Barbara Schwartz (tennis)

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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

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

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 Austria Patricia Wartusch Zimbabwe Cara Black
France Alexandra Fusai
6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss Jun 2002 Vienna Open, Austria Clay Germany Jasmin Wöhr Hungary Petra Mandula
Austria Patricia Wartusch
6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win Jul 2002 Brussels, Belgium Clay Germany Jasmin Wöhr Italy Tathiana Garbin
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
6–2, 0–6, 6–4
Win Feb 2004 Copa Colsanitas, Colombia Clay Germany Jasmin Wöhr Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain 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 Spain Conchita Martínez Granados 3–6, 6–1, 6–3
Loss 2. 26 May 1996 ITF Novi Sad, Yugoslavia Clay Slovenia Barbara Mulej 5–7, 6–4, 4–6
Win 3. 24 August 1997 ITF Kiev, Ukraine Clay Argentina María Fernanda Landa 6–3, 6–2
Loss 4. 29 September 1997 ITF Otočec, Slovenia Clay Spain Ana Alcázar 3–6, 2–6
Win 5. 2 November 1997 ITF Edinburgh, United Kingdom Hard (i) Serbia and Montenegro Sandra Načuk 3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 6. 12 April 1998 Estoril Open, Portugal Clay Romania Raluca Sandu 6–2, 6–3
Win 7. 15 November 1998 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i) Italy Francesca Lubiani 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 8. 19 August 2001 Bronx Open, United States Hard Germany 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) Austria Evelyn Fauth Czech Republic Milena Nekvapilová
Czech Republic Sylva Nesvadbová
6–7(1–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win 2. 6 October 1996 ITF Lerida, Spain Clay Germany Kirstin Freye Netherlands Amanda Hopmans
Belgium Patty Van Acker
6–2, 6–1
Win 3. 17 November 1996 ITF Bad Gögging, Germany Carpet (i) India Nirupama Sanjeev Germany Kirstin Freye
Germany Silke Meier
6–4, 6–1
Win 4. 16 February 1997 ITF Rogaska Slatina, Slovenia Carpet (i) Austria Patricia Wartusch Israel Hila Rosen
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
6–1, 6–4
Win 5. 15 November 1998 ITF Hull, United Kingdom Hard (i) Germany Jasmin Wöhr Italy Francesca Lubiani
Italy Maria Paola Zavagli
6–2, 6–3
Win 6. 7 July 2002 ITF Stuttgart, Germany Clay Germany Jasmin Wöhr Belarus Darya Kustova
Slovenia 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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