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 in the 1960s.

Jane Bartkowicz

Full name	Jane Marie Bartkowicz
Country (sports)	United States
Born	(1949-04-16) April 16, 1949 Hamtramck, Michigan, United States
Singles
Career record	20–11
Career titles	6
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	2R (1969)
Wimbledon	3R (1969, 1970)
US Open	QF (1968, 1969)
Doubles
Career record	17–9
Career titles	3
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	QF (1969)
Wimbledon	QF (1969)
US Open	QF (1969, 1970)
Mixed doubles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1969)
US Open	2R (1970)
Medal record Representing  United States Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City Singles (Exhib.) 1968 Mexico City Singles (Demo.) 1968 Mexico City Doubles (Exhib.) 1968 Mexico City Mixed Doubles (Exhib.) 1968 Mexico City Doubles (Demo.) 1968 Mexico City Mixed Doubles (Demo.)

Bartkowicz was a protégé of Jean and Jerry Hoxie. Among her many titles, Bartkowicz won both the singles and the doubles title in both 1966 and 1967 at Cincinnati. She also won the singles title at Canada in 1968. She reached the quarter-finals in singles at the US Open in 1968 and 1969.

Bartkowicz had a 7–0 record in singles in Fed Cup play, and was a member of the US team which won the cup in 1969.

As a youngster, Peaches won 17 junior 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.[1] Also she was a pioneer in using a double handed backhand.[2]

Bartkowicz retired as a player in 1971. 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.She has a younger tennis playing sister named Plums.[5]

WTA Tour finals

Legend
Grand Slam	0
WTA Championships	0
Tier I	0
Tier II	0
Tier III	0
Tier IV & V	0

Singles 8 (6–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	1963	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Stephanie DeFina	7–5, 6–2
Winner	2.	1966	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Peachy Kellmeyer	6–3, 6–3
Winner	3.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Peachy Kellmeyer	6–3, 6–3
Winner	4.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Patsy Rippy	6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	1967	U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships, Sacramento	Hard	Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	6.	Oct 1968	Olympics Demonstration, Mexico	Clay	Helga Niessen	4–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Julie Heldman	6–3, 6–2
Winner	8.	1968	Toronto, Canada	Clay	Faye Urban	6–3, 6–3

Doubles 6 (3-3)

Titles by Surface
Hard	2
Clay	1
Grass	0
Carpet	0

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	1966	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Peachy Kellmeyer	Patsy Rippy Becky Vest	6–1, 6–4
Winner	2.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, USA	Hard	Patsy Rippy	Pixie Lamm Marilyn Aschner	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	3.	May 27, 1968	La Jolla, California, USA	Hard	Sue Shrader	Valerie Ziegenfuss Stephanie Grant	6–8, 7–9
Bronze	4.	October 1968	Olympics Demonstration, Mexico	Clay	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Lourdes Gongora Patricia Montano	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	5.	October 26, 1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Valerie Ziegenfuss	Rosy Darmon Julie Heldman	0–6, 8–10
Runner-up	6.	March 18, 1971	Detroit, Michigan, USA	Carpet	Judy Tegart Dalton	Mary-Ann Eisel Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles 2 (1-1)

Outcome	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

1. "Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!". WTA.
2. How Two Grade-Schoolers Set Off A Tennis Revolution - Carl Bialik - FiveThirtyEight, 3 November 2016
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-03-28. Retrieved 2007-01-05.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz". National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2013-09-28.
5. Eisenberg, Eric. "How Battle Of The Sexes Brought Together A Fun Superbad Reunion". Cinemablend.com. Retrieved 2017-09-22.

External links

• Jane Bartkowicz at the Women's Tennis Association
• Jane Bartkowicz at the International Tennis Federation
• Jane Bartkowicz at the Fed Cup