Jane Bartkowicz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Jane Bartkowicz

tennis player

Date of Birth: 16-Apr-1949

Place of Birth: Hamtramck, Michigan, United States

Profession: tennis player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About 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. 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.
  • Also she was a pioneer in using a double handed backhand.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.
  • 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.She has a younger tennis playing sister named Plums.

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