Schnell, a right-handed player from
Radstadt, began competing on tour in 1993. She made her
Grand Slam main-draw debut at the
1995 Wimbledon Championships, where she had a win over
Katerina Maleeva. Aged 18, she broke into the world's top 100 in 1995 and had a peak ranking of 90 the following year. Her best performance on the
WTA Tour came at the
1996 Budapest Open where she ended runner-up, losing to
Ruxandra Dragomir. She represented the
Austria Fed Cup team in one tie, a 1996 World Group playoff against Germany, in which she featured in the dead rubber doubles. Partnering with
Barbara Schett, the pair beat
Sabine Hack and
Christina Singer, to give Austria its only win of the fixture. Married to tennis player
Lars Rehmann, Schnell is now based in Germany. She was previously in a relationship with Italian tennis player
Diego Nargiso. ==WTA Tour finals==