Maja Živec-Škulj (born 25 September 1973) is a former professional

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player from Germany.

Biography

Živec-Škulj was born in the Slovenian city of

Ljubljana Ljubljana (also known by other historical names) is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. It is the country's cultural, educational, economic, political and administrative center. During antiquity, a Roman city called Emona stood in the are ...

, then part of Yugoslavia, but later emigrated to West Germany. She was a member of the West German side, along with

Anke Huber Anke Huber (born 4 December 1974) is a German retired top-five professional tennis player. She was the runner-up in women's singles at the 1996 Australian Open and the 1995 WTA Finals. Huber won twelve singles and one doubles title on the WTA ...

and Katharina Düll, which defeated Czechoslovakia to win the Junior Fed Cup in 1989. 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

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, her first round opponent was 12th seed

, who she managed to take a set off before losing in three. 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)

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Zivec Skulj, Maja 1973 births Living people German female tennis players Yugoslav emigrants to Germany German people of Slovenian descent Sportspeople from Ljubljana