Full name | Jane Marie Bartkowicz | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country (sports) | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Hamtramck, Michigan, United States | April 16, 1949||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1974 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Singles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 199–86 (69.8%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 20 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam singles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R (1969) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 3R (1969, 1970) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | QF (1968, 1969) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 17–9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | QF (1969) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | QF (1969) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | QF (1969, 1970) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mixed doubles | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career record | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 2R (1969) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 2R (1970) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jane Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949), known during her career as Peaches Bartkowicz, is a former top tennis player from the United States in the 1960s.
She played her first tournament in July 1963 at the Tri-State Championships in Cincinnati, where she progressed to the final, losing to Stephanie DeFina. Bartkowicz was a protégé of Jean and Jerry Hoxie. Bartkowicz first title came at the Tri-State Championships in which she won both the singles and the doubles titles and repeated this feat in 1967. In 1968, she won the singles title at Canadian International Championships in Toronto against Faye Urban.
In major tournaments, she was a quarterfinalist in singles at the US Open in 1968 and 1969 as well as a quarterfinalist in the women's doubles at the French Open in 1969, Wimbledon in 1969 and the US Open in 1969. She also reached the quarterfinals of women;s doubles at the US Open in 1970. She played her final tournament and won her 20th career singles title on 12 July 1970 at the Swedish Open Championships in Båstad, Sweden against Ingrid Bentzer.
Bartkowicz had a 7–0 record in singles in Fed Cup play, and she was a member of the US team which won the cup in 1969.
As a junior, Peaches won 17 titles, including the girls' singles title at Wimbledon in 1964. She attended Queens College in New York City.[ citation needed ]
She was part of the Original 9 group of women tennis players who took part in the inaugural 1970 Virginia Slims Circuit. [1] Also she was a pioneer in using a two-handed backhand. [2]
Bartkowicz retired as a player in 1974. 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. [3] She was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame on June 24, 2010. [4] Martha MacIsaac plays Bartkowicz in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes . [5] Her sister Plums Bartkowicz was a national No. 1 junior tennis player, but she did not pursue a professional career. [6]
(incomplete roll)
Legend | |
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Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 1963 | Tri-State Championships | Hard | Stephanie DeFina | 7–5, 6–2 |
Win | 2. | 1966 | Tri-State Championships | Hard | Peachy Kellmeyer | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 3. | 1967 | Tri-State Championships | Hard | Peachy Kellmeyer | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 4. | 1967 | Tri-State Championships | Hard | Patsy Rippy | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 5. | 1967 | U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships | Hard | Valerie Ziegenfuss | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 6. | Oct 1968 | Olympics Demonstration, Mexico | Clay | Helga Niessen | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7. | 1968 | Olympics Exhibition, Mexico | Clay | Julie Heldman | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 8. | 1968 | Canadian International Championships | Clay | Faye Urban | 6–3, 6–3 |
Titles by surface | |
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Hard | 2 |
Clay | 1 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 0 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1. | 1966 | Cincinnati, Ohio, US | Hard | Peachy Kellmeyer | Patsy Rippy Becky Vest | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 2. | 1967 | Cincinnati, Ohio, US | Hard | Patsy Rippy | Pixie Lamm Marilyn Aschner | 6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 3. | May 27, 1968 | La Jolla, California, US | Hard | Sue Shrader | Valerie Ziegenfuss Stephanie Grant | 6–8, 7–9 |
Bronze | 4. | October 1968 | Olympics Demonstration, Mexico | Clay | Valerie Ziegenfuss | Lourdes Gongora Patricia Montaño | 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 5. | October 26, 1968 | Olympics Exhibition, Mexico | Clay | Valerie Ziegenfuss | Rosy Darmon Julie Heldman | 0–6, 8–10 |
Loss | 6. | March 18, 1971 | Detroit, Michigan, US | Carpet | Judy Tegart Dalton | Mary-Ann Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss | 6–2, 2–6, 3–6 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Bronze | 1. | October 1968 | Olympics Demonstration, Mexico | Clay | Jim Osbourne | Rosie Darmon Pierre Darmon | 6–4, 7–5 |
Silver | 2. | October 1968 | Olympics Exhibition, Mexico | Clay | Ingo Buding | Zaiga Jansone Vladimir Korotkov | 5–7, 4–6 |
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