 Schett in 2014 | |
| Full name | Barbara Schett Eagle |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Austria |
| Born | (1976-03-10)10 March 1976 (age 49) Innsbruck, Austria |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1992 |
| Retired | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $3,109,510 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 349–279 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 7 (13 September 1999) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (1996,1998,1999,2000) |
| French Open | 4R (2000,2001) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (1999) |
| US Open | QF (1999) |
| Other tournaments | |
| Grand Slam Cup | QF (1999) |
| Tour Finals | QF (1999) |
| Olympic Games | QF (2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 214–179 |
| Career titles | 10 |
| Highest ranking | No. 8 (15 January 2001) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2000) |
| French Open | QF (1998,2000,2001,2003) |
| Wimbledon | 4R (2000,2002,2004) |
| US Open | SF (1999,2004) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Olympic Games | 1R (2000) |
| Mixed doubles | |
| Career record | 21–16 |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2001) |
| French Open | 2R (2002,2003) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2000) |
| US Open | QF (2000) |
Barbara Schett Eagle (German pronunciation:[ˈbaʁbaʁaˈʃɛt]; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professionaltennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No. 7 in September 1999. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for theAustria Fed Cup team, winning 30. She also represented Austria at the2000 Sydney Olympics in singles and doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event. She retired after the2005 Australian Open and now works forEurosport as a commentator and presenter.
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Schett made her debut at theWTA Tour as awildcard entrant for the tournament in Kitzbühel. She played mostly on the ITF Circuit, and won theITF 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 toJudith Wiesner.
In 1994, Schett played her firstGrand Slam tournament, qualifying at theAustralian Open. She fell in the second round of qualifying.[1] Schett reached her first semifinal on the WTA Tour at theGenerali Ladies Linz, losing toSabine Appelmans. She made her major debut at theFrench Open, but was defeated in the first round. On 4 April 1994, Schett broke into the top 100 at No. 99.[1] The following year, she reached the semifinal of theInternazionali Femminili di Palermo and the quarterfinal of theECM Prague Open, and also made herFed Cup debut forAustria versus theUnited States.
Having started the season playing at theAuckland Open, and theSydney International, Schett reached the fourth round at theAustralian Open, losing to German playerAnke Huber. In the third round, she defeatedHelena Suková.
The year's singles highlights of Schett include the quarterfinal of theBausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, her first title at thePalermo Ladies Open (victory overSabine Hack), the firstTier I semifinal at theKremlin Cup in Moscow, and the defeat over world No. 8,Magdalena Maleeva, at the Bausch & Lomb Championships. That was her first victory over a top-10 player. She also played for Austria in the Fed Cup versus Germany, losing her singles match toSteffi Graf.[1] Schett also reached the semifinals of theMadrid Open (withPatty Schnyder), the Palermo title (withJanette Husárová) and the final of theTier I Kremlin Cup (withSilvia Farina Elia, losing to the second seedsNatalia Medvedeva andLarisa Neiland). This was the first year that Schett finished as a top 50 player, at No. 38.[1]
She started the season with a loss in the first round atAuckland, and then lost at theHobart International, also in the first round. She reached the third round of theAustralian Open, losing to the fourth seed and eventual winner,Martina Hingis. Schett then made the chain of three consecutive first-round losses, atParis, inHanover andIndian Wells.
She then reached the fourth round ofMiami Masters (lost toIva Majoli in three sets, 2–6, 6–4, 2–6) and the third round in Hilton Head (lost to Martina Hingis with 3–6, 3–6). Schett reached the second round of Bausch & Lomb Championships (lost in the second round toJana Novotná), the quarterfinals in Hamburg (lost toRuxandra Dragomir), the second round of theItalian Open (lost toMonica Seles) and the second round of theGerman Open (lost toArantxa Sánchez Vicario). Playing withSilvia 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, theFrench Open, Schett retired from her first-round match. Her next tournament was atWimbledon where she lost in the second round toMagdalena Grzybowska (6–4, 3–6, 2–6).
Schett then reached her first consecutive final at Palermo, but lost to the second seedSandrine Testud; also won the doubles title with Silvia Farina Elia. She then lost in the first round ofJ&S Cup in Warsaw toVirginia Ruano Pascual. Schett won her second tournament at theWTA Austria tournament in her native Austria, in Maria Lankowitz. She defeatedHenrieta Nagyová in the final. She then made the chain of four consecutive second round losses, at the Atlanta tournament (lost toSarah Pitkowski),US Open (lost toKimberly Po), in Leipzig (lost to Iva Majoli) and in Filderstadt (lost toAnna Kournikova).
Schett finished the1997 season at theZurich Open. She retired from her match of the first round, played againstAi Sugiyama.
Schett lost in the first round of the Auckland Open toJulie Halard-Decugis; then reached the quarterfinals of the Hobart International (lost to Patty Schnyder). She also reached the fourth round of theAustralian Open, but was defeated byConchita Martínez in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3. After losses in early phases of the tournaments (Open Gaz de France, Hanover,Indian Wells, Miami, Hilton Head and Amelia Island), Schett reached the semifinals 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 theItalian Open and theGerman Open, but then reached the semifinals ofMutua Madrileña (lost toDominique van Roost). She lost toAdriana Gerši in the first round ofFrench Open, and then toVenus Williams in the second round ofWimbledon Championships. Schett reached the quarterfinal of WTA Austria, losing toEmmanuelle Gagliardi. She then reached her fourth consecutive final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, but was defeated by Patty Schnyder. In Boston, she played her second consecutive final, but lost toMariaan de Swardt. After the first round losses at theDu Maurier Open andNew Heaven Open, she lost toAmanda Coetzer in the third round ofUS Open.
Schett lost in the first round of Filderstadt toAnna Kournikova in three sets, 6–1, 4–6, 6–7(5). She then lost toNathalie 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 bothFortis Championships Luxembourg (lost toAi Sugiyama) and Leipzig (lost to Anke Huber).
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 the US Open (13 September) and reached the semifinals at Auckland and Hamburg. Also qualified for the WTA Championships andGrand 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 sinusitis 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 fromHong Kong Tennis Patrons' Association to play theHong 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 theFrench Open, she suffered a 6–0, 6–0 defeat to defending championSerena Williams.[2]
2004 – As world No. 77 at Indian Wells, defeated world No. 13Paola 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 handedMartina Navratilova her first Fed Cup loss after 30 singles/doubles victories dating back to 1975). Schett announced in October plans 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 seedDaniela Hantuchová, 4–6, 0–6 in the second round in her last professional singles match.
Barbara Schett won a total of 13WTA Tour tournaments, three in the singles category and ten in doubles. She has also won oneITF tournament. In 1999, she qualified for the season endingWTA Tour Championships reaching the quarterfinals and was named the Most Improved Player byTENNIS Magazine.
Schett is married to formerAustralian tennis playerJoshua Eagle.[3] On 28 April 2009, Schett gave birth to a son.[citation needed]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | SR | W–L | Win% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| Overall 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% |
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