Petar Popovic (born February 14, 1959, in Orlovat, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian chess Grandmaster.
FIDE awarded him the International Master title in 1977, and the Grandmaster title in 1981.
His tournament results have included =1st at Pécs 1980, =1st at Novi Sad 1981, =2nd at Novi Sad 1984, =1st at Bor 1985, =2nd at Cannes 1986, =1st at Pucarevo 1987 and =4th at Belgrade 1987.
He played on the Yugoslav Olympiad teams in 1986 and 1988.
He drew a match with former Women's World Champion Maia Chiburdanidze (+1-1=6) in 1986.
He lives in Brussels.