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 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1990	French Open	Clay	Steffi Graf	7–6(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 Navrátilová	7–6(1), 6–1
Winner	1992	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	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	6–2, 6–1
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	7–6(6), 0–6, 6–3
Winner	1996	Australian Open (4)	Hard	Anke Huber	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	1996	US Open	Hard	Steffi Graf	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1998	French Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–6(5), 0–6, 6–2

Olympic singles bronze medal match

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

Tier I doubles finals (4)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
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 Fernandez	Martina Hingis Jana Novotná	0–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)

Career finals

Singles (85)

Wins (53)

Legend (Singles) Tier I (9) Tier II (22) Tier III (9) Tier IV (1) Grand Slam Title (9) WTA Championship (3)

Titles by surface Hard (28) Clay (14) Grass (1) Carpet (10)

No.	Date	Tournament name	Location	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
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(6), 6–4
8.	August 19, 1990	Virginia Slims of Los Angeles (1)	Los Angeles	Hard	Martina Navratilova	6–4, 3–6, 7–6(6)
9.	November 4, 1990	Virginia Slims of California (1)	Oakland, California, U.S.	Carpet (I)	Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–6(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	Ford 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 Fernandez	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(1), 6–1
17.	September 22, 1991	Nichirei International Championships (1)	Tokyo	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	6–1, 6–1
18.	October 6, 1991	Milano 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	Ford Australian Open (2)	Melbourne	Hard	Mary Joe Fernandez	6–2, 6–3
22.	February 9, 1992	Nokia Grand Prix	Essen, Germany	Carpet (I)	Mary Joe Fernandez	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	Ford 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(7), 6–3
35.	January 28, 1996	Ford 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 Fernandez	6–0, 6–2
37.	August 11, 1996	du Maurier Ltd. Open (2)	Montreal, Canada	Hard	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–1, 7–6(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(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(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(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(6), 6–3
53.	May 25, 2002	Open de Espana (2)	Madrid, Spain	Clay	Chanda Rubin	6–4, 6–2

Runner-ups (32)

1989: Dallas (lost to Martina Navratilova) 1989: Brighton (lost to Steffi Graf) 1991: Indian Wells (lost to Martina Navratilova) 1991: San Antonio (lost to Steffi Graf) 1991: Hamburg (lost to Steffi Graf) 1991: Italian Open (lost to Gabriela Sabatini) 1991: San Diego (lost to Jennifer Capriati) 1991: Oakland (lost to Martina Navratilova) 1992: Italian Open (lost to Gabriela Sabatini) 1992: Wimbledon (lost to Steffi Graf) 1992: Los Angeles (lost to Martina Navratilova) 1992: Montreal (lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1993: Paris (lost to Martina Navratilova) 1995: US Open (lost to Steffi Graf) 1996: US Open (lost to Steffi Graf) 1996: Oakland (lost to Martina Hingis)

1997: Key Biscayne, Florida (lost to Martina Hingis) 1997: Charleston (lost to Martina Hingis) 1997: Madrid (lost to Jana Novotná) 1997: San Diego (lost to Martina Hingis) 1998: French Open (lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario) 1998: Moscow (lost to Mary Pierce) 1999: Toronto (lost to Martina Hingis) 1999: Tokyo (Princess Cup) (lost to Lindsay Davenport) 2000: San Diego (lost to Venus Williams) 2000: New Haven (lost to Venus Williams) 2000: WTA Tour Championships (lost to Martina Hingis) 2001: San Diego (lost to Venus Williams) 2001: Los Angeles (lost to Lindsay Davenport) 2002: Tokyo (Pan Pacific Open) (lost to Martina Hingis) 2003: Tokyo (Pan Pacific Open) (lost to Lindsay Davenport) 2003: Dubai (lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)

Doubles

Wins (6)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in final	Score in final
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(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 Fernandez Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–4

Runner-ups (3)

1997: Chicago (with Lindsay Davenport) 1998: Philadelphia (with Natasha Zvereva) 1999: Key Biscayne (with Mary Joe Fernandez)

Team competition

Wins (3)

No.	Date	Team competition	Surface	Partner/Team	Opponents in the final	Score in final
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

Runner-ups (1)

2001: Hopman Cup (with Jan-Michael Gambill)

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F

NMS

Won tournament, or reached Final, Semifinal, Quarterfinal, Round 4, 3, 2, 1, lost in Qualification Round 3, Round 2, Round 1 or Round Robin, Absent from a tournament or Participated in a team event, played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-Off, won a bronze or silver match at the Olympics. The last is for a Masters Series/1000 tournament that was relegated (Not a Masters Series).

Tournament	Career Win-Loss	Career 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
SR	N/A	9 / 40	0 / 0	0 / 3	1 / 3	3 / 3	3 / 4	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 1	1 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 4	0 / 2
Win-Loss	180–31	N/A	0–0	11–3	13–2	21–0	27–1	7–0	0–0	6–1	17–3	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 Tournaments1
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	Not Held	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								Not Tier I	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
Runner-up	32	N/A	0	2	0	6	4	1	0	1	2	4	2	2	3	2	1	2
Titles Won	53	N/A	0	1	9	10	10	2	0	1	5	3	2	1	3	4	2	0
Overall Win-Loss	595-122	N/A	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	N/A	N/A	86	6	2	1	1	8	-	1	2	5	6	6	4	10	7	60

• SF-B = lost in the semifinals but then won the bronze medal match
• ¹ This table includes only those tournaments that were Tier I at the time they were played.

WTA Tour career earnings

Year	Majors	WTA wins	Total wins	Earnings ($)	Money list rank
1990	1	8	9	1,637,222	2
1991	3	7	10	2,422,206	1
1992	3	7	10	2,622,352	1
1993	1	1	2	437,588	16
1994	DNP
1995	0	1	1	397,010	16
1996	1	4	5	1,154,499	5
1997	0	3	3	914,020	5
1998	0	2	2	1,021,672	6
1999	0	1	1	744,741	8
2000	0	3	3	1,140,850	5
2001	0	4	4	627,211	15
2002	0	2	2	1,096,630	8
2003	0	0	0	276,213	38
Career	9	44	53	14,891,762	8

Record against other top players

As of November 1, 2010, Seles's win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:^[1] Players who have been ranked World No. 1 are in boldface.

• Conchita Martínez 20–1
• Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 20–3
• Mary Joe Fernandez 15–1
• Gabriela Sabatini 11–3
• Ai Sugiyama 10–0
• Nathalie Tauziat 10–0
• Martina Navratilova 10–7
• / Manuela Maleeva Fragniere 9–0
• Anke Huber 9–0
• Amanda Coetzer 9–1
• Sandrine Testud 9–2
• Jennifer Capriati 9–5
• Barbara Schett 6–0
• Chanda Rubin 5–0
• Anna Kournikova 5–1
• Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 5–1
• Julie Halard-Decugis 5–1
• / Natasha Zvereva 5–1
• Irina Spîrlea 5–3
• Mary Pierce 5–4
• Steffi Graf 5–10
• Martina Hingis 5–15
• Barbara Paulus 4–0
• Lori McNeil 4–0
• Magdalena Maleeva 4–1
• Zina Garrison 4–1
• / Jelena Dokić 4–1
• Justine Henin 4–3
• Jana Novotná 4–4
• Dominique Van Roost 3–0
• Patty Schnyder 3–0
• Iva Majoli 3–1
• Kimiko Date Krumm 3–1
• Amélie Mauresmo 3–2
• Lindsay Davenport 3–10
• Paola Suárez 2–0
• Alicia Molik 2–0
• Karina Habšudová 2–0
• Helena Suková 2–0
• Pam Shriver 2–0
• / Hana Mandlíková 2–0
• Katerina Maleeva 2–0
• Daniela Hantuchová 1–0
• Elena Dementieva 1–0
• Kim Clijsters 1–0
• Maria Sharapova 1–0
• Chris Evert 1–2
• Serena Williams 1–4
• Venus Williams 1–9
• Nadia Petrova 0-2

References

1. ^ Player Profiles