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

At age 19, she stunned Roland Garros with her
aggressive baseline play, winning handily 6-4 6-2
in the French Open Finals in 1997.  Everyone had
expected 16-year-old teen tennis sensation,
Martina Hingis to win the French Open title.  Iva
Majoli defied all expectations with her aggressive
baseline play and defying all odds, played one of
the best matches of her career.  

She played her best tennis as a teenager, reaching
her career high ranking of 4 in 1996.  After a
quarterfinal appearance at Roland Garros in 1998,
she has failed to get the third round of a Grand
Slam.  Since then, her game has steadily declined,
with her ranking plummeting to 132 in 2003.  In
the latter years of her tennis career, Majoli
suffered from series of injuries - most notably a
shoulder injury - and struggled to find a
consistent playing form.  Her jet-setting
lifestyle, well documented by the press, may have
contributed.  Not living up to high expectations
after her spectatular French Open win, she has
been called yet another "One Slam Wonder." 

Majoli announced her retirement from the game on
June 12, 2004.

==Titles (9)==
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|Legend (Singles)
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| Grand Slam (1)
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| WTA Championships (0)
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| Tier I Event (3)
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| WTA Tour (4)
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===Singles (8)===
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Opponents in the final
|Score
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| 1.
| Oct 8, 1995
| Zurich, Switzerland
| Carpet
| Mary Pierce (France) 
| 6-4 6-4
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| 2.
| Oct 15, 1995
| Stuttgart|Filderstadt, Germany
| Hard
| Gabriela Sabatini (Argentina) 
| 6-4 7-6
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| 3.
| Feb 14, 1996
| Tokyo, Japan (Pan Pacific)
| Carpet
| Arantxa Sanchez Vicario (Spain) 
| 6-4 6-1
|-
| 4.
| Feb 25, 1996
| Essen, Germany
| Carpet
| Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 
| 7-5 1-6 7-6
|-
| 5.
| Feb 23, 1997
| Hannover, Germany
| Carpet
| Jana Novotna (Czech Republic) 
| 4-6 7-6 6-4
|-
| 6.
| May 4, 1997
| Hamburg, Germany
| Clay
| Ruxandra Dragomir (Romania) 
| 6-3 6-2
|- bgcolor="e5d1cb"
| 7.
| Jun 7, 1997
| Roland Garros, France
| Clay
| Martina Hingis (Switzerland) 
| 6-4 6-2
|- bgcolor="#dfe2e9"
| 8.
| Apr 21, 2002
| Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston, USA
| Clay
| Patty Schnyder (Switzerland) 
| 7-6 6-4
|}

===Singles Finalist (6)===
*1994: Osaka (lost to Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière)
*1994: Barcelona (lost to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario)
*1994: Essen (lost to Jana Novotna)
*1995: Barcelona (lost to Arantxa Sanchez Vicario)
*1996: Paris (lost to Julie Halard-Decugis)
*1996: Leipzig (lost to Anke Huber)

===Doubles (1)===
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|No.
|Date
|Tournament
|Surface
|Partnering
|Opponents in the final
|Score
|-
| 1.
| Feb 11, 2001
| Paris, France
| Carpet
| Virginie Razzano (France) 
| Kimberly Po (USA) / Nathalie Tauziat (France)
| 6-3 7-5
|}

==External links==
*http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2004/tennis/spec
ials/wimbledon/2004/06/29/majoli.retired/ Majoli
announces retirement
*http://www.zexpe.freeserve.co.uk/iva/articles/RG9
7c.txt More about her French Open Win 
*wta|id=130316|name=Iva Majoli