Monica Seles career statistics

This is a list of the main career statistics of former tennis player Monica Seles.

Major finals

Grand Slam singles finals: 13 finals (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	7–6(8–6), 6–4
Winner	1991	Australian Open	Hard	Jana Novotná	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
Winner	1991	French Open (2)	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1991	US Open	Hard	Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–1), 6–1
Winner	1992	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	6–2, 6–3
Winner	1992	French Open (3)	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–2, 3–6, 10–8
Runner-up	1992	Wimbledon	Grass	Steffi Graf	2–6, 1–6
Winner	1992	US Open (2)	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1993	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	1995	US Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–7(6–8), 6–0, 3–6
Winner	1996	Australian Open (4)	Hard	Anke Huber	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1996	US Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	5–7, 4–6
Runner-up	1998	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–7(5–7), 6–0, 2–6

Olympic singles bronze medal match

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	2000	Sydney Olympics	Hard	Jelena Dokić	6–1, 6–4

Tier I doubles finals (4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1990	Rome	Clay	Helen Kelesi	Laura Garrone Laura Golarsa	6–3, 6–4
Winner	1991	Rome	Clay	Jennifer Capriati	Nicole Bradtke Elna Reinach	7–5, 6–2
Winner	1992	Rome	Clay	Helena Suková	Katerina Maleeva Barbara Rittner	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	1999	Miami	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	0–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–1)

Career finals

Singles (85)

Wins (53)

No.	Date	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	April 30, 1989	Virginia Slims of Houston (1)	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Chris Evert	3–6, 6–1, 6–4
2.	March 25, 1990	Lipton International Players Championships (1)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Judith Wiesner	6–1, 6–2
3.	April 1, 1990	Post Cereals U.S. Hardcourt Championships	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.	Hard	Manuela Maleeva	6–4, 6–3
4.	April 22, 1990	Eckerd Tennis Open	Tampa, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Katerina Maleeva	6–1, 6–0
5.	May 13, 1990	Italian Open (Peugeot Open Cup) (1)	Rome	Clay	Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–1
6.	May 20, 1990	Lufthansa Cup German Open	Berlin	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–4, 6–3
7.	June 10, 1990	French Open (1)	Paris	Clay	Steffi Graf	7–6(8–6), 6–4
8.	August 19, 1990	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (1)	Los Angeles	Hard	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(8–6)
9.	November 4, 1990	Virginia Slims of California (1)	Oakland, California, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
10.	November 18, 1990	Virginia Slims Championships (1)	New York City	Carpet (I)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 5–7, 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
11.	January 27, 1991	Australian Open (1)	Melbourne	Hard	Jana Novotná	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
12.	March 24, 1991	Lipton International players Championships (2)	Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.	Hard	Gabriela Sabatini	6–3, 7–5
13.	April 21, 1991	Virginia Slims of Houston (2)	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Mary Joe Fernández	6–4, 6–3
14.	June 9, 1991	French Open (2)	Paris	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–4
15.	August 18, 1991	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (2)	Los Angeles	Hard	Kimiko Date	6–3, 6–1
16.	September 8, 1991	US Open (1)	New York City	Hard	Martina Navratilova	7–6(7–1), 6–1
17.	September 22, 1991	Nichirei International Championships (1)	Tokyo	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	6–1, 6–1
18.	October 6, 1991	Milan Indoor	Milan, Italy	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
19.	November 17, 1991	Virginia Slims of Philadelphia	Philadelphia, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Jennifer Capriati	7–5, 6–1
20.	November 24, 1991	Virginia Slims Championships (2)	New York City	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
21.	January 26, 1992	Australian Open (2)	Melbourne	Hard	Mary Joe Fernández	6–2, 6–3
22.	February 9, 1992	Nokia Grand Prix	Essen, Germany	Carpet (I)	Mary Joe Fernández	6–0, 6–3
23.	March 1, 1992	Matrix Essentials Evert Cup	Indian Wells, California, U.S.	Hard	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–1
24.	April 19, 1992	Virginia Slims of Houston (3)	Houston, Texas, U.S.	Clay	Zina Garrison	6–1, 6–1
25.	April 26, 1992	Open Seat of Spain (1)	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 6–2, 6–3
26.	June 7, 1992	French Open (3)	Paris	Clay	Steffi Graf	6–2, 3–6, 10–8
27.	September 13, 1992	US Open (2)	New York City	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–3
28.	September 27, 1992	Nichirei International Championships (2)	Tokyo	Carpet (I)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–2, 6–0
29.	November 8, 1992	Bank of the West Classic (2)	Oakland, California, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3 6–4
30.	November 22, 1992	Virginia Slims Championships (3)	New York City	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	7–5, 6–3, 6–1
31.	January 31, 1993	Australian Open (3)	Melbourne	Hard	Steffi Graf	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
32.	February 14, 1993	Virginia Slims of Chicago	Chicago	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
33.	August 20, 1995	du Maurier Ltd. Open (1)	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Amanda Coetzer	6–0, 6–1
34.	January 14, 1996	Peters Invitational	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–3
35.	January 28, 1996	Australian Open (4)	Melbourne	Hard	Anke Huber	6–4, 6–1
36.	June 23, 1996	Direct Line Insurance Championships	Eastbourne, United Kingdom	Grass	Mary Joe Fernández	6–0, 6–2
37.	August 11, 1996	du Maurier Ltd. Open (2)	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 7–6(7–2)
38.	September 22, 1996	Nichirei International Open (3)	Tokyo	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 6–4
39.	August 10, 1997	Acura Classic (3)	Los Angeles	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
40.	August 17, 1997	du Maurier Open (3)	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Anke Huber	6–2, 6–4
41.	September 21, 1997	Toyota Princess Cup (4)	Tokyo	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
42.	August 23, 1998	du Maurier Open (4)	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–3, 6–2
43.	September 27, 1998	Toyota Princess Cup (5)	Tokyo	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
44.	April 11, 1999	Bausch & Lomb Championships (1)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–2, 6–3
45.	February 27, 2000	IGA Superthrift Classic (1)	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.	Hard (I)	Nathalie Dechy	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
46.	April 16, 2000	Bausch & Lomb Championships (2)	Amelia Island, Florida, U.S.	Clay	Conchita Martínez	6–3, 6–2
47.	May 21, 2000	Tennis Masters Series Roma (2)	Rome	Clay	Amélie Mauresmo	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
48.	February 25, 2001	IGA U.S. Indoors	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S. (2)	Hard (I)	Jennifer Capriati	6–3, 5–7, 6–2
49.	September 16, 2001	Brasil Open	Bahia, Brazil	Hard	Jelena Dokić	6–3, 6–3
50.	October 7, 2001	AIG Japan Open	Tokyo	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	6–3, 6–2
51.	October 14, 2001	Kiwi Open	Shanghai, China	Hard	Nicole Pratt	6–2, 6–3
52.	February 17, 2002	Qatar Total FinaElf Open	Doha	Hard	Tamarine Tanasugarn	7–6(8–6), 6–3
53.	May 25, 2002	Open de Espana (2)	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Chanda Rubin	6–4, 6–2

Runners-up (32)

Doubles

Wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	May 13, 1990	Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	Helen Kelesi	Laura Garrone Laura Golarsa	6–3, 6–4
2.	March 31, 1991	San Antonio, Texas, U.S.	Hard	Patty Fendick	Jill Hetherington Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	7–6(7–2), 6–2
3.	May 12, 1991	Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	Jennifer Capriati	Nicole Bradtke Elna Reinach	7–5, 6–2
4.	May 10, 1992	Italian Open, Rome, Italy	Clay	Helena Suková	Katerina Maleeva Barbara Rittner	6–1, 6–2
5.	September 21, 1997	Tokyo (Princess)	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	Julie Halard-Decugis Chanda Rubin	6–1, 6–0
6.	September 27, 1998	Tokyo	Hard	Anna Kournikova	Mary Joe Fernández Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–4

Runners-up (3)

Team competition

Wins (3)

No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	January 4, 1991	Hopman Cup, Perth, Australia	Hard	Goran Prpić	Zina Garrison David Wheaton	3–0
2.	September 28–29, 1996	Fed Cup, Atlantic City, United States	Carpet (I)	Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández Linda Wild	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Gala León García Virginia Ruano-Pascual	5–0
3.	November 24–25, 2000	Fed Cup, Las Vegas, United States	Carpet (I)	Lindsay Davenport Jennifer Capriati Lisa Raymond	Conchita Martínez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Virginia Ruano-Pascual Magüi Serna	5–0

Runners-up (1)

Fed Cup

Wins (3)

Edition	American Team	Rounds/Opponents
1996 Fed Cup	Monica Seles Lindsay Davenport Mary Joe Fernández Jennifer Capriati Linda Wild Gigi Fernández	QF: 2–3 SF: 0–5 FN: 5–0
1999 Fed Cup	Monica Seles Venus Williams Serena Williams Chanda Rubin Lindsay Davenport	QF: 5–0 SF: 1–4 FN: 4–1
2000 Fed Cup	Monica Seles Lindsay Davenport Jennifer Capriati Lisa Raymond	SF: 2–1 FN: 5–0

Participating (19)

Singles (17)

Edition	Round	Date	Venue	Against	Surface	Opponent	W/L	Result	Team Result
1996 Fed Cup
	SF	13–14 July 1996	Nagoya	Japan	Carpet (i)	Ai Sugiyama	Win	6–2, 6–2	Win (5–0)
						Kimiko Date	Win	6–0, 6–2
	F	28–29 September 1996	Atlantic City	Spain	Carpet (i)	Conchita Martínez	Win	6–2, 6–4	Win (5–0)
						Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Win	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
1998 Fed Cup
	QF	18–19 April 1998	Kiawah Island	Netherlands	Clay	Miriam Oremans	Win	6–1, 6–2	Win (5–0)
						Amanda Hopmans	Win	6–1, 6–2
	SF	25–26 July 1998	Madrid	Spain	Clay	Conchita Martínez	Win	6–3, 3–6, 6–1	Loss (2–3)
						Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	Win	6–4, 6–0
1999 Fed Cup
	QF	17–18 April 1999	Raleigh	Croatia	Clay (i)	Silvija Talaja	Win	6–3, 6–1	Win (5–0)
						Iva Majoli	Win	6–0, 6–3
	SF	24 July 1999	Ancona	Italy	Clay	Silvia Farina	Loss	4–6, 6–4, 4–6	Win (4–1)
2000 Fed Cup
	SF	22 November 2000	Las Vegas	Belgium	Carpet (i)	Justine Henin	Win	7–6(7–1), 6–2	Win (2–1)
	F	24 November 2000		Spain		Conchita Martínez	Win	6–2, 6–3	Win (5–0)
2002 Fed Cup
	1R	28–29 April 2002	Charlotte	Austria	Clay	Barbara Schwartz	Loss	6–7(7–9), 2–6	Loss (2–3)
						Evelyn Fauth	Win	6–3, 6–3
	WG PO	20–21 July 2002	Springfield	Israel	Hard	Tzipora Obziler	Win	6–4, 6–2	Win (5–0)
						Anna Smashnova	Win	6–4, 6–0

Doubles (2)

Edition	Round	Date	Venue	Partering	Against	Surface	Opponents	W/L	Result	Team Result
1999 Fed Cup
	QF	17–18 April 1999	Raleigh	Chanda Rubin	Croatia	Clay	Iva Majoli Silvija Talaja	Win	6–3, 6–2	Win (5–0)
2002 Fed Cup
	QF	28–29 April 2002	Charlotte	Lisa Raymond	Austria	Clay	Evelyn Fauth Marion Maruska	Win	6–1, 7–6(7–4)	Loss (2–3)

Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

			Yugoslavia				Yugoslavia			United States
Tournament	W–L	SR	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	43–4	4 / 8	A	A	A	W	W	W	A	A	W	A	A	SF	A	QF	SF	2R
French Open	54–8	3 / 11	A	SF	W	W	W	A	A	A	QF	SF	F	SF	QF	A	QF	1R
Wimbledon	30–9	0 / 9	A	4R	QF	A	F	A	A	A	2R	3R	QF	3R	QF	A	QF	A
US Open	53–10	2 / 12	A	4R	3R	W	W	A	A	F	F	QF	QF	QF	QF	4R	QF	A
Win–Loss	180–31	9 / 40	0–0	11–3	13–2	21–0	27–1	7–0	0–0	6–1	18–3	11–3	14–3	16–4	12–3	7–2	17–4	1–2
Year-End Championship
WTA Tour Championships	18–6	3 / 9	A	QF	W	W	W	A	A	A	4R	4R	QF	A	F	A	QF	A
Olympic Games
Summer Olympics	9–2	0 / 2	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			QF	Not Held			SF-B	Not Held
WTA Tier I Tournaments
Miami	32–7	2 / 9	2R	A	W	W	QF	A	A	A	A	F	3R	4R	SF	A	SF	A
Toronto / Montreal	31–3	4 / 7	Not Tier I		A	A	F	A	A	W	W	W	W	F	A	SF	A	A
Rome	21–5	2 / 7	Not Tier I		W	F	F	A	A	A	A	3R	3R	A	W	A	A	2R
Charleston	12–5	0 / 5	Not Tier I		A	A	A	A	A	A	A	F	SF	3R	SF	A	3R	A
Tokyo	9–4	0 / 4	Not Tier I					A	A	A	QF	A	A	SF	A	A	F	F
Indian Wells	8–4	0 / 4	NH	Not Tier I							A	A	A	3R	QF	2R	SF	A
Berlin	5–0	1 / 1	A	A	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Moscow	3–1	0 / 1	Not Held								NTI	A	F	A	A	A	A	A
Chicago	0–1	0 / 1	Not Tier I		1R	Not Tier I							Not Held
Zurich	0–0	0 / 0	Not Tier I					A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A
Boca Raton	0–0	0 / 0	Not Tier I			A	A	Not Tier I			Not Held
Philadelphia	0–0	0 / 0	Not Tier I					A	A	A	Not Tier I
Career Statistics
Titles–Finals	53–85		0–0	1–3	9–9	10–16	10–14	2–3	0–0	1–2	5–7	3–7	2–4	1–3	3–6	4–6	2–3	0–2
Overall Win–Loss	595–122		5–3	33–8	54–6	74–6	70–5	17–2	0–0	11–1	47–8	45–13	46–13	38–13	58–13	40–10	47–14	10–7
Year End Ranking			86	6	2	1	1	8	–	1	2	5	6	6	4	10	7	60

Notes:

• SF-B = lost in the semifinals but then won the bronze medal match
• Due to being attacked in April 1993, Seles was absent from the tour for over two years until August 1995. At the time of the attack she was ranked No.1 in the world. On her return, the WTA decided that for her first six tournaments, she would be co-ranked world No.1 alongside Steffi Graf.

WTA Tour career earnings

Head-to-head vs. top 10 ranked players

Player	Record	W%	Hardcourt	Clay	Grass	Carpet
Number 1 ranked players
Kim Clijsters	1-0	100%	1-0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Maria Sharapova	1-0	100%	1-0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	20-3	87.0%	10-1	5–1	1–0	4–1
Jennifer Capriati	9-5	64.3%	6-4	2-0	0-0	1–1
Amélie Mauresmo	3-2	60%	1-2	2-0	0–0	0–0
/ Martina Navratilova	10–7	58.9%	2–2	1–0	1–0	6–5
Justine Henin	4-3	57.1%	2-1	0–1	0–1	2–0
Chris Evert	1-2	33.3%	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0
/ Steffi Graf	5-10	33.3%	2-3	3–3	0–2	0–2
Martina Hingis	5-15	25%	4-10	1-2	0–0	0–3
Lindsay Davenport	3-10	23.1%	3–7	0-0	0–1	0-2
Serena Williams	1-4	20%	1-3	0–0	0–0	0–1
Venus Williams	1-9	10%	1-8	0–1	0-0	0-0
Number 2 ranked players
Conchita Martínez	20–1	95.2%	7-1	8–0	0–0	5–0
/ Jana Novotná	4-4	50%	2-1	1–2	0–0	1–1
Number 3 ranked players
Nathalie Tauziat	10-0	100%	6-0	1–0	2–0	1–0
/ Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	9–0	100%	2–0	4–0	0–0	3–0
/ Hana Mandlíková	2–0	100%	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Pam Shriver	2-0	100%	1-0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Elena Dementieva	1-0	100%	0-0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Amanda Coetzer	9–1	90%	6–0	2–0	0–0	1–1
Gabriela Sabatini	11-3	78.6%	5–1	2-2	0–0	4–0
Mary Pierce	5–4	55.6%	1–0	2–3	0–0	2–1
Nadia Petrova	0-2	0%	0-0	0-2	0–0	0–0
Number 4 ranked players
/ Anke Huber	9–0	100%	7–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
/ Helena Suková	2-0	100%	0-0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Francesca Schiavone	2-0	100%	2-0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Mary Joe Fernández	15-1	93.8%	6–0	3–0	1–0	5–1
Magdalena Maleeva	4–1	80%	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–0
/ Jelena Dokić	4–1	80%	3–0	1–0	0–0	0–1
Zina Garrison	4-1	80%	0–0	2-0	0–1	2–0
/ Iva Majoli	3–1	75%	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1
Kimiko Date-Krumm	3-1	75%	3–0	0-0	0–0	0–1
Number 5 ranked players
Daniela Hantuchová	1–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
/ Sylvia Hanika	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
/ Natasha Zvereva	5-1	83.3%	3-0	1–0	0–1	1–0
Number 6 ranked players
Chanda Rubin	5-0	100%	2-0	2–0	0–0	1–0
Katerina Maleeva	2-0	100%	1-0	1–0	0–0	0–0
/ Bettina Bunge	1–0	100%	0-0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Number 7 ranked players
Barbara Schett	6–0	100%	2–0	2–0	0–0	2–0
Patty Schnyder	3–0	100%	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0
Andrea Temesvári	2–0	100%	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Julie Halard-Decugis	5–1	83.3%	3–1	1–0	0–0	1–0
Irina Spîrlea	5–3	62.5%	1–1	0–1	0–0	4–1
Number 8 ranked players
Ai Sugiyama	10-0	100%	6-0	0–0	1–0	3–0
Alicia Molik	2–0	100%	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Anna Kournikova	5-1	83.3%	2–1	0–0	0–0	3-0
Sandrine Testud	9-2	81.9%	6-0	0–1	1–1	2–0
Number 9 ranked players
Lori McNeil	4-0	100%	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Dominique Monami	3–0	100%	3–0	0–0	0–0	0–0
Paola Suárez	2-0	100%	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–0
Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	5-1	83.3%	1–0	0–0	1–1	3–0
Number 10 ranked players
Barbara Paulus	4-0	100%	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0
Stephanie Rehe	2–0	100%	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–0
/ Karina Habšudová	2–0	100%	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0
Catarina Lindqvist	1–0	100%	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0
Total	268–100	72.8%	130–49 (72.6%)	61–20 (75.3%)	9–8 (52.9%)	71–23 (75.5%)

References

External links

• Monica Seles at the Women's Tennis Association
• Monica Seles at the International Tennis Federation
• Monica Seles at the Fed Cup