DUKE: Her Attacker Walked Free. Monica Seles Spent Years Paying The Price

August 28, 2026 6:00 AM ET Hey y’all, welcome back to Unfit to Print. As the U.S. Open gets underway, I’d like to revisit one of the most tragic moments in tennis history. SHE SERVED HIS SENTENCEIn the early 1990s, Monica Seles was the most dominant player in tennis. By the age of 19, she had already racked up eight Grand Slam titles. She was the youngest French Open champion at 16, won the French Open and Australian Open three times in a row, and won the U.S. Open two years in a row. From January 1991 through February 1993, Seles reached the final in 33 of the 34 tournaments she played, winning 22 of them. In Grand Slam matches, she went 55-1.Her playing style was also fairly revolutionary. She used a two-handed stroke on both the backhand and forehand side that allowed her to produce ext