At age 19, she stunned Roland Garros, winning handily 6-4 6-2 in the French Open final 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, ending Hingis's 37-match winning streak.
She played her best tennis as a teenager, reaching her career high ranking of 4 in 1996. After a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open in 1998, she failed to get the third round of any subsequent Grand Slams. Her game steadily declined, with her ranking plummeting to 131 in 2003. In the latter years of her tennis career, Majoli suffered from a 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."
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