April 30, 1993
On April 30, 1993 in Hamburg, Germany, Monica Seles was stabbed in the back by 38-year-old Gunter Parche. Parche was convicted of inflicting "grievous bodily harm", however a judge ruled that he was emotionally retarded and served no time in prison.
At the time, the number 1 ranked tennis player was attacked during a changeover in a match when the angry fan jumped out of the stands and stabbed her. After returning to tennis in August of 1995, she would never regain the number 1 ranking again.
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