Maja Murić

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Maja Murić Tennis player
Nation: Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia Yugoslavia Croatia
CroatiaCroatia 
Birthday: February 27, 1974
1st professional season: 1991
Resignation: 2000
Prize money: $ 148,502
singles
Career record: 73:75
Career title: 0 WTA , 0 ITF
Highest ranking: 204 (February 20 1995)
Double
Career record: 104: 97
Career title: 0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 60 (July 4 1994)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open 1R (1995, 1996)
French Open 1R (1994, 1997, 1999)
Wimbledon 2R (1997)
US Open AF (1998, 1999)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open 1R (1994)
Wimbledon 1R (1997)
US Open -
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Maja Murić (born February 27, 1974 in Zagreb , Yugoslavia ) is a former Croatian tennis player .

Career

Murić won a double title in the ITF Women's Circuit during her career . On the WTA Tour she reached a double final with the Citroen Cup in 1993 , which she lost to Li Fang / Dominique Monami with 2: 6 and 1: 6.

For Croatia, she took part in the 1996 Summer Olympics in doubles in Atlanta with Iva Majoli . They won in the first round against the Italian pairing Silvia Farina / Laura Golarsa 7: 6 2 , 4: 6, and 9: 7. In the last sixteen they were eliminated from Conchita Martínez / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6: 2 and 6: 1.

In 1993 she won the gold medal in singles and doubles at the Mediterranean Games in Languedoc-Roussillon .

Between 1992 and 1997 she played for the Croatian Fed Cup team , for which she won 14 of their 20 games.

In 2000 she ended her tennis career.

successes

Double

Tournament victories

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. July 1998 GermanyGermany Stuttgart ITF $ 25,000 sand BelgiumBelgium Laurence Courtois GermanyGermany Julia Abe Lyubomira Batschewa
BulgariaBulgaria  		6: 1, 6: 4

Final participation

No. date competition category Topping Partner Winners Result
1. August 1993 AustriaAustria Kitzbühel WTA Tier III sand Czech RepublicCzech Republic Pavlína Rajzlová China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Fang Dominique Monami
BelgiumBelgium  		2: 6, 1: 6

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

Double

competition 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Career
Australian Open - 1 1 - - - 1
French Open 1 - - 1 - 1 1
Wimbledon - - 1 2 - 1 2
US Open 1 - 1 1 AF AF AF

Mixed

competition 1994 1997 Career
Australian Open - - -
French Open 1 - 1
Wimbledon - 1 1
US Open - - -

Personal

In 2006 she founded the non-profit organization Humanitarian Wave . She also works as a manager at Galactic Unite .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ COC Monograph - "The Croatian Olympic family" (page 88). In: issuu.com. August 31, 2011, accessed March 25, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b Meet our Team. In: humanitarianwave.org. Retrieved March 25, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ Maja Muric. In: virgin.com. February 21, 2014, accessed March 25, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Murić, Maja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Croatian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Zagreb , Yugoslavia