Petra Schwarz (née Ritter; born 24 May 1972) is a former female professional tennis player from Austria, active from 1987 to 1997. She reached the quarterfinals of the French Open in 1994, beating Lisa Raymond, Nathalie Tauziat, Miriam Oremans and Ruxandra Dragomir, before losing to

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. It was the only time she passed the second round of a Grand Slam event. Schwarz reached one WTA Tour final at the

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event in Italy. She also reached three doubles finals, winning one of them (

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, partnering

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). Her career high ranking was #52 in singles and #60 in doubles.

WTA career finals

Singles: 1 (0–1)

Doubles (1 titles, 2 runner-ups)

ITF finals

Singles (4-3)

Doubles (2–2)

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schwarz, Petra 1972 births Living people Austrian female tennis players Olympic tennis players of Austria Tennis players from Vienna Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics