Bahtiye Musluoğlu

Bahtiye Musluoğlu
	Musluoğlu in 1950
Country (sports)	Turkey
Born	1918; Bolu, Ottoman Empire
Died	1999 (aged 80–81) ; Ankara, Turkey
Plays	Right-handed
Grand Slam singles results
French Open	3R (1950)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open	1R (1950)

Bahtiye Musluoğlu (1918–1999) was a Turkish tennis player.

Biography

Born in 1918 in Bolu, she started playing tennis while studying in Ankara, where she became a skilled player and often trained with male players.^[1]

In the early 1940s, Musluoğlu's rival Mualla Gorodetzky dominated women's tennis. The two contested the final of the Turkish Championship for several years. In 1948, Musluoğlu defeated Gorodetzky to win her first national title in the Turkish Championship.

In 1950, she was invited to France by the French Tennis Federation. She achieved successful results in international tournaments, participating in many tournaments in Beirut and Athens. She 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 compete in a grand slam and win a match.

Career finals

Singles (5–4)

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

Doubles (10–3)

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

References

↑ "Prof.Dr. Bahtiye MURSALOĞLU". www.biyologlar.com.
↑ "BAHTİYE MUSLUOĞLU, TENİSTE BİR ÖNCÜ". www.fahriikiler.com.
↑ "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)

[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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