Gorana Matić (born October 24, 1973) is a former
Croatia
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tennis
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player that played for
Yugoslavia
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and later for Croatia.
Career
Matić didn't have much success in her career but she is nevertheless important for the history of Croatian tennis. Together with
Nadin Ercegović,
Maja Murić and
Maja Palaveršić she was a member of the original
Croatian Fed Cup team in
1992
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. She also played the first Croatian Fed Cup match which was also the first Croatian international tennis match at representative level.
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
First Croatian international tennis match
External links
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Greece vs. Croatia 1992 Federation Cup
1973 births
Living people
Yugoslav female tennis players
Croatian female tennis players
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