Petra Schwarz

Austrian tennis player

"Petra Ritter" redirects here. For the German neuroscientist, see Petra Ritter (neuroscientist).

Petra Schwarz
Singles
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	(1972年05月24日) 24 May 1972 (age 52) Vienna, Austria
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US397,476ドル
Career record	162–141
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 52 (9 January 1995)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (1992)
French Open	QF (1994)
Wimbledon	1R (1994 1995)
US Open	2R (1991)
Olympic Games	1R (1992)
Doubles
Career record	75–112
Career titles	1 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 60 (10 May 1993)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (1996)
French Open	1R (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996)
Wimbledon	1R (1994, 1995)
US Open	2R (1994, 1995)
Olympic Games	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 world No. 52 in singles and No. 60 in doubles.^[2]

WTA career finals

[edit ]

Singles: 1 (0–1)

[edit ]

Legend: Before 2009	Legend: Starting in 2009
Grand Slam tournaments (0)
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	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1991	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Switzerland Emanuela Zardo	5–7, 2–6

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

[edit ]

Result	W-L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1992	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Germany Karin Kschwendt	Czechoslovakia Eva Švíglerová France Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Feb 1995	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Croatia Iva Majoli	United States Meredith McGrath France Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 2–6
Loss	1–2	Jul 1995	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Slovakia Katarína Studeníková	Czech Republic Radka Bobková Czech Republic Petra Langrová	4–6, 1–6

ITF finals

[edit ]

Singles (4-3)

[edit ]

75,000ドル tournaments

50,000ドル tournaments

25,000ドル tournaments

10,000ドル tournaments

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	31 May 1987	Bad Gastein, Austria	Hard (i)	Netherlands Hester Witvoet	2–6, 7–6, 6–1
Loss	1.	17 August 1987	Lisbon, Portugal	Clay	Italy Laura Lapi	4–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	2.	10 April 1988	Bari, Italy	Clay	Belgium Sabine Appelmans	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	7 August 1988	Wels, Austria	Hard (i)	Austria Karin Oberleitner	2–6, 6–0, 6–2
Win	4.	18 April 1993	Wels, Austria	Hard (i)	Slovakia Zuzana Nemšáková	6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Loss	2.	25 April 1994	Neudörfl, Austria	Clay	Czechoslovakia Zdeňka Málková	1–6, 2–6
Loss	3.	28 October 1996	Lakeland, United States	Hard	United States Meilen Tu	7–5, 0–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–2)

[edit ]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	16 November 1987	Wels, Austria	Hard (i)	Austria Barbara Paulus	Austria Petra Hentschl West Germany Eva-Maria Schürhoff	4–6, 4–6
Win	2.	24 October 1988	Linz, Austria	Hard (i)	Austria Marion Maruska	Switzerland Cristina Casini Poland Katarzyna Nowak	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	11 February 1996	Murcia, Spain	Clay	Germany Silke Meier	Netherlands Kim de Weille France Noëlle van Lottum	6–3, 6–3
Loss	4.	17 March 1997	Reims, France	Clay (i)	Germany Silke Meier	Bulgaria Svetlana Krivencheva Ukraine Elena Tatarkova	2–6, 2–6