Greer Stevens

Greer Stevens (born 15 February 1957) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa.

Career

Stevens in 1980 reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 7 and the Wimbledon quarterfinals in both singles and doubles. With Bob Hewitt, she won the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon in 1977 and 1979 and at the US Open in 1979. She also played for the Boston Lobsters of World TeamTennis. She retired in December 1980 after competing in the New South Wales Open, having had her career best year.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 titles)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Win	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	7–5, 7–6
Win	1979	US Open	Hard	Template:Flagicon Bob Hewitt	Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve Template:Flagicon Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–5

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 6 (4–2)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (4–2)

Finals by surface Hard (0–1) Grass (3–0) Clay (0–0) Carpet (1–1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 1975	Surbiton	Grass	Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan	6–1, 6–4
Win	2–0	Jun 1975	Chichester	Grass	Template:Flagicon Terry Holladay	6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Win	3–0	Jun 1975	Beckenham	Grass	Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	4–0	Jan 1979	Hollywood	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Dianne Fromholtz	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss	4–1	Jan 1980	Kansas City	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–0, 6–2
Loss	4–2	Jul 1980	Montreal	Hard	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 17 (5–12)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–12)

Finals by surface Hard (0–3) Grass (2–2) Clay (2–2) Carpet (1–5)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	3 June 1974	Manchester	Grass	Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan	Template:Flagicon Lesley Charles Template:Flagicon Sue Mappin	6–1, 6–3
Win	1.	10 June 1974	Beckenham	Grass	Template:Flagicon Rowena Whitehouse	Template:Flagicon Sally Greer Template:Flagicon Betsy Nagelsen	6–2, 6–4
Loss	2.	9 December 1974	Bloemfontein	Hard	Template:Flagicon Alison McMillan	Template:Flagicon Linky Boshoff Template:Flagicon Sharon Walsh	6–1, 6–3
Loss	3.	12 May 1975	Bournemouth	Clay	Template:Flagicon Linky Boshoff	Template:Flagicon Lesley Charles Template:Flagicon Sue Mappin	6–3, 6–3
Win	2.	19 May 1975	Guildford	Clay	Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan	Template:Flagicon Lesley Charles Template:Flagicon Sue Mappin	6–0, 6–3
Win	3.	26 May 1975	Surbiton	Grass	Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan	Template:Flagicon Lindsay Blachford Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Dalton	7–9, 6–1, 9–7
Loss	4.	2 June 1975	Chichester	Grass	Template:Flagicon Patti Hogan	Template:Flagicon Karen Krantzcke Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Dalton	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win	4.	18 August 1975	South Orange	Clay	Template:Flagicon Kristien Shaw	Template:Flagicon Kathleen Harter Template:Flagicon Kathy May	w/o
Loss	5.	25 January 1976	McAllen, Texas	Hard	Template:Flagicon Jenny Dimond	Template:Flagicon Isabel Fernández de Soto Template:Flagicon Mima Jaušovec	6–1, 6–2
Loss	6.	15 March 1976	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Marita Redondo	Template:Flagicon Mona Guerrant Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Win	5.	28 February 1977	San Francisco	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Kerry Reid	Template:Flagicon Sue Barker Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura	6–3, 6–1
Loss	7.	7 March 1977	Dallas	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Kerry Reid	Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova Template:Flagicon Betty Stöve	6–2, 6–4
Loss	8.	20 April 1978	Hilton Head Island	Clay	Template:Flagicon JoAnne Russell	Template:Flagicon Billie Jean King Template:Flagicon Martina Navratilova	6–3, 7–5
Loss	9.	29 January 1979	Chicago	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Ilana Kloss	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Betty Ann Grubb Stuart	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Loss	10.	28 January 1980	Seattle	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	Template:Flagicon Rosemary Casals Template:Flagicon Wendy Turnbull	6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Loss	11.	11 February 1980	Oakland	Carpet (i)	Template:Flagicon Virginia Wade	Template:Flagicon Sue Barker Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura	6–0, 6–4
Loss	12.	14 July 1980	Montreal	Hard	Template:Flagicon Ann Kiyomura	Template:Flagicon Pam Shriver Template:Flagicon Anne Smith	6–0, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament	1974	1975	1976	1977		1978	1979	1980	Career SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	0 / 1
French Open	A	A	A	A		A	A	A	0 / 0
Wimbledon	3R	3R	4R	4R		A	4R	QF	0 / 6
US Open	A	3R	2R	2R		A	4R	1R	0 / 5
SR	0 / 1	0 / 2	0 / 2	0 / 2		0 / 0	0 / 2	0 / 3	0 / 12
Year End Ranking		48	17	13		17	12	10

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

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