Barbara Schett
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| Full name | Barbara Schett Eagle |
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| Country (sports) |
 Austria
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| Born |
10 March 1976 Innsbruck, Austria |
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 1992 |
| Retired | 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$ 3,109,510 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 349–279 |
| Career titles | 3 WTA, 1 ITF |
| 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 | |
| Tour Finals | QF (1999) |
| Olympic Games | QF (2000) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 214–179 |
| Career titles | 10 WTA, 0 ITF |
| 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 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | F (2001) |
| French Open | 2R (2002, 2003) |
| Wimbledon | SF (2000) |
| US Open | QF (2000) |
Barbara Schett Eagle (born 10 March 1976) is a former Austrian tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of World No. 7 in September 1999. She ended her career at the 2005 Australian Open. Between 1993 and 2004 she played in 48 matches for the Austria Fed Cup team, winning 30. She also represented Austria at the 2000 Sydney Olympics in singles and doubles reaching the quarter-finals in the singles. She now works for Eurosport as a commentator and presenter.
Barbara Schett made her debut at the WTA Tour as a wild card entrant for the tournament in Kitzbühel. She played mostly at the ITF Circuit, and won the ITF 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 to Judith Wiesner.
In 1994, Schett played her first grand slam tournament, qualifying at the 1994 Australian Open. She fell in the second round of qualifications. Schett reached her first semifinal at the WTA Tour at the Generali Ladies Linz, losing to Sabine Appelmans. She made her grand slam debut at the 1994 French Open, but was defeated in the first round. On 4 April 1994, Schett broke into the top 100 at No. 99. The following year, she reached the semifinal of the Internazionali Femminili di Palermo and the quarterfinal of the ECM Prague Open, and also made her Fed Cup debut for Austria versus the United States.
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