Betty Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a
DutchThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
former professional
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
player who won ten
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titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stöve out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stöve recovered and had her best years on the circuit after that.
Stöve's most notable singles match was the 1977
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
final, which she lost to
Virginia WadeSarah Virginia Wade, OBE is an English former tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in the tournament's centenary year on 1 July 1977, the last time a Briton has won a singles title at the tournament...
: 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.
Stöve, however, had her greatest success in doubles.
Betty Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a
DutchThe Netherlands is a country in Northwestern Europe, constituting the major portion of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east...
former professional
tennisTennis is a sport played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a strung racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court....
player who won ten
Grand SlamThe four Grand Slam tournaments, also called the Majors, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, and public attention. They are: Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open...
titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.
Tennis career
A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stöve out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stöve recovered and had her best years on the circuit after that.
Stöve's most notable singles match was the 1977
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
final, which she lost to
Virginia WadeSarah Virginia Wade, OBE is an English former tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in the tournament's centenary year on 1 July 1977, the last time a Briton has won a singles title at the tournament...
: 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.
Stöve, however, had her greatest success in doubles. She won ten Grand Slam doubles championships, six in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. She won two of her women's doubles championships with
Billie Jean KingBillie Jean King is a tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
and two with
Wendy TurnbullWendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 10 singles titles and 54 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...
. All of her mixed doubles championships were with
Frew McMillanFrew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...
. Stöve was the runner-up in seventeen Grand Slam doubles tournaments, eight in women's doubles and nine in mixed doubles.
Stöve competed in and lost all three finals at Wimbledon in 1977.
Stöve coached
Hana MandlikovaHana Mandlíková is a former professional tennis player from the Czech Republic. During her career, she won four Grand Slam singles titles – two at the Australian Open, one at the French Open, and one at the US Open...
from 1980 through 1990.
The Dutch rock band
Bettie Serveert__notoc__Bettie Serveert are a Dutch indie-rock band. Their name translates to "Bettie Serves," and is taken from a Dutch television program, hosted by Dutch tennis player Betty Stöve, who made it to the Wimbledon Ladies singles final in 1977....
is named after her. Bettie Serveert means "Bettie serves".
Grand Slam record
- French Open
- Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (with Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King is a tennis player from the United States. She won 12 Grand Slam singles titles, 16 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 11 Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. King has been an advocate against sexism in sports and society...
), 1979 (with Wendy TurnbullWendy Turnbull, MBE, is a retired Australian professional tennis player. During her career, she won 9 Grand Slam titles, 4 of them in women's doubles and 5 of them in mixed doubles. She also was a 3-time Grand Slam singles runner-up and won 10 singles titles and 54 doubles titles.-Career:Turnbull...
)
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1973 (with Françoise Durr
Françoise Durr is a former tennis player from France. She won 26 singles titles and 60 doubles titles...
)
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1973 (with Patrice Dominguez
Patrice Dominguez is a French tennis player born in Algeria. Married to Cendrine Dominguez. More information can be found about him on his French language wikipedia entry at http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrice_Dominguez....
), 1981 (with Fred McNairFrederick V. McNair, IV is a former professional tennis player from the United States who reached the World No. 1 doubles ranking in 1976. That year, he teamed up with Sherwood Stewart to capture the men's doubles titles at French Open, the German Open and the Masters...
)
- Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
- Singles runner-up: 1977
- Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (w/ King)
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1973 and 1975 (with Durr), 1976 (with King), 1977 (with Martina Navratilova
Martina Navrátilová is a Czech-American tennis player. A former World No. 1...
), 1979 (with Turnbull)
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1978 and 1981 (with Frew McMillan
Frew Donald McMillan is a former professional male tennis player from South Africa.He won five major doubles championships including three Wimbledons with Bob Hewitt. The most notable aspect of his game was that he had both a two-handed backhand and forehand, which simultaneously increased his...
)
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1975 (with Allan Stone
Allan Stone played amateur and professional tennis in the 1960s and 1970s. He was ranked as high as World No. 38 in singles on the ATP Rankings , although Stone played for many years before the ATP Rankings were instituted.Stone found the majority of his success on the doubles court...
), 1977 and 1979 (with McMillan)
- US Open
- Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (with Durr), 1977 (with Navratilova), 1979 (with Turnbull)
- Women's Doubles runner-up: 1974 (with Durr), 1980 (with Pam Shriver
Pamela Howard Shriver Lazenby , is a former professional tennis player and current sports broadcaster from the United States. During the 1980s and 1990s, she won 133 top-level titles, including 21 women's doubles titles and 1 mixed doubles title at Grand Slam tournaments...
)
- Mixed Doubles champion: 1977 and 1978 (with McMillan)
- Mixed Doubles runner-up: 1971 (with Rob Maud); 1976, 1979, and 1980 (with McMillan)
Runner-up (1)
| Year |
Championship |
Opponent in Final |
Score in Final |
| 1977 |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
|
GBR Virginia Wade Sarah Virginia Wade, OBE is an English former tennis player. She won three Grand Slam singles titles and four Grand Slam doubles titles. She won the women's singles title at Wimbledon in the tournament's centenary year on 1 July 1977, the last time a Briton has won a singles title at the tournament...
|
4–6, 6–3, 6–1 |
Grand Slam singles tournament timeline
| Tournament | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | Career SR |
|---|
AustraliaThe Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was contested on grass from then up to 1987. Since 1988, the tournament has been held on hard...
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A |
A |
A |
3R |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A / A |
A |
A |
3R |
2R |
2R |
0 / 4 |
| France |
A |
3R |
A |
2R |
A |
A |
1R |
3R |
3R |
3R |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
3R |
2R |
1R |
2R |
0 / 10 |
WimbledonThe Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is generally considered the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in the London suburb of Wimbledon since 1877...
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2R |
1R |
3R |
2R |
A |
2R |
2R |
2R |
4R |
1R |
1R |
QF |
4R |
F |
4R |
4R |
3R |
2R |
A |
0 / 17 |
United StatesThe US Open, formally the United States Open tennis championships, is a tennis tournament which is the modern incarnation of one of the oldest tennis championships in the world, with the U.S. National Championship, which for mens' singles was first contested in 1881...
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1R |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
A |
1R |
3R |
2R |
2R |
2R |
1R |
SF |
4R |
2R |
1R |
1R |
1R |
0 / 13 |
| SR |
0 / 2 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 0 |
0 / 1 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 2 |
0 / 2 |
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0 / 4 |
0 / 3 |
0 / 44 |
A = did not participate in the tournament.
SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.
Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.
See also
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