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Petra Schwarz
Country (sports)	Austria
Born	24 May 1972 (age 51); Vienna, Austria
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro	1987
Retired	1997
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$397,476
Singles
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

Austrian tennis player

Petra Schwarz (née Ritter; born 24 May 1972^[1]) is a former female professional tennis player from Austria, active from 1987 to 1997.

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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]

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"Petra Ritter Biography and Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2010-05-17.

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"Petra Schwarz Stats". Retrieved 2010-05-17.

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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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	Jul 1992	Prague, Czech Republic	Clay	Karin Kschwendt	Eva Švíglerová Noëlle van Lottum	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	Feb 1995	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Iva Majoli	Meredith McGrath Nathalie Tauziat	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	Jul 1995	Palermo, Italy	Clay	Katarína Studeníková	Radka Bobková Petra Langrová	4–6, 1–6

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

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

Petra_Ritter

Petra Schwarz

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles (4-3)

Doubles (2–2)

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