Jane Bartkowicz

Jane Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949), known during her career as Peaches Bartkowicz, is a former top tennis player from the United States. She was active from 1959 to 1974 and contested 33 career singles finals, and won 20 titles.

Career She played her first tournament in July 1963 at the Cincinnati Open, 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 1966 Cincinnati Open in which she won both the singles and the doubles titles. She 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.

She was part of the Original 9 group of women tennis players who took part in the inaugural 1970 Virginia Slims Circuit. Also she was a pioneer in using a two-handed backhand.

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. She was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame on June 24, 2010. Martha MacIsaac plays Bartkowicz in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes. Her sister Plums Bartkowicz was a national No. 1 junior tennis player, but she did not pursue a professional career.

Career finals (incomplete roll) Legend Grand Slam 0 WTA Championships 0 Tier I 0 Tier II 0 Tier III 0 Tier IV & V 0

Singles 8 (6–2)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 1. 1963Cincinnati Open Hard Stephanie DeFina 7–5, 6–2Win 2. 1966 Cincinnati Open Hard Peachy Kellmeyer 6–3, 6–3Win 3. 1967 Cincinnati Open Hard Peachy Kellmeyer 6–3, 6–3Win 4. 1967 Cincinnati Open Hard Patsy Rippy 6–4, 6–1Win 5. 1967 U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships Hard Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–4, 6–4Loss 6. Oct 1968 Olympics Demonstration, Mexico Clay Helga Niessen 4–6, 3–6Win 7. 1968 Olympics Exhibition, Mexico Clay Julie Heldman 6–3, 6–2Win 8. 1968 Canadian International Championships Clay Faye Urban 6–3, 6–3

Doubles 6 (3-3)

Titles by surface Hard 2 Clay 1 Grass 0 Carpet 0 Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents ScoreWin 1. 1966 Cincinnati Open Hard Peachy Kellmeyer Patsy Rippy Becky Vest 6–1, 6–4Win 2. 1967 Cincinnati Open Hard Patsy Rippy Pixie Lamm Marilyn Aschner 6–3, 6–0Loss 3. May 27, 1968 La Jolla, California, US Hard Sue Shrader Valerie Ziegenfuss Stephanie Grant 6–8, 7–9Bronze 4. October 1968 Olympics Demonstration, Mexico Clay Valerie Ziegenfuss Lourdes Gongora Patricia Montaño 6–2, 6–1Loss 5. October 26, 1968 Olympics Exhibition, Mexico Clay Valerie Ziegenfuss Rosy Darmon Julie Heldman 0–6, 8–10Loss 6. March 18, 1971 Detroit, Michigan, US Carpet Judy Tegart Dalton Mary-Ann Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss 6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles 2 (1-1)

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score 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