Betty Stöve

Betty Stöve

Country	Netherlands
Residence	Brasschaat, Belgium
Born	24 June 1945 (1945-06-24) Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	69.8 kg (154 lb; 10.99 st)
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$ 1,047,356
Singles
Career record	190–151
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 5 (3 July 1977)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3R (1967, 1980)
French Open	3R (1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
Wimbledon	F (1977)
US Open	SF (1977)
Doubles
Career titles	75
Highest ranking	No. 1
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1967)
French Open	W (1972, 1979)
Wimbledon	W (1972)
US Open	W (1972, 1977, 1979)
Other Doubles tournaments
WTA Championships	W (1979)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	F (1973, 1981)
Wimbledon	W (1978, 1981)
US Open	W (1977, 1978)
Last updated on: 18 September 2009.

Betty Stöve (born 24 June 1945 in Rotterdam) is a former Dutch professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Career

Stove began playing tennis internationally in the mid 1960s. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 1964 Wimbledon. 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 Wimbledon final, which she lost to Virginia Wade: 4–6, 6–3, 6–1. Queen Elizabeth II attended the final against Wade. This would be the last time she would attend Wimbledon until a second round match between Andy Murray and Jarkko Nieminen on June 24, 2010.

Stöve was also a semifinalist at the 1977 US Open, losing to Chris Evert. She also found success in the 1977 US Open by winning the women's doubles with Martina Navrátilová and the mixed doubles with Frew McMillan.

Stöve 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 women's doubles championships with Billie Jean King and two with Wendy Turnbull. Her other two titles were won with Françoise Durr and Martina Navrátilová. All of her mixed doubles championships were with Frew McMillan. Stöve was the runner-up in seventeen Grand Slam doubles tournaments, eight in women's doubles and nine in mixed doubles.

During her career, Stöve won one singles title and 75 doubles titles. She reached a career high singles rank of World No. 5 in 1977. She was also ranked World No. 1 in doubles.

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

She competed for the Netherlands Fed Cup team in 1966, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, and 1983.

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

Post-retirement activity

Stöve coached Hana Mandlíková from 1980 through 1990. She also coached Kristie Boogert.

Stöve is a former member of the ITF Committee of Management, its first female member.

She received the WTA Tour Honorary Membership Award in November 1987. She served three terms as President of WTA Tour Players Association.

In 1990, Stöve wrote Total Tennis, a tennis instruction book. She is also an accomplished photographer.

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0 titles, 1 runner-up)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Wade	4–6, 6–3, 6–1

Women's doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1972	French Open	Clay	Billie Jean King	Winnie Shaw Nell Truman	6–1, 6–2
Winner	1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	Françoise Durr Judy Tegart Dalton	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Winner	1972	US Open	Grass	Françoise Durr	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Runner-up	1973	French Open	Clay	Françoise Durr	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6–2, 6–3
Runner-up	1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Françoise Durr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–1, 4–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1974	US Open	Grass	Françoise Durr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Runner-up	1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Françoise Durr	Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	7–5, 1–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Martina Navrátilová	6–1, 3–6, 7–5
Runner-up	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Navrátilová	Helen Gourlay JoAnne Russell	6–3, 6–3
Winner	1977	US Open (2)	Clay	Martina Navrátilová	Renée Richards Betty-Ann Stuart	6–1, 7–6
Winner	1979	French Open (2)	Clay	Wendy Turnbull	Françoise Durr Virginia Wade	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	5–7, 6–3, 6–2
Winner	1979	US Open (3)	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1980	US Open	Hard	Pam Shriver	Billie Jean King Martina Navrátilová	7–6, 7–5

Mixed doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1971	US Open	Grass	Rob Maud	Billie Jean King Owen Davidson	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1973	French Open	Clay	Patrice Dominguez	Françoise Durr Jean-Claude Barclay	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Allan Stone	Margaret Court Marty Riessen	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1976	US Open	Clay	Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Phil Dent	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Frew McMillan	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	1977	US Open	Clay	Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Vitas Gerulaitis	6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Winner	1978	Wimbledon	Grass	Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels	6–2, 6–2
Winner	1978	US Open (2)	Hard	Frew McMillan	Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels	6–3, 7–6
Runner-up	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Frew McMillan	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	7–5, 7–6
Runner-up	1979	US Open	Hard	Frew McMillan	Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	1980	US Open	Hard	Frew McMillan	Wendy Turnbull Marty Riessen	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	1981	French Open	Clay	Fred McNair	Andrea Jaeger Jimmy Arias	7–6, 6–4
Winner	1981	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Frew McMillan	Tracy Austin John Austin	4–6, 7–6, 6–3

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Outcome	Year	Location	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1973	New York City	Carpet (i)	Françoise Durr	Rosie Casals Margaret Court	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	1974	Los Angeles	Carpet (i)	Françoise Durr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–1, 6–7, 7–5
Winner	1979	New York City	Carpet (i)	Françoise Durr	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6, 7–6

Titles (75)

Singles (1)

No.	Date	Location	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	27 September 1976	Tokyo, Japan (Sillook Open)	Hard (I)	Margaret Court	1–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (75)

Grand slam events in boldface.

• 1971: Monte Carlo (with Katja Ebbinghaus)
• 1971: Buenos Aires (with Olga Morozova)
• 1971: Dublin (with Lesley Turner Bowrey)
• 1971: Hilversum (with Christina Sandberg)
• 1972: French Open (with Billie Jean King)
• 1972: Wimbledon (with Billie Jean King)
• 1972: Newport (with Judy Tegart Dalton)
• 1972: US Open (with Françoise Durr)
• 1973: Miami (with Françoise Durr)
• 1973: Hilton Head Island (with Françoise Durr)
• 1973: Nashville (with Françoise Durr)
• 1973: Allaire (with Françoise Durr)
• 1973: Newport (with Françoise Durr)
• 1973: Colombus (with Françoise Durr)
• 1974: Washington, D.C. (with Billie Jean King)
• 1974: Fort Lauderdale (with Françoise Durr)
• 1974: St. Petersburg (with Olga Morozova)
• 1974: Orlando (with Françoise Durr)
• 1974: Denver (with Françoise Durr)
• 1974: Phoenix (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Washington, D.C. (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Akron (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Houston (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Dallas (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Philadelphia (with Evonne Goolagong)
• 1975: Denver (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Phoenix (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Stockholm (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: Paris (with Françoise Durr)
• 1975: London (with Françoise Durr)
• 1976: Sarasota (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1976: San Francisco (with Billie Jean King)
• 1976: Philadelphia (with Billie Jean King)
• 1976: Phoenix (with Billie Jean King)
• 1976: London (with Virginia Wade)
• 1976: Sydney (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1976: Melbourne (with Margaret Court)
• 1977: Washington, D.C. (with Martina Navrátilová)

• 1977: Hollywood (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Houston (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Detroit (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Dallas (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: New York City, Virginia Slims Champ's (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Tokyo, Bridgestone Doubles (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Charlotte (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: US Open (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Atlanta (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1977: Melbourne (with Evonne Goolagong)
• 1978: Los Angeles (with Virginia Wade)
• 1978: Chicago (with Evonne Goolagong)
• 1978: Eastbourne (with Chris Evert)
• 1978: Phoenix (with Tracy Austin)
• 1978: Brighton (with Virginia Wade)
• 1978: Filderstadt (with Tracy Austin)
• 1978: Tokyo, Gunze World (with Martina Navrátilová)
• 1979: Hollywood (with Tracy Austin)
• 1979: Seattle (with Françoise Durr)
• 1979: Detroit (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Philadelphia (with Françoise Durr)
• 1979: New York City, Avon Champ's (with Françoise Durr)
• 1979: Tokyo, Bridgestone Doubles (with Françoise Durr)
• 1979: Rome (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: French Open (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Eastbourne (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Richmond (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Mahwah (with Tracy Austin)
• 1979: US Open (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Atlanta (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Phoenix (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1979: Stockholm (with Wendy Turnbull)
• 1980: Chichester (with Pam Shriver)
• 1980: Filderstadt (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1980: Amsterdam (with Hana Mandlíková)
• 1980: Sydney (with Pam Shriver)
• 1980: Adelaide (with Pam Shriver)

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.

See also

• Performance timelines for all female tennis players who reached at least one Grand Slam final

External links

• Betty Stöve at the Women's Tennis Association
• Betty Stöve at the International Tennis Federation
• Betty Stöve at the Fed Cup

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