Iva Majoli
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| Country (sports) |
 Croatia
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|---|---|
| Residence |
Zagreb, Croatia & Bradenton, Florida U.S. |
| Born |
12 August 1977 Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | August 1991 |
| Retired | June 2004 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $4,405,867 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 316–225 |
| Career titles | 8 (2 ITF) |
| Highest ranking | No. 4 (5 February 1996) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (1996) |
| French Open | W (1997) |
| Wimbledon | QF (1997) |
| US Open | 4R (1994) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | QF (1997) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 99–124 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 24 (21 August 1995) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | QF (1999, 2002) |
| Hopman Cup | W (1996) |
Iva Majoli Marić (Iva Majoli) (born 12 August 1977) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won seven other singles titles and one doubles title during her career. She reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 in February 1996.
Majoli was born in Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia and turned professional in 1991 at the age of 14. At age 19, Majoli won the 1997 French Open singles title, defeating Sandra Kleinová, Alexandra Fusai, Ann Grossman, Lindsay Davenport, Ruxandra Dragomir and Amanda Coetzer before defeating Martina Hingis in straight sets 6-4, 6-2. Most had expected Hingis, 16 years old, to win the title. Majoli, however, played aggressively from the baseline and ended Hingis's 37-match winning streak and handed Hingis her first sound defeat in a final of a Grand Slam. Her adept ground-strokes kept Hingis moving, therefore Hingis was not allowed to control the rallies.
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 1998 French Open, she failed to reach the fourth round of any subsequent Grand Slam singles tournament. Her game steadily declined, with her ranking plummeting to World No. 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.
In 2002, Majoli, ranked World No. 58, defeated Patty Schnyder, ranked World No. 30, in the final of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. The victory increased Majoli's ranking to World 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.
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