Barbara Schett Eagle (; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional

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player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the

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, 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

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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

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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

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in the third round, and lost in the quarterfinals to Judith Wiesner. In 1994, Schett played her first Grand Slam tournament, qualifying at the Australian Open. She fell in the second round of qualifications. Sony Ericsson WTA Tour
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, losing to

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. She made her grand slam debut at the French Open, but was defeated in the first round. On 4 April 1994, Schett broke into the top 100 at No. 99. The following year, she reached the semifinal of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo and the quarterfinal of the

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, and also made her Fed Cup debut for

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versus the

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1996

Having started the season playing at the ASB Classic in

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, and the

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, Schett reached the fourth round at the Australian Open, losing to

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player Anke Huber. In the third round, she defeated Helena Suková. The year's singles highlights of Schett include the quarterfinal of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, her first title at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo (victory over

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), the first Tier I semifinal at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, and the defeat over world No. 8 Magdalena Maleeva at the Bausch & Lomb Championships. That was her first victory over the top-10 player. She also played for Austria in the Fed Cup versus Germany, losing her singles match to

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. Schett also reached the semifinals of the

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(with Patty Schnyder), the Palermo title (with

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) and the final 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.

1997

She started the season with the loss at the first round of ASB Classic in Auckland, and then lost at the

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, also in the first round. She reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to the fourth seed and eventual winner Martina Hingis. Schett then made the chain of three consecutive first-round losses, at the Open Gaz de France (Paris), in

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and at the

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( Indian Wells). She then reached the fourth round of Miami Masters (lost to

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in three sets, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6) and the third round in

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(lost to Martina Hingis with 3–6, 3–6). Schett reached the second round of Bausch & Lomb Championships (lost in the second round to Jana Novotná), the quarterfinals in

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(lost to

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), the second round of the Italian Open (lost to Monica Seles) and the second round of the 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

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(6–4, 3–6, 2–6). Schett then reached her first consecutive final at Palermo, but lost to the second seed Sandrine Testud; also won the doubles title with Silvia Farina Elia. She then lost in the first round of

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to Virginia Ruano Pascual. Schett won her second tournament at the

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tournament in her native Austria, in

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. She defeated

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in the final. She then made the chain of four consecutive second round losses, at the

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tournament (lost to Sarah Pitkowski), US Open (lost to

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), in

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(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 ASB Classic to Julie Halard-Decugis; then reached the quarterfinal of Moorilla Hobart International (lost to Patty Schnyder). She also reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, but was defeated by

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in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3. After losses in early phases of the tournaments ( Open Gaz de France, Hanover, Indian Wells,

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and Amelia Island), Schett reached the semifinal in

; 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 Italian Open and the German Open, but then reached the semifinals of

(lost to Dominique van Roost). She lost to Adriana Gerši in the first round of French Open, and then to Venus Williams in the second round of Wimbledon Championships. Schett reached the quarterfinal of

, losing to Emmanuelle Gagliardi. She then reached her fourth consecutive final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, but was defeated by Patty Schnyder. In

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, she played her second consecutive final, but lost to Mariaan de Swardt. After the first round losses at the

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and Pilot Pen Tennis New Heaven, she lost to Amanda Coetzer in the third round of US Open. Schett lost in the first round of Filderstadt to Anna Kournikova in three sets, 6–1, 4–6, 6–7⁽⁵⁾. She then lost to Nathalie Tauziat in the quarterfinal the Zurich Open and to Monica Seles in the second round of the Kremlin Cup. She then lost in the second round of both

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(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

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. 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

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(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 WTA tournaments, three in the singles category and ten in the doubles. She has also won one ITF tournament. In 1999 she qualified for the season ending

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reaching the quarterfinals and was named '' TENNIS Magazines Most Improved Player.

Personal life

Schett is married to former Australian tennis player

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WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (3 titles, 3 runners-up)

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WTA doubles wins (10)

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ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 2 (1–1)

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Singles performance timeline

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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.46 ...

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Head-to-head vs. top-10 ranked players

{, class="wikitable sortable" style=font-size:90%;text-align:center , width=200 , Player , width=80 , Record , width=80 , W% , width=90 bgcolor=CCCCFF, Hardcourt , width=90 bgcolor=EBC2AF, Clay , width=90 bgcolor=CCFFCC, Grass , width=90, Carpet , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 1 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, Amélie Mauresmo , 1–0 , 100% , 1–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, / Jelena Janković , 1–1 , 50% , 1–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario , 3–4 , 42.9% , 2–2 , 0–2 , 0–0 , 1–0 , - , align=left, Jennifer Capriati , 2–4 , 33.3% , 1–2 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 1–1 , - , align=left, Kim Clijsters , 1–2 , 33.3% , 1–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Justine Henin , 1–3 , 25% , 0–2 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 1–0 , - , align=left, Venus Williams , 1–4 , 20% , 0–2 , 1–0 , 0–1 , 0–1 , - , align=left, /

, 0–3 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–1 , - , align=left,

, 0–3 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–2 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, // Monica Seles , 0–6 , 0% , 0–2 , 0–2 , 0–0 , 0–2 , - , align=left, Lindsay Davenport , 0–7 , 0% , 0–4 , 0–0 , 0–1 , 0–2 , - , align=left, Martina Hingis , 0–11 , 0% , 0–7 , 0–4 , 0–0 , 0–0 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 2 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left,

, 2–4 , 33.3% , 2–2 , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Anastasia Myskina , 1–3 , 25% , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 1–1 , - , align=left, / Jana Novotná , 1–4 , 20% , 0–0 , 1–2 , 0–0 , 0–2 , - , align=left, Vera Zvonareva , 0–2 , 0% , 0–2 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 3 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, Nathalie Tauziat , 4–5 , 44.4% , 2–0 , 2–1 , 0–0 , 0–4 , - , align=left, Elena Dementieva , 1–2 , 33.3% , 1–2 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Amanda Coetzer , 2–5 , 28.6% , 2–4 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Mary Pierce , 0–2 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 4 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, / Helena Suková , 2–0 , 100% , 1–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 1–0 , - , align=left, Magdalena Maleeva , 1–0 , 100% , 0–0 , 1–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Francesca Schiavone , 1–0 , 100% , 0–0 , 1–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, / Anke Huber , 2–6 , 25% , 0–2 , 1–1 , 0–0 , 1–3 , - , align=left, /

, 1–4 , 20% , 0–2 , 1–1 , 0–0 , 0–1 , - , align=left, Mary Joe Fernández , 0–1 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left,

Kimiko Date-Krumm is a Japanese former professional tennis player. She reached the semifinals of the 1994 Australian Open, the 1995 French Open and the 1996 Wimbledon Championships, and won the Japan Open a record four times. She reached a career-high ranking ...

, 0–2 , 0% , 0–2 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, / Jelena Dokić , 0–2 , 0% , 0–0 , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 5 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, / Natasha Zvereva , 2–0 , 100% , 2–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Anna Chakvetadze , 0–1 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Daniela Hantuchová , 0–7 , 0% , 0–5 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–1 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 6 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left,

, 2–0 , 100% , 0–0 , 1–0 , 0–0 , 1–0 , - , align=left, Chanda Rubin , 5–4 , 55.6% , 3–3 , 2–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Flavia Pennetta , 1–1 , 50% , 0–0 , 0–1 , 1–0 , 0–0 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 7 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, Patty Schnyder , 4–5 , 44.4% , 1–1 , 1–4 , 0–0 , 2–0 , - , align=left, Julie Halard-Decugis , 1–2 , 33.3% , 1–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–1 , - , align=left, Marion Bartoli , 0–1 , 0% , 0–0 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left,

Irina Spîrlea Irina Spîrlea (born 26 March 1974) is a retired tennis player from Romania who turned professional in 1990. She won four singles and six doubles titles. Spîrlea reached her career-high ranking on the WTA Tour on 13 October 1997, when she beca ...

, 0–2 , 0% , 0–0 , 0–2 , 0–0 , 0–0 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 8 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left,

, 3–2 , 60% , 2–1 , 1–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Anna Kournikova , 1–5 , 16.7% , 1–4 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Ai Sugiyama , 0–3 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–2 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 9 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, Lori McNeil , 1–1 , 50% , 1–1 , 0–0 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Paola Suárez , 2–3 , 40% , 2–0 , 0–3 , 0–0 , 0–0 , - , align=left, Dominique Monami , 1–3 , 25% , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 1–1 , - , align=left, Sandrine Testud , 0–3 , 0% , 0–0 , 0–2 , 0–0 , 0–1 , -bgcolor=efefef , align=left, Number 10 ranked players, , colspan=6, , - , align=left, / Karina Habšudová , 3–2 , 60% , 1–1 , 1–1 , 0–0 , 1–0 , - , align=left, Barbara Paulus , 0–3 , 0% , 0–1 , 0–1 , 0–0 , 0–1 , -class=sortbottom !Total !54–138 !% !29–64 (%) !14–44 (%) !1–4 (%) !11–25 (%)

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