SELES LOSES HER RIGHT TO A TENNIS RANKING

Former No. 1 Monica Seles is out of the Women's Tennis Association rankings for the first time since 1987.

Seles was stabbed in April during a tournament in Hamburg, Germany, by a fan of her top rival, Steffi Graf. Seles was the top-ranked player until June, when Graf replaced her.Seles, 20, was dropped from the rankings because she no longer met a requirement of three tournament results in the previous 52 weeks. She was ranked 18th last week, but was dropped when the new computer rankings were released Monday.

Graf held the top spot in the rankings computed through Sunday. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario was second and Martina Navratilova third.