Betty Stöve

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Betty Stove
Nickname(s) Dutchess
Country Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands
Residence Brasschaat, Belgium
Date of birth June 24, 1945 (1945-06-24) (age 62)
Place of birth Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 69.8 kg (154 lb/10.99 st)
Turned pro
Plays Right-handed
Career prize money $ 1,047,356
Singles
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Grand Slam results
Australian Open 3R (1967, 1980)
French Open 3R (1965, 1971-1973, 1979)
Wimbledon F (1977)
US Open SF (1977)
Doubles
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Infobox last updated on: June 8, 2007.

Betty Stove (born June 24, 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

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[edit] Personal life

Stove was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

[edit] Tennis career

A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stove out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stove recovered and had her best years on the circuit after that.

Stove's most notable singles match was the 1977 Wimbledon final, which she lost to Virginia Wade 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.

Stove, 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 King and two with Wendy Turnbull. All of her mixed doubles championships were with Frew McMillan. Stove was the runner-up in seventeen Grand Slam doubles tournaments, eight in women's doubles and nine in mixed doubles.

Stove competed in and lost all three finals at Wimbledon in 1977.

Stove coached Hana Mandlikova from 1980 through 1990.

The Dutch rock band Bettie Serveert is named after her. Bettie Serveert means "Bettie serves."

[edit] Grand Slam record

  • Wimbledon
    • Singles finalist: 1977
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (w/ King)
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1973 and 1975 (w/ Durr), 1976 (w/ King), 1977 (w/ Martina Navratilova), 1979 (w/ Turnbull)
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1978 and 1981 (w/ Frew McMillan)
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1975 (w/ Allan Stone), 1977 and 1979 (w/ McMillan)
  • U.S. Open
    • Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (w/ Durr), 1977 (w/ Navratilova), 1979 (w/ Turnbull)
    • Women's Doubles finalist: 1974 (w/ Durr), 1980 (w/ Pam Shriver)
    • Mixed Doubles champion: 1977 and 1978 (w/ McMillan)
    • Mixed Doubles finalist: 1971 (w/ Rob Maud); 1976, 1979, and 1980 (w/ McMillan)

[edit] Grand Slam singles final

[edit] Runner-up (1)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1977 Wimbledon Flag of the United Kingdom Virginia Wade 4–6, 6–3, 6–1

[edit] 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
Australia 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
Wimbledon 2R 1R 3R 2R A 2R 2R 2R 4R 1R 1R QF 4R F 4R 4R 3R 2R A 0 / 17
United States 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 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 4 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.

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Awards
Preceded by
Keetie van Oosten		 Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1977		 Succeeded by
Keetie van Oosten