Betty Stöve

Betty Stöve
	Stöve in 1966
Full name	Betty Flippina Stöve
ITF name	Betty Stove
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Brasschaat, Belgium
Born	24 June 1945 (age 79); Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$1,047,356
Singles
Career record	190–151
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 5 (3 July 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1967, 1980)
French Open	3R (1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
Wimbledon	F (1977)
US Open	SF (1977)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
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
Tour Finals	W (1976, 1977, 1979)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	F (1973, 1981)
Wimbledon	W (1978, 1981)
US Open	W (1977, 1978)

Betty Flippina Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best remembered for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.^[1]

Career

Stöve 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 to have her best years on the circuit.^[1]

Stöve was an accomplished singles player reaching several finals on tour and attaining a singles ranking of number 5. Stöve's best grand slam singles performance was at the 1977 Wimbledon where she reached the final beating fellow doubles partner Martina Navratilova en route in the quarterfinals, and Sue Barker in the semi-finals preventing an all-England final. She lost the final to Virginia Wade: 4–6, 6–3, 6–1. Queen Elizabeth II attended the final. In addition she also reached the final of the women's doubles (with Navratilova) and the final of the mixed doubles with Frew McMillan, unfortunately losing them all. She is notably the last player in any Grand Slam event to earn such a record.^{[citation needed]} Later that year Stöve was also a semifinalist at the 1977 US Open, losing to Chris Evert. This time she won the women's doubles with Navratilova and the mixed doubles with McMillan. In 1978 Stove reached the semi-finals or better at 9 of the singles events she contested reaching 5 finals but failing to win any of them. Notable players she beat in singles include Martina Navratilova, Evonne Goolagong, Sue Barker, Maria Bueno, Virginia Ruzici, Tracy Austin, Kerry Reid, Billie Jean King, and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch. One notable player she was never able to beat was Chris Evert, to whom she lost on every one of the 10 occasions they played.

Stöve had her greatest success in doubles. She won 10 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 Dürr and Martina Navratilova. All of her mixed doubles championships were with Frew McMillan. Stöve was the runner-up in 17 Grand Slam doubles tournaments, eight in women's doubles and nine in mixed doubles. She won a total of 75 doubles titles on tour and ranked World No. 1 in doubles.

She competed for the Netherlands Fed Cup team in 1966, 1969, 1970–1972, and 1976–1983.

Post-retirement activity

Stöve coached Hana Mandlíková from 1980 through 1990. She also coached Kristie Boogert.^[1]

Stöve is a former member of the ITF Committee of Management, its first female member.^[1]

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

In 1989, Stöve and Mandlíková wrote Total Tennis, a tennis instruction book.^[2] Stöve speaks six languages, and she is an accomplished photographer.^[1]

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Wade	6–4, 3–6, 2-6

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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

Mixed doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runners-up)

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

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1973	New York City	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Margaret Court	2–6, 4–6
Loss	1974	Los Angeles	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win	1979	New York City	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6, 7–6

Career finals

Singles (11)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1966	Bristol Open^[3]	Grass	Norma Baylon	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–0	Jul 1972	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Marijke Schaar	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–0	Jul 1973	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Helga Masthoff	7–5, 6–2
Win	4–0	Sep 1976	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Margaret Court	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–1	July 1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Wade	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–2	Oct 1977	Brasil Tennis Cup	Hard	Billie Jean King	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Jan 1978	Virginia Slims of Washington	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–4	Feb 1978	WTA Seattle	Carpet	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	4–5	Sept 1978	Pan Pacific Open	Carpet	Virginia Wade	4–6, 6–7
Loss	4–6	Oct 1978	Brighton International	Carpet	Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–7	Oct 1978	Women's Stuttgart Open	Hard	Tracy Austin	3–6, 3–6

(*) Note that Tokyo was a non-tour event in 1976, and some events listed above are before the inception of the WTA in June 1973.^[4]

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 Dürr)
1973: Miami (with Françoise Dürr)
1973: Hilton Head Island (with Françoise Dürr)
1973: Nashville (with Françoise Dürr)
1973: Allaire (with Françoise Dürr)
1973: Newport (with Françoise Dürr)
1973: Columbus (with Françoise Dürr)
1974: Washington, D.C. (with Billie Jean King)
1974: Fort Lauderdale (with Françoise Dürr)
1974: St. Petersburg (with Olga Morozova)
1974: Orlando (with Françoise Dürr)
1974: Denver (with Françoise Dürr)
1974: Phoenix (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Washington, D.C. (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Akron (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Houston (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Dallas (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Philadelphia (with Evonne Goolagong)
1975: Denver (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Phoenix (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Stockholm (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: Paris (with Françoise Dürr)
1975: London (with Françoise Dürr)
1976: Sarasota (with Martina Navratilova)
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 Navratilova)
1976: Melbourne (with Margaret Court)
1977: Washington, D.C. (with Martina Navratilova)

1977: Hollywood (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: Houston (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: Detroit (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: Dallas (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: New York City, Virginia Slims Champ's (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: Tokyo, Bridgestone Doubles (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: Charlotte (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: US Open (with Martina Navratilova)
1977: Atlanta (with Martina Navratilova)
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 Navratilova)
1979: Hollywood (with Tracy Austin)
1979: Seattle (with Françoise Dürr)
1979: Detroit (with Wendy Turnbull)
1979: Philadelphia (with Françoise Dürr)
1979: New York City, Avon Champ's (with Françoise Dürr)
1979: Tokyo, Bridgestone Doubles (with Françoise Dürr)
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

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

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	1R	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
Career statistics
Year End Ranking												22	7	7		8	22	28	123	47

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Betty Stove Biography. wtatennis.com
^ Hana Mandlíková; Betty Stove (January 1989). Total Tennis: A Guide to the Fundamentals of the Game. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7318-0066-7.
^ "Betty Stove Bio | Bio & Career – WTA Official".
^ "Betty Stove Women's Singles Activity". itftennis.com. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

External links

Betty Stove at the Women's Tennis Association
Betty Stove at the International Tennis Federation
Betty Stove at the Billie Jean King Cup
Betty Stove at Wimbledon

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

[r1-1] Betty Stove Biography. wtatennis.com

[2] Hana Mandlíková; Betty Stove (January 1989). Total Tennis: A Guide to the Fundamentals of the Game. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7318-0066-7.

[3] "Betty Stove Bio | Bio & Career – WTA Official".

[4] "Betty Stove Women's Singles Activity". itftennis.com. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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