Tennis player, born in Novi Sad, Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslavia). In 1990 she became the youngest woman to win a Grand Slam singles title in the 20th-c, winning the French Championship at 16 years 169 days (a record broken by Hingis in 1997). She was also the youngest player to win the Australian Open in 1991, and before she reached 18 she had won three out of four Grand Slam singles titles. In 1993 she was unable to play for some months following an incident on court in which she was stabbed by a deranged fan of Steffi Graf. Though seldom the same force subsequently, she won the 1996 Australian Open title. She became a US citizen in 1994.
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Olympic medal record
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Women’s Tennis
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Bronze
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2000 Sydney
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Singles
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Monica Seles (born 2 December 1973) is a Hungarian-American and former Yugoslavian professional tennis player.
Seles is single and lives in Florida
Grand Slam singles finals
Wins (9)
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Year
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Championship
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Opponent in Final
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Score in Final
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1990
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French Open
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Steffi Graf
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7-6(6), 6-4
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1991
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Australian Open
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Jana Novotná
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5-7, 6-3, 6-1
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1991
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French Open (2)
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Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
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6-3, 6-4
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1991
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U.S. Open
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Martina Navratilova
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7-6(1), 6-1
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1992
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Australian Open (2)
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Mary Joe Fernandez
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6-2, 6-3
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1992
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French Open (3)
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Steffi Graf
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6-2, 3-6, 10-8
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1992
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U.S. Open (2)
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Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
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6-3, 6-3
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1993
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Australian Open (3)
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Steffi Graf
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4-6, 6-3, 6-2
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1996
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Australian Open (4)
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Anke Huber
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6-4, 6-1
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Runner-ups (4)
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Year
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Championship
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Opponent in Final
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Score in Final
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1992
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Wimbledon
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Steffi Graf
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6-2, 6-1
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1995
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U.S. Open
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Steffi Graf
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7-6(6), 0-6, 6-3
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1996
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U.S. Open
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Steffi Graf
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7-5, 6-4
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1998
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French Open
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Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
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7-6(5), 0-6, 6-2
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Titles (59)
Singles (53)
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Legend
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Grand Slam (9)
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WTA Championships (3)
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Tier I Event (9)
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WTA Tour (32)
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Titles by Surface
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Hard (28)
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Clay (14)
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Grass (1)
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Carpet (10)
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No.
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Opponent in the final
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Score
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1.
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May 25, 2002
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Madrid, Spain
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Clay
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Chanda Rubin
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6-4, 6-2
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Doubles (6)
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No.
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Date
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Tournament
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Surface
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Partner
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Opponents in the final
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Score
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1.
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May 13, 1990
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Italian Open, Rome, Italy
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Clay
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Helen Kelesi
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Laura Garrone
Laura Golarsa
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6-3, 6-4
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2.
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March 31, 1991
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San Antonio, USA
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Hard
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Patty Fendick
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Jill Hetherington
Rinaldi Stunkel
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7-6(2), 6-2
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3.
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May 12, 1991
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Italian Open, Rome, Italy
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Clay
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Jennifer Capriati
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Nicole Bradtke
Elna Reinach
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7-5, 6-2
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4.
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May 10, 1992
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Italian Open, Rome, Italy
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Clay
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Helena Suková
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Katerina Maleeva
Barbara Rittner
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6-1, 6-2
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5.
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September 27, 1998
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Tokyo, Japan
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Hard
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Anna Kournikova
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Mary Joe Fernandez
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario
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6-4, 6-4
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Singles finalist (32)
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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: Rome Masters (lost to Gabriela Sabatini) 1991: San Diego (lost to Jennifer Capriati) 1991: Oakland (lost to Martina Navratilova) 1992: Rome Masters (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
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1997: Miami Masters (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 (lost to Martina Hingis) 2003: Tokyo (lost to Lindsay Davenport) 2003: Dubai (lost to Justine Henin-Hardenne)
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Doubles finalist (3)
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1997: Chicago (with Lindsay Davenport) 1998: Philadelphia (with Natasha Zvereva) 1999: Miami Masters (with Mary Joe Fernandez)
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Performance timeline
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Tournament
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Career Win-Loss
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Career SR
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1988
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1989
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1990
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1991
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1992
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1993
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1994
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1995
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1996
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1997
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1998
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1999
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2000
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2001
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2002
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2003
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Australian Open
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43-4
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4 / 8
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A
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A
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A
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W
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W
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W
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A
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A
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W
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A
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A
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SF
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A
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QF
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SF
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2R
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French Open
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54-8
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3 / 11
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A
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SF
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W
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W
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W
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A
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A
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A
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QF
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SF
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F
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SF
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QF
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A
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QF
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1R
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Wimbledon
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30-9
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0 / 9
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A
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4R
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QF
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A
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F
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A
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A
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A
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2R
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3R
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QF
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3R
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QF
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A
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QF
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A
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US Open
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53-10
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2 / 12
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A
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4R
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3R
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W
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W
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A
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A
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F
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F
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QF
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QF
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QF
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QF
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4R
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QF
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A
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Grand Slam SR
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N/A
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9 / 40
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0 / 0
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0 / 3
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1 / 3
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3 / 3
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3 / 4
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1 / 1
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0 / 0
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0 / 1
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1 / 4
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0 / 3
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0 / 3
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0 / 4
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0 / 3
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0 / 2
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0 / 4
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0 / 2
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Grand Slam Win-Loss
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180-31
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N/A
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0-0
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11-3
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13-2
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21-0
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27-1
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7-0
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0-0
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6-1
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17-3
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11-3
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14-3
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16-4
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12-3
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7-2
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17-4
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1-2
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WTA Tour Championships
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18-6
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3 / 9
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A
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QF
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W
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W
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W
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A
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A
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A
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4R
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4R
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QF
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A
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F
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A
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QF
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A
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Tokyo
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9-4
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0 / 4
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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A
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A
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A
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QF
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A
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A
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SF
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A
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A
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F
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F
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Indian Wells1
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17-5
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1 / 6
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NH
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A
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A
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F
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W
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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3R
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QF
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2R
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SF
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A
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Miami
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32-7
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2 / 9
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2R
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A
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W
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W
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QF
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A
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A
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A
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A
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F
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3R
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4R
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SF
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A
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SF
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A
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Charleston
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12-5
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0 / 5
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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F
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SF
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3R
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SF
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A
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3R
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A
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Berlin
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5-0
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1 / 1
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A
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A
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W
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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Rome
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21-5
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2 / 7
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A
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A
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W
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F
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F
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A
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A
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A
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A
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3R
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3R
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A
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W
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A
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A
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2R
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Toronto/Montreal
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31-3
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4 / 7
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A
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A
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A
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A
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F
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A
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A
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W
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W
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W
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W
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F
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A
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SF
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A
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A
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Moscow
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3-1
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0 / 1
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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NH
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A
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A
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F
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A
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A
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A
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A
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A
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Finalist
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32
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N/A
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0
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2
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0
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6
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4
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1
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0
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1
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2
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4
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2
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2
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3
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2
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1
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2
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Titles Won
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53
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N/A
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0
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1
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9
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10
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10
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2
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0
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1
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5
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3
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2
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1
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3
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4
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2
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0
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Overall Win-Loss
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595-122
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N/A
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5-3
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33-8
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54-6
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74-6
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70-5
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17-2
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0-0
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11-1
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47-8
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45-13
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46-13
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38-13
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58-13
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40-10
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47-14
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10-7
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Year End Ranking
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N/A
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N/A
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86
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6
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2
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1
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1
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8
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-
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1
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2
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5
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6
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6
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4
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10
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7
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60
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NH = tournament not held
A = did not participate in the tournament
SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played
1 The Indian Wells tournament achieved Tier I status only in 1996.
WTA Tour career earnings
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Year
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Majors
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WTA wins
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Total wins
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Earnings ($)
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Money list rank
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1990
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1
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8
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9
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1,637,222
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2
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1991
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3
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7
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10
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2,422,206
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1
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1992
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3
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7
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10
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2,622,352
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1
|
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1993
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1
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1
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2
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437,588
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16
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1994
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DNP
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1995
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0
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1
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1
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397,010
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16
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1996
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1
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4
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5
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1,154,499
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5
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1997
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0
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3
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3
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914,020
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5
|
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1998
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0
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2
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2
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1,021,672
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6
|
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1999
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0
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1
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1
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744,741
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8
|
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2000
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0
|
3
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3
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1,140,850
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5
|
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2001
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0
|
4
|
4
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627,211
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15
|
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2002
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0
|
2
|
2
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1,096,630
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8
|
|
2003
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0
|
0
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0
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276,213
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38
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Career
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9
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44
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53
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14,891,762
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8
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Trivia
Seles was the first female tennis player to win her first six Grand Slam singles finals: 1990 French Open, 1991 Australian Open, 1991 French Open, 1991 U.S. Open, 1992 Australian Open, and
1992 French Open.
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