Betty Stöve

Betty Stöve
	Stöve in 1966
Full name	Betty Flippina Stöve
ITF name	Betty Stove
Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Brasschaat, Belgium
Born	24 June 1945; Rotterdam, Netherlands
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired	1983
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	US$1,047,356
Singles
Career record	190–151
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 5 (3 July 1977)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1967, 1980)
French Open	3R (1965, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1979)
Wimbledon	F (1977)
US Open	SF (1977)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	78
Highest ranking	No. 1
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (1967)
French Open	W (1972, 1979)
Wimbledon	W (1972)
US Open	W (1972, 1977, 1979)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (1976, 1977, 1979)
Mixed doubles
Career titles	4
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	—
French Open	F (1973, 1981)
Wimbledon	W (1978, 1981)
US Open	W (1977, 1978)

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. She also won ten Grand Slam titles in women's doubles and mixed doubles.^[1]

Career

Stöve began playing tennis internationally in the mid-1960s. She made her Grand Slam debut at the 1964 Wimbledon. A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced Stöve out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s. Despite being advised that she should never play tennis again, Stöve recovered to have her best years on the circuit.^[1]

Stöve was an accomplished singles player reaching several finals on tour and attaining a singles ranking of world No. 5 in July 1977. Stöve's best grand slam singles performance was at the 1977 Wimbledon where she reached the final beating fellow doubles partner Martina Navratilova en route in the quarterfinals, and Sue Barker in the semi-finals preventing an all-England final. She lost the final in three sets to third-seeded Virginia Wade. Queen Elizabeth II attended the final. In addition she also reached the final of the doubles (with Navratilova) and the mixed doubles with Frew McMillan, but won neither of them. She is notably the last player in any Grand Slam event to earn such a record. Later that year Stöve was also a semifinalist at the 1977 US Open, losing to eventual champion Chris Evert. This time she won the women's doubles with Navratilova and the mixed doubles with McMillan. In 1978 Stove reached the semi-finals or better at 9 of the singles events she contested reaching 5 finals but failing to win any of them. Notable players she beat in singles include Martina Navratilova, Evonne Goolagong, Sue Barker, Maria Bueno, Virginia Ruzici, Tracy Austin, Kerry Reid, Billie Jean King, and Claudia Kohde-Kilsch. One notable player she was never able to beat was Chris Evert, to whom she lost on every one of the 10 occasions they played.

Stöve had her greatest success in doubles. She won 10 Grand Slam doubles championships, six in women's doubles and four in mixed doubles. She won two women's doubles championships with Billie Jean King and two with Wendy Turnbull. Her other two titles were won with Françoise Dürr and Martina Navratilova. All of her mixed doubles championships were with Frew McMillan. Stöve was the runner-up in 17 Grand Slam doubles tournaments, eight in women's doubles and nine in mixed doubles. She won a total of 78 doubles titles on tour and ranked World No. 1 in doubles.

She competed for the Netherlands Fed Cup team in 1966, 1969, 1970–1972, and 1976–1983.

Stöve was elected treasurer at the founding meeting of the Women's Tennis Association on June 21, 1973. At that meeting Stöve was asked by Billy Jean King to block the exit, saying: 'don't let anybody out until we have an association'.^[2]

Post-retirement activity

Stöve coached Hana Mandlíková from 1980 through 1990. She also coached Kristie Boogert.^[1]

Stöve is a former member of the ITF Committee of Management, its first female member.^[1]

She served three terms as president of WTA Tour Players Association and received the WTA Tour Honorary Membership Award in November 1987.

In 1989, Stöve and Mandlíková wrote Total Tennis, a tennis instruction book.^[3] Stöve speaks six languages, and she is an accomplished photographer.^[1]

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Singles (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Wade	6–4, 3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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	1979	French 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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 1966	Bristol, UK^[4]	Grass	Norma Baylon	6–3, 7–5
Loss	1–1	Feb 1971	Christchurch, New Zealand^[5]	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	1–6, 4–6
Win	2–1	Jul 1972	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Marijke Schaar	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–1	Jul 1973	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Helga Masthoff	7–5, 6–2
Loss	3–2	Aug 1973	Denver, US	Hard	Billie Jean King	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	Sep 1976	Atlanta, US	Carpet (i)	Virginia Wade	7–5, 5–7, 5–7
Win	4–3	Oct 1976	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Margaret Court	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–4	Dec 1976	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Martina Navratilova	5–7, 2–6
Loss	4–5	July 1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Virginia Wade	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	4–6	Oct 1977	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Billie Jean King	6–1, 6–4
Loss	4–7	Jan 1978	Washington, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	5–7, 4–6
Loss	4–8	Feb 1978	Seattle, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–1, 1–6
Loss	4–9	Sept 1978	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Virginia Wade	4–6, 6–7
Loss	4–10	Oct 1978	Brighton, UK	Carpet (i)	Virginia Ruzici	7–5, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–11	Oct 1978	Stuttgart, West Germany	Hard	Tracy Austin	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–12	Nov 1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard	Billie Jean King	3–6, 7–6, 5–7

(*) Note: Tokyo was a non-tour event in 1976, and some events listed above are before the inception of the WTA in June 1973.^[6]

Doubles 138 (78 titles, 60 runner-ups)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–0	Aug 1966	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Gail Sherriff	Elly Krocké Annette Van Zyl	3–6, 6–2, 1–6
Loss	0–0	Jul 1970	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Helga Niessen	Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr	2–6, 2–6
Loss	0–0	Oct 1970	Edinburgh, UK	Hard (i)	Sharon Walsh	Françoise Dürr Patti Hogan	8–10, 6–3, 9–11
Loss	0–0	Oct 1970	Aberavon, UK	Hard (i)	Françoise Dürr	Ann Jones Virginia Wade	4–6, 3–6
Win	1–0	Apr 1971	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Katja Ebbinghaus	Lucia Bassi Lea Pericoli	6–4, 6–3
Win	2–0	Apr 1971	Buenos Aires, Argentina	Clay	Olga Morozova	Beatriz Araujo Ines Roget	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–0	Jul 1971	Dublin, Ireland	Grass	Lesley Bowrey	Margaret Court Evonne Goolagong	7–5, 6–1
Win	4–0	Aug 1971	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Christina Sandberg	Katja Ebbinghaus Trudy Walhof	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–1	Sep 1971	Louisville, US		Kerry Melville	Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart-Dalton	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–2	May 1972	Bournemoutth, UK	Clay	Brenda Kirk	Evonne Goolagong Helen Gourlay	5–7, 1–6
Win	5–2	Jun 1972	French Open	Clay	Billie Jean King	Winnie Shaw Nell Truman	6–1, 6–2
Win	6–2	Jun 1972	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Lesley Hunt	Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart Dalton	6–4, 6–8, 6–3
Win	7–2	Jul 1972	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Judy Tegart Dalton	6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Win	8–2	Jul 1972	Newport, UK	Grass	Judy Dalton	Kerry Harris Kerry Melville	7–5, 6–4
Win	9–2	Aug 1972	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Michèle Gurdal	Lita Liem Lany Kaligis	6–4, 6–0
Win	10–2	Sep 1972	US Open	Grass	Françoise Dürr	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
Loss	10–3	Oct 1972	Phoenix, US	Hard	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Wendy Overton	6–4, 6–3
Loss	0–0	Oct 1972	Edinburgh, UK	Hard (i)	Julie Heldman	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	2–6, 3–6
Loss	0–0	Nov 1972	Aberavon, UK	Hard (i)	Julie Heldman	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	0–6, 3–6
Win	11–3	Feb 1973	Miami, US	Hard	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	4–6, 6–2, 6–3
Loss	11–4	Mar 1973	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Karen Krantzcke	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	3–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss	11–5	Mar 1973	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	Karen Krantzcke	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	4–6, 2–6
Loss	11–6	Mar 1973	Richmond, US	Clay (i)	Karen Krantzcke	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	2–6, 6–7^(4–5)
Loss	11–7	Apr 1973	Tucson, US	Hard	Karen Krantzcke	Janet Newberry Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 6–7, 5–7
Loss	11–8	Apr 1973	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Margaret Court Lesley Hunt	1–6, 6–3, 2–6
Loss	11–9	Apr 1973	Boston, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	4–6, 2–6
Loss	11–10	Apr 1973	Jacksonville, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win	12–10	May 1973	Hilton Head Island, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Loss	12–11	Jun 1973	French Open	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Margaret Court Virginia Wade	2–6, 3–6
Loss	12–12	Jun 1973	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Chris Evert	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	2–6, 7–9
Loss	12–13	Jun 1973	London, UK	Grass	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–4, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	12–14	Jul 1973	Wimbledon	Grass	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	1–6, 6–4, 5–7
Win	13–14	Jul 1973	Hilversum, Netherlands	Clay	Helga Masthoff	Trudy Walhof Brigitte Cuypers	6–2, 7–6
Win	14–14	Aug 1973	Nashville, US		Françoise Dürr	Karen Krantzcke Janet Newberry	6–4, 6–7, 6–1
Win	15–14	Aug 1973	Jersey Shore, US		Françoise Dürr	Julie Anthony Mona Schallau	6–4, 6–4
Win	16–14	Aug 1973	Newport, US	Grass	Françoise Dürr	Janet Newberry Pam Teeguarden	6–4, 6–3
Loss	16–15	Sep 1973	St. Louis, US	Hard	Pam Teeguarden	Karen Krantzcke Mona Schallau	4–6, 6–7
Loss	16–16	Sep 1973	Houston, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Win	17–16	Sep 1973	Columbus, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	7–5, 7–5
Loss	17–17	Oct 1973	Boca Raton, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosemary Casals Margaret Court	2–6, 4–6
Loss	17–18	Jan 1974	San Francisco, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Chris Evert Billie Jean King	4–6, 2–6
Win	18–18	Feb 1974	Washington D.C., US	Carpet (i)	Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Kerry Harris	6–3, 6–4
Win	19–18	Feb 1974	Fort Lauderdale, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Patti Hogan Sharon Walsh	6–3, 6–2
Loss	19–19	Feb 1974	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	6–2, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	19–20	Mar 1974	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Chris Evert Billie Jean King	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	20–20	Apr 1974	St. Petersburg, US	Hard	Olga Morozova	Chris Evert Evonne Goolagong	6–4, 6–2
Loss	0–0	Sep 1974	US Open	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–7, 7–6, 4–6
Win	21–20	Sep 1974	Orlando, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	6–3, 6–7^(2–5), 6–4
Win	22–20	Sep 1974	Denver, US	Hard (i)	Françoise Dürr	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	6–2, 7–5
Win	23–20	Oct 1974	Phoenix, US	Hard	Françoise Dürr	Mona Schallau Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Loss	0–0	Oct 1974	Los Angeles, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Rosemary Casals Billie Jean King	1–6, 7–6^(7–2), 5–7
Loss	23–21	Jan 1975	Sarasota, US	Carpet (i)	Virginia Wade	Lesley Hunt Martina Navratilova	2–6, 5–7
Win	24–21	Feb 1975	Washington, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Helen Gourlay Kerry Melville	6–3, 6–4
Win	25–21	Feb 1975	Akron, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	7–5, 7–6
Loss	25–22	Feb 1975	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Lesley Hunt Martina Navratilova	6–2, 5–7, 2–6
Win	26–22	Mar 1975	Houston, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade	2–6, 6–3, 7–6^(5–2)
Win	27–22	Mar 1975	Dallas, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Julie Anthony Mona Schallau	7–6^(5–4), 6–2
Win	28–22	Apr 1975	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	Evonne Goolagong	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	4–6, 6–4, 7–6
Loss	28–23	Jul 1975	Wimbledon	Grass	Françoise Dürr	Ann Kiyomura Kazuko Sawamatsu	5–7, 6–1, 5–7
Loss	28–24	Sep 1975	Atlanta, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	4–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	29–24	Sep 1975	Denver, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	30–24	Oct 1975	Phoenix, US	Hard	Françoise Dürr	Rosemary Casals Martina Navratilova	6–7, 6–4, 6–0
Win	31–24	Nov 1975	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade	6–3, 6–4
Win	32–24	Nov 1975	Paris, France	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade	2–6, 6–0, 6–3
Win	33–24	Nov 1975	Edinburgh/London, UK	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Evonne Goolagong Virginia Wade	6–4, 7–6
Loss	33–25	Feb 1976	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Karen Krantzcke	Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–4
Win	34–25	Feb 1976	Sarasota, Florida, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura	6–1, 6–0
Win	35–25	Mar 1976	San Francisco, US	Carpet (i)	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr	6–4, 6–1
Win	36–25	Apr 1976	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	Billie Jean King	Rosemary Casals Françoise Dürr	6–3, 7–6^(5–3)
Win	37–25	Apr 1976	Osaka/Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Billie Jean King	Mona Guerrant Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–2
Loss	37–26	Jul 1976	Wimbledon	Grass	Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	1–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss	37–27	Sep 1976	Atlanta, US	Carpet (i)	Virginia Wade	Rosie Casals Françoise Dürr	0–6, 4–6
Win	38–27	Oct 1976	Phoenix, US	Hard	Billie Jean King	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	6–2, 6–1
Loss	38–28	Oct 1976	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Martina Navratilova	2–6, 4–6
Win	39–28	Nov 1976	London, UK	Carpet (i)	Virginia Wade	Rosie Casals Chris Evert	6–3, 2–6, 6–3
Win	40–28	Dec 1976	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Martina Navratilova	Françoise Dürr Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 7–5
Win	41–28	Dec 1976	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Margaret Court	Linky Boshoff Ilana Kloss	6–2, 6–4
Win	42–28	Feb 1977	Washington D.C., US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Kristien Kemmer-Shaw Valerie Ziegenfuss	7–5, 6–2
Win	43–28	Jan 1977	Hollywood, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	44–28	Jan 1977	Houston, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	4–6, 6–2, 6–4
Loss	44–29	Feb 1977	Chicago, US	Carpet (i)	Margaret Court	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	3–6, 4–6
Loss	44–30	Feb 1977	Los Angeles, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Rosemary Casals Chris Evert	2–6, 4–6
Win	45–30	Feb 1977	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Janet Newberry JoAnne Russell	6–3, 6–4
Win	46–30	Mar 1977	Dallas, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Kerry Reid Greer Stevens	6–2, 6–4
Loss	46–31	Mar 1977	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	4–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win	47–31	Apr 1977	Osaka/Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	7–5, 6–3
Loss	47–32	Jul 1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Martina Navratilova	Helen Gourlay Cawley JoAnne Russell	3–6, 3–6
Win	48–32	Aug 1977	Charlotte, US	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Regina Maršíková Pam Teeguarden	6–3, 6–4
Win	49–32	Sep 1977	US Open	Clay	Martina Navratilova	Renée Richards Betty-Ann Stuart	6–1, 7–6
Win	50–32	Oct 1977	Atlanta, US	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Brigitte Cuypers Marise Kruger	6–4, 6–2
Loss	50–33	Oct 1977	São Paulo, Brazil	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Kerry Reid Wendy Turnbull	3–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	51–33	Nov 1977	Melbourne, Australia	Grass	Evonne Goolagong	Patricia Bostrom Kym Ruddell	6–3, 6–0
Loss	51–34	Jan 1978	Washington, US	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	3–6, 5–7
Win	52–34	Feb 1978	Los Angeles, US	Carpet( i)	Virginia Wade	Pam Teeguarden Greer Stevens	6–3, 6–2
Win	53–34	Feb 1978	Chicago, US	Carpet(i)	Evonne Goolagong	Rosie Casals JoAnne Russell	6–1, 6–4
Loss	53–35	Mar 1978	Dallas, US	Carpet (i)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	3–6, 6–7^(2–5)
Loss	53–36	Mar 1978	Boston, US	Carpet (i)	Evonne Goolagong Cawley	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	3–6, 2–6
Win	54–36	Jun 1978	Eastbourne	Grass	Chris Evert	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
Win	55–36	Oct 1978	Phoenix, US	Hard	Tracy Austin	Martina Navratilova Anne Smith	6–4, 6–7, 6–2
Win	56–36	Oct 1978	Brighton, UK	Carpet (i)	Virginia Wade	Mima Jaušovec JoAnne Russell	6–0, 7–6
Win	57–36	Oct 1978	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Tracy Austin	Ilana Kloss Virginia Ruzici	6–3, 6–2
Win	58–36	Nov 1978	Kobe/Tokyo, Japan	Hard (i)	Martina Navratilova	Tracy Austin Kathy May	4–6, 7–6, 6–3
Loss	58–37	Jan 1979	Oakland, US	Carpet (i)	Tracy Austin	Rosie Casals Chris Evert	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	58–38	Jan 1979	Houston, US	Carpet (i)	Pam Shriver	Martina Navratilova Janet Newberry	6–4, 4–6, 2–6
Win	59–38	Jan 1979	Hollywood, US	Carpet (i)	Tracy Austin	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–2, 2–6, 6–2
Win	60–38	Feb 1979	Seattle, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, 6–4
Win	61–38	Feb 1979	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	6–4, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	62–38	Mar 1979	Philadelphia, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Renée Richards Virginia Wade	6–4, 6–2
Win	63–38	Mar 1979	New York, US	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(7–3)
Win	64–38	Apr 1979	Tokyo, Japan	Carpet (i)	Françoise Dürr	Sue Barker Ann Kiyomura	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
Loss	64–39	Apr 1979	Hilton Head Island, US	Clay	Françoise Dürr	Rosie Casals Martina Navratilova	4–6, 5–7
Win	65–39	May 1979	Rome, Italy	Clay	Wendy Turnbull	Evonne Goolagong Kerry Melville Reid	6–3, 6–4
Win	66–39	May 1979	French Open	Clay	Wendy Turnbull	Françoise Dürr Virginia Wade	2–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	67–39	Jun 1979	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Ilana Kloss Betty Ann Stuart	6–2, 6–2
Loss	67–40	Jun 1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Win	68–40	Aug 1979	Richmond, US	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	6–1, 6–4
Win	69–40	Aug 1979	Mahwah, US	Hard	Tracy Austin	Mima Jaušovec Regina Maršíková	7–6, 2–6, 6–4
Win	70–40	Aug 1979	US Open	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	7–5, 6–3
Win	71–40	Sep 1979	Atlanta, US	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Ann Kiyomura Anne Smith	6–2, 6–4
Loss	71–41	Oct 1979	Minneapolis, US	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	4–6, 6–7
Win	72–41	Oct 1979	Phoenix, US	Hard	Wendy Turnbull	Rosie Casals Chris Evert-Lloyd	6–4, 7–6
Win	73–41	Oct 1979	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	7–5, 7–6
Loss	73–42	Nov 1979	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	3–6, 3–6
Loss	73–43	Feb 1980	Houston, US	Carpet (i)	Wendy Turnbull	Billie Jean King Ilana Kloss	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	74–43	Jun 1980	Chichester, UK	Grass	Pam Shriver	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 7–5
Loss	74–44	Jun 1980	Eastbourne, UK	Grass	Pam Shriver	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	4–6, 1–6
Loss	74–45	Aug 1980	Mahwah, US	Hard	Pam Shriver	Martina Navratilova Candy Reynolds	6–4, 3–6, 1–6
Loss	74–46	Sep 1980	US Open	Hard	Pam Shriver	Billie Jean King Martina Navratilova	6–7^(2–7), 5–7
Loss	74–47	Sep 1980	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–2, 4–6, 3–6
Loss	74–48	Oct 1980	Brighton, UK	Carpet (i)	Martina Navratilova	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	3–6, 5–7
Loss	74–49	Oct 1980	Stockholm, Sweden	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	Mima Jaušovec Virginia Ruzici	2–6, 1–6
Win	75–49	Nov 1980	Filderstadt, West Germany	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	Kathy Jordan Anne Smith	6–4, 7–5
Win	76–49	Nov 1980	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	Mima Jaušovec JoAnne Russell	7–6, 7–6
Win	77–49	Dec 1980	Sydney, Australia	Grass	Pam Shriver	Rosemary Casals Wendy Turnbull	6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Win	78–49	Dec 1980	Adelaide, Australia	Grass	Pam Shriver	Sue Barker Sharon Walsh	6–4, 6–3
Loss	78–50	Feb 1981	Detroit, US	Carpet (i)	Hana Mandlíková	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	4–6, 2–6
Loss	78–51	Aug 1981	Mahwah, US	Hard	Candy Reynolds	Rosie Casals Wendy Turnbull	2–6, 1–6
Loss	78–52	Mar 1983	Palm Springs, US	Hard	Dianne Fromholtz	Kathy Jordan Ann Kiyomura	2–6, 2–6

Grand Slam tournament timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	1964	1965	1966	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	Career SR
Australia	A	A	A	3R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	2R	0 / 4
France	A	3R	A	2R	A	A	1R	3R	1R	3R	A	A	A	A		A	3R	2R	1R	2R	0 / 10
Wimbledon	2R	1R	3R	2R	A	2R	2R	2R	4R	1R	1R	QF	4R	F		4R	4R	3R	2R	A	0 / 17
United States	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	2R	2R	1R	SF		4R	2R	1R	1R	1R	0 / 13
SR	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 1	0 / 3	0 / 0	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2		0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 4	0 / 4	0 / 3	0 / 44
Year-end ranking												22	7	7		8	22	28	123	47

Doubles

Tournament	1967	1968	1969	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	Career SR
Australia	SF	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	QF	2R	1R	A	A	0–5
France	A	A	A	QF	QF	W	F	A	A	A	A		A	W	SF	3R	3R	1R	A	A	2–9
Wimbledon	A	A	3R	3R	1R	W	F	QF	F	F	F		3R	F	QF	A	2R	2R	1R	A	1–15
United States	A	A	A	A	QF	W	QF	F	SF	QF	W		1R	W	F	3R	3R	1R	1R	1R	3–15

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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Betty Stove Biography. wtatennis.com
^ "Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women's tennis tour 50 years ago". apnews.com. Retrieved 24 March 2025.
^ Hana Mandlíková; Betty Stove (January 1989). Total Tennis: A Guide to the Fundamentals of the Game. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7318-0066-7.
^ "Betty Stove Bio | Bio & Career – WTA Official".
^ "Evonne Goolagong takes NZ title". The Canberra Times. 8 February 1971. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Betty Stove Women's Singles Activity". itftennis.com. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

External links

Betty Stove at the Women's Tennis Association
Betty Stove at the International Tennis Federation
Betty Stove at the Billie Jean King Cup (archived)
Betty Stove at Wimbledon

[r1-1] Betty Stove Biography. wtatennis.com

[2] "Billie Jean King recalls the meeting that launched the WTA women's tennis tour 50 years ago". apnews.com. Retrieved 24 March 2025.

[3] Hana Mandlíková; Betty Stove (January 1989). Total Tennis: A Guide to the Fundamentals of the Game. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7318-0066-7.

[4] "Betty Stove Bio | Bio & Career – WTA Official".

[5] "Evonne Goolagong takes NZ title". The Canberra Times. 8 February 1971. p. 14 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "Betty Stove Women's Singles Activity". itftennis.com. Retrieved 9 August 2023.

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