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Jane Bartkowicz

{{short description|American tennis player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}}

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| name = Jane Bartkowicz

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| fullname = Jane Marie Bartkowicz

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| country_represented = {{USA}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|04|16}}

| birth_place = Hamtramck, Michigan, United States

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| college =

| turnedpro = 1969

| retired = 1974

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| singlesrecord ={{tennis record|won=199|lost=86}}

| singlestitles =20

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| AustralianOpenresult =

| FrenchOpenresult = 2R (1969)

| Wimbledonresult = 3R (1969, 1970)

| USOpenresult = QF (1968, 1969)

| doublesrecord = 17–9

| doublestitles = 3

| highestdoublesranking =

| AustralianOpenDoublesresult =

| FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1969)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = QF (1969)

| USOpenDoublesresult = QF (1969, 1970)

| Mixed = yes

| mixedrecord = 0–2

| mixedtitles = 0

| WimbledonMixedresult = 2R (1969)

| USOpenMixedresult = 2R (1970)

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{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1968 Mexico City|Singles (Exhib.)}}

{{MedalSilver|1968 Mexico City|Singles (Demo.)}}

{{MedalSilver|1968 Mexico City|Doubles (Exhib.)}}

{{MedalSilver|1968 Mexico City|Mixed Doubles (Exhib.)}}

{{MedalBronze|1968 Mexico City|Doubles (Demo.)}}

{{MedalBronze|1968 Mexico City|Mixed Doubles (Demo.)}}

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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.{{Citation needed|date=January 2022|reason=Could not find proof in biographies}}

She was part of the Original 9 group of women tennis players who took part in the inaugural 1970 Virginia Slims Circuit.{{cite web|title=Original 9 Reunion: It's A Wrap!|url=http://www.wtatennis.com/news/article/2732627/title/original-9-reunion-its-a-wrap!|publisher=WTA}} Also she was a pioneer in using a two-handed backhand.[https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-two-grade-schoolers-set-off-a-tennis-revolution/ How Two Grade-Schoolers Set Off a Tennis Revolution] - Carl Bialik - FiveThirtyEight, November 3, 2016

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.{{cite web |url=http://www.athleticachievement.org/mshof/inductees/archive.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=January 5, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070328122459/http://www.athleticachievement.org/mshof/inductees/archive.html |archive-date=March 28, 2007 }} She was inducted into the National Polish American Sports Hall of Fame on June 24, 2010.{{cite web|title=Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz |url=http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/tennis/jane-peaches-bartkowicz/ |publisher=National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928090448/http://polishsportshof.com/inductees/tennis/jane-peaches-bartkowicz/ |archive-date=September 28, 2013 }} Martha MacIsaac plays Bartkowicz in the 2017 film Battle of the Sexes.{{cite web|last=Eisenberg |first=Eric |url=http://www.cinemablend.com/news/1704810/how-battle-of-the-sexes-brought-together-a-fun-superbad-reunion |title=How Battle of the Sexes Brought Together a Fun Superbad Reunion |date=20 September 2017 |publisher=Cinemablend.com |access-date=September 22, 2017}} Her sister Plums Bartkowicz was a national No. 1 junior tennis player, but she did not pursue a professional career.{{cite web |author1=Steve Flink |title=Original Nine Spotlight: Peaches Bartkowicz |url=https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2020-06-16/original_nine_spotlight_peaches_bartkowicz.html |publisher=USTA |date=June 16, 2020}}

ILTF Circuit finals

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!colspan=2|Legend

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| Grand Slam

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| WTA Championships

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| Tier I

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| Tier II

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| Tier III

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| Tier IV & V

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=Singles 8 (6–2)=

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! Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Opponent

! Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 1.

| 1963

|Tri-State Championships

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Stephanie DeFina

| 7–5, 6–2

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

| 2.

| 1966

| Tri-State Championships

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Peachy Kellmeyer

| 6–3, 6–3

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

| 3.

| 1967

| Tri-State Championships

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Peachy Kellmeyer

| 6–3, 6–3

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

| 4.

| 1967

| Tri-State Championships

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patsy Rippy

| 6–4, 6–1

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

| 5.

| 1967

| U.S. Women’s Hardcourt Championships

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Valerie Ziegenfuss

| 6–4, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| Oct 1968

| Olympics Demonstration, Mexico

| Clay

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Helga Niessen

| 4–6, 3–6

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

| 7.

| 1968

| Olympics Exhibition, Mexico

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman

| 6–3, 6–2

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

| 8.

| 1968

| Canadian International Championships

| Clay

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Faye Urban

| 6–3, 6–3

= Doubles 6 (3-3) =

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!colspan=2|Titles by surface

Hardstyle="text-align:center;"|2
Claystyle="text-align:center;"|1
Grassstyle="text-align:center;"|0
Carpetstyle="text-align:center;"|0

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! Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

bgcolor=

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

| 1.

| 1966

| Cincinnati, Ohio, US

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Peachy Kellmeyer

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patsy Rippy
{{flagicon|USA}} Becky Vest

| 6–1, 6–4

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

| 2.

| 1967

| Cincinnati, Ohio, US

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Patsy Rippy

| {{flagicon|USA}} Pixie Lamm
{{flagicon|USA}} Marilyn Aschner

| 6–3, 6–0

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 3.

| May 27, 1968

| La Jolla, California, US

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sue Shrader

| {{flagicon|USA}} Valerie Ziegenfuss
{{flagicon|USA}} Stephanie Grant

| 6–8, 7–9

style="background:#c96;"|Bronze

| 4.

| October 1968

| Olympics Demonstration, Mexico

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Valerie Ziegenfuss

| {{flagicon|MEX}} Lourdes Gongora
{{flagicon|MEX}} Patricia Montaño

| 6–2, 6–1

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5.

| October 26, 1968

| Olympics Exhibition, Mexico

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Valerie Ziegenfuss

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Rosy Darmon
{{flagicon|USA}} Julie Heldman

| 0–6, 8–10

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 6.

| March 18, 1971

| Detroit, Michigan, US

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Judy Tegart Dalton

| {{flagicon|USA}} Mary-Ann Eisel
{{flagicon|USA}} Valerie Ziegenfuss

| 6–2, 2–6, 3–6

= Mixed doubles 2 (1-1) =

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! Result

! No.

! Date

! Tournament

! Surface

! Partner

! Opponents

! Score

style="background:#c96;"| Bronze

| 1.

| October 1968

| Olympics Demonstration, Mexico

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jim Osbourne

| {{flagicon|FRA}} Rosie Darmon
{{flagicon|FRA}} Pierre Darmon

| 6–4, 7–5

style="background:silver;"| Silver

| 2.

| October 1968

| Olympics Exhibition, Mexico

| Clay

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Ingo Buding

| {{flagicon|URS}} Zaiga Jansone
{{flagicon|URS}} Vladimir Korotkov

| 5–7, 4–6

References

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External links

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Category:Wimbledon junior champions

Category:20th-century American sportswomen