Maja Murić

Maja Murić (born 27 February 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Croatia who is now active with several non-profit organizations.

Maja Murić

Full name	Maja Murić
Country (sports)	Yugoslavia (1990-1991)  Croatia (1992-2000)
Born	(1974-02-27) 27 February 1974 (age 50) Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Turned pro	1990
Retired	2002
Prize money	US$148,502
Singles
Career record	73–75
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 204 (20 February 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1995)
Doubles
Career record	104–97
Career titles	8 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 60 (4 July 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (1995), (1996)
French Open	1R (1994), (1997), (1999)
Wimbledon	QF (1994)
US Open	3R (1998), (1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	14-6
Last updated on: 14 June 2024.

Tennis career

During a professional tennis career that spanned 1990–2000, Muric played for both Yugoslavia and Croatia. Together with Nadin Ercegović, Gorana Matić, and Maja Palaveršić she was a member of the original Croatian Fed Cup team in 1992. In 1993, Murić represented Croatia at the 1993 Mediterranean Games, where she claimed two gold medals, including one earned with doubles partner Silvija Talaja.^[1] With doubles partner Ingelise Driehuis, Murić reached the quarterfinals at 1994 Wimbledon Championships.^[2]

Murić represented Croatia in women's doubles at the 1996 Summer Olympics, where she and partner Iva Majoli reached the second round before losing to the Spanish team of Arantxa Sánchez Vicario and Conchita Martínez, 6–2, 6–1.^[3]

Murić competed in all of women's doubles Grand Slams from 1991 to 1999.^[4]

Non-profit work

Murić's youth in a war-torn nation, combined with the opportunity for international travel provided by her tennis career, motivated her to become involved in charitable activities. She has spent 15 years working with the Little Star Foundation, a non-profit established by fellow former tennis professional Andrea Jaeger, serving as that organization's Treasurer.^[4][5][6] In 2006, she co-founded Humanitarian Wave, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization focused on helping children and adults living in poverty, suffering from disease, abuse, and neglect.^[7]

Murić is now the manager of Galactic Unite, a philanthropic project of Virgin Galactic and Virgin Unite. In that position, she helps develop and manage "programmes that promote education in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as well as entrepreneurship (STEM+)."^[4]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (1–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	8 April 1991	Belgrade, Yugoslavia	Clay	Natalia Biletskaya	7–5, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	15 June 1992	Maribor, Slovenia	Clay	Pavlína Rajzlová	6–7, 6–7
Win	3.	5 December 1994	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Kerry-Anne Guse	7–5, 6–1
Loss	4.	20 January 1997	San Antonio, United States	Hard	Brie Rippner	2–6, 4–6

Doubles (8-4)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	12 August 1991	Pesaro, Italy	Hard	Justine Hodder	Ruxandra Dragomir Irina Spîrlea	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	2.	21 October 1991	Lyss, Switzerland	Hard	Petra Rihtarić	Gabriella Boschiero Maja Palaveršić	6–3, 1–6, 5–7
Win	3.	16 March 1992	Zaragoza, Spain	Clay	Petra Rihtarić	Katarzyna Teodorowicz-Lisowska Agata Werblińska	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	4.	21 September 1992	Adriatic, Yugoslavia	Clay	Petra Rihtarić	Ivana Havrlíková Markéta Štusková	3–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	28 September 1992	Mali Lošinj, Yugoslavia	Clay	Petra Rihtarić	Darija Dešković Karin Lušnic	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	6.	8 February 1993	Faro, Portugal	Clay	Linda Niemantsverdriet	Darija Dešković Monika Kratochvílová	6–3, 6–3
Win	7.	29 March 1993	Marsa, Malta	Clay	Klára Bláhová	Virág Csurgó Tjaša Jezernik	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win	8.	7 June 1993	Caserta, Italy	Clay	Karin Lušnic	Paula Cabezas Adriana Serra Zanetti	2–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	9.	21 November 1994	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Louise Pleming	Catherine Barclay Shannan McCarthy	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	27 November 1995	Mount Gambier, Australia	Hard	Catherine Tanvier	Annabel Ellwood Kirrily Sharpe	4–6, 1–6
Loss	11.	11 December 1995	Nuriootpa, Australia	Hard	Louise Pleming	Annabel Ellwood Kirrily Sharpe	4–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	12.	5 July 1998	Vaihingen, Germany	Clay	Laurence Courtois	Julia Abe Lubomira Bacheva	6–1, 6–4

Best Grand Slam results details

Doubles

Australian Open 1995 Australian Open with Elena Makarova Round Opponents Score 1R Maria Lindström / Maria Strandlund 7–5, 5–7, 6–8 1996 Australian Open with Dominique Van Roost Round Opponents Score 1R Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández (3) 1–6, 0–6

French Open 1994 French Open with Betsy Nagelsen Round Opponents Score 1R Alexandra Fusai / Magdalena Mróz 2–6, 4–6 1997 French Open with Tami Whitlinger-Jones Round Opponents Score 1R Erika deLone / Radka Zrubáková 2–6, 6–4, 3–6 1999 French Open with Caroline Dhenin Round Opponents Score 1R Rachel McQuillan / Nana Miyagi 4–6, 7–6(7–1), 5–7

Wimbledon Championships 1994 Wimbledon with Ingelise Driehuis Round Opponents Score 1R Gaby Coorengel / Alison Smith (LL) 6–2, 5–7, 7–5 2R Elena Brioukhovets / Petra Langrová 6–4, 2–6, 6–4 3R Laura Golarsa / Caroline Vis (16) 6–3, 6–4 QF Manon Bollegraf / Martina Navratilova (4) 4–6, 2–6

US Open 1998 US Open with Laurence Courtois Round Opponents Score 1R Annabel Ellwood / Trudi Musgrave 6–2, 6–2 2R Janet Lee / Wang Shi-ting 6–4, 6–4 3R Caroline Dhenin / Émilie Loit 5–7, 4–6 1999 US Open (qualifier) with Svetlana Krivencheva Round Opponents Score Q1 Magda Mihalache / Bryanne Stewart (8) 6–0, 6–4 Q2 Olga Barabanschikova / Emmanuelle Gagliardi 1–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–3 1R Jelena Kostanić / Tatiana Poutchek (Q) 6–2, 7–6 2R Seda Noorlander / Patricia Wartusch 0–6, 7–5, 6–4 3R Mary Joe Fernández / Monica Seles (10) 5–7, 6–7

External links

• Maja Murić at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maja Murić at the International Tennis Federation
• Maja Murić at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maja Murić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
• Galactic Unite at the Wayback Machine (archived November 27, 2013)

References

1. "Croatian Olympic Family". Hrvatski olimpijski odbor. p. 88.
2. Wimbledon.com."Draws Archive – Ladies' Doubles". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
3. ABC (Madrid). "Arancha derrota a Schultz y se mete en cuartos de final". July 28, 1996, p. 74. Retrieved on May 18, 2013.
4. "Cuppa and chat with Maja Muric". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
5. "Little Star Foundation". Retrieved 22 September 2015.
6. "IRS Form 990 – Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax" (PDF). Retrieved 22 September 2015.
7. "Humanitarian Wave – About Us". Retrieved 22 September 2015.