| Career Highlights 1988: Semifinalist: New Orleans. Played 3 tournaments as an amateur at age 14. 1989: Winner: Houston, Finalist: Dallas and Brighton. "Rookie of the year". 1990: Winner: French Open, Virginia Slims Championships, Lipton Championships, San Antonio, Tampa, Rome, Berlin, Los Angeles and Oakland. Doubles winner: Rome (w/Kelesi). "Most improved player of the year". Best player of the year as she won more big titles than any other player. 1991: Winner: U.S. Open, French Open, Australian Open, Virginia Slims Championships, Lipton Championships, Houston, Los Angeles, Tokyo (Princess Cup), Milan and Philadelphia. Finalist: Palm Springs, San Antonio, Hamburg, Rome, San Diego and Oakland. Doubles winner: San Antonio (w/Fendick) and Rome (w/Capriati). "Player of the year". Youngest number one player ever. 1992: Winner: U.S. Open, French Open, Australian Open, Virgina Slims Championships, Essen, Indian Wells, Houston, Barcelona, Tokyo (Princess Cup) and Oakland. Finalist: Wimbledon, Rome, Los Angeles and Montreal. Doubles winner: Rome (w/Sukova). "Player of the year". 1993: Winner: Australian Open and Chicago. Finalist: Paris. Dominating number one player until the attack in Hamburg, done by a Graf fan. |
| 1994: Couldn't play due to the physical and mental impact of the stabbing. 1995: Winner: Toronto. Finalist: U.S. Open. "Comeback player of the year", "Most exciting player of the year". 1996: Winner: Australian Open, Sydney, Eastbourne, Montreal and Tokyo (Princess Cup). Finalist: U.S. Open and Oakland. Fed Cup winner with the U.S. team, participant at the Olympic games in Atlanta. 1997: Winner: Los Angeles, Toronto and Tokyo (Princess Cup). Finalist: Lipton Championships, Hilton Head, Madrid and San Diego. Doubles winner: Tokyo (w/Sugiyama). Doubles finalist: Chicago (w/Davenport). "Most exciting player of the year". 1998: Winner: Montreal and Tokyo (Princess Cup). Finalist: French Open and Moscow. Doubles winner: Tokyo (w/Kournikova). 1999: Winner: Amelia Island. Finalist: Toronto and Tokyo (Princess Cup). Doubles finalist: Lipton Championships (w/M.Fernandez). Fed Cup winner with the U.S. team. 2000: Winner: Oklahoma City, Amelia Island and Rome. Finalist: Chase Championships, San Diego and New Haven. Bronzemedal-winner at the Olympic games in Sydney. Fed Cup winner with the U.S. team. 2001: Winner: Oklahoma City, Salvador, Tokyo (Japan Open) and Shanghai. Finalist: San Diego and Los Angeles. Hopman Cup finalist with the U.S. team. 2002: Winner: Doha and Madrid. Finalist: Tokyo (Pan Pacific). Hopman Cup finalist with the U.S. team. "Sanex hero of the year". 2003: Finalist: Tokyo (Pan Pacific), Dubai. 2004: Couldn't play due to injuries. WTA Tour Ranking: 1988 - 86 (amateur), 1989 - 6, 1990 - 2, 1991 - 1, 1992 - 1, 1993 - 1 (until the stabbing), 1994 - not ranked, 1995 - 1 (co-ranked), 1996 - 1 (co-ranked), 1997 - 2, 1998 - 5, 1999 - 3, 2000 - 4, 2001 - 4, 2002 - 4, 2003 - 7, 2004 (since May) - not ranked. Prize Money: 1989 - $239,361, 1990 - $1,637,222, 1991 - $2,457,758, 1992 - $2,622,352, 1993 - $437,588, 1995 - $397,010, 1996 - $1,154,499, 1997 - $914,020, 1998 - $1,003,514, 1999 - $822,218, 2000 - $1,140,850, 2001 - $617,211, 2002 - $1,096,630, 2003 - $276,213. Career (As of April 2005): $14,891,762. |