Monica Seles Interview 60 minutes

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  • čas přidán 14. 02. 2014
  • I recorded this while I was in QLD, late 1995
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Komentáře • 119

  • @cannollooboombboom6303
    @cannollooboombboom6303 Před 8 lety +39

    Monica seles was the best female player ever with a heart of gold she was an inspiration to me even when I was doing time I mailed a letter for an autographed picture and she sent me one that's the type of woman she was that was the type of girl she was loving caring about other people to me she was the best player ever and she always will be

  • @elenazenzolo6689
    @elenazenzolo6689 Před rokem +7

    That little face, her smile, the most fantastic player and person ever!

  • @cheffonezthea6942
    @cheffonezthea6942 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Monica Seles ICONIC best player Forever ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

  • @eduardozaidan3652
    @eduardozaidan3652 Před 3 lety +12

    The Greatest Player of All Time and The Most Adorable Player of All Time

    • @broncoguy4862
      @broncoguy4862 Před 3 lety +1

      Yeah, when she wins 18 majors, get back to us.

  • @trent8002003
    @trent8002003 Před 10 lety +25

    I love Monica. This is a precious clip. Thanks for the upload!

  • @perajankovic37
    @perajankovic37 Před 5 lety +12

    Ne zaboravna nasa jugoslovenka MONIKA SELES to tenisko cudo sa nesalomljivom energijom.Bravo,bravo,bravo nasa MO.

  • @TheGreatLoco
    @TheGreatLoco Před 4 lety +25

    While Steffi started dominating when Navratilova was in her early to mid 30's, very young Monica Seles dominated when Steffi was in her prime around 22-23. She still could win against Seles if everything was right, but normally it was a certain defeat. It was shocking to see Steffi Graf dissapear in 91 and 92.
    If not for the unfortunate stabbing incident, I don't see how Steffi could have coped with Seles that was going to her prime years, grew 2" in the process and had unmatched confidence.
    Seles was the first female true power player, hitting every ball hard.
    When she returned, she didn't grunt much, became American and her passion for the game just wasn't the same. Still good, made several grand slam finals and won another Australian Open, but not the best female player anymore.
    Can't blame her, after being booed at every arena as a young girl, getting stabbed, with Germany freeing the frustrated Steffi's fan, anyone would start questioning things.
    Real tennis fans were robbed of seeing true greatness, probably the best ever female player. Instead had to settle for Steffi Graf. Still phenomenal player, but we couldn't see the best.

    • @pjw1980
      @pjw1980 Před 3 lety +1

      Very well said!!! 👏🏻

    • @th8257
      @th8257 Před 9 měsíci

      In both Steffi and Monica's case, they both came to dominate when their main rival was burnt out. Steffi when Martina Navratilova was in the late 1980s, and Monica when Steffi was having a slump after her 87-89 run. You have said that it was "almost certain defeat" for Steffi unless "everything was right". I don't think anybody with a firm sense of reality would say that. Their head to head 90-93 was only 4-3 to Monica. Steffi's wins included the 1991 Hamburg final, where she was not in fact playing especially well (rather disproving your statement that "everything had to be right" for Steffi to win). And before you say I'm some kind of mad Steffi fan - I actually met her once at Eastbourne 1998 and found her to be quite unpleasant. My friends on the tournament staff also said she'd been a nightmare.

  • @timedgington6420
    @timedgington6420 Před 3 lety +5

    She so great. Courage and grace. Kinda wonderful.

  • @conillet
    @conillet Před 8 lety +12

    What a lovely person.

    • @conillet
      @conillet Před 3 lety

      @Ilya Kuryakin Just because someone calls me asinine it doesn't mean they're a lovely person.

  • @AndrewsOpinion15
    @AndrewsOpinion15 Před 9 lety +15

    MONICA SELES VERY SWEETIE PIE !!!

  • @euanelliott3613
    @euanelliott3613 Před 4 lety +17

    She would have undoubtedly been the best women's player of her era, possibly all time.
    She was beating everybody.

  • @satvikalakshmi6029
    @satvikalakshmi6029 Před 5 lety +5

    Forever Monica Seles

  • @davidbelton1769
    @davidbelton1769 Před 3 lety +5

    I wished that she could recover emotionally much quicker than she did. I was a fan of both Graf and Seles.

  • @blinky705
    @blinky705 Před rokem +1

    Monica was such a sweet person and what a terrible tragedy it was that happened to her. I got to meet her when she was about 17 and playing at the Eckerd Open here in Tampa Bay. So nice and unassuming.

  • @flavieflo848
    @flavieflo848 Před 2 lety +3

    Pretty, lovely, charming, cute..and, in my opinion, the best tennis player ever 🙂

  • @enjangyusuf2ndchannel468
    @enjangyusuf2ndchannel468 Před 4 lety +5

    She looks like Celine Dion 😊

  • @buschovski1
    @buschovski1 Před 8 lety +14

    she was a pretty pretty girl. and a great player.

  • @perajankovic37
    @perajankovic37 Před 5 lety +7

    Monika vrlo cenjena i postovana najbolja teniserka svih vremena-nepobediva protivnica Stefi Graf. Ti si bila dika i ponos prvo svih Srba i celoga sveta prava TENISKA MASINA na terenu.I zbog toga sam srecan i danas posle 25 godina tvoje bogate i prebogate teniske karijere.

  • @daktarioskarvannederhosen2568

    Seles forever goat tennis !

  • @timjonesvideos
    @timjonesvideos Před 5 lety +7

    Still can't believe the guy who stabbed this lovely girl only got a 2 year suspended sentence. That is the problem with the law, it is piss weak and too often protects the guilty.

  • @CMRinehart
    @CMRinehart Před 6 lety +7

    You always find out who your friends are, and who are just acquaintances.

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 Před 5 lety

      Yes, and most tennis players are strangers and not friends.

    • @lisac5202
      @lisac5202 Před 4 lety

      When James Blake broke his back he didn't hear from the other players either which must have been hard

  • @TressBraga
    @TressBraga Před 3 lety +4

    0:46 - Steffi did in fact try calling Monica after the first hospital visit. The problem was the security had been so tight around Monica that Steffi couldn't get through despite the numerous attempts.

    • @flavieflo848
      @flavieflo848 Před 2 lety

      How do you know that

    • @lp.shakur
      @lp.shakur Před 2 lety

      @@flavieflo848 steffi said it in an interview
      she really did try
      but what you also have to see is that she was still a young girl and people probably protected her
      its kinda also a shitty "excuse"
      the stabbing wasnt THAT bad and what was going on with her mentally, I mean, what should steffi do? go to her therapy sessions with her?

    • @Smudgeroon74
      @Smudgeroon74 Před rokem

      @Vegas Zen did you have inside information then

  • @MaheshSingh-bg6qr
    @MaheshSingh-bg6qr Před 5 lety +4

    monica.👩. magic again.

  • @MaheshSingh-bg6qr
    @MaheshSingh-bg6qr Před 5 lety +3

    monica.👩. good player.

  • @davideferrari5702
    @davideferrari5702 Před 3 lety

    Monica per sempre...

  • @karenhilker8074
    @karenhilker8074 Před rokem +1

    She was a treat to watch as was her dad in the stands. Despite everything....she remained happy and upbeat even in the most difficult of times. She was a great player....too bad that asshole took it all away.

  • @MaheshSingh-bg6qr
    @MaheshSingh-bg6qr Před 6 lety +2

    magic player.🏌️‍♂️

  • @sarelras4103
    @sarelras4103 Před 2 lety

    The following three where for the best during that time Steffi Graf, Gabrielle Sabatini and Monica Seles all three did great achieved .

  • @danherrick5785
    @danherrick5785 Před 11 měsíci

    Her giggle...😃

  • @phil845
    @phil845 Před 11 měsíci

    I enjoyed watch Monica Seles played and if it wasn't for the incident, I don't think Graff would have won that many grand slams. Remember, Seles was very young and beating Graff multiple times at a very young age. I like both Graff and Seles but Monica I enjoyed her competitiveness and power on the court. She achieved so much at a very early age and we all tennis fans got robbed after the incident to see how much more she could have achieved.

  • @aadiadi9927
    @aadiadi9927 Před 2 lety

    Ya Monica selles is good so.amazing..and consistend and focuss white two hands...so is the best play tennis..so beautiful move play tennis.. Steffi Graf and Monica selles is amazing...👍👍👍👏👏⭐⭐⭐👌

  • @happydays0220
    @happydays0220 Před rokem

    👍

  • @kevhynaleks2631
    @kevhynaleks2631 Před rokem

    The greatest hungarian tennis-player, and maybe the world's best woman tennis player...

  • @hermanhernandez9346
    @hermanhernandez9346 Před 3 lety +1

    She could have won a lot of majors if not for the incident.... so sad.

  • @TressBraga
    @TressBraga Před 6 lety +5

    Though I admire Monica, what she said about Steffi has since been proven false. Steffi had tried several times to reach out to her but couldn't due to super tight security in the ensuing years. This was also corroborated by other players who tried to talk to Monica but couldn't for the same reasons.

    • @Alyssasrealm
      @Alyssasrealm Před 6 lety +2

      Nowadays people hardly can imagine that it was difficult at that time to connect without internet, mobile phone etc. Besides, Monica would not like to have anything to do with Germany after that event. And both of them were very concerned about their fathers, Monica's father being diagnosed cancer and Steffi's because of fiscal evasion and going to jail because of that. Both ladies had hard times.

  • @J5321-mb5dd
    @J5321-mb5dd Před 2 měsíci

    Monica Seles - You there you! Put out your cigarette!

  • @vertxxgg
    @vertxxgg Před 7 lety

    definatly she looks like FAVSTINA THE YOUNG wife of Marcvs Avrelivs the Roman emperor ,in roman coins and statuariae...a Pannonian r(hungary)roman girl...charming couragious and lovely..the best Tennis player of history :-)

  • @scotth6814
    @scotth6814 Před 3 lety

    Loved everything about Monica except the grunt. Glad to see her smiling & laughing.

  • @carrerau7138
    @carrerau7138 Před rokem

    First the stabbing (1993), and then all those injuries (post-96).
    Hopefully she has and has had more luck in her life after tennis.

  • @enjangyusuf2ndchannel468

    Tennis won't be the same without Monica and Steffi.. did anybody know about Monica and Steffi relationship currently. I never see their meet each other in exhibition or something?

  • @ishaqmuhammad4204
    @ishaqmuhammad4204 Před rokem

    Monica

  • @Calicokit101
    @Calicokit101 Před 3 lety +3

    I’m sure Steffi did reach out but then maybe she could have tried a bit harder too. I’m sure she regrets that now. At the same time, Monica would probably have found another reason to complain. She was always making little digs about Steffi.

  • @lizwilson51
    @lizwilson51 Před 11 měsíci

    Germany really showed poor justice system by a man who intentionally stabbed her and ruined her career never having to go to jail.

  • @daveborder7751
    @daveborder7751 Před 3 lety +5

    Graf was never her friend-she took what her demented fan did as a blessing-Seles was cutting into her dominance & likely would have ended up with 20 plus slams if it had never happened & with her gone it meant Graf was the number one again with no real competition as Martina was in the twilight of her career.

    • @broncoguy4862
      @broncoguy4862 Před 3 lety +3

      A lot of top players don't befriend their competition, so don't try and single Graf out when it's a fairly common practice. And your Seles-serving analysis of the player depth of that era comes off as the dismissive rants of another bitter Seles fan.

    • @daveborder7751
      @daveborder7751 Před 3 lety +1

      @@broncoguy4862 Lets see-8 slams out of 13 played to that point in the 1990's-2 of those 13 she didn't even play in, all three YEC's of the 1990's as well.

    • @davidlatham6410
      @davidlatham6410 Před rokem

      Bronco is definitely a graf fan Monica was 19 and on 8 gs and had taken over tennis that's why a German stabbed her it is a fact as for Graf wanting Monica out the picture it probably makes sense because she was stopping graf from dominating without the incident graf don't make it to 20 slams many people feel seles was going to be the greatest of all time including evert Martina and pam

  • @TressBraga
    @TressBraga Před 8 lety +6

    Although I love Monica Seles, we find out later that her perception of things weren't 100% accurate. It was later revealed that Steffi Graf did reach out to Monica numerous times but because of the tight security that resulted after the stabbing incident, none of Steffi's calls and messages ever got through. So, in reality, Steffi tried her best to reach out. I can, however, sympathize for Monica for feeling bad about not having heard from Steffi. It was clearly a sad case of two paths that could not converge.

    • @TressBraga
      @TressBraga Před 6 lety +1

      Read any biography on the Steffi-Monica rivalry. Actually, Monica should be the one to prove these allegations. CHECK THAT!

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 Před 5 lety +1

      If you were obviously not blood-thirsty, I would try talking to you. Reason and intellect are obviously not your fortes, susu.
      But, even so, what Monica wanted and what others want or need are theirs of choice. Its not cold. It was a MINUTE cut in her upper back. Nothing serious. Many athletes today get injured yet most athletes DON'T call them. Its life. Its normal. Had she been in extensive care for weeks and/or in serious condition, its certain more would have reached out to her. There is no fuzz nor anything like it about this matter. Get over it, or not, you brainless Monica fans.

    • @bear-ms3ms
      @bear-ms3ms Před 4 lety +1

      @@markuse3472 Here again in monicas videos, huge fart maker? Please go farting in videos of your usurper false goddess and keep this place disinfected and scented, do you understand? DO YOU UNDERSTAND, NAZSKUNK?
      🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨

  • @ishaqmuhammad4204
    @ishaqmuhammad4204 Před rokem

    مونیکا میری پسندیدہ کھلاڑی

  • @falcon3s872
    @falcon3s872 Před 7 lety +9

    There could not be a friendship between Monica and Steffi. Steffi reminded me of a East Germany players that were forced to sport, no emotion or joy...except when winning. Want to know who orchestrated this incident in Hamburg...
    Monica in my mind was the greatest women tennis player of all times, greater than Steffi, and any other.

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 Před 5 lety +1

      There is no friendship between most tennis players. Only pop culture stupidity dictating your senses is obvious.

  • @sandhyaaalapati2278
    @sandhyaaalapati2278 Před 2 lety

    Ninu yevarini vidadiyatledu.yeppudu okari manchi korukunedanni.yevidanga alochinchukunna ninu pattinchukonu.

  • @lukey1210
    @lukey1210 Před 5 lety +2

    GOAT if she wasn’t stabbed she would be as successful as Williams n she never bitched once

  • @annetteelliott1494
    @annetteelliott1494 Před 5 lety

    Im glad she is ok but I sure as hell don't miss her. 😝😝😝😝

  • @lastvirginmedia6243
    @lastvirginmedia6243 Před 7 lety +11

    Steffi ignored her. Steffi is just a devil behind the screen. She is probably the sponsor of the stab. I am glad Serena reduced her 22 to the lower class and erased her name from that book

    • @TressBraga
      @TressBraga Před 6 lety

      Ben whatever serenaman fan hahahahaha

    • @CMRinehart
      @CMRinehart Před 6 lety +1

      Ben Steffi just looks like a self centered, mean person.

    • @troyhaskins3863
      @troyhaskins3863 Před 5 lety

      @@CMRinehart do u know her have u ever been around her for ANY length of time. Cant judge a book by its cover..ever heard that???

    • @troyhaskins3863
      @troyhaskins3863 Před 5 lety

      Thats about the stupidest thing u could have said..for all we know U could have orchestrated the stabbing better yet Both Steffi AND Monica planned it...u fuckin dumb ass

    • @CMRinehart
      @CMRinehart Před 5 lety

      Troy Haskins Sure sure right right.

  • @millennium8824
    @millennium8824 Před 6 lety +5

    Love Seles, can't stand Graf! Glad Serena is in the game to take over Graf with all the Grand Slams!

  • @saminafazlani1580
    @saminafazlani1580 Před 3 lety +1

    She's cute

  • @truthvfauxyeshu4068
    @truthvfauxyeshu4068 Před 2 lety

    I am just now catching up with the incidence. My conjecture was that first, the stabber must be a hired attacker aside from having reported as a fanatic fan of Steffi Graf. Who in the world had the ulterior motive to not only hurt but wanting Monica Seles' demise? My first guess was Steffi Graff's father. Why I say this? Graf's father had a wicked character: (1) he mismanaged Steffi's finances (2) he evaded paying taxes out of Steffi's earnings. (3) he had engaged with a prostitute and he was paying huge amount to cover up his sexual illicit and immoral lifestyle (3) he had to protect his cash cow (Steffi). Other thought I had was: the attacker was let free and was not put in jail--only put him under probation, and therefore, it must be a government doing or the crime was something political. Monica Seles said that the attacker tried to stab her twice; this was an evidence that the intent was deliberate -- purposeful; the attacker was not jailed -- think about it!

  • @sallyjay1753
    @sallyjay1753 Před 7 lety +2

    I Love Monica she would have been a champion of champions, Graf is a cold person I can't believe Graf is with someone so spiritual like Andre who has married her - I feel for Monica she is very special and would have broken all records in tennis. Graf was probably happy when Monica was stabbed it gave her an opening - I am not impressed with Graf

    • @troyhaskins3863
      @troyhaskins3863 Před 5 lety

      And!

    • @troyhaskins3863
      @troyhaskins3863 Před 5 lety

      @Mark Decena thank u!

    • @troyhaskins3863
      @troyhaskins3863 Před 5 lety

      If u knew really anything u would find out Graf tried to contact her a number of times. Get the facts bitch

    • @bear-ms3ms
      @bear-ms3ms Před 4 lety

      @Mark Decena Here again in monicas videos, huge fart maker? Please go farting in videos of your usurper false goddess and keep this place disinfected and scented, do you understand? DO YOU UNDERSTAND, skunk?
      🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨

    • @bear-ms3ms
      @bear-ms3ms Před 4 lety

      @Mark Decena NAZSKUNK
      🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨💨🦨