Monica Seles to host 5-week show on Sirius

Tennis superstar Monica Seles will host a live show on Sirius Satellite Radio starting this Thursday. The show, called "The Monica Seles Challenge: 5 Weeks to Jump Start Your Life" is aimed at empowering women.

Seles will host the show from Sirius XM Radio's Rockefeller Center studios.

"I love radio and the unique way it has to reach out to people with a real and personal exchange of ideas and stories," said Monica Seles. "Sirius has provided just such an opportunity for me, my studio guests and the Sirius audience to share our life experiences, learn from them, and hopefully forge ahead into a happier and healthier future."

Seles will welcome expert guests, athletes, celebrities and real women and will take calls from around the country.

Over Seles' extraordinary tennis career, she earned nine Grand Slam titles and won 53 singles and six doubles tournaments. She first became No. 1 in the world in March 1991. Seles 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 by a deranged fan during a match in Germany. She wasn't able to play again for more than two years. When she returned to tennis, she won at the Canadian Open and then reached the US Open Final the following month. Remarkably, she won her ninth Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in January 1996.

Most recently, Seles joined the cast of "Dancing with the Stars" and is currently writing her memoir. The book, Getting a Grip: On My Body, My Mind, My Self, is scheduled for publication in March 2009.

"The Monica Seles Challenge: 5 Weeks to Jump Start Your Life" will air in five weekly installments airing every Thursday from September 4th through October 2nd from 1-3pm ET on Sirius Stars (ch 102).