MIAMI, FL--(Marketwire - February 14, 2008) - Monica Seles today
announced her official retirement from professional tennis, ending
one of the most storied careers in sports.

Seles issued the following statement through Tony Godsick, her
longtime manager at IMG.

"Tennis has been and will always be a huge part of my life. I have
for some time considered a return to professional play, but I have
now decided not to pursue that," Seles said today from Miami,
Florida. "I will continue to play exhibitions, participate in
charity events, promote the sport, but will no longer plan my
schedule around the tour. I look forward to pursuing other
opportunities with the same passion and energy that fueled my
dedication to tennis and to devote more time to two of my passions --
children and animals. I especially want to thank all my wonderful,
loyal fans for all of their support for me over the years. They have
inspired me throughout my career in the good times and comforted me
in the bad times. I have always been so proud to have such a special
group of precious fans to call my very own and felt they were the
best an athlete could ever hope to have. I will miss them all as
much as I will miss competing in the game of tennis."

Seles, 34, earned nine Grand Slam titles, and won 53 singles and six
doubles tournaments. She first became No. 1 in the world in March
1991. She was No. 1 for 178 weeks during the next two years -- the
youngest No. 1 ever at the time -- until tragedy struck in April
1993, when she was stabbed in the back during a match in Hamburg,
Germany. She was not able to play again for more than two years.
When she did return, she won even more hearts with her comeback win
at the Canadian Open, then reached the U.S. Open final the following
month. Remarkably, she then won her ninth Grand Slam title at the
Australian Open in January 1996.

About IMG

IMG is the world's premier sports, entertainment and media
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Operating in 30 countries, IMG's diverse businesses include:
consulting services; event ownership and management; fashion events
and models representation; licensing; golf course design; and client
representation in golf, tennis, broadcasting, speakers, European
football, rugby, cricket, motor sports, coaching, Olympic sports and
action sports. IMG Academies are the world's largest and most
advanced multi-sport training and educational facilities, delivering
world-class sports training experiences to more than 12,000 junior,
collegiate, adult, and professional athletes each year.

IMG's media and entertainment operations include content production
subsidiaries Darlow Smithson Productions and Tiger Aspect
Productions. Globally, IMG produces and distributes more than 11,000
hours of sports, documentary, drama, comedy, entertainment, popular
factual and children's content annually. IMG also represents the
broadcast rights to many of the world's premier sporting events and
has the world's largest sports archive with more than 250,000 hours
of footage.