Manhattan College will host Monica Seles, formerly ranked as the No. 1 tennis player in the world, on Tuesday, March 11 as part of its yearlong Women’s Lecture Series celebration. Throughout
her career, Seles won nine Grand Slam Titles and held the No. 1 world
ranking for 178 consecutive weeks.
Seles retired from professional tennis in 2008, ending a dramatic yet
successful career. Seles won 53 singles titles and 6 doubles
tournaments. She won her first Grand Slam Title at the age of 16 and
first became No. 1 in the world in March of 1991. In 1993, Seles’s
career took a tragic turn when she was stabbed in the back by a fan
during a match in Germany, which kept her off the court for more than
two years. Remarkably, Seles returned to the game and won her ninth
Grand Slam Title in 1996.
Since her retirement, Seles has published two books including the 2009 national best seller, Getting a Grip: On My Mind, My Body and Myself and a young
adult fiction book titled, The Academy - Game On and will release a sequel in April titled, The Academy - Game of Love. Seles was inducted into the World Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009 and the
U.S. Open Court of Champions in 2013.
The lecture will be held on March 11 at 7 p.m. in Hayden Hall, room
100. The event is free and open to the public. Following the lecture,
there will be a short meet and greet and photo opportunity with Seles.
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The Women’s Lecture Series celebrates 40 years of co-education at
Manhattan College and is sponsored by the Dean of Student’s Civility
Project. For more information, please contact John Bennett, Director of
Student Activities at john.bennett@manhattan.edu.
