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Barbara Schett
Height: 5-foot-9¼
Weight: 148 		Plays: Right-handed
Career Titles: 3 		Birthplace: Innsbruck, AUT
Birthdate: March 10, 1976


Career Highlights

2002

  • At Hamburg, in singles reached the quarterfinals and in doubles won the title with Martina Hingis.

    2001

  • Recorded one of the biggest upsets at the French Open, ousting second seed Venus Williams in the first round 6-4, 6-4 and advancing to the fourth round.

  • Advanced to the third round at the Australian Open and Wimbledon.

  • With Anna Kournikova, won the doubles title at Sydney.

    2000

  • Captured first singles title in three years at Klagenfurt and reached the doubles final.

  • Struggled with nagging injuries: withdrew from Paris and Hannover in February due to a stomach muscle injury; retired at Hamburg and withdrew from Strasbourg in May with a sinus infection; retired during a match at Linz in October with an infected right toe.

    1999

  • Reached her first Grand Slam quarterfinal at the U.S. Open. Advanced to the semifinals in doubles with partner Mary Pierce.

  • Reached the semifinals at Sydney before falling to Martina Hingis in a third-set tiebreak. A week later ousted Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario in the second round of the Australian Open -- her earliest Grand Slam exit since Wimbledon 1992.

  • Qualified for the 1999 Grand Slam Cup.

  • Won a singles match and deciding doubles match against Australia in the Fed Cup to qualify for the World Group the next year.

  • Qualified for the season-ending Chase Championships defeating Aranxta Sanchez-Vicario to reach the quarterfinals.

    1997

  • Won the second title of her career at Palermo.

    1996

  • Won her first professional singles and doubles titles at Palermo