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.

Career

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.

She was part of the Original 9 group of women tennis players who took part in the inaugural 1970 Virginia Slims Circuit. Also she was a pioneer in using a two-handed backhand.

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. She was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame on June 24, 2010. Martha MacIsaac plays Bartkowicz in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes. Her sister Plums Bartkowicz was a national No. 1 junior tennis player, but she did not pursue a professional career.

ILTF Circuit finals

(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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	1963	Tri-State Championships	Hard	Template:Flagicon Stephanie DeFina	7–5, 6–2
Win	2.	1966	Tri-State Championships	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peachy Kellmeyer	6–3, 6–3
Win	3.	1967	Tri-State Championships	Hard	Template:Flagicon Peachy Kellmeyer	6–3, 6–3
Win	4.	1967	Tri-State Championships	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patsy Rippy	6–4, 6–1
Win	5.	1967	U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships	Hard	Template:Flagicon Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–4, 6–4
Loss	6.	Oct 1968	Olympics Demonstration, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Helga Niessen	4–6, 3–6
Win	7.	1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman	6–3, 6–2
Win	8.	1968	Canadian International Championships	Clay	Template:Flagicon Faye Urban	6–3, 6–3

Doubles 6 (3-3)

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	Template:Flagicon Peachy Kellmeyer	Template:Flagicon Patsy Rippy Template:Flagicon Becky Vest	6–1, 6–4
Win	2.	1967	Cincinnati, Ohio, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Patsy Rippy	Template:Flagicon Pixie Lamm Template:Flagicon Marilyn Aschner	6–3, 6–0
Loss	3.	May 27, 1968	La Jolla, California, US	Hard	Template:Flagicon Sue Shrader	Template:Flagicon Valerie Ziegenfuss Template:Flagicon Stephanie Grant	6–8, 7–9
Bronze	4.	October 1968	Olympics Demonstration, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Valerie Ziegenfuss	Template:Flagicon Lourdes Gongora Template:Flagicon Patricia Montaño	6–2, 6–1
Loss	5.	October 26, 1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Valerie Ziegenfuss	Template:Flagicon Rosy Darmon Template:Flagicon Julie Heldman	0–6, 8–10
Loss	6.	March 18, 1971	Detroit, Michigan, US	Carpet	Template:Flagicon Judy Tegart Dalton	Template:Flagicon Mary-Ann Eisel Template:Flagicon Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–2, 2–6, 3–6

Mixed doubles 2 (1-1)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	1.	October 1968	Olympics Demonstration, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Jim Osbourne	Template:Flagicon Rosie Darmon Template:Flagicon Pierre Darmon	6–4, 7–5
Silver	2.	October 1968	Olympics Exhibition, Mexico	Clay	Template:Flagicon Ingo Buding	Template:Flagicon Zaiga Jansone Template:Flagicon Vladimir Korotkov	5–7, 4–6

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