Betty Stöve

Betty Flippina Stöve (* June 24, 1945 in Rotterdam ) is a former Dutch tennis player. She won 1972-1981 a total of ten Grand Slam titles in doubles and mixed doubles.

Life

Stöve was one of the best Dutch female tennis players already in their youth. In the early years of her tennis career, she suffered the late 1960s, a viral disease that was aggravated by a thyroid malfunction and forced them to pause 18 months. She was even advised to end her career.

In the 1970s and 1980s Stöve celebrated their greatest successes. In 1977, the single reached the final, where they defeated Virginia Wade in three sets 6:4, 3:6 and 1:6 at Wimbledon. Even more successful was the 1.80 m wide right-handed double, in which she won six Grand Slam titles. In addition, she won the mixed four Grand Slam titles. In 1977, she came at Wimbledon in all three competitions (single, doubles, mixed ) to the final, but had to leave as a loser the place every time. From 1966 to 1983 she played (with some interruptions) for the Dutch Fed Cup team.

Towards the end of her career Stöve worked as a trainer. Between 1980 and 1990 she trained Hana Mandlikova, by which it Total Tennis Tennis textbook published in 1990. In 1994, she worked as a coach Kristie Boogert. In addition, she served as Sportfunktionärin the ITF and the WTA, where she spent three terms as chairman of the WTA Tour Players Association.

Today Stöve lives in Brasschaat near Antwerp.

Grand Slam title

  • Wimbledon 1972 in doubles (with Billie Jean King )
  • 1978 Mixed ( with Frew McMillan )
  • 1981 Mixed ( with Frew McMillan )
  • U.S. Open 1972 in doubles (with Françoise Durr )
  • 1977 in doubles (with Martina Navratilova )
  • 1977 Mixed ( with Frew McMillan )
  • 1978 Mixed ( with Frew McMillan )
  • 1979 in doubles (with Wendy Turnbull )
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