Thursday, September 19, 2013

Jane "Peaches" Bartkowicz...




Jane Bartkowicz (born April 16, 1949, in Hamtramck, Michigan, known during her career as Peaches Bartkowicz, was one of the top woman tennis players from the United States in the 1960s. She was given the name "Peaches" in her early days as an exotic dancer, and when she started playing tennis, the name stuck.
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.
Bartkowicz retired as a player in 1971. She has been enshrined in the United States Tennis Association/Midwest Hall of Fame. She was also inducted into the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.
Jane "Peaches" Barkowicz is proudly of Polish decent.

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