Petra Schmitt

Petra Schmitt (born 24 October 1971) is a Hungarian former professional tennis player.

The native form of this personal name is Schmitt Petra. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
Petra Schmitt
Country (sports) Hungary
Born (1971-10-24) 24 October 1971
Prize money$11,041
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 419 (8 July 1991)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 287 (2 April 1990)

Biography

Tennis career

Schmitt started playing professional tournaments in 1987 and featured mostly on the ITF circuit, reaching a best ranking of 419 in the world. She was a WTA Tour doubles quarter-finalist at the 1989 Belgian Open and made the singles main draw of the 1990 Athens Trophy. In 1991 she played in three Federation Cup ties for Hungary, which included a match against Magdalena Maleeva.

Finishing up on the tour in 1991, Schmitt then went to the United States to play college tennis for the USC Trojans, where she twice earned All-American honours.[1][2]

Personal life

She is the daughter of Pál Schmitt, an Olympic fencer turned politician, who served as the President of Hungary from 2010 to 2012.[3]

ITF finals

Doubles (0-1)
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 30 November 1987 Budapest, Hungary Clay West Germany Caroline Schneider Sweden Catrin Jexell
Sweden Monica Lundqvist		 3–6, 2–6

See also

References
  1. "Umphrey Ready for Last Shot". Los Angeles Times. 6 April 1993.
  2. Longman, Jere (8 February 1999). "Utah's Bill for the I.O.C. Could Reach $3 Million". The New York Times.
  3. "Schmitt Pál lánya konzul lehet az Egyesült Államokban". 24.hu (in Hungarian). 29 September 2017.
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