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Jane Bartkowicz

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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.

Jane Bartkowicz
Full nameJane Marie Bartkowicz
Country (sports) United States
Born (1949-04-16) April 16, 1949 (age 75)
Hamtramck, Michigan, United States
Turned pro1969
Retired1974
Singles
Career record199–86
Career titles20
Grand Slam singles results
French Open2R (1969)
Wimbledon3R (1969, 1970)
US OpenQF (1968, 1969)
Doubles
Career record17–9
Career titles3
Grand Slam doubles results
French OpenQF (1969)
WimbledonQF (1969)
US OpenQF (1969, 1970)
Mixed doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1969)
US Open2R (1970)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1968 Mexico City Singles (Exhib.)
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Singles (Demo.)
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Doubles (Exhib.)
Silver medal – second place 1968 Mexico City Mixed Doubles (Exhib.)
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Doubles (Demo.)
Bronze medal – third place 1968 Mexico City Mixed Doubles (Demo.)

Career

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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

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(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)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
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

Doubles 6 (3-3)

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Titles by surface
Hard 2
Clay 1
Grass 0
Carpet 0
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
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

Mixed doubles 2 (1-1)

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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

References

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  1. ^ "Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!". WTA.
  2. ^ How Two Grade-Schoolers Set Off a Tennis Revolution - Carl Bialik - FiveThirtyEight, November 3, 2016
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 28, 2007. Retrieved January 5, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz". National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013.
  5. ^ Eisenberg, Eric (September 20, 2017). "How Battle of the Sexes Brought Together a Fun Superbad Reunion". Cinemablend.com. Retrieved September 22, 2017.
  6. ^ Steve Flink (June 16, 2020). "Original Nine Spotlight: Peaches Bartkowicz". USTA.
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