles beat Capriati in the semis) 2-0 vs. ASV. (ASV beat Graf in the 1991 French semis - and Seles beat Sabatini in the semis). (ASV beat Graf in the QF of the 1992 US Open and then beat Manuela Maleeva in the semis. MJ Fernandez beat Sabatini in the QF - and Seles beat Fernandez in the semis). 1-0 vs. Jana Novotna. (Novotna beat Graf in the QF & ASV in the semis). 1-0 vs. Mary Joe Fernandez. (Fernandez beat Sabatini in the 1992 Ausie semis - and Seles beat ASV in the semis).

@@aBeatleFan4ever Amazing how Seles started to have success right at the beginning of the Graf Blackmail Scandal. And amazing how she didn't have success anymore when Steffi had regain her top form in the mid-1990. Must be just coincidence..... 😜

Grunter of all time?

So what?

​@@carrerau7138here you are once again. What a sad individual you truly are.

@@jamesr2164 I am actually quite happy. Watching all the videos with Steffi winning 22 slams and the Golden Slam. And making fun of Selestial losers in between.

Her game style was probably the ugliest in the open era.

Mine too. She was my favourite will always be .

Steffi hit a record 66 unforced errors.

The most remarkable thing about Seles was her mental weakness. I have never heard of a person who didn‘t go to work after having suffered a minor stab wound that was closed with just one stitch. Do you?

Austin, Hingis, Venus, Henin, Osaka all were on a trajectory to be the greatest player of all time. Then sadly all were stabbed and the history of women’s tennis changed forever. You sad 🤡.

​@@carrerau7138once again here you are. You truly are a sad individual.

@@carrerau7138 Your comment essentially makes my point for me. The players you mentioned were all great champions, no question about that. I could go on and on about their tennis (especially Henin and her beautiful backhand). But in terms of grand slam legacy, in their ENTIRE careers they don’t amass the amazing number of grand slams Seles garnered JUST BY THE AGE OF 19. None of these players was anywhere near on par with the trajectory Seles had set out for herself while still only a teen. And as you unintentionally point out, none of these great champions were stabbed by a knife-wielding criminal, and during a very prolific part of their careers. This is exactly what happened to Seles-at the rate she was winning, there can be no question she was robbed of many grand slams, even the great Martina Navratilova has said as much. As for the stabbing itself, the basic human instinct is to care about a person who has been physically attacked. This is the basic response, involving sympathy and empathy and all the other characteristics that make us human. It may even be more basic and primal than human, as even mammals have been known to have this kind of reaction. I’m not sure what satisfaction you derive from joking about the attack Seles suffered, that’s a personal issue for you to sort out and it’s not for me to comment, so I would only offer this very general statement: No one anywhere deserves to be stabbed, let alone stabbed on international television, especially not a 19 year old child in the middle of playing a game. Her stabbing marked a failure of the security protocols, and neither the sport of tennis nor the German legal system handled it well. The result was bad for Seles and bad for the fans who had been enjoying the incredible Seles-Graf rivalry unfold. On some level it must have even been bad for Graf, who surely must have struggled to keep her focus (since the criminal claimed to have committed the despicable act for Graf’s benefit). The silver lining is that even despite the criminal act, Seles did overcome the attack and ultimately Seles still did have a great career, and we got to witness her talent on display for as long as we did. Though she never dominated in the same way as she had before the stabbing, she was universally beloved for her amazing tennis and also for the courage and personal strength she showed throughout.

@@netfun8087 There is no trajectory in sports. Hingis had 3 slams at age 16, 5 at age 18. No slams after that. Steffi had 21 slams at age 27. Only one slam after that. Connolly had 9 slams at age 19. No slam after that. Wilander had 7 slams at age 23. No slam after that. It doesn‘t need a stabbing and an (alleged) PTSD to cut off an alleged trajectory. And Seles‘s 8 slams came under unique circumstances: The dominant player had taken a nosedive due to events outside of tennis. And Seles had no other serious competition (Evert gone, Navi too old, ASV not yet peaking, Hingis still a toddler). So she took up the pieces. In no other period from 1969 to 2008 Seles would have won her 8 slam titles.

We all know why....

What hurts even more was the response from the WTA players and the German court rulings... How she have survived it shows how tough she truly is... but

Should have been far less. Most of her slams in the early 90s were blackmail slams - won only because the great Steffi was hampered by a nasty blackmail scandal.

@@carrerau7138 Nope- Monica had eight slams as a teen, with three more to play before she hit 20, when a psycho stabbed her in the back and stopped her momentum. If Seles was really a subpar player who posed no real threat to Graf, no nefarious criminal action would've been necessary to stop Monica from playing. You can put any kind of asinine spin on it you want, but history shows and the public knows exactly what happened to Monica.

@@slc2466 Subpar player? No real threat to Steffi? Who said that? Anyway, when a lunatic sees something as “necessary“ it doesn’t mean that it really IS necessary. Parche had the intellectual level of an average Selestial nutter.

​@@carrerau7138the way she got stabbed in a live match by crazy fan of her biggest rival was even nastier.

#1 Seles vs. Graf 2-5 win/loss. 😅😂🤣😂😅

@@carrerau7138 two before the incident and 5 after!

@@rattata30 2-3 before and 0-2 after the stabbing.

After the stabbing Seles defeated Graf at 1999 Australian Open quarterfinal

@@odaniscabrales3876 Seles wasn‘t #1 in 1999 anymore.

No, both players went down post-1996. So we were deprived of about 5 or 6 matches in 1993-95 when Monica didn't want to return to the tour because of a minor stab wound.

FO 1992 is the proof of her incredible willpower and mental fortitude. My favorite win is AO 93. Both Sabatini and Graf had stretched and beaten Seles in 92 and she completely dominated Gaby in the semis and calmly dispatched Graf despite losing the first set (it was the first time Graf lost to Seles after winning the first set and also the first loss on hard courts).

@@jujumusique1305 The AO had a very slow hard court surface with a high bounce back then, favoring Seles. The AO was Steffi's worst and Seles's best slam.

We don’t know that.

how many titles were taken away from her? Can I have specific numbers? Already in 1993 it was clear that she was falling to the bottom, even before the attack. If she hadn't been stabbed, she would have taken another 2-3 GS at most.

@@carrerau7138ok Gunther

@@user-ot5vq3xf5lfalling to the bottom? Seles had one loss in 6 months between summer of 1992 and spring of 1993 and won two slams and the YEC. Ridiculous statement.

Hingis won 5 slams until age 18 years and 3 months. Was on track to win 30-35 slams. But sadly was stabbed in spring 1999, wasn't she?

Italiano pessimo

@@fabiouk6764hai ragione correggo subito 🥴

But her game was butt-ugly.

Who except Selestial nutters would watch a video about "9 Grand Slam Victories of Monica Seles"? And a tennis historian like me who likes to make fun of these losers? 😂

She didn't have the support of the tour or the players. They didn't think she should return as the number 1 player. Seles was wounded physically and psychologically. It's why she chose to come back to the tour on her own terms. Now, players have protected rankings, courtside security, and can grunt in peace. All because this girl everyone was against her because she was almost unbeatable.

@@monica012077 baloney. this victimhood syndrome is getting to be tiresome. on her own terms indeed, like getting fat. and binge-eating. and letting herself go. others have suffered greater trauma (e.g., Petra Kvitova), but they came back with a vengeance a few months after, not like Monica who took MORE THAN TWO YEARS to come back... no wonder the game had outstripped her (Hingis, the Williams Sisters, etc.).

@anthonydecastro6938 Kvitova wasn't a teenage girl, and for you to dismiss Monica's psychological state is disturbing, to say the least. You don't know what she was going through, so no she wasn't coming back to a tour in 94 that didn't want her(and suffered from low ratings) in her absence. And what she made of her 2nd career was her business, she played well and won a GS. Which more than the majority of the tour did. And all the players who outstripped her eventually met their match. And since you're not a Seles fan, wtf are you doing here? Why do you continue to watch footage that troubles you so? Edit: I can tell you don't have any daughters otherwise imagine your teenage daughter stabbed in the back by a 40 year old man and then tell her to get over it. 🙄

@@anthonydecastro6938you seem like a very empathetic person. I hope you don’t have a team to manage…

@@monica012077 i guess you feel good about yourself now. you needed that, didn't you? i stand by what i said about Monica. and she is one of the greats of the game. it is Seles fans i can't stand. whether they are aware of it or not, they milk her situation so that they can feel good about themselves!!!

He was very surprised that Seles skipped the tour for more than 2 years. Maybe Seles realized how much Steffi improved in 1993 and was afraid to get destroyed more often as she was in Wimbledon 92? Do you think it is a coincidence that Seles returned exactly in the same month in 1995 when Steffi's dad was arrested for tax evasion? The sly Serb of course thought that she could AGAIN profit from a nasty Graf family scandal. But she miscalculated bigly this time!!

Reading their comments is a reminder of how something as unthinkable as Hamburg 1993 could even happen.

Sick comment

Steffi had “daddy issues“? Could you please elaborate what you know about that? Seles - we do know - suffered a minor stab wound which apparently didn‘t cause any trauma.

@@carrerau7138 her dad and his sex scandals

@@carrerau7138 what do you consider a minor stab? Are you a supporter of Naomi Osaka and her mental status?

No, only 4 or 5. Never forget that Monica only won so much because of the nasty Graf Blackmail Scandal.

I love Steffi Graf and hate that lunatic who stabbed Monica.

Who destroyed Monica's career???

Maybe in a parallel universe. But not in this one.

Far too many.

It could have been far less. Seles profited enormously from Steffi's deep slump in the early 90s (5 losses in a row to Sabatini, come on!).

@@carrerau7138 I can't believe you actually compared something you have no choice, has been taken from you, to something that's in your control but not have the ability to go further... I guess that explains your logic...

@@katerinadicamella What - Steffi had control over the ongoing blackmail scandal but Seles didn’t have control over playing again or not after the stabbing? 🙄

Wow! Here again! Steffi absent? She was absent only in the Australian in 92. She was defeated in three gs finals by Seles. In fact, she kept winning wimbledon. The problem was not her tennis. The problem was Seles. After the stabbing she seemed to start playing her best tennis again. Coincidence? Hahaha.

@@javiernunez8113 The rabid Yankee liar is there again! Steffi was also absent at the AO 96 which Seles won. You think she had a 1-7 win/loss streak in 1990-92 against Sabatini because of Seles but was 28-4 against the Argentinian in other times because Seles was not at her peak? Did Seles scream in the stands in those matches Steffi lost to Gaby? Did she maybe coach her? Or were this Seles‘s great vodoo powers at work? So Seles might be also responsible for Steffi‘s 2-3 win/loss streak against Novotna in 1990-92? A player against whom Steffi was 27-1 otherwise? Wow, the Serbian Screamer must have had enormous parapsychological powers! Some tractor beams which paralyzed poor Steffi perhaps? Can you tell us more?

​@@carrerau7138 Yankee? Me? Rabid? Me? Believe what you want to believe. You are the only one believing that. And you are not respectful. Quote: Graf was dominant on tour in Seles' first years, then Seles was dominant at the Grand Slams winning three of the four matches they played between the ages of 17 and 19. During the period where Seles first reached the No. 1 spot in 1991, the head-to-head saw Graf leading 3-2, with all of their matches coming in tournament finals. In April 1993, the rivalry was temporarily halted when a fan of Graf stabbed Seles on-court, prompting her to take a hiatus after recovering.

@@javiernunez8113 OK, a non-Yankee calculated liar. However, your quote here is right. Steffi was better in 1989/90. Seles was better in 1991/92 but worse in her matches against the great Graf 1-3 H2H). In 1993 Steffi was the best but Seles played only for 4 months.

​​​@@carrerau7138 Seles was better until she was stabbed. A german guy in Germany tried to murder her for another German to recover the number one. She suffered psychological trauma and her country was in the war. Her dad was diagnosed with cancer. She was never the same after that but managed to win another GS. Are you German?

Here you are again talking crap. You truly are a sad individual.

Lol😂 times infinity only YOU actually believe this as Seles dominated for three years ..that’s a long blackmail

@@bryguy0111 Well, according to Selestial nutters Monica was stabbed for about 10 years.

​@@carrerau7138Good remark. These maniac Seles fans fantasizing what if ...

@@danielkorczyk8181 I'm sure Monica respects Steffi and that, when she will think to her carrer and to the aggression, she will are less angry than a lot of her fans.

Ok Gunther

@@jujumusique1305 Günter, please. You clown are butchering the name of the Selesian Church‘s founding father.

@@jujumusique1305 You don't think crime is a part of life? So Steffi has a valid excuse for slumping in 1990-92?

Maybe, maybe not. She was a pretty one-dimensional player, so she was rather easy to figure out. That's for example what Hingis and Venus Williams did.

No, Steffi, Hingis, Venus, Serena simply were too strong.

I don't think Seles would have won 17 slams. Which would that have been???