Barbara Schett Eagle (German pronunciation: [ˈbaʁbaʁa ˈʃɛt]; born 10 March 1976) is an Austrian former professional tennis player, who reached her highest singles ranking of world No.

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

[1] Schett reached her first semifinal on the WTA Tour at the Generali Ladies Linz, losing to Sabine Appelmans.

[1] 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.

The year's singles highlights of Schett include the quarterfinal of the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, her first title at the Palermo Ladies Open (victory over Sabine Hack), the first Tier I semifinal at the Kremlin Cup in Moscow, and the defeat over world No.

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

[1] Schett also reached the semifinals of the Madrid Open (with Patty Schnyder), the Palermo title (with Janette Husárová) and the final of the Tier I Kremlin Cup (with Silvia Farina Elia, losing to the second seeds Natalia Medvedeva and Larisa Neiland).

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

Schett then made the chain of three consecutive first-round losses, at Paris, in Hanover and Indian Wells.

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

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

She also reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, but was defeated by Conchita Martínez in straight sets, 6–3, 6–3.

After losses in early phases of the tournaments (Open Gaz de France, Hanover, Indian Wells, Miami, Hilton Head and Amelia Island), Schett reached the semifinals in Hamburg; she lost to the first seed Martina Hingis.

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

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

2003 – Apart from reaching the Madrid semifinal (first in more than two years), Gold Coast quarterfinal and Roland Garros 3rd round, she did not win consecutive matches all season.

Also a finalist at Hobart (with Callens), and semi-finalist at 's-Hertogenbosch, Los Angeles, US Open (all with Schnyder) and Linz (with Wartusch).

2005 – Played final professional event at Australian Open, picking up last victory with defeat of wildcard Welford in the first round.

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

In 1999, she qualified for the season ending WTA Tour Championships reaching the quarterfinals and was named the Most Improved Player by TENNIS Magazine.