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Petra Schwarz

AUT Age 54 168 cm / 5'6" Plays: Right-Handed WTA Tour years active: 1987–1997

Petra Schwarz represented Austria on the WTA Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 52. In TennisDB's records, Petra Schwarz finished with a career record of 48–78 and no singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

52 (Jan 9, 1995)

Elo peak

1667 (52nd percentile)

Singles record

48–78 (38.1%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$397,476

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Petra Schwarz's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Amelie Cocheteux #141	5-7 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 31, 1997*	R32	Maria Lankowitz	WTA 250	Clay
Naoko Kijimuta #58	3-6 6-3 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 17, 1996*	R32	Cardiff	WTA 250	Clay
Julie Halard-Decugis #17	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	May 9, 1996*	R32	Budapest	WTA 250	Clay
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	7-6 2-6 6-7	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 10, 1996*	R64	Amelia Island	WTA 500	Clay
Petra Begerow #32	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 4, 1996*	R32	Hilton Head	WTA 1000	Clay

Rivals all rivalries →

Petra Schwarz's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Sandra Cecchini	0	6	6	Apr 5, 1995	H2H
Caroline Kuhlman	2	2	4	Apr 6, 1994	H2H
Laura Garrone	2	2	4	Jul 9, 1993	H2H
Amanda Coetzer	1	2	3	Jun 28, 1995	H2H
Lisa Raymond	1	2	3	May 25, 1994	H2H

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Petra Schwarz Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Eugenia Maniokova #69 def. Petra Schwarz #127 6-1 7-6(4)	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Petra Schwarz career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	15	1	1	2	50.0%	360	253
1988	16	1	1	2	50.0%	252	183
1989	17	4	8	12	33.3%	183	153
1990	18	4	6	10	40.0%	153	144
1991	19	9	9	18	50.0%	145	78
1992	20	4	12	16	25.0%	83	164
1993	21	5	7	12	41.7%	159	110
1994	22	12	14	26	46.2%	110	60
1995	23	7	13	20	35.0%	59	119
1996	24	1	6	7	14.3%	114	176
1997	25	0	1	1	0.0%	178	291
Career		48	78	126	38.1%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Petra Schwarz career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	15	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1988	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%
1989	17	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	8	12	33.3%
1990	18	0	1	1	0.0%	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	4	6	10	40.0%
1991	19	2	4	6	33.3%	5	3	8	62.5%	—	—	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	9	9	18	50.0%
1992	20	1	3	4	25.0%	3	6	9	33.3%	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	4	12	16	25.0%
1993	21	2	2	4	50.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	5	7	12	41.7%
1994	22	1	4	5	20.0%	10	7	17	58.8%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	12	14	26	46.2%
1995	23	0	5	5	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	7	13	20	35.0%
1996	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	6	7	14.3%
1997	25	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	6	20	26	23.1%	35	45	80	43.8%	0	2	2	0.0%	7	11	18	38.9%	48	78	126	38.1%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Petra Schwarz career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	15	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1988	16	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
1989	17	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	8	9	11.1%
1990	18	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	1	4	75.0%	4	4	8	50.0%
1991	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	7	9	16	43.8%
1992	20	0	0	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	3	8	11	27.3%	4	12	16	25.0%
1993	21	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	3	2	5	60.0%	2	0	2	100.0%	5	6	11	45.5%
1994	22	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	6	7	13	46.2%	2	1	3	66.7%	9	14	23	39.1%
1995	23	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	6	11	45.5%	0	2	2	0.0%	5	11	16	31.2%
1996	24	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	0	0	—	—	1	5	6	16.7%
1997	25	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	9	9	0.0%	1	20	21	4.8%	22	27	49	44.9%	14	16	30	46.7%	37	72	109	33.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 109/126 (86.5%) of Petra Schwarz's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Petra Schwarz advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1987	15	1502	100.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.26
1988	16	1520	108.6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	50.0%	+0.25	—	—	—	+0.02
1989	17	1518	123.8	—	—	—	—	—	+35	—	41.4%	-0.38	1–4 (20%)	1–1	—	-0.03
1990	18	1528	107.0	—	—	—	—	—	+32	—	39.1%	-0.65	2–1 (67%)	0–2	—	+0.30
1991	19	1608	122.3	—	—	—	—	-51	+33	—	48.9%	-0.28	6–5 (55%)	4–2 (67%)	105.5	-0.17
1992	20	1484	96.6	—	—	—	—	+2	+78	—	29.7%	-1.32	2–3 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	96.8	+2.51
1993	21	1555	128.8	—	—	—	—	-36	+43	—	42.9%	-0.46	2–2 (50%)	1–1	—	-0.62
1994	22	1645	126.8	—	—	—	—	-127	+66	—	44.1%	-0.41	5–2 (71%)	2–3 (40%)	103.7	+0.07
1995	23	1580	108.2	—	—	—	—	-100	+105	—	36.2%	-1.13	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	—	-0.14
1996	24	1539	112.9	—	—	—	—	-42	+73	—	23.5%	-1.88	1–2 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	—	-0.40
1997	25	1520	98.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.00	—	—	—	+0.19
Career		1667	123.1	—	—	—	—	-64	+59	—	39.3%	-0.75	23–22 (51%)	14–17 (45%)	102.2	+1.58

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Petra Schwarz Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1989	17	—	R128	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1990	18	R128	R128	—	—	0–2 (0%)
1991	19	R128	—	—	R64	1–2 (33%)
1992	20	R64	—	—	R128	1–2 (33%)
1993	21	—	R64	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	22	R128	QF	R128	R128	4–4 (50%)
1995	23	R128	R64	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
1996	24	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–6 (14%)	6–5 (55%)	0–2 (0%)	1–4 (20%)	8–17 (32%)

WTA 1000

Petra Schwarz WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	CAN	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1991	19	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1992	20	—	—	—	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
1993	21	—	R32	—	R64	—	1–2 (33%)
1994	22	—	R32	R32	R64	—	2–3 (40%)
1995	23	R64	—	—	R16	R128	2–3 (40%)
1996	24	—	—	—	R32	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–3 (40%)	1–1 (50%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	7–11 (39%)

WTA 500

Petra Schwarz WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	IW	SDG	AME	BER	BRI	ESS	W-L Win %
1989	17	—	—	—	R32	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1992	20	—	—	R64	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
1993	21	R64	R16	—	—	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
1994	22	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	2–2 (50%)
1995	23	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1996	24	—	—	R64	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	1–4 (20%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	5–10 (33%)

WTA 250

Petra Schwarz WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	BAD	BAR	BRI	BUE	EST	HAM	KIT	SPB	ARC	ATH	BAY	BUD	CAR	HOB	LIN	LUC	MAR	PAL	PAT	PRA	SAN	SCO	STY	TAR	ZUR	W-L Win %
1987	15	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1988	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	1–1 (50%)
1989	17	R32	R32	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3–6 (33%)
1990	18	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	4–4 (50%)
1991	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R16	—	F	—	8–6 (57%)
1992	20	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	1–6 (14%)
1993	21	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
1994	22	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1995	23	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	QF	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	R16	—	—	4–5 (44%)
1996	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–3 (25%)
1997	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–5 (44%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–5 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	7–3 (70%)	1–1 (50%)	28–39 (42%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jan 9, 1995

First Top 100

Sep 9, 1991

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Petra Schwarz ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1987	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	360	347	253
1988	16	252	261	262	236	244	250	250	250	257	168	174	183
1989	17	181	190	185	204	127	127	129	129	132	156	151	153
1990	18	156	158	160	158	138	137	133	135	135	150	145	144
1991	19	148	137	133	140	113	116	113	116	90	88	76	78
1992	20	77	83	80	77	116	117	127	130	140	139	160	164
1993	21	159	190	185	214	178	145	144	134	109	117	109	110
1994	22	125	125	114	105	103	67	65	61	65	61	60	60
1995	23	61	58	61	59	62	82	90	97	98	113	120	119
1996	24	106	127	107	118	132	145	174	173	173	171	137	176
1997	25	182	180	207	248	236	236	236	236	236	206	296	291
1998	26	289	287	294	381	406	421	457	509	494	818	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Other WTA players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Petra Schwarz's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Nana Smith	JPN	51	1,649	0	179	65	114	36.3%	1988–2000	Match log
Donna Faber	USA	55	1,718	0	165	68	97	41.2%	1987–1993	Match log
Nanne Dahlman	FIN	59	1,604	0	98	35	63	35.7%	1988–1996	Match log
Jana Pospisilova	CZE	49	1,709	0	73	31	42	42.5%	1988–1994	Match log
Caroline Kuhlman	USA	52	1,660	0	114	49	65	43.0%	1983–1995	Match log
Elena Brioukhovets	UKR	46	1,687	0	108	44	64	40.7%	1989–1997	Match log
Katerina Kroupova	CZE	58	1,614	0	50	19	31	38.0%	1992–1996	Match log
Sandra Wasserman	BEL	48	1,701	0	170	77	93	45.3%	1987–1994	Match log
Katarzyna Nowak	POL	47	1,659	0	77	26	51	33.8%	1989–1996	Match log
Monique Javer	GBR	56	1,684	1	169	63	106	37.3%	1986–1996	Match log
Shaun Stafford	USA	48	1,772	1	222	90	132	40.5%	1987–1996	Match log
Petra Langrova	TCH	53	1,700	1	198	81	117	40.9%	1988–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Petra Schwarz?: Petra Schwarz is 54 years old, born on May 24, 1972.
Which country does Petra Schwarz represent?: Petra Schwarz represents Austria in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Petra Schwarz?: Petra Schwarz is 168 cm / 5'6".
Is Petra Schwarz left-handed or right-handed?: Petra Schwarz plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Petra Schwarz won?: Petra Schwarz has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Petra Schwarz won?: TennisDB does not group any of Petra Schwarz's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
What is Petra Schwarz's highest WTA ranking?: Petra Schwarz's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 52, first achieved on January 9, 1995.
What is Petra Schwarz's career win-loss record?: Petra Schwarz has a career WTA singles record of 48 wins and 78 losses (38.1%).
How much career prize money has Petra Schwarz earned?: Petra Schwarz has earned at least $397,476 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Petra Schwarz's career appear in TennisDB?: Petra Schwarz appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1997.
On which surface does Petra Schwarz have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Petra Schwarz's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 43.8% (35–45).
Who has Petra Schwarz faced most often?: Petra Schwarz's most frequent opponent is Sandra Cecchini, with a head-to-head record of 0–6 across 6 meetings.