Günter Parche was the 38-year-old unemployed German lathe operator, who on April 30 1993 stabbed tennis player Monica Seles, then ranked No. 1 in the world, with a boning knife during a tournament in Hamburg. The incident occurred during a quarter-final match between Seles and Magdalena Maleeva, in which Seles was leading 6-4, 4-3. Seles had just sat down in her chair during a break between games when Parche ran from the stands to the edge of the court, … Wikipedia
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