Barbara Schett

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Barbara Schett
Schett in 2014
Full nameBarbara Schett Eagle
Country (sports) Austria
Born (1976-03-10) 10 March 1976 (age 48)
Innsbruck, Austria
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2005
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$3,109,510
Singles
Career record349–279 (55.6%)
Career titles3
Highest rankingNo. 7 (13 September 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1996, 1998, 1999, 2000)
French Open4R (2000, 2001)
Wimbledon4R (1999)
US OpenQF (1999)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam CupQF (1999)
Tour FinalsQF (1999)
Olympic GamesQF (2000)
Doubles
Career record214–179
Career titles10 WTA, 0 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 8 (15 January 2001)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2000)
French OpenQF (1998, 2000, 2001, 2003)
Wimbledon4R (2000, 2002, 2004)
US OpenSF (1999, 2004)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2000)
Mixed doubles
Career record21–16
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenF (2001)
French Open2R (2002, 2003)
WimbledonSF (2000)
US OpenQF (2000)

Barbara Schett Eagle (German pronunciation:

Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30. She also represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in singles and doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event. She retired after the 2005 Australian Open and now works for Eurosport
as a commentator and presenter.

Tennis career

1991–1995

Barbara Schett made her debut at the WTA Tour as a wildcard entrant for the tournament in Kitzbühel. She played mostly at the ITF Circuit, and won the ITF tournament in Zaragoza in 1992. In 1993, Schett broke into the top 200, and reached the quarterfinals at Kitzbühel and Montpellier. In Kitzbühel, Schett defeated world No. 17 Katerina Maleeva in the third round, and lost in the quarterfinals to Judith Wiesner.

In 1994, Schett played her first

United States
.

1996

Having started the season playing at the

Medibank International in Sydney, Schett reached the fourth round at the Australian Open, losing to German player Anke Huber. In the third round, she defeated Helena Suková
.

The year's singles highlights of Schett include the quarterfinal of the

Tier I Kremlin Cup (with Silvia Farina Elia, losing to the second seeds Natalia Medvedeva and Larisa Neiland). This was the first year that Schett finished as a top 50 player, at the No. 38.[1]

1997

She started the season with the loss at the first round of

Indian Wells
).

She then reached the fourth round of

German Open (lost to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario). Playing with Silvia Farina Elia, Schett reached the semifinals of the women's doubles tournament in Paris, and the quarterfinals of Hanover and Rome (Rome with Patty Schnyder). At the second Grand Slam tournament of the season, the French Open, Schett retired from her first-round match. Her next tournament was at Wimbledon where she lost in the second round to Magdalena Grzybowska
(6–4, 3–6, 2–6).

Schett then reached her first consecutive final at Palermo, but lost to the second seed

Sarah Pitkowski), US Open (lost to Kimberly Po), in Leipzig (lost to Iva Majoli) and in Filderstadt (lost to Anna Kournikova
).

Schett finished the 1997 season at the Zurich Open. She retired from her match of the first round, played against Ai Sugiyama.

1998

Schett lost in the first round of

Hilton Head and Amelia Island), Schett reached the semifinal in Hamburg
; she lost to the first seed Martina Hingis. In Hamburg, she also captured the doubles title with Patty Schnyder.

Schett lost in the second round of both the

Pilot Pen Tennis New Heaven, she lost to Amanda Coetzer in the third round of US Open
.

Schett lost in the first round of

Fortis Championships Luxembourg (lost to Ai Sugiyama
) and Leipzig (lost to Anke Huber).

1999–2005

1999 – Schett's first top-10 finish, winning $725,865 (career-best) and scoring 47 Tour singles wins (equal fourth on Tour for season). Defeated world No. 9 Conchita Martínez and No. 4 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario en route to Sydney semifinal (lost to No. 2 Hingis 6–7 third set). Reached her first Tier I final at Moscow, and Grand Slam quarterfinal at the US Open. Broke into the top 10 at a career-high No. 7 following US Open (13 September) and reached the semifinals at Auckland and Hamburg. Also qualified for the WTA Tour Championships and Grand Slam Cup.

2000 – Won her third career singles title at Klagenfurt. Recorded victories over No. 5 seed Amanda Coetzer and No. 3 Nathalie Tauziat en route to Zurich semifinal. Reached six more quarterfinals, but also struggled with nagging injuries. She withdrew from Paris & Hanover in February with a stomach muscle injury, retired at Hamburg & withdrew from Strasbourg in May with a sinus infection and retired at Linz with an infected right toe.

2001 – Semifinalist at Doha (l. to Hingis) and quarterfinalist at Vienna and Moscow. First victory over a world No. 2 in six meetings, against Venus Williams at the French Open. Won the Sydney doubles title (with Kournikova), reaching a career-high No. 8 doubles ranking afterwards (15 January) then went on to the Australian Open as mixed doubles runner-up (with Eagle).

2002 – Seventh consecutive top-50 finish, reaching five quarterfinals, including the Canadian Open (with world No. 15 Rubin and No. 7 Clijsters, marking fourth time in her career she defeated two top-20 players in one tournament). Also won the Hamburg doubles (with Hingis). Otherwise, she obtained an invite from Hong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play The Hong Kong Ladies Challenge.

2003 – Apart from reaching the Madrid semifinal (first in more than two years), Gold Coast quarterfinal and Roland Garros 3rd round, she did not win consecutive matches all season. In doubles she won Paris (indoors, with Schnyder) and reached the Hobart final (with Wartusch). At the French Open, she suffered a 6–0, 6–0 defeat to defending champion Serena Williams.[2]

2004 – As world No. 77 at Indian Wells, defeated world No. 13, Paola Suárez 6–3, 6–4 (first top-20 win in nearly 18 months) en route to the 4th round but lost to No. 20, C. Martinez. Quarterfinalist at Estoril and s'Hertogenbosch but failed to qualify at three Tour events. In doubles, she won titles at Paris [Indoors] (defended with Schnyder), Budapest (with Mandula) and Stockholm – her tenth career doubles title (with Molik). Also a finalist at Hobart (with Callens), and semi-finalist at 's-Hertogenbosch, Los Angeles, US Open (all with Schnyder) and Linz (with Wartusch). Member of the Austrian Fed Cup team that upset US team 4–1 in the quarterfinals to reach second semifinal in three years (second upset over the US in as many years. She handed Martina Navratilova her first Fed Cup loss after 30 singles/doubles victories dating back to 1975). Schett announced plans in October to retire following the 2005 Australian Open.

2005 – Played final professional event at Australian Open, picking up last victory with defeat of wildcard Welford in the first round. Fell to No. 26 seed Daniela Hantuchová, 4–6, 0–6 in the second round in her last professional singles match.

Career achievements

Barbara Schett won a total of 13

TENNIS Magazine
's Most Improved Player.

Personal life

Schett is married to former Australian tennis player Joshua Eagle.[3] On 28 April 2009, Schett gave birth to a son.[citation needed]

Career statistics

Main article: Barbara Schett career statistics

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L W%
Australian Open Q2 1R 4R 3R 4R 4R 4R 3R 3R 1R 2R 2R 0 / 11 20–11 65%
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R 3R 4R 4R 2R 3R 1R A 0 / 11 11–11 50%
Wimbledon
 1R A 2R 2R 2R 4R 1R 3R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 10 10–10 50%
US Open 1R 1R 2R 2R 3R QF 2R 4R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 11 14–11 56%
Win–loss 0–3 0–3 5–4 4–4 6–4 12–4 7–4 10–4 5–4 4–4 1–4 1–1 0 / 43 55–43 56%

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sony Ericsson WTA Tour: Barbara Schett (AUT) – Career Highlights
  2. ^ BBC SPORT | Tennis | French Open 2003 | Serena whitewashes Schett
  3. ^ Baby Boom: Tennis Players Become Parents Archived 20 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine Tennis.com, 30 December 2008

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