Personal

Former member of the ITF Committee of Management, its first female member...Speaks six languages...An accomplished photographer...Nicknamed 'Dutchess'...A virus, complicated by a malfunctioning thyroid gland, forced her out of tennis for an 18-month period in the late 1960s and she was advised she should never play again...In 1990 wrote Total Tennis, a book on instruction...Coached Mandlikova from 1980-1990 and Boogert in 1994.

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner: 1966 - Bristol, Tokyo.
Finalist: 1978 - Filderstadt, Brighton, Washington, DC, Seattle; 1977 - Wimbledon.

DOUBLES
Winner: 1979 - Roland Garros (w/Turnbull), US Open (w/Turnbull), Avon Championships (w/Durr), Italian Open (w/Turnbull), Bridgestone (w/Durr); 1977- US Open (w/Turnbull), Bridgestone (w/Navratilova); 1976 - Bridgestone (w/King); 1972 - Wimbledon (w/King), Roland Garros(w/King), US Open (w/Durr).
Finalist: 1980 - US Open (w/Shriver); 1979 - Wimbledon (w/Turnbull); 1977 - Wimbledon (w/Navratilova); 1976 - Wimbledon (w/King); 1975 - Wimbledon (w/Durr); 1974 - US Open (w/Durr), Virginia Slims Championships (w/Durr); 1973 - Wimbledon (w/Durr), Roland Garros (w/Durr), Virginia Slims Championships (w/Durr).

MIXED DOUBLES
Winner: 1981 - Wimbledon (w/McMillan); 1978 - Wimbledon (w/McMillan), US Open (w/McMillan); 1977 - US Open (w/McMillan).
Finalist: 1981 - Roland Garros (w/McNair); 1979 - Wimbledon (w/McMillan); 1977 - Wimbledon (w/McMillan); 1976 - US Open (w/McMillan); 1975 - Wimbledon (w/Stone); 1971 - US Open (w/Maud).

ADDITIONAL
Dutch Fed Cup Team 1966, 69-72, 76-80, 82-83.

Career in Review

1971 - Won 33 doubles titles on the winter indoor circuit starting in 1971
1972 - Competed in three Grand Slam events, winning doubles titles at all three (Roland Garros and Wimbledon with BJ King, and the US Open with Durr); did not play Australian Open
1977 - Reached five of six possible finals at Wimbledon and US Open
1979 - Nearly pulled off a sweep of major doubles titles, winning Avon Championships and Bridgestone Doubles with Durr, then Roland Garros and the Italian and US Opens with Turnbull; only Wimbledon and the Australian Open escaped her that year
1981 - Surpassed $1 million in career earnings in September 1981 at the US Indoors in Minneapolis