Barbara Schwartz
Barbara Schwartz 
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| Nation: |
 Austria
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| Birthday: | January 27, 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Size: | 181 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight: | 69 kg | ||||||||||||
| 1st professional season: | 1995 | ||||||||||||
| Resignation: | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Playing hand: | Left | ||||||||||||
| Prize money: | $ 510,141 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 198: 142 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 0 WTA, 6 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 40 (November 8 1999) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record: | 67:61 | ||||||||||||
| Career title: | 2 WTA, 6 ITF | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking: | 106 (January 10, 2000) | ||||||||||||
| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |||||||||||||
Barbara Schwartz (born January 27, 1979 in Vienna ) is a former Austrian tennis player .
Career
Barbara Schwartz began her professional career on the WTA Tour in 1995 at the age of 16 . In 1999 she reached 40th place in the WTA world rankings, her highest individual placement. In that year, she achieved her greatest success in a Grand Slam tournament, when she was able to advance to the quarter-finals in the French Open with a completely surprising eighth-final victory over Venus Williams - as the first ever qualifier.
In her career she has won two tournaments in doubles, the first in Brussels (Belgium) in 2002 and the other in Bogotá (Colombia) in 2004. She won both titles alongside the German Jasmin Wöhr . She also made it to the finals twice, in 2000 in Auckland (Australia) with Austrian Patricia Wartusch and in 2002 in Vienna with Jasmin Wöhr.
Fed Cup
Schwartz also played for the Austrian Fed Cup team for several years (1998–99, 2001–02, 2004 and 2006). In 2002 and 2004 she reached the semi-finals with the team: in 2002 they failed 3-2 to Spain and in 2004 after a 4-1 victory in the quarter-finals over the United States 5-0 to Russia. Schwartz 'Fed Cup record stands at 9: 8 wins, she was involved in the greatest successes of the ÖTV .
Barbara Schwartz ended her active career in 2006.
Tournament victories
Double
| Legend |
| Tier III Event (1) |
| Tier IV / V Event (1) |
| No. | date | competition | Topping | Partner | Final opponents | Result |
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| 1. | July 14, 2002 |
 Brussels
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sand |
 Jasmin Woehr
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 Arantxa Sánchez Vicario Tathiana Garbin
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6: 2, 0: 6, 6: 4 |
| 2. | February 29, 2004 |
 Bogotá
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sand |
Jasmin Woehr
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Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja
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6: 1, 6: 3 |
Web links
- WTA profile of Barbara Schwartz (English)
- ITF profile of Barbara Schwartz (English)
- Fed Cup statistics from Barbara Schwartz (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Report in the Wiener Zeitung
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Schwartz, Barbara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |