Overview

• Seles publicly disclosed that she was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis in 2022 during an Associated Press interview in mid-August 2025.
• She recounted experiencing double vision and progressive muscle weakness in her arms and legs that can make simple tasks like drying her hair challenging.
• The autoimmune neuromuscular condition disrupts signal transmission at the neuromuscular junction, causing variable weakness that worsens with exertion and has no definitive cure.
• She joined Argenx’s Go for Greater campaign to leverage her platform ahead of the US Open in New York and drive public understanding of the often under-recognized disease.
• The disclosure adds to a lifelong story of resilience that includes emigrating from Yugoslavia at 13 and returning to competition after her 1993 Hamburg stabbing.