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Iva Majoli
Country (sports) Croatia
ResidenceZagreb, Croatia &
Bradenton, Florida U.S.
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned proAugust, 1991
RetiredJune, 2004
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$4,405,867
Singles
Career record316–225
Career titles8 (2 ITF)
Highest rankingNo. 4 (February 5, 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQF (1996)
French OpenW (1997)
WimbledonQF (1997)
US Open4th Round (1994)
Doubles
Career record99–124
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 24 (August 21, 1995)

Iva Majoli Marić (born August 12, 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Zagreb, Croatia. She turned pro in 1991 at the age of fourteen.

At age 19, Majoli won the 1997 French Open singles title, defeating Martina Hingis in the final 6–4, 6–2. Most had expected Hingis, the 16-year-old tennis sensation, to win the title. Majoli, however, played aggressively from the baseline and ended Hingis's 37-match winning streak.

Majoli played her best tennis as a teenager, reaching her career high ranking of World No. 4 in 1996. After a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open in 1998, she failed to reach the third round of any subsequent Grand Slam singles tournament. Her game steadily declined, with her ranking plummeting to 131 in 2003. In the final years of her tennis career, Majoli suffered from a series of injuries - most notably a shoulder injury - and struggled to play consistently. Her jet-setting lifestyle, well documented by the press, may have contributed. Not living up to high expectations after her French Open title, she has been called yet another "One Slam Wonder."

In 2002, Majoli, ranked No. 58 in the world, defeated Patty Schnyder, ranked No. 30 in the world, in the final of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. The victory increased Majoli's ranking to No. 33. She reached another final shortly thereafter, prompting some to believe that she was climbing back to the top of the game. This, however, was wishful thinking, as Majoli's ranking then plummeted even further. On June 12, 2004, Majoli announced her retirement from the game.

In 2006, she announced that she was engaged and pregnant with her first child. She married a local businessman, Stipe Marić, on September 9, 2006, with Jennifer Capriati and Mary Pierce attending the wedding. She gave birth to her daughter Mia on October 31, 2006.

In 2007 she participated in TV show called "Dancing With the Stars" where she danced with Marko Herceg. She was eliminated in 4th episode.

Grand Slam singles final

Win (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1997 French Open Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–4, 6–2

Titles (11)

Singles (10)

Legend
Grand Slam (1)
WTA Championships (0)
Tier I (3)
Tier II (4)
Tier III (0)
Tier IV & V (0)
ITF Titles (2)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. June 21, 1992 St. Simons, Georgia, USA Clay United States Beverly Bowes-Hackney 7–6(7), 7–6(5)
2. July 19, 1992 Evansville, Indiana, USA Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama 6–3, 6–1
3. October 8, 1995 Zürich, Switzerland Carpet (I) France Mary Pierce 6–4, 6–4
4. October 15, 1995 Filderstadt, Germany Hard (I) Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 6–4, 7–6(4)
5. February 4, 1996 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (I) Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–1
6. February 25, 1996 Essen, Germany Carpet (I) Czech Republic Jana Novotná 7–5, 1–6, 7–6(6)
7. February 23, 1997 Hannover, Germany Carpet (I) Czech Republic Jana Novotná 4–6, 7–6(2), 6–4
8. May 4, 1997 Hamburg, Germany Clay Romania Ruxandra Dragomir 6–3, 6–2
9. June 8, 1997 French Open Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis 6–4, 6–2
10. April 21, 2002 Charleston, South Carolina, USA Clay Switzerland Patty Schnyder 7–6(5), 6–4

Doubles (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partnering Opponents in the final Score
1. February 11, 2001 Paris, France Carpet France Virginie Razzano United States Kimberly Po &
France Nathalie Tauziat 		6–3, 7–5

Runner-ups (13)

Singles (9)

Doubles (4)

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Career SR
Australian Open A A A A QF 1R 3R A A 3R 2R 1R 0 / 6
French Open A 4R 4R QF QF W QF A 2R 1R 2R 2R 1 / 10
Wimbledon A A 1R 1R A QF 2R A A 1R 3R 1R 0 / 7
U.S. Open 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R 2R 2R 1R A 3R 3R 1R 0 / 11
SR 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 34

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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Awards
Preceded byDebbie Graham WTA Newcomer of the Year
1993 		Succeeded byIrina Spirlea
Preceded bySabine Appelmans Comeback Player of the Year
2000 		Succeeded byBarbara Schwartz
French Open women's singles champions
Amateur Era
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Amateur Era
(international)
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