Bahtiye Musluoğlu

Bahtiye Musluoğlu (born 1918 – 1999) is a former female tennis player who competed for the Turkey.

Bahtiye Musluoğlu
Country (sports) Turkey
Born1918
Bolu, Ottoman Empire
Died1999
Ankara, Turkey
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1950)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1950)

She was born in 1918 in Bolu. She started playing tennis while he was studying in Ankara. Musluoğlu was unrivaled in Ankara when he played tennis. Often, she even trained with male tennis players.[1] Mualla Gorodetzky was the undefeated name in women's tennis since the early 1940s. Musluoğlu fought for the final with Gorodetzky in the Turkey Championship for years. Until 1947, Gorodetzky was the winner of Turkey. Musluoğlu won his first Turkey Championship in 1948. In 1950, he was invited to France by the French Tennis Federation. He achieved successful results in international tournaments, which he participated many times in Beirut and Athens. He died in 1999.[2]

She played in singles at the French Open in 1950. She lost to the American player Margaret duPont in the Third Round.[3] She is the first Turkish female tennis player to play a grand slam and win a match.

Career finals

Singles (5–4)

Result No. Year Location Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. August 1946 İstanbul, Turkey Clay France Simonne Mathieu 3–6, 2–6
Loss 2. June 1947 Athens, Greece Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky 4–6, 6–8
Win 1. August 1947 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky 3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win 2. September 1947 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky 6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss 3. September 1949 Ankara, Turkey Clay Italy Annalisa Bossi 4–6, 4–6
Win 3. July 1950 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky 6–1, 6–1
Win 4. August 1952 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Gönül Erk 6–3, 2–0 ret.
Win 5. August 1952 Brummana, Lebanon Clay Lebanon Vera Mattar 6–2, 6–1
Loss 4. September 1952 Ankara, Turkey Clay United States Dorothy Head Knode 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (10–3)

Result No. Year location Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. August 1946 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky France Simonne Mathieu
Lebanon Vera Mattar
2–6, 1–6
Win 1. June 1947 Athens, Greece Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky Greece Aspasia Kyriakou
Greece Angie Lenou
6–3, 6–4
Win 2. August 1947 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky United Kingdom Nancy Fontes
United Kingdom Denise Pritchard
6–2, 6–3
Win 3. September 1947 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky Italy Manuela Bologna
Italy Nicoletta Majno
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Win 4. September 1948 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky Greece Anna Kiriakos
Greece Helena Voultzos
6–4 5–7 6–4
Loss 2. September 1948 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky United Kingdom Jean Quertier
Lebanon Vera Mattar
3–6, 2–6
Win 5. September 1948 Athens, Greece Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky Egypt Georgina Greiss
United Kingdom Jean Quertier
6–3, 6–3
Win 6. August 1949 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky United Kingdom Joan Curry
United Kingdom Peggy Dawson-Scott
6–3, 6–4
Win 7. September 1949 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky United Kingdom Joan Curry
United Kingdom Peggy Dawson-Scott
6–1, 6–3
Win 8. July 1950 Ankara, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky Italy Nicla Miglioti
Italy Lucia Manfredi
6–4, 7–5
Loss 3. August 1950 İstanbul, Turkey Clay Turkey Mualla Gorodetzky United States Dorothy Head Knode
Argentina Mary Terán de Weiss
4–6, 2–6
Win 9. August 1952 Ankara, Turkey Clay Egypt Georgina Greiss United Kingdom Louise Dick
United Kingdom Heather Macfarlane
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Win 10. August 1952 Brummana, Lebanon Clay Lebanon Vera Mattar Lebanon Renée Abi Hatab
Lebanon Nena Farrah
6–2, 6–2

References

  1. "Prof.Dr. Bahtiye MURSALOĞLU". www.biyologlar.com.
  2. "BAHTİYE MUSLUOĞLU, TENİSTE BİR ÖNCÜ". www.fahriikiler.com.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). www.fft.fr. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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