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"There would be pictures of 'Monica's spare tyre' - that would be the headline," Seles said. "I dreaded those fortnights. My heaviest ever was 1997 Wimbledon. I was 35lb overweight.
Monica Seles [a] (born December 2, 1973) is a former world No. 1 tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. She won nine major singles titles, eight of them as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia, and the final one while representing the United States.
Despite Monica Seles' reservations about competing again, she made a triumphant return to the tour at the 1995 Canadian Open, claiming a dominant 6-0, 6-1 win over Amanda Coetzer in the final.
Her 30th birthday approaching, unable to work out because of her foot, Seles panicked that she would gain even more weight. Instead, without any trainers or nutritionists to tell her what to do...
In her new book, “Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self,” Ms. Seles reveals that the biggest challenge she faced was a nine year struggle with binge eating.
Monica Seles made her emotional return to Grand Slam tennis at the 1995 US Open, playing in her first major tournament in almost three years after being stabbed in the back at a tournament in Germany in 1993.
Monica Seles had to overcome the most traumatic event any athlete could imagine. She had to overcome a severe eating disorder. She had to overcome the death of her father.
