Maja Živec-Škulj

Maja Živec-Škulj (born 25 September 1973) is a former professional tennis player from Germany.

Maja Živec-Škulj

Full name	Maja Živec-Škulj
Country (sports)	Germany
Born	(1973-09-25) 25 September 1973 (age 51) Ljubljana, SR Slovenia Yugoslavia
Prize money	$183,901
Singles
Career record	169–144
Highest ranking	No. 73 (4 January 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1991, 1992, 1993)
Wimbledon	1R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	69–78
Highest ranking	No. 96 (25 April 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1993)
French Open	1R (1994)
US Open	1R (1993)

Biography

Živec-Škulj was born in the Slovenian city of Ljubljana, then part of Yugoslavia, but later emigrated to West Germany.

She was a member of the West German side, along with Anke Huber and Katharina Düll, which defeated Czechoslovakia to win the Junior Fed Cup in 1989.^[1] Her junior career also included a quarter-final appearance in the girls' singles at the 1991 Australian Open and she featured as well in the women's singles main draw for the first time that year.

At the 1992 Australian Open, her first round opponent was 12th seed Anke Huber, who she managed to take a set off before losing in three.^[2] She broke into the top 100 during the 1992 season and peaked at 73 in the world early in 1993. Her best performance on the WTA Tour came at Curitaba in 1993 where she was a quarter-finalist. She competed in the main draw of both the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 1993.

As a doubles player she reached as high as 96 in the rankings. She made two WTA Tour semi-finals, at Kitzbuhel in 1993 and Beijing in 1994.

ITF finals

Singles: 9 (4–5)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	22 August 1988	Rebecq, Belgium	Clay	Catherine Mothes	6–2, 1–6, 0–6
Winner	2.	21 August 1989	Neumünster, West Germany	Clay	Marketa Kochta	2–6, 6–4, 6–3
Winner	3.	8 July 1991	Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Denisa Krajčovičová	7–5, 1–6, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	15 July 1991	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Martina Pawlik	6–1, 3–6, 6–7
Runner-up	5.	4 May 1992	Porto, Portugal	Clay	Anna Földényi	2–6, 3–6
Winner	6.	17 August 1992	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Sandra Wasserman	6–0, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	7.	29 August 1994	Maribor, Slovenia	Hard (i)	Barbara Paulus	6–4, 4–6, 0–6
Winner	8.	14 October 1996	Samara, Russia	Clay	Elena Voropaeva	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	9.	4 Aug 1997	Carthage, Tunisia	Clay	Sandra Klösel	6–3, 5–7, 0–6

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	8 July 1991	Erlangen, Germany	Clay	Viktoria Milvidskaia	Louise Stacey Angie Woolcock	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	2.	17 August 1992	Spoleto, Italy	Clay	Sandra Dopfer	Flora Perfetti Gloria Pizzichini	6–1, 2–6, 1–6
Runner-up	3.	3 July 1995	Sezze, Italy	Clay	Lenka Němečková	Laura Garrone Gloria Pizzichini	6–7, 2–6
Winner	4.	1 October 1995	Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Angela Kerek	Dora Djilianova Pavlina Nola	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Runner-up	5.	20 October 1996	Samara, Russia	Carpet (i)	Anique Snijders	Natalia Egorova Olga Ivanova	6–4, 2–6, 3–6