She won nine grand slam singles titles, winning eight of them while a citizen. Game on academy, book 1 by monica seles book cover, description, publication history. Monica, from fear to victory by nancy ann richardson and monica. That said, i am not sure i could recommend this book to someone who is not. But when she moves to the training facilityboarding school to.
My eating disorder hell, by monica seles daily mail online. Book trailer for the first book in a new series from tennis star monica seles. Discover book depositorys huge selection of monica seles books online. Monica seles book getting a grip discusses her battle. Former tennis star monica seles talks about two of her biggest challenges. Monica seles is a former no 1 professional tennis player who became the youngestever champion at the french open in 1990 and went on to win nine grand slam singles titles. The 35yearold opens up about her fight in a new book, getting a grip, which deals with addiction to food. It is a selfhelp manual and a sports autobiography, a misery memoir and the best kind of diet. I know this only because i read her biography in the back of the academy. Monica seles on getting a grip after tragedy tennis champion monica seles dominated her sport until a deranged fan of her opponent, steffi graf, stabbed her during a. There is a lot of tennis jargon that the average reader might not enjoy, but if one understands the game, the descriptions create great visual images of some of her matches. Tennis star and former img academy student monica seles publishes a new book.
Game on academy, book 1 by monica seles fantastic fiction. Monica, from fear to victory by nancy ann richardson and monica seles book cover, description, publication history. The book confirmed my assumptions that monica was a very kindhearted and grounded individual. Monica seles describes game on, the first novel in a series about the lives of young athletes who attend an academy designed to help them fulfill their dreams, in. An ethnic hungarian, she was born and raised in novi sad, yugoslavia now serbia. In 2007, she was appointed goodwill ambassador for the uns global sports for peace and development initiative. She is also an author and speaker, and competed on dancing with the stars in 2008. With complete candor, tennis superstar monica seles tells the dramatic and in.
For three years she dominated the tour, seemingly unstoppable, until a deranged steffi graf fan. Young tennis star mayas dreams finally come true when she earns a scholarship to the academy. Michael e goodman in addition to biographical information, this book includes comments on monica and her tennis by her. The academy is an international sports mecca for teen athletes of all sports. I was and still am a huge fan of monica seles, so i enjoyed this memoir very much. Monica seles is a former number one world professional tennis player who became the youngestever champion at the french open in 1990, and went on to win nine grand slam singles titles. In october 2007, she was appointed a goodwill ambassadorspokesperson for the uns global sports for peace and development program initiative. The academy game on by monica seles book trailer youtube. Tennis legend monica seles discusses her new book monika. She has written a book detailing that long campaign, getting a grip. Selesin ura katkesi yli kahdeksi vuodeksi, kun hairiintynyt steffi grafin kannattaja puukotti hanta selkaan huhtikuussa 1993. She became a naturalized american citizen in 1994 and. Getting a grip chronicles monica seless early success on the tennis circuit where, at age sixteen, she became the youngest winner in french open history. She holds dual hungarian and united states citizenship as of 2007.
This new york times hardcover bestseller is a remarkable journey through fame, tragedy, selfdiscovery, and triumph getting a grip chronicles monica seles s early success on the tennis circuit where, at age sixteen, she became the youngest winner in french open history. Tennis magazine lists seles as the thirteenth greatest tennis player of all time, male or female. And a publicist promoting her upcoming book, part of a teen series seles has written for bloomsbury childrens publishing, politely turned down an interview on behalf of seles because of the. This book was particularly interesting to me as monica seles was the number one womens tennis player in the world around the time i was playing on my high schools tennis team. She won the french open at sixteen and went on to become the number one ranked woman in tennis, winning a total of nine grand slam titles before retiring from the game in 2004. Monica seles with spanish player arantxa sanchez vicario on on the red carpet. Monica seles was born on december 2, 1973 in novi sad, yugoslavia. She is an actress, known for the nanny 1993, wwe raw 1993 and jerry lewis mda labor day telethon 1966. Richard rambeck relates the story of the yugoslavianborn tennis player who made a comeback after being stabbed in 1993.