21 Facts About Iva Majoli

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Iva Majoli was born on 12 August 1977 and is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia.

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Iva Majoli reached a career-high singles ranking of world No 4, in February 1996.

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Iva Majoli was born in Zagreb in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia to Stanko, and Dragica.

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Iva Majoli has an older brother Drago and an older sister Nina.

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Iva Majoli had her WTA main draw debut at the Virginia Slims of Houston in April 1992.

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Iva Majoli finished the year ranked no 46 and received the WTA Newcomer of the Year award.

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In 1994 Iva Majoli reached three WTA finals, at the Asia Women's Tennis Open Osaka, at the Barcelona Ladies Open, and at the Nokia Grand Prix Essen.

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Iva Majoli defended her 4th-round points at the French Open and reached the 4th round at the US Open.

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Iva Majoli started the 1995 season reaching the semifinals in Tokyo in January and Paris in February.

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Iva Majoli would stay in the top 10 for 138 consecutive weeks.

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Iva Majoli started the 1996 by playing at the Australian open for the first time in her career.

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Iva Majoli kept this ranking for 51 weeks in total.

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At the 1996 French Open Iva Majoli again lost to Graf in the quarterfinals.

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The most successful season of Iva Majoli's career started with a quarterfinal showing at Sydney and a loss to Patty Schnyder in the first round of the Australian Open.

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Iva Majoli played aggressively from the baseline to end Hingis's 37-match winning streak and hand her opponent her first defeat in a final of a Grand Slam.

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In 2002, ranked world No 58, Iva Majoli defeated Patty Schnyder, in the final of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina.

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The victory increased Iva Majoli's ranking to world No 33, but her game steadily declined thereafter, with her ranking plummeting to No 131 in 2003.

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Iva Majoli married a local businessman, Stipe Maric, on 9 September 2006, with Jennifer Capriati and Mary Pierce attending the wedding.

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Iva Majoli gave birth to her daughter Mia on 31 October 2006.

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In 2007, Iva Majoli participated in the second season of the Croatian version of Dancing with the Stars.

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Iva Majoli made a comeback in professional tennis at the 2015 Kremlin Cup, where she received a wildcard with Anastasia Bukhanko in the doubles draw.