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Maja Matevzic

Maja Matevzic
  • Residence: Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Date of Birth: 13 Jun 1980
  • Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Height: 5' 9'' (1.75 m)
  • Weight: 136 1/2 lbs. (62 kg)
  • Plays: Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
  • Status: Pro (2000)
  • Pronounced: MEYE-ah ma-TEV-zich

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Maja Matevzic Biography

Coached by Blaz Trupej...Began playing tennis at age 10...Favorite surface is grass; favorite shot is the volley...Mother, Vida, is a kindergarten teacher; fatherÆs name is Bojan; has a younger brother, Miha...Most memorable experience was playing on WimbledonÆs Court No. 1...Describes herself as shy...Admires her mother for how she treats people and for always being there for her...Tennis players admired include Martina Navratilova and Patrick Rafter...Says her hometown of Ljubljana, Slovenia, is the best, and also likes to visit Rome...Favorite movies are Top Gun and Dangerous Minds, likes actors Tom Cruise and Julia Roberts, and authors John Grisham and Nicolas Evans.
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YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles - 1
WTA Doubles Titles - 2
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles - -
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles - -
Prize Money $0 $593,426
W/L - Singles - - - 199 - 149
W/L - Doubles - - - 105 - 100
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Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
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Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
25-Aug-2003 (38) 23-Jun-2003 (34)
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1996 - Contested two ITF Circuit events, reaching QF at ITF/Saint Raphael-FRA
1997 - Contested six ITF Circuit events, reaching two QF
1998 - Reached first ITF Circuit final at ITF/San Severino-ITA
1999 - Played full season on ITF Circuit and reached SF at consecutive events and four QF
2000 - Captured first professional title at ITF/Biella-ITA and runner-up at ITF/Fano-ITA; played first Tour qualifying, incl. US Open
2001 - First Top 100 finish; won second pro title at ITF/Ortisei-ITA; qualified at Roland Garros for Grand Slam debut (l. 1r to Rittner) and at Wimbledon, falling 1r to world No. 23 Schett 86 third set; won back-to-back $50,000 ITF Circuit titles at ITF/Modena-ITA and ITF/Ettenheim-GER; broke into Top 100 on July 30 at No. 97; in US Open debut, d. world No. 16 Farina Elia (first Top 20 win) en route to Grand Slam-best 3r finish (l. to Testud)
2002 - Breakthrough season, beginning with first Tour QF appearance at Doha, followed by first SF appearance at Porto and capped by winning first Tour singles title at Bratislava, winning both singles and doubles (w/Nagyova); also reached QF at Estoril, Bahia and first Tier I QF at Moscow; equaled best Grand Slam performance by reaching Wimbledon 3r (l. to Hantuchova); in Fed Cup, won two singles rubbers to lead Slovenia over Ukraine for first-ever World Group berth in 2003
2003 - Second Top 100 finish; collected first match wins at Australian Open and US Open (l. 2r at both); QF appearances at Strasbourg and Vienna for career total of six QF at Tour events; won doubles titles at Strasbourg (w/Jeyaseelan) and Roland Garros QF (w/Nagyova); reached career-high rankings in singles (No. 38) and doubles (No. 34) and earned career-best $218,702
2004 - Withdrew from Acapulco, Indian Wells, Miami, Casablanca and Estoril due to continuing left wrist injury; member of Slovenian Fed Cup team that was d. 4-1 in 1r by the United States; as world No.263 at Olympics, d. No.53 Obata in 1r, l. to former world No.1 and defending gold medalist V. Williams 60 60, also l. in 1r of doubles (w/Pisnik).
2005 - Contested six Tour events (w/special ranking), reaching 2r once at Prague (d. qualifier Tu in 1r; ret. during second set of 2r match vs. No.2 seed Koukalova w/left elbow sprain); fell 1r four times and in qualifying once; right shoulder injury forced withdrawal from 's-Hertogenbosch; withdrew from Budapest due to left shoulder injury.
SINGLES
Winner (1 WTA Tour): 2002 - Bratislava; 2001 - ITF/Ortisei-ITA, ITF/Modena-ITA, ITF/Ettenheim-GER; 2000 - ITF/Biella-ITA.
Semifinalist (1): 2002 - Porto.
Quarterfinalist (6): 2003 - Strasbourg, Vienna; 2002 - Doha, Estoril, Bahia, Moscow.

DOUBLES
Winner (2): 2003 - Strasbourg (w/Jeyaseelan); 2002 - Bratislava (w/Nagyova).
Finalist (1): 2002 - Strasbourg (w/Dhenin).
Semifinalist (2): 2003 - Gold Coast (Vinci), Antwerp (w/Schnyder).

ADDITIONAL
Slovenian Fed Cup Team 1999-2002, 2004. Slovenian Olympic Team 2004.

Overall Stats

YTD Career
WTA Singles Titles - 1
WTA Doubles Titles - 2
ITF Women's Circuit Singles Titles - -
ITF Women's Circuit Doubles Titles - -
Prize Money $0 $593,426
W/L - Singles - - - 199 - 149
W/L - Doubles - - - 105 - 100

Grand Slam History

Singles

W/L   2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
1 / 2 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r 1r - - - - - -
1 / 3 FRENCH OPEN 2r 1r 1r - - - - -
4 / 3 WIMBLEDON 3r 3r 1r - - - - -
3 / 3 US OPEN 2r 1r 3r - - - - -

Doubles

W/L   2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996
2 / 3 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2r 1r 2r - - - - -
5 / 3 FRENCH OPEN QF 3r 1r - - - - -
3 / 3 WIMBLEDON 1r 1r QF - - - - -
4 / 4 US OPEN 3r 3r 1r 1r - - - -

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Maja Matevzic Results

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Current WTA Rankings

Singles Race to Istanbul Doubles
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Rankings Breakdown

Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
25/08/2003 US OPEN 2R 36
23/06/2003 WIMBLEDON 3R 106
26/05/2003 FRENCH OPEN 2R 48
13/01/2003 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 34
26/08/2002 US OPEN 1R 2
24/06/2002 WIMBLEDON 3R 106
27/05/2002 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
14/01/2002 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2001 US OPEN 3R 122
25/06/2001 WIMBLEDON 1R 34
Date Tournament Round Points
28/05/2001 FRENCH OPEN 1R 38
15/01/2001 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 1R 2
28/08/2000 US OPEN 2R 10
Complete Rankings Breakdown

Rankings History

Year Season-ending Singles Season-ending Doubles
2005 651 -
2003 58 42
2002 51 73
2001 79 96
2000 194 153
1999 300 265
1998 416 620
1997 660 695
Career-high Singles Career-high Doubles
25-Aug-2003 (38) 23-Jun-2003 (34)

Current WTA Rankings

Ranking Points
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Rankings Breakdown

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Grand Slams

Date Tournament Round Points
25/08/2003 US OPEN 2R 36
23/06/2003 WIMBLEDON 3R 106
26/05/2003 FRENCH OPEN 2R 48
13/01/2003 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2R 34
26/08/2002 US OPEN 1R 2
24/06/2002 WIMBLEDON 3R 106
27/05/2002 FRENCH OPEN 1R 2
14/01/2002 AUSTRALIAN OPEN 1R 2
27/08/2001 US OPEN 3R 122
25/06/2001 WIMBLEDON 1R 34
Date Tournament Round Points
28/05/2001 FRENCH OPEN 1R 38
15/01/2001 AUSTRALIAN OPEN Q - 1R 2
28/08/2000 US OPEN 2R 10

Fed Cup

Date Tournament Round Points
19/07/2003 FED CUP WEEK 2 1R 0
25/04/2003 FED CUP WEEK 1 1R 0

Tier 1-5

Date Tournament Round Points
15/08/2005 TORONTO 1R 1
08/08/2005 LOS ANGELES 1R 1
01/08/2005 SAN DIEGO 1R 1
11/07/2005 MODENA 1R 1
16/05/2005 ISTANBUL 1R 1
09/05/2005 PRAGUE 2R 14
20/10/2003 LINZ 2R 52
12/10/2003 ZURICH Q - 1R 1
06/10/2003 FILDERSTADT 1R 1
29/09/2003 MOSCOW 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
22/09/2003 LEIPZIG Q - 1R 1
17/08/2003 NEW HAVEN 2R 5
28/07/2003 SOPOT 3R 47
16/06/2003 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 1R 1
09/06/2003 VIENNA 3R 36
19/05/2003 STRASBOURG 3R 68
12/05/2003 ROME 2R 38
05/05/2003 BERLIN 2R 27
14/04/2003 AMELIA ISLAND 2R 18
07/04/2003 CHARLESTON 2R 25
Date Tournament Round Points
31/03/2003 SARASOTA 2R 14
19/03/2003 MIAMI 1R 1
10/02/2003 ANTWERP 2R 35
03/02/2003 PARIS 2R 29
05/01/2003 CANBERRA 1R 1
29/12/2002 GOLD COAST 1R 1
14/10/2002 BRATISLAVA W 100
07/10/2002 FILDERSTADT Q - 3R 27
30/09/2002 MOSCOW 3R 85
16/09/2002 TOKYO (TOYOTA) 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
09/09/2002 BAHIA 3R 82
05/08/2002 HELSINKI 2R 16
21/07/2002 SOPOT 1R 1
17/06/2002 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH 1R 1
10/06/2002 VIENNA 2R 24
20/05/2002 STRASBOURG 1R 1
13/05/2002 ROME 2R 31
29/04/2002 BOL 1R 1
15/04/2002 BUDAPEST 1R 1
08/04/2002 ESTORIL 3R 40
Date Tournament Round Points
01/04/2002 PORTO 4R 51
20/03/2002 MIAMI 1R 1
06/03/2002 INDIAN WELLS 2R 18
18/02/2002 DUBAI Q - 1R 1
11/02/2002 DOHA 3R 49
06/01/2002 CANBERRA 1R 1
31/12/2001 AUCKLAND 2R 16
22/10/2001 LINZ Q - 1R 1
14/10/2001 ZURICH Q - 3R 13
08/10/2001 FILDERSTADT 1R 39
Date Tournament Round Points
24/09/2001 LEIPZIG Q - 2R 12
09/07/2001 VIENNA Q - 3R 8
11/06/2001 BIRMINGHAM 1R 1
14/05/2001 ROME Q - 2R 9
16/04/2001 BUDAPEST 3R 8
02/04/2001 PORTO Q - 1R 1
07/01/2001 CANBERRA Q - 3R 10
31/12/2000 GOLD COAST Q - 3R 10
30/10/2000 LEIPZIG Q - 2R 5
16/10/2000 LINZ Q - 1R 1
Date Tournament Round Points
01/05/2000 BOL 1R 1
13/07/1998 PALERMO Q - 3R 4

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