Bahtiye Musluoğlu Explained

Bahtiye Musluoğlu
Birth Date:1918
Birth Place:Bolu, Ottoman Empire
Death Date:1999
Death Place:Ankara, Turkey
Plays:Right-handed
Frenchopenresult:3R (1950)
Frenchopendoublesresult:1R (1950)

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

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)

ResultNo.YearLocationSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss1.August 1946Istanbul, TurkeyClay Simonne Mathieu3–6, 2–6
Loss2.June 1947Athens, GreeceClay Mualla Gorodetzky4–6, 6–8
Win1.August 1947Ankara, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Win2.September 1947Istanbul, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky6–4, 2–6, 6–4
Loss3.September 1949Ankara, TurkeyClay Annalisa Bossi4–6, 4–6
Win3.July 1950Ankara, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky6–1, 6–1
Win4.August 1952Ankara, TurkeyClay Gönül Erk6–3, 2–0 ret.
Win5.August 1952Brummana, LebanonClay Vera Mattar6–2, 6–1
Loss4.September 1952Ankara, TurkeyClay Dorothy Head Knode1–6, 3–6

Doubles (10–3)

ResultNo.YearlocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss1.August 1946Istanbul, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Simonne Mathieu
Vera Mattar
2–6, 1–6
Win1.June 1947Athens, GreeceClay Mualla Gorodetzky Aspasia Kyriakou
Angie Lenou
6–3, 6–4
Win2.August 1947Ankara, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Nancy Fontes
Denise Pritchard
6–2, 6–3
Win3.September 1947Istanbul, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Manuela Bologna
Nicoletta Majno
6–2, 5–7, 6–2
Win4.September 1948Ankara, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Anna Kiriakos
Helena Voultzos
6–4 5–7 6–4
Loss2.September 1948Istanbul, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Jean Quertier
Vera Mattar
3–6, 2–6
Win5.September 1948Athens, GreeceClay Mualla Gorodetzky Georgina Greiss
Jean Quertier
6–3, 6–3
Win6.August 1949Istanbul, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Joan Curry
Peggy Dawson-Scott
6–3, 6–4
Win7.September 1949Ankara, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Joan Curry
Peggy Dawson-Scott
6–1, 6–3
Win8.July 1950Ankara, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Nicla Miglioti
Lucia Manfredi
6–4, 7–5
Loss3.August 1950Istanbul, TurkeyClay Mualla Gorodetzky Dorothy Head Knode
Mary Terán de Weiss
4–6, 2–6
Win9.August 1952Ankara, TurkeyClay Georgina Greiss Louise Dick
Heather Macfarlane
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Win10.August 1952Brummana, LebanonClay Vera Mattar Renée Abi Hatab
Nena Farrah
6–2, 6–2

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Prof.Dr. Bahtiye MURSALOĞLU. www.biyologlar.com.
  2. Web site: BAHTİYE MUSLUOĞLU, TENİSTE BİR ÖNCÜ. www.fahriikiler.com.
  3. Web site: Archived copy . www.fft.fr . 12 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070930210342/http://www.fft.fr/rolandgarros/pdfpalmares/femmes1950_fra.pdf . 30 September 2007 . dead.