Fan stabs Monica Seles
On April 30, 1993 – 1993: A deranged Steffi Graf fan stabs Monica Seles in the back with a boning knife during a changeover at a tournament in Hamburg. The 38-year-old lathe operator from eastern Germany is upset that Seles had replaced Graf as No. 1 in the world two years ago.
Taken to a nearby hospital, Seles, 19, is in stable condition with a muscle tear of a half-inch to an inch. She has no life-threatening injuries, although the knife barely missed her spinal cord.
“She was very lucky,” says one doctor.
Security guards restrain the attacker and turn him over to the police. The man tells police he wanted Graf to regain the No. 1 ranking. “He didn’t want to kill Seles, only injure her to hinder her from playing,” says a police spokesman.
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