CHARLESTON, South Carolina Former French Open champion Iva Majoli of Croatia helped Christen the new tennis center at Daniel island by upsetting 13th seed Jelena Dokic of Yugoslavia 6-3 0-6 6-2 at the Family Circle Cup women's tournament on Monday.

American Amy Frazier and Gala Leon Garcia of Spain, the only other seeded players in opening day action, fared better than Dokic to advance to the second round.

The 10th-seeded Frazier breezed past compatriot Jill Craybas 6-4 6-1, while Garcia split a pair of tiebreaks before overcoming Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 7-6 (7-5) 6-7 (8-6) 6-2.

In a meeting of unseeded players, former Wimbledon semifinalist Alexandra Stevenson of the United States rebounded from a miserable start to eliminate Catalina Castano of Colombia 1-6 6-4 6-4.

The top eight seeds, including world number one Martina Hingis and second seed Jennifer Capriati, received first-round byes in this clay court event featuring six of the top 10 players in the world as well as defending champion Mary Pierce of France, now ranked 14th.

Majoli, who defeated Hingis in the 1997 French Open final but has been hampered by injuries in recent years, received a welcome confidence boost with her victory over Dokic, Reuters reported.

"I haven't been playing and I really need some confidence back," Majoli said.

"I think she played really well in the second set," Majoli said of the see-saw struggle. "She didn't make any mistakes and at 3-0 or 4-0 I was just like, okay, maybe I should just concentrate on the third set.

"The beginning of the third set was very important and I played pretty smart tennis," added the 42nd-ranked Majoli.

In the first official match played on the new 10,000-seat stadium court, 20-year-old wild card entry Marissa Irvin held off fellow American Kristina Brandi 6-2 2-6 6-3.

"It's a very nice stadium," said Irvin. "It feels small in the sense that you feel like the crowd is close to you, which I think makes it fun.

"It was nice to be in the inaugural match."