Barbara Schwartz (tennis)

Barbara Schwartz (German pronunciation: [Barbara ʃvarts];[1][2] born 27 January 1979) is an Austrian former professional tennis player.

Barbara Schwartz
Country (sports) Austria
ResidenceBrunn am Gebirge, Austria
Born (1979-01-27) 27 January 1979 (age 45)
Austria
Height1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1999
RetiredNovember 2006
PlaysLeft-handed
Prize money$510,141
Singles
Career record198–142 (58.2%)
Career titles0 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 40 (8 November 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (1999, 2002, 2003)
French OpenQF (1999)
Wimbledon3R (2001)
US Open3R (2001)
Doubles
Career record67–61 (52.3%)
Career titles2 WTA, 6 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 106 (10 January 2000)
Team competitions
Fed Cup9–8

She turned professional in 1995 at the age of 16, and reached a career-high WTA ranking of 40 in November 1999, after reaching the quarterfinals at the Roland Garros that year, her best performance in a Grand Slam event.

Schwartz was unranked on the computer at the end of 2005. She retired from the tour in November 2006.

WTA career finals edit

Doubles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runner-ups) edit

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III, IV & V (2–2)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jan 2000 Auckland Open, New Zealand Hard   Patricia Wartusch   Cara Black
  Alexandra Fusai
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss Jun 2002 Vienna Open, Austria Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Petra Mandula
  Patricia Wartusch
6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win Jul 2002 Brussels, Belgium Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Tathiana Garbin
  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Anabel Medina Garrigues
  Arantxa Parra Santonja
6–1, 6–3

ITF finals edit

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (6–2) edit

Results No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 8 May 1995 ITF Bossonnens, Switzerland Clay   Conchita Martínez Granados 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2. 26 May 1996 ITF Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Clay   Barbara Mulej 5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3. 24 August 1997 ITF Kiev, Ukraine Clay   María Fernanda Landa 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4. 29 September 1997 ITF Otočec, Slovenia Clay   Ana Alcázar 3–6, 2–6
Win 5. 2 November 1997 ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Sandra Načuk 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 6. 12 April 1998 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay   Raluca Sandu 6–2, 6–3
Win 7. 15 November 1998 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Francesca Lubiani 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 8. 19 August 2001 Bronx Open, United States Hard   Martina Müller 5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

Doubles (6–0) edit

Results No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 27 November 1995 ITF Salzburg, Austria Carpet (i)   Evelyn Fauth   Milena Nekvapilová
  Sylva Nesvadbová
6–7(1–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 2. 6 October 1996 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay   Kirstin Freye   Amanda Hopmans
  Patty Van Acker
6–2, 6–1
Win 3. 17 November 1996 ITF Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i)   Nirupama Sanjeev   Kirstin Freye
  Silke Meier
6–4, 6–1
Win 4. 16 February 1997 ITF Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i)   Patricia Wartusch   Hila Rosen
  Dragana Zarić
6–1, 6–4
Win 5. 15 November 1998 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Jasmin Wöhr   Francesca Lubiani
  Maria Paola Zavagli
6–2, 6–3
Win 6. 7 July 2002 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay   Jasmin Wöhr   Darya Kustova
  Petra Rampre
5–7, 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

References edit

  1. ^ "Barbara - Französisch-Übersetzung - Langenscheidt Deutsch-Französisch Wörterbuch" (in German and French). Langenscheidt. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. ^ Wells, John C. (2008), Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.), Longman, ISBN 9781405881180

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