Petra Schmitt Explained

Petra Schmitt
Birth Date:24 October 1971
Careerprizemoney:$11,041
Highestsinglesranking:No. 419 (8 July 1991)
Highestdoublesranking:No. 287 (2 April 1990)

Petra Schmitt (born 24 October 1971) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.

Biography

Tennis career

Schmitt started playing professional tournaments in 1987 and featured mostly on the ITF circuit, reaching a best ranking of 419 in the world. She was a WTA Tour doubles quarter-finalist at the 1989 Belgian Open and made the singles main draw of the 1990 Athens Trophy. In 1991 she played in three Federation Cup ties for Hungary, which included a match against Magdalena Maleeva.

Finishing up on the tour in 1991, Schmitt then went to the United States to play college tennis for the USC Trojans, where she twice earned All-American honours.[1] [2]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Pál Schmitt, an Olympic fencer turned politician, who served as the President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012.[3]

ITF finals

Doubles (0-1)

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Umphrey Ready for Last Shot . . 6 April 1993.
  2. News: Longman . Jere . Utah's Bill for the I.O.C. Could Reach $3 Million . . 8 February 1999.
  3. News: Schmitt Pál lánya konzul lehet az Egyesült Államokban . 24.hu . 29 September 2017 . Hungarian.