Stefanie Maria "Steffi" Graf is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 for a record 377 weeks and won 22 major singles titles, the second-most since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and third-most of all-time. In 1988, Graf became the first tennis player to achieve the Golden Slam by winning all four major singles titles and the Olympic gold medal in the same calendar year. Furthermore, she is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won each major tournament at least four times.
Monica Seles is a retired professional tennis player who represented Yugoslavia and the United States. A former world No. 1, she won nine Grand Slam singles titles, eight of them as a teenager while representing Yugoslavia, and the final one while representing the United States.In 1990, Seles became the youngest ever French Open champion at the age of 16. She went on to win eight Grand Slam singles titles before her 20th birthday and was the year-end No. 1 in 1991 and 1992. However, on April 30, 1993, she was the victim of an on-court attack, when a man stabbed her in the back with a 9-inch (23 cm) long knife. Seles did not return to tennis for over two years. Though she enjoyed some success after rejoining the tour in 1995, including victory at the 1996 Australian Open, she was unable to consistently produce her best form. She played her last professional match at the 2003 French Open, but did not officially retire until February 2008. Regarded by many in the sport as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, Seles was named one of the "30 Legends of Women's Tennis: Past, Present and Future" by Time. Several players and historians have stated that Seles had the potential to become the most accomplished female player of all time had she not been stabbed. She was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2009.
Jana Novotná was a professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. She played a serve and volley game, an increasingly rare style of play among women during her career.
Jennifer Maria Capriati is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. A member of the International Tennis Hall of Fame, she won three singles Grand Slam tournaments and was the gold medalist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Inmaculada Concepción "Conchita" Martínez Bernat is a Spanish former professional tennis player. She was the first Spanish player to win the women's singles title at Wimbledon, where she beat Martina Navratilova in the 1994 final. Martínez also was the singles runner-up at the 1998 Australian Open and the 2000 French Open. She reached a highest world ranking of No. 2 in October 1995 and finished the season in the Top 10 for nine years. Martínez won 33 singles and 13 doubles titles during her 18-year career, as well as three Olympic medals. Martínez was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2020.
Natallia Marataŭna Zvierava is a former professional tennis player from Belarus. She was the first major athlete in the Soviet Union to demand publicly that she should be able to keep her tournament earnings. The team of Zvereva and Gigi Fernández won more women's doubles titles and Grand Slam women's doubles championships than any other team since Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver.
Anke Huber is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. She finished ten seasons inside the top 20, and achieved a career-high ranking of 4 in October 1996.
Julie Halard-Decugis is a French former professional tennis player.
Larisa Savchenko-Neiland is a retired tennis player who represented the Soviet Union, Ukraine and Latvia. A former world number-one-ranked doubles player, Neiland won two Grand Slam women's doubles and four mixed doubles titles. She also won two singles titles and 63 doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She is listed in fourth place for the most doubles match wins (766) in WTA history, after Lisa Raymond, Rennae Stubbs and Liezel Huber.
Steffi Graf defeated Martina Hingis 4–6, 7–5, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 French Open. Graf became the first player in the Open Era to defeat the three top ranked players in the same Grand Slam tournament; defeating No. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals, No. 3 Seles in the semifinals and No. 1 Hingis in the final. Hingis missed a chance to complete a career Grand Slam in singles. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but lost to Hingis in the semifinals.
Mary Pierce defeated Conchita Martínez 6–2, 7–5 in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 2000 French Open. This was her second and last Grand Slam tournament title. Pierce became the first French female player to win her home Grand Slam since Françoise Dürr won it in 1967. Steffi Graf was the defending champion, but she retired from professional tennis on 13 August 1999.
Ninth seed Iva Majoli defeated world No. 1 Martina Hingis in the final, 6–4, 6–2 to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1997 French Open. Majoli became the first Croatian player to win a Grand Slam tournament. This was the only major final Hingis lost in the 1997 season and prevented her from winning a Grand Slam. Hingis was on a 35-match winning streak dated back at the start of the 1997 tennis season in Sydney before losing to Majoli in the final.
First-seeded Monica Seles was the two-time defending champion, and successfully defended her title, defeating Steffi Graf, 6–2, 3–6, 10–8, in the final to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1992 French Open. This was Seles' third consecutive French Open title. She is one of only two women to win three consecutive French Open titles.
Monica Seles successfully defended her title, defeating Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–3, 6–4 in the final of the 1991 French Open to win the women's singles tennis title for the second time in a row.
Raffaella Reggi is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Steffi Graf successfully defended her title, defeating Monica Seles in the final, 6–2, 6–1 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 1992 Wimbledon Championships.
Monica Seles won her first Grand Slam tennis tournament, defeating previous year's finalist Steffi Graf in the final, 7–6(8–6), 6–4, to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1990 French Open. Seles saved four set points in the first-set tiebreaker. Aged 16 and 6 months, she became the youngest Grand Slam singles winner in the Open Era, only to be surpassed by Martina Hingis seven years later. Seles remains the youngest French Open champion. Arantxa Sánchez Vicario was the defending champion, but she lost in the second round to Mercedes Paz.
Nathalie Baudone-Furlan is a former professional tennis player from Italy.
Sybille Niox-Château is a former professional tennis player from France.
Nathalie Guerrée-Spitzer is a former professional tennis player from France.
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