At the age of seven Iva Majoli started to play tennis joining her older brother Drago and sister Nina. She joined the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy in Bradenton at the age of 12. 

Iva made her debut in 1990 playing an ITF tournament in Yugoslavia. She made her debut on the WTA tour in 1992 when she received a Wild Card for Houston. Ranked at No. 537 she defeats the No. 228 Lindsay Davenport and the No. 24 ranked Lori MacNeil reaching the quarter final.

Majoli won her first two singles titles as a professional that same year, both ITF tournaments at Simons Island and Evansville in the USA. She also made her Grand Slam debut in ’92 reaching the second round at the US Open, stepping into the Top 100.

In 1993 she won the WTA Tour Most Impressive Newcomer of the Year Award.

In 1995 Iva won her first two Tour singles titles in Filderstadt and Zurich, breaking into the Top 10. She reached her first Grand Slam quarter final defeating No.3 Mary Pierce and reached the season ending Championships ending the season ranked at No. 9.

1997 turned out to b Iva’s best season in her career. After taking No. 1 Martina Hingis’ 37 match winning streak by winning the French Open final she also won the Hannover and Hamburg titles reaching the No. 4 spot and No. 6 at the end of the season.

In 1999 Iva Majoli was troubled by injuries missing most tournament after she sprained her right ankle, injured her right shoulder and had surgery on her right shoulder missing the beginning of the 2000 season. She won the Comeback Player of the Year Award in 2000 but never reached her earlier level.

"There may be some exhibition matches or doubles, but my career is over. I have fallen too low," Iva Majoli said. "I am practically back at the beginning and would have to work like a maniac to get back to the top. I realised I was not ready for that."