Greer Stevens

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Greer Stevens

| image=

| country = {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} South Africa

| residence =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1957|2|15}}

| birth_place = Pietermaritzburg, Natal, Union of South Africa

| height = {{height|m=1.68}} {{cite book|editor1-last=Bostic|editor1-first=Stephanie|title=USTA Player Records 1978|date=1979|publisher=United States Tennis Association (USTA)|page=250}}

| turnedpro = 1974

| retired = December 1980

| plays = Right-handed

| careerprizemoney =

| singlesrecord = 98–59

| singlestitles = 4

| highestsinglesranking = No. 7 (7 July 1980)

| AustralianOpenresult = QF (1980)

| FrenchOpenresult =

| Wimbledonresult = QF (1980)

| USOpenresult = 4R (1979)

| doublesrecord = 93–48

| doublestitles = 5

| highestdoublesranking =

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1980)

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult =

| WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1977, 1980)

| USOpenDoublesresult = SF (1977)

| OthertournamentsDoubles =

| WTAChampionshipsDoublesresult=

| Mixed =

| mixedtitles =

| mixedrecord =

| AustralianOpenMixedresult =

| FrenchOpenMixedresult =

| WimbledonMixedresult = W (1977, 1979)

| USOpenMixedresult = W (1979)

}}

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.{{cite web|title=Wimbledon players archive – Greer Stevens|url=http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/d4da4fda-b7b0-47bf-b460-e5d6253b5d61/MX.html|website=www.wimbledon.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407142145/http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/scores/draws/archive/players/d4da4fda-b7b0-47bf-b460-e5d6253b5d61/MX.html|archivedate=2016-04-07|publisher=AELTC}} 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.{{cite book|title=Women's Tennis 1968–84: the Ultimate Guide|year=2011|publisher=Remous|page=376|author=John Dolan}}

Grand Slam finals

=Mixed doubles: 3 (3 titles)=

class="sortable wikitable" !style="width:40px"\|Result !style="width:30px"\|Year !style="width:130px"\|Championship !style="width:50px"\|Surface !style="width:130px"\|Partner !style="width:130px"\|Opponents !style="width:110px" class="unsortable"\|Score
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1977	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Bob Hewitt	{{flagicon\|NED}} Betty Stöve {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Frew McMillan	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
style="background:#ccffcc;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1979	Wimbledon	Grass	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Bob Hewitt	{{flagicon\|NED}} Betty Stöve {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Frew McMillan	7–5, 7–6
style="background:#ccccff;" \| style="background:#98fb98;"\|Win	1979	US Open	Hard	{{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Bob Hewitt	{{flagicon\|NED}} Betty Stöve {{flagicon\|RSA\|1928}} Frew McMillan	6–3, 7–5

WTA Tour finals

=Singles: 6 (4–2)=

valign=top

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! Legend

style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

style="background:#ffc;"|WTA Tour Championships (0–0)

Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (4–2)

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! Finals by surface

Hard (0–1)

Grass (3–0)

Clay (0–0)

Carpet (1–1)

class="sortable wikitable"

!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:35px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:60px"|Date

!style="width:160px"|Tournament

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:180px"|Opponent

!style="width:120px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–0

| May 1975

| Surbiton

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

| 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–0

| Jun 1975

| Chichester

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Terry Holladay

| 6–7, 6–4, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–0

| Jun 1975

| Beckenham

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

| 4–6, 6–3, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–0

| Jan 1979

| Hollywood

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Dianne Fromholtz

| 6–4, 2–6, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4–1

| Jan 1980

| Kansas City

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova

| 6–0, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4–2

| Jul 1980

| Montreal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova

| 6–2, 6–1

=Doubles: 17 (5–12)=

valign=top

{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! Legend

style="background:#f3e6d7;"|Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)

style="background:#ffc;"|WTA Tour Championships (0–0)

Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–12)

class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"

! Finals by surface

Hard (0–3)

Grass (2–2)

Clay (2–2)

Carpet (1–5)

class="sortable wikitable"

!style="width:40px"|Result

!style="width:20px"|No.

!style="width:115px"|Date

!style="width:160px"|Tournament

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:180px"|Partner

!style="width:180px"|Opponents

!style="width:140px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 3 June 1974

| Manchester

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lesley Charles
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Mappin

| 6–1, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| 10 June 1974

| Beckenham

| Grass

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Rowena Whitehouse

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sally Greer
{{flagicon|USA}} Betsy Nagelsen

| 6–2, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 2.

| 9 December 1974

| Bloemfontein

| Hard

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Alison McMillan

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Linky Boshoff
{{flagicon|USA}} Sharon Walsh

| 6–1, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| 12 May 1975

| Bournemouth

| Clay

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Linky Boshoff

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lesley Charles
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Mappin

| 6–3, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2.

| 19 May 1975

| Guildford

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lesley Charles
{{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Mappin

| 6–0, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 26 May 1975

| Surbiton

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Lindsay Blachford
{{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Tegart Dalton

| 7–9, 6–1, 9–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 4.

| 2 June 1975

| Chichester

| Grass

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patti Hogan

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Karen Krantzcke
{{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Tegart Dalton

| 4–6, 6–1, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| 18 August 1975

| South Orange

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kristien Shaw

| {{flagicon|USA}} Kathleen Harter
{{flagicon|USA}} Kathy May

| w/o

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| 25 January 1976

| McAllen, Texas

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Jenny Dimond

| {{flagicon|COL}} Isabel Fernández de Soto
{{flagicon|YUG}} Mima Jaušovec

| 6–1, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| 15 March 1976

| Dallas

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Marita Redondo

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mona Guerrant
{{flagicon|USA}} Ann Kiyomura

| 6–3, 4–6, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5.

| 28 February 1977

| San Francisco

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Reid

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Barker
{{flagicon|USA}} Ann Kiyomura

| 6–3, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 7.

| 7 March 1977

| Dallas

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Kerry Reid

| {{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova
{{flagicon|NED}} Betty Stöve

| 6–2, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 8.

| 20 April 1978

| Hilton Head Island

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} JoAnne Russell

| {{flagicon|USA}} Billie Jean King
{{flagicon|USA}} Martina Navratilova

| 6–3, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 9.

| 29 January 1979

| Chicago

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Ilana Kloss

| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals
{{flagicon|USA}} Betty Ann Grubb Stuart

| 3–6, 7–5, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 10.

| 28 January 1980

| Seattle

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade

| {{flagicon|USA}} Rosemary Casals
{{flagicon|AUS}} Wendy Turnbull

| 6–4, 2–6, 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 11.

| 11 February 1980

| Oakland

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Virginia Wade

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Sue Barker
{{flagicon|USA}} Ann Kiyomura

| 6–0, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 12.

| 14 July 1980

| Montreal

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Ann Kiyomura

| {{flagicon|USA}} Pam Shriver
{{flagicon|USA}} Anne Smith

| 6–0, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

class="wikitable"

! Tournament !! 1974 !! 1975 !! 1976 !! colspan="2"| 1977 !! 1978 !! 1979 !! 1980 !! Career SR

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Australian Open

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 1

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | French Open

| align="center" |A

| colspan="2" align="center" |A

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 0

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | Wimbledon

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 6

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | US Open

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R

| align="center" |A

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R

| align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 5

style="background:#EFEFEF;" | SR

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 1

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| colspan="2" align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 0

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 2

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |0 / 3

| align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" | 0 / 12

align=left|Year End Ranking

|align="center" |

|align="center" |48

|align="center" |17

|colspan=2 align="center" |13

|align="center" |17

|align="center" |12

|align="center" bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

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

References

External links

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{{ITF}}
{{Fed Cup player}}

Category:South African female tennis players

Category:1957 births

Category:Living people

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles

Category:Sportspeople from Pietermaritzburg

Category:Tennis players from KwaZulu-Natal

Category:Wimbledon champions

Category:US Open (tennis) champions