Betty Stöve

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]

Betty Stöve
Stöve in 1966
Full nameBetty Flippina Stöve
ITF nameBetty Stove
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceBrasschaat, Belgium
Born (1945-06-24) 24 June 1945
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$1,047,356
Singles
Career record190–151
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 5 (3 July 1977)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (1967, 1980)
French Open3R (1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
WimbledonF (1977)
US OpenSF (1977)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles75
Highest rankingNo. 1
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (1967)
French OpenW (1972, 1979)
WimbledonW (1972)
US OpenW (1972, 1977, 1979)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (1979)
Mixed doubles
Career titles4
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open
French OpenF (1973, 1981)
WimbledonW (1978, 1981)
US OpenW (1977, 1978)

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'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. At Wimbledon 1977, she reached the final of all three championship events, losing in them all.

Stöve was 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 Navratilova and the mixed doubles with Frew McMillan.

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.

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 ranked World No. 1 in doubles.

Stöve competed in all three finals at Wimbledon in 1977, failing to win any of them; the last player in any Grand Slam event to earn such a record.

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 book Bettie Serveert, meaning "Bettie serves" or "service to Bettie" in Dutch.[2]

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

In 1989, Stöve and Mandlíková wrote Total Tennis, a tennis instruction book.[3] Stöve speaks six languages and is an accomplished photographer.[1]

Major finals

Betty Stöve in 1972
Betty Stöve in 1973

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss1977WimbledonGrass Virginia Wade6–4, 3–6, 1–6

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

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win1972French OpenClay Billie Jean King Winnie Shaw
Nell Truman
6–1, 6–2
Win1972WimbledonGrass Billie Jean King Françoise Dürr
Judy Tegart Dalton
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win1972US OpenGrass Françoise Dürr Margaret Court
Virginia Wade
6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss1973French OpenClay Françoise Dürr Margaret Court
Virginia Wade
2–6, 3–6
Loss1973WimbledonGrass Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals
Billie Jean King
1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss1974US OpenGrass Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals
Billie Jean King
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss1975WimbledonGrass Françoise Dürr Ann Kiyomura
Kazuko Sawamatsu
5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Loss1976WimbledonGrass Billie Jean King Chris Evert
Martina Navratilova
1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss1977WimbledonGrass Martina Navratilova Helen Gourlay
JoAnne Russell
3–6, 3–6
Win1977US Open (2)Clay Martina Navratilova Renée Richards
Betty-Ann Stuart
6–1, 7–6
Win1979French Open (2)Clay Wendy Turnbull Françoise Dürr
Virginia Wade
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss1979WimbledonGrass Wendy Turnbull Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win1979US Open (3)Hard Wendy Turnbull Billie Jean King
Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–3
Loss1980US OpenHard 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
Loss1971US OpenGrass Bob Maud Billie Jean King
Owen Davidson
3–6, 5–7
Loss1973French OpenClay Patrice Dominguez Françoise Dürr
Jean-Claude Barclay
1–6, 4–6
Loss1975WimbledonGrass Allan Stone Margaret Court
Marty Riessen
4–6, 5–7
Loss1976US OpenClay Frew McMillan Billie Jean King
Phil Dent
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss1977WimbledonGrass Frew McMillan Greer Stevens
Bob Hewitt
6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win1977US OpenClay Frew McMillan Billie Jean King
Vitas Gerulaitis
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win1978WimbledonGrass Frew McMillan Billie Jean King
Ray Ruffels
6–2, 6–2
Win1978US Open (2)Hard Frew McMillan Billie Jean King
Ray Ruffels
6–3, 7–6
Loss1979WimbledonGrass Frew McMillan Greer Stevens
Bob Hewitt
5–7, 6–7
Loss1979US OpenHard Frew McMillan Greer Stevens
Bob Hewitt
3–6, 5–7
Loss1980US OpenHard Frew McMillan Wendy Turnbull
Marty Riessen
5–7, 2–6
Loss1981French OpenClay Fred McNair Andrea Jaeger
Jimmy Arias
6–7, 4–6
Win1981Wimbledon (2)Grass Frew McMillan Tracy Austin
John Austin
4–6, 7–6, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss1973New York CityCarpet (i) Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals
Margaret Court
2–6, 4–6
Loss1974Los AngelesCarpet (i) Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals
Billie Jean King
1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win1979New York CityCarpet (i) Françoise Dürr Sue Barker
Ann Kiyomura
7–6, 7–6

Career titles

Singles (3)

Result W/L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 1972 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Marijke Schaar 7–5, 6–3
Win 2–0 Jul 1973 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Helga Masthoff 7–5, 6–2
Win 3–0 Sep 1976 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Margaret Court 1–6, 6–4, 6–3

Doubles (75)

Grand slam events in boldface.

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
Tournament1964196519661967196819691970197119721973197419751976197719781979198019811982Career 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
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.

See also

References

  1. Betty Stove Biography. wtatennis.com
  2. Musician Guide website, Bettie Serveert, accessed 28 March 2011
  3. Hana Mandlíková; Betty Stove (January 1989). Total Tennis: A Guide to the Fundamentals of the Game. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7318-0066-7.
Awards
Preceded by
Keetie van Oosten
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year
1977
Succeeded by
Keetie van Oosten
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