Betty Stöve

Betty Stöve
Stöve in 1966
Full nameBetty Flippina Stöve
ITF nameBetty Stove
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceBrasschaat, Belgium
Born (1945-06-24) 24 June 1945 (age 78)
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 (1976, 1977, 1979)
Mixed doubles
Career titles4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open
French OpenF (1973, 1981)
WimbledonW (1978, 1981)
US OpenW (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.

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.

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.

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

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. Stöve speaks six languages, and she is an accomplished photographer.

Major finals

Betty Stöve in 1972
Betty Stöve in 1973

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result Year Championship Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1977 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom 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 United States Billie Jean King United Kingdom Winnie Shaw
United Kingdom Nell Truman
6–1, 6–2
Win 1972 Wimbledon Grass United States Billie Jean King France Françoise Dürr
Australia Judy Tegart Dalton
6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win 1972 US Open Grass France Françoise Dürr Australia Margaret Court
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss 1973 French Open Clay France Françoise Dürr Australia Margaret Court
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
2–6, 3–6
Loss 1973 Wimbledon Grass France Françoise Dürr United States Rosie Casals
United States Billie Jean King
1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Loss 1974 US Open Grass France Françoise Dürr United States Rosie Casals
United States Billie Jean King
6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Loss 1975 Wimbledon Grass France Françoise Dürr United States Ann Kiyomura
Japan Kazuko Sawamatsu
5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Loss 1976 Wimbledon Grass United States Billie Jean King United States Chris Evert
United States Martina Navratilova
1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 1977 Wimbledon Grass United States Martina Navratilova Australia Helen Gourlay
United States JoAnne Russell
3–6, 3–6
Win 1977 US Open (2) Clay United States Martina Navratilova United States Renée Richards
United States Betty-Ann Stuart
6–1, 7–6
Win 1979 French Open (2) Clay Australia Wendy Turnbull France Françoise Dürr
United Kingdom Virginia Wade
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Loss 1979 Wimbledon Grass Australia Wendy Turnbull United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win 1979 US Open (3) Hard Australia Wendy Turnbull United States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1980 US Open Hard United States Pam Shriver United States Billie Jean King
United States 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 South Africa Bob Maud Australia Billie Jean King
Australia Owen Davidson
3–6, 5–7
Loss 1973 French Open Clay France Patrice Dominguez France Françoise Dürr
France Jean-Claude Barclay
1–6, 4–6
Loss 1975 Wimbledon Grass Australia Allan Stone Australia Margaret Court
United States Marty Riessen
4–6, 5–7
Loss 1976 US Open Clay South Africa Frew McMillan United States Billie Jean King
Australia Phil Dent
6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 1977 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Frew McMillan South Africa Greer Stevens
Australia Bob Hewitt
6–3, 5–7, 4–6
Win 1977 US Open Clay South Africa Frew McMillan United States Billie Jean King
United States Vitas Gerulaitis
6–2, 3–6, 6–3
Win 1978 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Frew McMillan United States Billie Jean King
Australia Ray Ruffels
6–2, 6–2
Win 1978 US Open (2) Hard South Africa Frew McMillan United States Billie Jean King
Australia Ray Ruffels
6–3, 7–6
Loss 1979 Wimbledon Grass South Africa Frew McMillan South Africa Greer Stevens
Australia Bob Hewitt
5–7, 6–7
Loss 1979 US Open Hard South Africa Frew McMillan South Africa Greer Stevens
Australia Bob Hewitt
3–6, 5–7
Loss 1980 US Open Hard South Africa Frew McMillan Australia Wendy Turnbull
United States Marty Riessen
5–7, 2–6
Loss 1981 French Open Clay United States Fred McNair United States Andrea Jaeger
United States Jimmy Arias
6–7, 4–6
Win 1981 Wimbledon (2) Grass South Africa Frew McMillan United States Tracy Austin
United States 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) France Françoise Dürr United States Rosie Casals
Australia Margaret Court
2–6, 4–6
Loss 1974 Los Angeles Carpet (i) France Françoise Dürr United States Rosie Casals
United States Billie Jean King
1–6, 7–6, 5–7
Win 1979 New York City Carpet (i) France Françoise Dürr United Kingdom Sue Barker
United States 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 Grass Argentina Norma Baylon 6–3, 7–5
Win 2–0 Jul 1972 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay Netherlands Marijke Schaar 7–5, 6–3
Win 3–0 Jul 1973 Hilversum, Netherlands Clay West Germany Helga Masthoff 7–5, 6–2
Win 4–0 Sep 1976 Tokyo, Japan Carpet (i) Australia Margaret Court 1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–1 July 1977 Wimbledon Grass United Kingdom Virginia Wade 6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss 4–2 Oct 1977 Brasil Tennis Cup Hard United States Billie Jean King 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–3 Jan 1978 Virginia Slims of Washington Carpet Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 5–7, 4–6
Loss 4–4 Feb 1978 WTA Seattle Carpet Czechoslovakia Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss 4–5 Sept 1978 Pan Pacific Open Carpet United Kingdom Virginia Wade 4–6, 6–7
Loss 4–6 Oct 1978 Brighton International Carpet Romania Virginia Ruzici 7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Loss 4–7 Oct 1978 Women's Stuttgart Open Hard United States 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.

Doubles (75)

Grand slam events in boldface.

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.

See also


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