Jane Bartkowicz

Jane Bartkowicz

Full name	Jane Marie Bartkowicz
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1949-04-16) April 16, 1949 Hamtramck, Michigan, United States
Singles
Career record	no value
Career titles	6
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	2R (1969)
Wimbledon	3R (1969, 1970)
US Open	QF (1968, 1969)
Doubles
Career record	no value
Career titles	3
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	QF (1969)
Wimbledon	QF (1969)
US Open	QF (1969, 1970)

Jane Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949), known during her career as Peaches Bartkowicz, was one of the top woman tennis players from the United States in the 1960s.

Bartkowicz was a protégé of Jean and Jerry Hoxie. Among her many titles, Bartkowicz won both the singles and the doubles title in both 1966 and 1967 at Cincinnati. She also won the singles title at Canada in 1968. She reached the quarter-finals in singles at the US Open in 1968 and 1969.

Bartkowicz had a 7–0 record in singles in Fed Cup play, and was a member of the US team which won the cup in 1969.

As a youngster, Peaches won 17 junior titles including the girls' singles title at Wimbledon in 1964. She attended Queens College in New York City.

She was part of the Original 9 group of women tennis players who took part in the 1970 Houston Women's Invitation.

Bartkowicz retired as a player in 1971. She has been enshrined in the United States Tennis Association/Midwest Hall of Fame. She was inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2002 [1]. She was inducted in the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame on June 24, 2010.

WTA Tour finals

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Singles 8 (6-2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1963	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Stephanie De Fina	7-5, 6-2
Winner	2.	1966	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Peachy Kellmeyer	6-3, 6-3
Winner	3.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Peachy Kellmeyer	6-3, 6-3
Winner	4.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Patsy Rippy	6-4, 6-1
Winner	5.	1967	U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships, Sacramento	Hard	Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	October 26, 1968	Olympics-Mexico City Demonstration, Mexico	Clay	Helga Niessen	4-6, 3-6
Winner	7.	1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Julie Heldman	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	1968	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Faye Urban	6-3, 6-3

Doubles 6 (3-3)

Titles by Surface
Hard	2
Clay	1
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1966	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Peachy Kellmeyer	Patsy Rippy Becky Vest	6-1, 6-4
Winner	2.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Patsy Rippy	Pixie Lamm Marilyn Aschner	6-3, 6-0
Runner-up	3.	May 27, 1968	La Jolla, California, USA	Hard	Sue Shrader	Valerie Ziegenfuss Stephanie Grant	6-8, 7-9
Winner	4.	1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Lourdes Congora Patricia Montano
Runner-up	5.	October 26, 1968	Olympics-Mexico City Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Rosy Darmon Julie Heldman	0-6, 8-10
Runner-up	6.	March 18, 1971	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Carpet	Judy Tegart Dalton	Mary-Ann Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss	6-2, 2-6, 3-6

Mixed doubles 2 (1-1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	James Osbourne	Rosie Darmon Pierre Darmon
Runner-up	2.	1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Ingo Buding	Zaiga Jansone Vladimir Korotkov

External links

• Jane Bartkowicz at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jane Bartkowicz at the Billie Jean King Cup