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Greer Stevens
South African tennis player

Greer Stevens

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South African tennis player
Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Pietermaritzburg, Msunduzi Local Municipality, Umgungundlovu District Municipality, KwaZulu-Natal
Age
68 years
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Biography

Greer "Cat" 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. She also played for the Boston Lobsters of World TeamTennis. Greer retired in December 1980, after competing in the New South Wales Open, having had her career best year.

Grand Slam finals

Mixed doubles: 3 (3 titles)

OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner1977WimbledonGrassSouth Africa Bob HewittNetherlands Betty Stöve
South Africa Frew McMillan
3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner1979WimbledonGrassSouth Africa Bob HewittNetherlands Betty Stöve
South Africa Frew McMillan
7–5, 7–6
Winner1979US OpenHardSouth Africa Bob HewittNetherlands Betty Stöve
South Africa Frew McMillan
6–3, 7–5

WTA Tour finals

Singles: 8 (5–3)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–2)
Grass (3–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Runner-up1.6 January 1975DurbanHardSouth Africa Linky Boshoff0–6, 6–0, 6–4
Winner1.26 May 1975SurbitonGrassUnited States Patti Hogan6–1, 6–4
Winner2.2 June 1975ChichesterGrassUnited States Terry Holladay6–7, 6–4, 6–3
Winner3.9 June 1975BeckenhamGrassUnited States Patti Hogan4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner4.25 January 1976McAllenHardUnited States JoAnne Russell6–1, 6–2
Winner5.22 January 1979HollywoodCarpet (i)Australia Dianne Fromholtz6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Runner-up2.14 January 1980Kansas CityCarpet (i)United States Martina Navratilova6–0, 6–2
Runner-up3.14 July 1980MontrealHardUnited States Martina Navratilova6–2, 6–1

Doubles: 17 (5–12)

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Virginia Slims, Avon, Other (5–12)
Titles by Surface
Hard (0–3)
Grass (2–2)
Clay (2–2)
Carpet (1–5)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.3 June 1974ManchesterGrassUnited States Patti HoganUnited Kingdom Lesley Charles
United Kingdom Sue Mappin
6–1, 6–3
Winner1.10 June 1974BeckenhamGrassSouth Africa Rowena WhitehouseUnited States Sally Greer
United States Betsy Nagelsen
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up2.9 December 1974BloemfonteinHardSouth Africa Alison McMillanSouth Africa Linky Boshoff
United States Sharon Walsh
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up3.12 May 1975BournemouthClaySouth Africa Linky BoshoffUnited Kingdom Lesley Charles
United Kingdom Sue Mappin
6–3, 6–3
Winner2.19 May 1975GuildfordClayUnited States Patti HoganUnited Kingdom Lesley Charles
United Kingdom Sue Mappin
6–0, 6–3
Winner3.26 May 1975SurbitonGrassUnited States Patti HoganUnited Kingdom Lindsay Blachford
Australia Judy Tegart Dalton
7–9, 6–1, 9–7
Runner-up4.2 June 1975ChichesterGrassUnited States Patti HoganAustralia Karen Krantzcke
Australia Judy Tegart Dalton
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner4.18 August 1975South OrangeClayUnited States Kristien ShawUnited States Kathleen Harter
United States Kathy May
w/o
Runner-up5.25 January 1976McAllenHardAustralia Jenny DimondColombia María-Isabel Fernández
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Mima Jaušovec
6–1, 6–2
Runner-up6.15 March 1976DallasCarpet (i)United States Marita RedondoUnited States Mona Guerrant
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner5.28 February 1977San FranciscoCarpet (i)Australia Kerry Melville ReidUnited Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up7.7 March 1977DallasCarpet (i)Australia Kerry Melville ReidUnited States Martina Navratilova
Netherlands Betty Stöve
6–2, 6–4
Runner-up8.20 April 1978Hilton Head IslandClayUnited States JoAnne RussellUnited States Billie Jean King
United States Martina Navratilova
6–3, 7–5
Runner-up9.29 January 1979ChicagoCarpet (i)South Africa Ilana KlossUnited States Rosemary Casals
United States Betty Ann Grubb Stuart
3–6, 7–5, 7–5
Runner-up10.28 January 1980SeattleCarpet (i)United Kingdom Virginia WadeUnited States Rosemary Casals
Australia Wendy Turnbull
6–4, 2–6, 7–5
Runner-up11.11 February 1980OaklandCarpet (i)United Kingdom Virginia WadeUnited Kingdom Sue Barker
United States Ann Kiyomura
6–0, 6–4
Runner-up12.14 July 1980MontrealHardUnited States Ann KiyomuraUnited States Pam Shriver
United States Anne Smith
6–0, 6–4

Grand Slam singles tournament timeline

Tournament1974197519761977197819791980Career SR
Australian OpenAAAAAAAQF0 / 1
French OpenAAAAAAA0 / 0
Wimbledon3R3R4R4RA4RQF0 / 6
US OpenA3R2R2RA4R1R0 / 5
SR0 / 10 / 20 / 20 / 20 / 00 / 20 / 30 / 12
Year End Ranking481713171210

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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

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