Maja Palaveršić-Coopersmith (born 24 March 1973) is a

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n former tennis player that played for

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and Croatia.'Maja Palaversic – Opponents'
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Nadin Ercegović Nadin Ercegović (born February 2, 1973) is a former tennis player that played for Yugoslavia and Croatia. Together with Gorana Matić, Maja Murić and Maja Palaveršić Maja Palaveršić-Coopersmith (born 24 March 1973) is a Croatian former ...

Gorana Matić Gorana Matić (born October 24, 1973) is a Croatian tennis player that played for Yugoslavia and Croatia. Matić didn't have much success in her career but she is nevertheless important for the history of Croatian tennis. Together with Nadin ...

and

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. Tennis career During a professional tennis career that spanned 1990–2000, Muric played for both ...

she was a member of the original Croatian Fed Cup team in

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. She was coached by her husband, Roy Coopersmith, with whom she has two children. Her daughter, Nicole, plays international tennis on the junior and pro circuits.

Career highlights

Significant wins include victories over top 10 players like

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and top 15 players like

Kirsten Flipkens Kirsten "Flipper" Flipkens (; born 10 January 1986) is a Belgian professional tennis player. She has a career-high ranking of No. 13 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). Flipkens has won one singles title on the WTA Tour, winning the 2012 T ...

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Doubles: 11 (5–6)

References

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* * * 1973 births Living people Yugoslav female tennis players Croatian female tennis players Tennis players from Split, Croatia {{Croatia-sport-bio-stub