Betty Stöve

Betty Flippina Stöve (born 24 June 1945) is a Dutch former professional tennis player. She is best known for reaching the ladies' singles final, the ladies' doubles final and the mixed doubles final during the same year at Wimbledon in 1977, but she lost in all three. She won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.

Post-retirement activity Stöve coached Hana Mandlíková from 1980 through 1990. She also coached Kristie Boogert. Stöve speaks six languages, and she is an accomplished photographer.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up) ResultYearChampionshipSurfaceOpponentScore Loss 1977 Wimbledon Grass Virginia Wade 6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Win 1972 French Open Clay Billie Jean King Winnie Shaw Nell Truman 6–1, 6–2 Win 1972 Wimbledon Grass Billie Jean King Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart Dalton 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 Win 1972 US Open Grass Françoise Dürr Margaret Court Virginia Wade 6–3, 1–6, 6–3 Loss 1973 French Open Clay Françoise Dürr Margaret Court Virginia Wade 2–6, 3–6 Loss 1972 Wimbledon Grass Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 1–6, 6–4, 5–7 Loss 1974 US Open Grass Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 6–7, 7–6, 4–6 Loss 1975 Wimbledon Grass Françoise Dürr Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu 5–7, 6–1, 5–7 Loss 1976 Wimbledon Grass Billie Jean King Chris Evert Martina Navratilova 1–6, 6–3, 5–7 Loss 1977 Wimbledon Grass Martina Navratilova Helen Gourlay JoAnne Russell 3–6, 3–6 Win 1977 US Open (2) Clay Martina Navratilova Renée Richards Betty-Ann Stuart 6–1, 7–6 Win 1979French Open (2) Clay Wendy Turnbull Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade 3–6, 7–5, 6–4 Loss 1979 Wimbledon Grass Wendy Turnbull Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 7–5, 3–6, 2–6 Win 1979 US Open (3) Hard Wendy Turnbull Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–4, 6–3 Loss 1980 US Open Hard Pam Shriver Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova 6–7, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 13 (4 titles, 9 runners-up) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 1971 US Open Grass Bob Maud Billie Jean King Owen Davidson 3–6, 5–7 Loss 1973 French Open Clay Patrice Dominguez Françoise Dürr Jean-Claude Barclay 1–6, 4–6 Loss 1975 Wimbledon Grass Allan Stone Margaret Court Marty Riessen 4–6, 5–7 Loss 1976 US Open Clay Frew McMillan Billie Jean King Phil Dent 6–3, 2–6, 5–7 Loss 1977 Wimbledon Grass Frew McMillan Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt 6–3, 5–7, 4–6 Win 1977 US Open Clay Frew McMillan Billie Jean King Vitas Gerulaitis 6–2, 3–6, 6–3 Win 1978 Wimbledon Grass Frew McMillan Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels 6–2, 6–2 Win 1978 US Open Hard Frew McMillan Billie Jean King Ray Ruffels 6–3, 7–6 Loss 1979 Wimbledon Grass Frew McMillan Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt 5–7, 6–7 Loss 1979 US Open Hard Frew McMillan Greer Stevens Bob Hewitt 3–6, 5–7 Loss 1980 US Open Hard Frew McMillan Wendy Turnbull Marty Riessen 5–7, 2–6 Loss 1981 French Open Clay Fred McNair Andrea Jaeger Jimmy Arias 6–7, 4–6 Win 1981 Wimbledon Grass Frew McMillan Tracy Austin John Austin 4–6, 7–6, 6–3

Year-End Championships finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Loss 1973 New York City Carpet (i) Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals Margaret Court 2–6, 4–6 Loss 1974 Los Angeles Carpet (i) Françoise Dürr Rosie Casals Billie Jean King 1–6, 7–6, 5–7 Win 1979 New York City Carpet (i) Françoise Dürr Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura 7–6, 7–6

Career finals

Singles 16 (4 titles, 12 runner-ups)

(*) Note: Tokyo was a non-tour event in 1976, and some events listed above are before the inception of the WTA in June 1973.

Doubles 138 (78 titles, 60 runner-ups)

Grand Slam tournament timelines

Singles

Doubles

Note: The Australian Open was held twice in 1977, in January and December.