Iva Majoli

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

Iva Majoli

Country (sports)	Yugoslavia (1990–1992) Croatia (1992–2015)
Residence	Zagreb, Croatia Bradenton, Florida
Born	(1977-08-12) 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 (58.4%)
Career titles	8
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)
Olympic Games	QF (1996)
Doubles
Career record	99–124 (44.4%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 24 (21 August 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1998)
French Open	3R (1997, 2002, 2003)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	QF (1997)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	QF (1999, 1996)
Hopman Cup	W (1996)

Career

Majoli was born in Zagreb in SR Croatia, Yugoslavia. As a girl, she was trained by Jelena Genčić. Iva turned professional in September 1990 at the age of 13 when she played her first professional match in Makarska, representing Yugoslavia, losing in the first round to Ruxandra Dragomir. Aged 19, she won the 1997 French Open singles title, defeating Sandra Kleinová, Alexandra Fusai, Ann Grossman, Lindsay Davenport, Ruxandra Dragomir and Amanda Coetzer before beating the 16-year-old Martina Hingis in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2. 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.

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. In 2002, ranked world No. 58, Majoli defeated Patty Schnyder, in the final of the Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina. The victory increased Majoli's ranking to world No. 33, but her game steadily declined thereafter, with her ranking plummeting to 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. On June 12, 2004, she 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 9 September 2006, with Jennifer Capriati and Mary Pierce attending the wedding. She gave birth to her daughter Mia on 31 October 2006. Majoli and Marić divorced in 2012. Majoli married Roberto Callegari in 2022.

In 2007, Majoli participated in the second season of the Croatian version of Dancing with the Stars. Her partner was Marko Herceg. She was eliminated in the fourth episode.

In 2012, she was selected to be the non-playing captain of the Croatian Fed Cup team.

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

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (title)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1997	French Open	Clay	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2

Tier I finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1995	Zurich Open	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
Win	1996	Pan Pacific Open	Carpet (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
Win	2002	Charleston Open	Clay	Patty Schnyder	7–6(7–5), 6–4

WTA career finals

Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (1–0) Tier I (3–0) Tier II (4–5) Tier III, IV & V (0–4)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (3–3) Carpet (4–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	7 February 1994	Osaka Open, Japan	Carpet (i)	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	2.	18 April 1994	Spanish Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	0–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	24 October 1994	Essen Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	2–6, 4–6
Loss	4.	24 April 1995	Spanish Open	Clay	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	7–5, 0–6, 2–6
Win	1.	2 October 1995	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Carpet (i)	Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–4
Win	2.	9 October 1995	Filderstadt, Germany	Hard (i)	Gabriela Sabatini	6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Win	3.	29 January 1996	Pan Pacific Open, Japan	Carpet (i)	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	6–4, 6–1
Loss	5.	12 February 1996	Paris Indoors, France	Carpet (i)	Julie Halard-Decugis	5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Win	4.	19 February 1996	Essen Grand Prix, Germany	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	7–5, 1–6, 7–6(8–6)
Loss	6.	30 September 1996	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet (i)	Anke Huber	7–5, 3–6, 1–6
Win	5.	17 February 1997	Hanover, Germany	Carpet (i)	Jana Novotná	4–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Win	6.	28 April 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	6–3, 6–2
Win	7.	26 May 1997	French Open	Clay	Martina Hingis	6–4, 6–2
Loss	7.	6 November 2000	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard	Henrieta Nagyová	4–6, 2–6
Loss	8.	17 September 2001	Tournoi de Québec, Canada	Carpet (i)	Meghann Shaughnessy	1–6, 3–6
Win	8.	15 April 2002	Charleston Open, U.S.	Clay	Patty Schnyder	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss	9.	29 April 2002	Bol Open, Croatia	Clay	Åsa Svensson	3–6, 6–4, 1–6

Doubles: 5 (1 title, 4 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (0–0) Tier I (0–1) Tier II (1–2) Tier III, IV & V (0–1)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (0–0) Clay (0–2) Carpet (1–1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1	20 February 1995	Linz Open, Austria	Carpet (i)	Petra Schwarz	Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	24 April 1995	Spanish Open	Clay	Mariaan de Swardt	Larisa Neiland Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	5–7, 6–4, 5–7
Loss	3.	14 August 1995	Canadian Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	Gabriela Sabatini Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	28 April 1997	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Ruxandra Dragomir	Anke Huber Mary Pierce	6–4, 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win	1.	5 February 2001	Paris Indoor, France	Carpet (i)	Virginie Razzano	Kimberly Po Nathalie Tauziat	6–3, 7–5

ITF finals

$75,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (2–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	12 January 1992	ITF Woodlands, United States	Hard	Elena Savoldi	4–6, 4–6
Winner	2.	21 June 1992	ITF Augusta, United States	Clay	Beverly Bowes	7–6(7), 7–6(5)
Winner	3.	19 July 1992	ITF Evansville, United States	Hard	Ai Sugiyama	6–3, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	15 October 2000	ITF Poitiers, France	Hard (i)	Ľudmila Cervanová	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	10 December 2000	ITF Cergy-Pontoise, France	Hard (i)	Virginie Razzano	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Runner-up	6.	1 February 2004	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Lucie Šafářová	6–3, 6–7(1), 1–6

Doubles (0–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	1 February 2004	ITF Bergamo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Sanda Mamić	Alberta Brianti Kildine Chevalier	4–6, 4–6

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Tournament	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	Career SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	3R	A	A	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 6	9–6
French Open	A	4R	4R	QF	QF	W	QF	A	2R	1R	2R	2R	A	1 / 10	28–9
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	1R	A	QF	2R	A	A	1R	3R	1R	A	0 / 7	7–7
US Open	2R	2R	4R	1R	1R	2R	2R	1R	A	3R	3R	1R	A	0 / 11	11–11
Win–loss	1–1	4–2	6–3	4–3	8–3	12–3	8–4	0–1	1–1	4–4	6–4	1–4	0–0	1 / 34	55–33
Year-end ranking	50	46	13	9	8	6	25	163	73	42	32	131	315

External links

• Iva Majoli at the Women's Tennis Association
• Iva Majoli at the International Tennis Federation
• Iva Majoli at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Majoli announces retirement Archived 2012-07-16 at the Wayback Machine
• More about her French Open Win