Vera Mattar Explained

Vera Mattar
Birth Date:	1916
Singlestitles:	8
Wimbledonresult:	1R (1948)
Doublestitles:	3
Wimbledonmixedresult:	2R (1948 1960)

Vera Mattar (born 1916) is a Lebanese former tennis player. She is the first Lebanese female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam.

She played in Singles at the Wimbledon in 1948. She lost to the American Barbara Scofield in the Second Round.^[1] Her partner in mixed doubles Egyptian Eddie Mandelbaum lost in the Second Round to the Australian player John Bromwich and American Louise Brough. ^[2]

Competed in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1960 with her partner compatriot Karim Fawaz lost in the Second Round to the Mexican player Rafael Osuna and American Sally Moore.^[3]

Career finals

Singles (8–5)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	April 1944	Israel Spring International Championships	Tel Aviv, Israel	Clay	Gertrude Kornfeld	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1.	March 1946	Cairo International Championships	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	April 1946	International Championships of Egypt	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	1–6, 1–6
Win	2.	July 1948		Sunderland, UK	Grass	Elizabeth Wilson	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	September 1948	International Championships of Turkey	Ankara, Turkey	Clay	Mualla Gorodetzky	3–6, 7–5, 13–11
Loss	3.	September 1948	Istanbul International Championships	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Mualla Gorodetzky	0–6, 6–4, 7–9
Loss	4.	September 1948	Greek International Championships	Athens, Greece	Clay	Jean Quertier	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	August 1952.^[4]	Brumana International	Brummana, Lebanon	Clay	Bahtiye Musluoğlu	2–6, 1–6
Win	4.	November 1953	Lebanon Championships	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Athina Kyriacopoulo	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	November 1954	National Championships of Lebanon	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–0
Win	6.	June 1955	Lebanon National Championships	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–1
Win	7.	June 1957^[5]	Lebanon National Championships	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–3
Win	8.	November 1957	Lebanese National Championships	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Athina Kyriacopoulo	6–0, 6–3

Doubles (3–4)

Result	No.	Year	Tournament	location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	March 1946	International Championships of Egypt	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Lavender Campbell	Joy Brown Simonne Mathieu	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	August 1946	?	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	Mualla Gorodetzky Bahtiye Musluoğlu	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	March 1948	Egyptian Championships	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Suzanne Pannetier	Nelly Landry Alice Weiwers	2–6, 4–6
Win	2.	September 1948	International Championships of Istanbul	Istanbul, Turkey	Clay		Mualla Gorodetzky Bahtiye Musluoğlu	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	March 1949	Championships of Egypt	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Joy Brown	Nelly Landry Joy Mottram	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	March 1949	Alexandria International Championships	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Joy Brown	Nelly Landry Megan Buxton-Knight	2–6, 5–7
Win	3.	August 1952	Brummana International Championships	Brummana, Lebanon	Clay	Bahtiye Musluoğlu	Renée Abi Hatab Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–2

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1958 Wimbledon Ladies Singles Draws. wtafiles.
2. Web site: 1948 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Draws. wtafiles.
3. Web site: 1960 Wimbledon Mixed Doubles Draws. wtafiles.
4. Web site: Schoucair . Nohad Victor . results BRUMMANA . www.lebanon-tennis-history.com . Lebanon International Tennis . 18 February 2023.
5. Lebanon International Tennis