Petra Schwarz Explained

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]

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Legend: Before 2009Legend: Starting in 2009
align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#FFFF99Grand Slam tournaments (0)
align=center colspan=2 bgcolor=#FF6666WTA 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)

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.Jul 1992Prague, Czech RepublicClay Karin Kschwendt Eva Švíglerová
Noëlle van Lottum
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss2.Feb 1995Linz, AustriaCarpet (i) Iva Majoli Meredith McGrath
Nathalie Tauziat
1–6, 2–6
Loss3.Jul 1995Palermo, ItalyClay Radka Bobková
Petra Langrová
4–6, 1–6

ITF finals

Singles (4-3)

$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1.31 May 1987Bad Gastein, AustriaHard (i) Hester Witvoet2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss1.17 August 1987Lisbon, PortugalClay4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win2.10 April 1988Bari, ItalyClay Sabine Appelmans6–3, 6–4
Win3.7 August 1988Wels, AustriaHard (i) Karin Oberleitner2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win4.18 April 1993Wels, AustriaHard (i) Zuzana Nemšáková6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Loss2.25 April 1994Neudörfl, AustriaClay Zdeňka Málková1–6, 2–6
Loss3.28 October 1996Lakeland, United StatesHard Meilen Tu7–5, 0–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.16 November 1987Wels, AustriaHard (i) Barbara Paulus Petra Hentschl
Eva-Maria Schürhoff
4–6, 4–6
Win2.24 October 1988Linz, AustriaHard (i) Cristina Casini
Katarzyna Nowak
6–3, 6–4
Win3.11 February 1996Murcia, SpainClay Kim de Weille
Noëlle van Lottum
6–3, 6–3
Loss4.17 March 1997Reims, FranceClay (i) Svetlana Krivencheva
Elena Tatarkova
2–6, 2–6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Petra Ritter Biography and Olympic Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105758/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/petra-ritter-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. 2010-05-17.
  2. Web site: Petra Schwarz Stats. 2010-05-17.