| Petra Schwarz | |
| Birth Date: | 1972 5, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
| Height: | 174 cm |
| Turnedpro: | 1987 |
| Retired: | 1997 |
| Plays: | Right-handed |
| Careerprizemoney: | US$397,476 |
| Singlesrecord: | 162–141 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 WTA, 4 ITF |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 52 (9 January 1995) |
| Australianopenresult: | 2R (1992) |
| Frenchopenresult: | QF (1994) |
| Wimbledonresult: | 1R (1994 1995) |
| Usopenresult: | 2R (1991) |
| Olympicsresult: | 1R (1992) |
| Doublesrecord: | 75–112 |
| Doublestitles: | 1 WTA, 2 ITF |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 60 (10 May 1993) |
| Australianopendoublesresult: | 2R (1996) |
| Frenchopendoublesresult: | 1R (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996) |
| Wimbledondoublesresult: | 1R (1994, 1995) |
| Usopendoublesresult: | 2R (1994, 1995) |
| Olympicsdoublesresult: | 2R (1992) |
Petra Schwarz (née Ritter; born 24 May 1972[1]) is a former female professional tennis player from Austria, active from 1987 to 1997.
She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1994, beating Lisa Raymond, Nathalie Tauziat, Miriam Oremans and Ruxandra Dragomir, before losing to Mary Pierce. It was the only time she passed the second round of a Grand Slam event.
Schwarz reached one WTA Tour final at the Ilva Trophy event in Italy. She also reached three doubles finals, winning one of them (Prague, partnering Karin Kschwendt). Her career high ranking was #52 in singles and #60 in doubles.[2]
| Legend: Before 2009 | Legend: Starting in 2009 | |
|---|---|---|
| align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#FFFF99 | Grand Slam tournaments (0) | |
| align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#FF6666 | WTA Championships (0) | |
| Tier I (0) | Premier Mandatory (0) | |
| Tier II (0) | Premier 5 (0) | |
| Tier III (0-0) | Premier (0) | |
| Tier IV & V (0-1) | International (0) |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | Jul 1992 | Prague, Czech Republic | Clay | Karin Kschwendt | Eva Švíglerová  Noëlle van Lottum | 6–4, 2–6, 7–5 | |
| Loss | 2. | Feb 1995 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Iva Majoli |  Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 3. | Jul 1995 | Palermo, Italy | Clay |  Radka Bobková Petra Langrová | 4–6, 1–6 |
| $75,000 tournaments | |
| $50,000 tournaments | |
| $25,000 tournaments | |
| $10,000 tournaments |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1. | 31 May 1987 | Bad Gastein, Austria | Hard (i) | Hester Witvoet | 2–6, 7–6, 6–1 | |
| Loss | 1. | 17 August 1987 | Lisbon, Portugal | Clay | 4–6, 6–4, 5–7 | ||
| Win | 2. | 10 April 1988 | Bari, Italy | Clay |  Sabine Appelmans | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| Win | 3. | 7 August 1988 | Wels, Austria | Hard (i) |  Karin Oberleitner | 2–6, 6–0, 6–2 | |
| Win | 4. | 18 April 1993 | Wels, Austria | Hard (i) |  Zuzana Nemšáková | 6–2, 1–6, 6–4 | |
| Loss | 2. | 25 April 1994 | Neudörfl, Austria | Clay | Zdeňka Málková | 1–6, 2–6 | |
| Loss | 3. | 28 October 1996 | Lakeland, United States | Hard | Meilen Tu | 7–5, 0–6, 0–6 |
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 1. | 16 November 1987 | Wels, Austria | Hard (i) | Barbara Paulus | Petra Hentschl Eva-Maria Schürhoff | 4–6, 4–6 | |
| Win | 2. | 24 October 1988 | Linz, Austria | Hard (i) | Cristina Casini  Katarzyna Nowak | 6–3, 6–4 | ||
| Win | 3. | 11 February 1996 | Murcia, Spain | Clay | Kim de Weille Noëlle van Lottum | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 4. | 17 March 1997 | Reims, France | Clay (i) | Svetlana Krivencheva  Elena Tatarkova | 2–6, 2–6 |