Jane Bartkowicz

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Jane Bartkowicz
Full nameJane Marie Bartkowicz
Country (sports)Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1949-04-16) April 16, 1949 (age 75)
Hamtramck, Michigan, United States
Turned pro1969
Retired1974
Singles
Career record199–86 (69.8%)
Career titles20
Grand Slam singles results
French Open 2R (1969)
Wimbledon 3R (1969, 1970)
US Open QF (1968, 1969)
Doubles
Career record17–9
Career titles3
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open QF (1969)
Wimbledon QF (1969)
US Open QF (1969, 1970)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon 2R (1969)
US Open 2R (1970)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1968 Mexico City Singles (Exhib.)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1968 Mexico City Singles (Demo.)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1968 Mexico City Doubles (Exhib.)
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg1968 Mexico City Mixed Doubles (Exhib.)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1968 Mexico City Doubles (Demo.)
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg1968 Mexico City Mixed Doubles (Demo.)

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.

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Career

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]

ILTF Circuit finals

(incomplete roll)

Legend
Grand Slam0
WTA Championships0
Tier I0
Tier II0
Tier III0
Tier IV & V0

Singles 8 (6–2)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.1963 Tri-State Championships Hard Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie DeFina 7–5, 6–2
Win2.1966Tri-State ChampionshipsHard Flag of the United States.svg Peachy Kellmeyer 6–3, 6–3
Win3.1967Tri-State ChampionshipsHard Flag of the United States.svg Peachy Kellmeyer6–3, 6–3
Win4.1967Tri-State ChampionshipsHard Flag of the United States.svg Patsy Rippy 6–4, 6–1
Win5.1967 U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships Hard Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–4, 6–4
Loss6.Oct 1968 Olympics Demonstration, MexicoClay Flag of Germany.svg Helga Niessen 4–6, 3–6
Win7.1968 Olympics Exhibition, MexicoClay Flag of the United States.svg Julie Heldman 6–3, 6–2
Win8.1968 Canadian International Championships Clay Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Faye Urban 6–3, 6–3

Doubles 6 (3-3)

Titles by surface
Hard2
Clay1
Grass0
Carpet0
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1.1966Cincinnati, Ohio, USHard Flag of the United States.svg Peachy Kellmeyer Flag of the United States.svg Patsy Rippy
Flag of the United States.svg Becky Vest
6–1, 6–4
Win2.1967Cincinnati, Ohio, USHard Flag of the United States.svg Patsy Rippy Flag of the United States.svg Pixie Lamm
Flag of the United States.svg Marilyn Aschner
6–3, 6–0
Loss3.May 27, 1968 La Jolla, California, USHard Flag of the United States.svg Sue Shrader Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss
Flag of the United States.svg Stephanie Grant
6–8, 7–9
Bronze4.October 1968 Olympics Demonstration, MexicoClay Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss Flag of Mexico.svg Lourdes Gongora
Flag of Mexico.svg Patricia Montaño
6–2, 6–1
Loss5.October 26, 1968 Olympics Exhibition, MexicoClay Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss Flag of France.svg Rosy Darmon
Flag of the United States.svg Julie Heldman
0–6, 8–10
Loss6.March 18, 1971 Detroit, Michigan, USCarpet Flag of Australia (converted).svg Judy Tegart Dalton Flag of the United States.svg Mary-Ann Eisel
Flag of the United States.svg Valerie Ziegenfuss
6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles 2 (1-1)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Bronze1.October 1968 Olympics Demonstration, MexicoClay Flag of the United States.svg Jim Osbourne Flag of France.svg Rosie Darmon
Flag of France.svg Pierre Darmon
6–4, 7–5
Silver2.October 1968 Olympics Exhibition, MexicoClay Flag of Germany.svg Ingo Buding Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Zaiga Jansone
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Vladimir Korotkov
5–7, 4–6

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