Monica Seles the last title that Seles won before the attack in Hamburg, Germany. On April 30 during a quarterfinal match with Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg in which Seles was leading, Günter Parche, an obsessed fan of Steffi Graf, ran from the middle of the crowd to the edge of the court during a break between games and stabbed Seles with a boning knife between her shoulder blades, to a depth of 1.5 cm (0.59 inches). She was quickly taken to a hospital. Although her physical injuries took only a few weeks to heal, she did not return to competitive tennis for
1993 French Open 1993 French Open The 1993 French Open was a tennis tournament that took place on the outdoor clay courts at the Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. The tournament was held from 24 May until 6 June. It was the 97th staging of the French Open, and the second Grand Slam tennis event of 1993. Sergi Bruguera defeated Jim Courier, 6–4, 2–6, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Steffi Graf defeated Mary Joe Fernandez, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 Luke Jensen / Murphy Jensen defeated Marc-Kevin Goellner / David Prinosil, 6–4, 6–7, 6–4 Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva defeated Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Jana Novotná,