Betty Stöve

Infobox Tennis player
playername = Betty Stove


nickname = Dutchess
country = NED
residence = Brasschaat, Belgium
datebirth = birth date and age|1945|6|24
placebirth = Rotterdam, Netherlands
height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|69.8|kg|lb st|abbr=on|lk=on
turnedpro =
retired =
plays = Right-handed
careerprizemoney = $ 1,047,356
singlesrecord = 190–151
singlestitles =
highestsinglesranking = No. 5 (July 3, 1977)
AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1967, 1980)
FrenchOpenresult = 3R (1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
Wimbledonresult = F (1977)
USOpenresult = SF (1977)
doublesrecord =
doublestitles =
highestdoublesranking =
updated = June 8, 2007

Betty Stove (born June 24, 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player who won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Personal life

Stove was born in Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

Tennis career

A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stove out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stove recovered and had her best years on the circuit after that.

Stove's most notable singles match was the 1977 Wimbledon final, which she lost to Virginia Wade 4–6, 6–3, 6–1.

Stove, however, 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 of her women's doubles championships with Billie Jean King and two with Wendy Turnbull. All of her mixed doubles championships were with Frew McMillan. Stove was the runner-up in seventeen Grand Slam doubles tournaments, eight in women's doubles and nine in mixed doubles.

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

Stove coached Hana Mandlikova from 1980 through 1990.

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

Grand Slam record

*French Open
**Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (w/ Billie Jean King), 1979 (w/ Wendy Turnbull)
**Women's Doubles finalist: 1973 (w/ Francoise Durr)
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1973 (w/ Patrice Dominguez), 1981 (w/ Fred McNair)

*Wimbledon
**Singles finalist: 1977
**Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (w/ King)
**Women's Doubles finalist: 1973 and 1975 (w/ Durr), 1976 (w/ King), 1977 (w/ Martina Navratilova), 1979 (w/ Turnbull)
**Mixed Doubles champion: 1978 and 1981 (w/ Frew McMillan)
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1975 (w/ Allan Stone), 1977 and 1979 (w/ McMillan)

*U.S. Open
**Women's Doubles champion: 1972 (w/ Durr), 1977 (w/ Navratilova), 1979 (w/ Turnbull)
**Women's Doubles finalist: 1974 (w/ Durr), 1980 (w/ Pam Shriver)
**Mixed Doubles champion: 1977 and 1978 (w/ McMillan)
**Mixed Doubles finalist: 1971 (w/ Rob Maud); 1976, 1979, and 1980 (w/ McMillan)

Grand Slam singles final

Runner-up (1)

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

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

*wta|id=190181|name=Betty Stove