Steffi Graf in three-set matches to claim her seventh title there in eight years. Monica Seles beat Graf in three sets in the final of the Australian Open 4–6, 6–3, 6–2. This cemented Seles as the dominant No. 1 player in the world, having won five of the previous six, seven of the previous nine, and eight of the previous 12 major singles titles. In that timespan of 12 majors, Graf had won twice (1991 and 1992 Wimbledon) in comparison. During a quarterfinal match between Seles and Magdalena Maleeva in Hamburg, Seles was stabbed between the shoulder blades by a mentally ill
Martina Navratilova Navratilova was named by Equality Forum as one of their 31 Icons of the LGBT History Month. Tennis writer Steve Flink, in his book "The Greatest Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century" (1999), named her as the second best female player of the 20th century, directly behind Steffi Graf. In June 2011, she was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by "Time". In March 2012, The Tennis Channel named Navratilova as the second greatest female tennis player of all times, behind Steffi Graf, in their list of 100 greatest tennis players of all