Petra Schwarz

Petra Schwarz (née Ritter; born 24 May 1972 ) 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.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

ResultW-LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1991 Taranto, Italy Clay Emanuela Zardo 5–7, 2–6

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF finals Singles (4-3) $75,000 tournaments $50,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10,000 tournaments ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 31 May 1987 Bad Gastein, Austria Hard (i) Hester Witvoet 2–6, 7–6, 6–1Loss 1. 17 August 1987 Lisbon, Portugal Clay Laura Lapi 4–6, 6–4, 5–7Win 2. 10 April 1988 Bari, Italy Clay Sabine Appelmans 6–3, 6–4Win 3. 7 August 1988 Wels, Austria Hard (i) Karin Oberleitner 2–6, 6–0, 6–2Win 4. 18 April 1993 Wels, Austria Hard (i) Zuzana Nemšáková 6–2, 1–6, 6–4Loss 2. 25 April 1994 Neudörfl, Austria Clay Zdeňka Málková 1–6, 2–6Loss 3. 28 October 1996 Lakeland, United States Hard Meilen Tu 7–5, 0–6, 0–6

Doubles (2–2) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. 16 November 1987 Wels, Austria Hard (i) Barbara Paulus Petra Hentschl Eva-Maria Schürhoff 4–6, 4–6Win 2. 24 October 1988 Linz, Austria Hard (i) Marion Maruska Cristina Casini Katarzyna Nowak 6–3, 6–4Win 3. 11 February 1996 Murcia, Spain Clay Silke Meier Kim de Weille Noëlle van Lottum 6–3, 6–3Loss 4. 17 March 1997 Reims, France Clay (i) Silke Meier Svetlana Krivencheva Elena Tatarkova 2–6, 2–6