"also seen watching the Open on TV, where the reporter can be heard crediting a match win to Natalia Baudone, 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, over Mary Pierce. Pierce won the actual match 6–0, 6–7, 7–6. Kramer becomes a 'ballman' for the tournament later in the episode and accidentally injures Monica Seles in the final. Seles did not play in the tournament that year owing to an incident in April 1993 which prevented her from playing competitive tennis until August 1995. 1993 US Open (tennis) The 1993 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National"
"the last title that Seles won before the attack in Hamburg, Germany. On April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which Seles was leading, Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed Seles with a boning knife between her shoulder blades, to a depth of 1.5 cm (0.59 inches). She was quickly taken to a hospital. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks to heal, she did not return to competitive tennis for"
"in three-set matches to claim her seventh title there in eight years. Monica Seles beat Graf in three sets in the final of the Australian Open 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. This cemented Seles as the dominant No. 1 player in the world, having won five of the previous six, seven of the previous nine, and eight of the previous 12 major singles titles. In that timespan of 12 majors, Graf had won twice (1991 and 1992 Wimbledon) in comparison. During a quarterfinal match between Seles and Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg, Seles was stabbed between the shoulder blades by a mentally ill"
"youngest ever French Open champion at the age of 16. She went on to win eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday and was the year-end world no. 1 in 1991 and 1992. However, on April 30, 1993, she was the victim of an on-court attack, when a man stabbed her in the back with a long knife. Seles did not return to tennis for over two years. Though she enjoyed some success after rejoining the tour in 1995, including a fourth Australian Open title in 1996, she was unable to consistently reproduce her best form. She played"
"7–6, 4–6, 7–5 1993 WTA German Open The 1993 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany that was part of the Tier I category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 10 May until 16 May 1993. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her seventh at the event, and earned $150,000 first-prize money as well as 470 ranking points. Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini 7–6, 2–6, 6–4 Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Debbie Graham"
"The following year she reached the fourth round at the Australian, the French and the US Open, as well as the third round of Wimbledon. That same year, she was the opponent of Monica Seles at a tournament in Hamburg, Germany when a deranged fan stabbed Seles in the back on the court. Her best performance at a Grand Slam came when she got to the quarter finals of the 1992 US Open, defeating Kateřina Kroupová-Šišková, Martina Navratilova, Kimberly Po and Chanda Rubin before losing to her older sister Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière. In 1995 Maleeva won a total of three tournaments,"
"1993 WTA German Open The 1993 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin, Germany that was part of the Tier I category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and was held from 10 May until 16 May 1993. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her seventh at the event, and earned $150,000 first-prize money as well as 470 ranking points. Steffi Graf defeated Gabriela Sabatini 7–6, 2–6, 6–4 Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Debbie Graham / Brenda Schultz"
"Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria ""Steffi"" Graf (; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Her 22 singles titles put her second on the list of major wins in the female competition since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and is third all-time behind Margaret Court (24) and Serena Williams (23). In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year."
"the players’ seats were positioned with their backs to the umpire's chair, rather than the spectators. Seles, however, disputed the effectiveness of these measures. She was quoted in 2011 as saying ""From the time I was stabbed, I think the security hasn't changed"". Seles vowed never to play tennis in Germany again, disenchanted by the German legal system. ""What people seem to be forgetting is that this man stabbed me intentionally and he did not serve any sort of punishment for it... I would not feel comfortable going back. I don't foresee that happening."" In a later article, ""Tennis.com"" reported"
"of the greatest tennis players of all time. In 2012, Tennis Channel created a list of the 100 greatest tennis players. Seles was listed at #19. Seles won eight Grand Slam titles during her teenage years. However, her career was greatly affected by the stabbing incident. Some involved with the sport have declared that Seles could have become the most accomplished female player. In an article written 20 years after Seles was stabbed, Jonathan Scott of ""Tennis.com"" stated, ""Would Monica Seles have been the greatest female tennis player ever? The world will never know."" In a 2013 interview, Martina Navratilova"
"publish a complete list of the suicides brought about by Nazi brutality,"" wrote the ""Hebrew Standard of Australasia"" in mentioning her death. In October 2015 a stolperstein was placed near her former home in Berlin to commemorate Nelly Neppach and her husband. Nelly Neppach Nelly Neppach (""née"" Bamberger; ; 16 September 1898 – 7 May 1933) was a German female tennis player. Neppach was the first German female to establish an international reputation, but was forced out of the sport due to rising anti-semitism in the 1930s. She committed suicide at age 34. Neppach was born at Frankfurt am Main"
"the German Sports Hall of Fame in 2008. Steffi Graf Stefanie Maria ""Steffi"" Graf (; born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 and won 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Her 22 singles titles put her second on the list of major wins in the female competition since the introduction of the Open Era in 1968 and is third all-time behind Margaret Court (24) and Serena Williams (23). In 1988, she became the only tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four Grand Slam singles titles and the"
"German fan of Graf, Günter Parche. He claimed that he committed the attack to help Graf reclaim the world No. 1 ranking. More than two years elapsed before Seles competed again. Shortly after the stabbing, during a players meeting at the Italian Open in Rome, 17 of the world's top 25 WTA members voted against preserving Seles' world No. 1 ranking while she was sidelined. Since Graf skipped the Italian Open, she did not take part in the vote. During Seles's absence, Graf won 65 of 67 matches, three of four Grand Slam events and the year-end Virginia Slims championships."
"Hans Moldenhauer Hans Moldenhauer (born 10 April 1901 - 29 December 1929) was Germany's first major international tennis player, competing in Wimbledon, the Davis Cup, and the French Open, and repeatedly winning the German national Championships both as a single player and in mixed doubles. He died at the age of just 28, when his motor car was hit by a tram in Berlin. Moldenhauer won back-to-back German National Championships in 1926 and 1927, and made his third successive final in 1928 where he lost to Daniel Prenn. He also won the Danish Championship Men's Singles in 1929. Moldenhauer played"
"in security at subsequent tennis events. Seles would not return to professional tennis until August 1995 following the incident, and never played in Germany again. The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: The following players received entry from a Lucky loser spot: Arantxa Sánchez Vicario defeated Steffi Graf, 6–3, 6–3 Steffi Graf / Rennae Stubbs defeated Larisa Neiland / Jana Novotná, 6–4, 7–6 1993 Citizen Cup The Citizen Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the seventh edition of the Citizen Cup and was an Tier II tournament on the 1993 WTA"
"players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. Haas' record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher. Statistics correct . Haas' record against players who have been ranked world No. 11–20. Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May 2002, Haas's career was interrupted by injuries: he twice"
"1993 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament The 1993 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the 21st edition of the event known that year as the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, and was part of the ATP World Series of the 1993 ATP Tour. It took place at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, Netherlands, from 22 February through 28 February 1993. Unseeded Anders Järryd won the singles title. The singles draw was headlined by ATP No. 7, Wimbledon runner-up, Sydney, Stockholm and recent Doha champion Goran Ivanišević."
"one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles. Partnering with Barbara Schett, the pair beat Sabine Hack and Christina Singer, to give Austria it's only win of the fixture. Married to tennis player Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany. She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player Diego Nargiso. Melanie Schnell Melanie Schnell (born 22 February 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Austria. Schnell, a right-handed player from Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her grand slam main draw debut at"
"at Altenkirchen after suffering a stroke. In 2006, Nüsslein was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island. Hans Nüsslein Hans ""Hanne"" Nüsslein (; 31 March 1910 – 28 June 1991) was a German tennis player and coach and former World professional number 1 tennis player who won four professional Majors singles titles during his career. Nüsslein was born in Nuremberg on 31 March 1910. In his youth, he played football, handball and tennis at the 1. FC Nürnberg. After finishing school he apprenticed as a mechanic. At age 16, he gave tennis lessons to other"
"Liesl Herbst Liesl Herbst (8 November 1903 – 25 February 1990) was an Austrian championship tennis player. Liesl Herbst (née Westreich) was born on 8 November 1903 in the town of Jaegerndorf (now called Krnov) in Silesia where her family owned the Gessler distillery. She lived in Villa Westreich with her parents and two older sisters. Her father Leo Westreich ran the company together with his brother-in-law Siegfried Gessler. During World War 2, her mother and one sister were killed at Theresienstadt/Terazin concentration camp. Her other sister, Gertruda Löwenbein, was murdered in the mass shooting as a result of the"
"theorized that if Seles had not been stabbed, ""We'd be talking about Monica with the most Grand Slam titles [ahead of] Margaret Court or Steffi Graf."" Mary Joe Fernandez declared that Seles would have at least doubled her Grand Slam championship tally, had she not been attacked. Tim Adams of ""The Guardian"" stated that Seles would have become ""the greatest female tennis player ever to pick up a racket."" During the height of her career (the 1990 French Open through the 1993 Australian Open), she won eight of the 11 Grand Slam singles tournaments she contested. With eight Grand Slam"
"(Graf's victory being at Wimbledon) between the ages of 17 and 19. The rivalry was then further etched in everyone's memory when a crazed fan of Graf stabbed Seles. Graf won four of their five matches from 1995 onward. Graf–Seles (10–5) Graf won eight of nine majors before Seles won her first. Seles surpassed Graf as the No. 1 player in 1991, and won seven of eight grand slam titles during the period of 1991–1993. Graf in the end did recapture the No. 1 ranking from Seles in June 1993, after Seles was forced out of the sport due to"
"Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber (; born 18 January 1988) is a German professional tennis player and former world No. 1, and a three time Grand Slam champion. Having made her professional debut in 2003, Kerber rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92 ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on 12 September 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking for the first time and the first new number-one player since Victoria Azarenka in 2012. A left-hander, known for her"
"in mixed doubles together with his partner Cilly Aussem, and the pair competed successfully together until December 1929, when Moldenhauer was killed in a car crash. After this Cilly Aussem took time out and travelled to France together with her mother to recover. Later, together with her new partner Bill Tilden, she went on to win the 1930 French Open Championships, and in 1931 she became Germany's first female Wimbledon champion. Hans Moldenhauer Hans Moldenhauer (born 10 April 1901 - 29 December 1929) was Germany's first major international tennis player, competing in Wimbledon, the Davis Cup, and the French Open,"
"1993 Volkswagen Card Cup The 1993 Volkswagen Card Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Messehalle 7 in Leipzig in Germany that was part of the Tier II category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 27 September until 3 October 1993. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her fourth consecutive at the event, and earned $75,000 first-prize money as well as 300 ranking points. Steffi Graf defeated Jana Novotná 6–2, 6–0 Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná / Larisa Savchenko"
"Tommy Haas Thomas Mario Haas (; born 3 April 1978) is a German American former professional tennis player. He competed on the ATP Tour from 1996 to 2017. After breaking into the world top 100 in 1997, and reaching a career-high singles ranking of world No. 2 in May 2002, Haas's career was interrupted by injuries: he twice dropped out of the world rankings due to being unable to play for twelve months. His first period of injury saw him miss the whole of the 2003 season, and he did not return to the world's top 10 until 2007. He"
"and James Trotman. They were then eliminated by two Australians, Mark Philippoussis and Patrick Rafter in straight sets. Nils Holm Nils Holm (born 30 October 1969) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden. Holm, a doubles specialist, never made a final on the ATP Tour but reached the semi-finals at Bastad in 1989. He teamed up with his brother Henrik at the 1993 US Open, where they were defeated in the opening round by Wayne Ferreira and Michael Stich. His brother was also his partner in his only other Grand Slam appearance, at the 1997 Wimbledon Championships. On this"
"6–3, 6–2 1993 Volkswagen Card Cup The 1993 Volkswagen Card Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Messehalle 7 in Leipzig in Germany that was part of the Tier II category of the 1993 WTA Tour. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and was held from 27 September until 3 October 1993. First-seeded Steffi Graf won the singles title, her fourth consecutive at the event, and earned $75,000 first-prize money as well as 300 ranking points. Steffi Graf defeated Jana Novotná 6–2, 6–0 Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva defeated Jana Novotná /"
"1997 ATP German Open The 1997 German Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 91st edition of the Hamburg Masters (German Open), and was part of the ATP Super 9 of the 1997 ATP Tour. It took place at the Rothenbaum Tennis Center in Hamburg, Germany, from through 5 May through 12 May 1997. The singles field was headlined by ATP No. 3, Dubai, Miami Masters, titlist, Australian Open semi-finalist Thomas Muster, 1996 French Open runner-up, 1994 German Open finalist, Prague, Lyon winner Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Tokyo champion, Monte Carlo quarter-finalist and Wimbledon defending"
"family sued the United States Tennis Association for $2.25 million. In an opinion suggesting that the impact of the tennis ball had not been the proximate cause of his death, the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York reversed a $165,000 jury award to his estate. Dick Wertheim Richard Wertheim (c. 1923 – September 15, 1983) was an American tennis linesman who suffered a fatal injury on September 10, 1983, during a match at the 1983 US Open. Wertheim's fatal injury occurred after Stefan Edberg sent an errant serve directly into his groin. The official had been sitting"
"Hans Nüsslein Hans ""Hanne"" Nüsslein (; 31 March 1910 – 28 June 1991) was a German tennis player and coach and former World professional number 1 tennis player who won four professional Majors singles titles during his career. Nüsslein was born in Nuremberg on 31 March 1910. In his youth, he played football, handball and tennis at the 1. FC Nürnberg. After finishing school he apprenticed as a mechanic. At age 16, he gave tennis lessons to other club members for which he was paid a small amount. After a member of a neighboring club reported this to the German"
"two set lead against Jeff Tarango in the 1993 French Open, having earlier lost a five setter that year to Daniel Vasek in the Australian Open. Markus Naewie Markus Naewie (born 7 January 1970) is a former professional tennis player from Germany. Naewie had his best year on tour in 1992, when he broke into the top 100 of the ATP rankings. He defeated Jason Stoltenberg in the French Open that year and almost upset 14th seed Alexander Volkov in the second round, taking him to five sets. At the Heineken Open in Auckland he was a quarter-finalist and he"
"to her at the ITF World Champions Dinner in Paris on 3 June 2014. Heide Orth Heide Orth (""née"" Schildknecht; born 10 August 1942) is a former tennis player from Germany. Heide grew up in Essen in the industrial Ruhr valley and began playing tennis with her father at the age of 13. Her first major success was winning the West German Junior Championship in 1960. Heide later competed in the International Women's Circuit for many years and played for the Germany National Fed Cup team 15 times between 1964 and 1973. She won the singles title at the German"