32 Facts About Barbara Schett

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Barbara Schett Eagle is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No 7 in September 1999.

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Barbara Schett represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in singles and doubles, reaching the quarterfinals of the singles event.

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Barbara Schett retired after the 2005 Australian Open and now works for Eurosport as a commentator and presenter.

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Barbara Schett made her debut at the WTA Tour as a wildcard entrant for the tournament in Kitzbuhel.

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Barbara Schett played mostly at the ITF Circuit, and won the ITF tournament in Zaragoza in 1992.

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In 1993, Schett broke into the top 200, and reached the quarterfinals at Kitzbuhel and Montpellier.

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In Kitzbuhel, Barbara Schett defeated world No 17 Katerina Maleeva in the third round, and lost in the quarterfinals to Judith Wiesner.

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In 1994, Barbara Schett played her first Grand Slam tournament, qualifying at the Australian Open.

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Barbara Schett reached her first semifinal at the WTA Tour at the Generali Ladies Linz, losing to Sabine Appelmans.

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Barbara Schett made her grand slam debut at the French Open, but was defeated in the first round.

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On 4 April 1994, Barbara Schett broke into the top 100 at No 99.

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Barbara Schett played for Austria in the Fed Cup versus Germany, losing her singles match to Steffi Graf.

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Barbara Schett reached the semifinals of the Mutua Madrilena, the Palermo title and the final of the Tier I Kremlin Cup.

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Barbara Schett started the season with the loss at the first round of ASB Classic in Auckland, and then lost at the Hobart International, in the first round.

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Barbara Schett reached the third round of the Australian Open, losing to the fourth seed and eventual winner Martina Hingis.

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Barbara Schett then made the chain of three consecutive first-round losses, at the Open Gaz de France, in Hanover and at the Pacific Life Open.

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Barbara Schett then reached the fourth round of Miami Masters and the third round in Hilton Head.

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At the second Grand Slam tournament of the season, the French Open, Barbara Schett retired from her first-round match.

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Barbara Schett then reached her first consecutive final at Palermo, but lost to the second seed Sandrine Testud; won the doubles title with Silvia Farina Elia.

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Barbara Schett won her second tournament at the WTA Austria tournament in her native Austria, in Maria Lankowitz.

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Barbara Schett then made the chain of four consecutive second round losses, at the Atlanta tournament, US Open, in Leipzig and in Filderstadt.

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Barbara Schett retired from her match of the first round, played against Ai Sugiyama.

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Barbara Schett lost in the first round of ASB Classic to Julie Halard-Decugis; then reached the quarterfinal of Moorilla Hobart International.

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Barbara Schett lost in the second round of both the Italian Open and the German Open, but then reached the semifinals of Mutua Madrilena.

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Barbara Schett lost to Adriana Gersi in the first round of French Open, and then to Venus Williams in the second round of Wimbledon Championships.

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Barbara Schett reached the quarterfinal of WTA Austria, losing to Emmanuelle Gagliardi.

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Barbara Schett then reached her fourth consecutive final at the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, but was defeated by Patty Schnyder.

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Barbara Schett then lost to Nathalie Tauziat in the quarterfinal the Zurich Open and to Monica Seles in the second round of the Kremlin Cup.

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Barbara Schett then lost in the second round of both Fortis Championships Luxembourg and Leipzig.

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Barbara Schett announced plans in October to retire following the 2005 Australian Open.

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Barbara Schett won a total of 13 WTA tournaments, three in the singles category and ten in the doubles.

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Barbara Schett is married to former Australian tennis player Joshua Eagle.