Bahia Mouhtassine

Bahia Mouhtassine (born 23 August 1979) is a Moroccan former professional tennis player. Her career-high singles ranking is No.139, achieved on 24 June 2002. She is the highest ever ranked female player from Morocco.

Biography Mouhtassine is the first female Moroccan player to feature at the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament. She lost in the first rounds of the 2002 Australian Open and 2003 French Open to Spanish Anabel Medina Garrigues and Czech Zuzana Ondrášková, respectively.

In her career, Mouhtassine won eleven ITF Women's Circuit singles titles and nine doubles titles. She also played on many WTA Tour events, won six gold medals at the Pan Arab Games and one gold at the Mediterranean Games, representing Morocco. Mouthassine's biggest career win was at the Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem in Casablanca in 2004. She upset third-seeded Katarina Srebotnik, who was ranked 183 spots above her, in straight sets. She has also beaten Sania Mirza at an ITF final in Rabat in 2004.

Bahia retired after losing in the first round of the 2007 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem to Vania King.

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Singles (11–8) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. 3 August 1997 Rabat, Morocco Clay Julia Carballal-Fernandez 6–2, 6–0Win 2. 26 October 1997 Ceuta, Spain Hard Ana Salas Lozano 6–2, 2–6, 7–5Win 3. 17 May 1998 Tortosa, Spain Clay Patricia Aznar 7–6, 6–2Loss 4. 1 June 1998 Ceuta, Spain Clay Gisela Riera 5–7, 6–2, 2–6Win 5. 26 July 1998 Rabat, Morocco Clay Nina Schwarz 5–7, 6–1, 6–1Loss 6. 21 September 1998 Bucharest, Romania Clay Anna Földényi 4–6, 4–6Win 7. 30 November 1998 Cairo, Egypt Clay Nino Louarsabishvili 3–6, 6–3, 6–2Win 8. 1 November 1999 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Sandra Martinović 1–6, 6–4, 6–0Win 9. 30 April 2000 Talence, France Hard Anne-Laure Heitz 7–6(4), 7–6(2)Loss 10. 28 May 2000 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Kira Nagy 0–6, 7–5, 6–7(4)Loss 11. 1 July 2001 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Jelena Kostanić Tošić 4–6, 3–6Loss 12. 30 October 2001 Bolton, England Hard (i) Els Callens 6–4, 4–6, 1–6Win 13. 5 November 2001 Cairo, Egypt Clay Gabriela Voleková 1–6, 6–3, 7–5Loss 14. 16 June 2002 Grado, Italy Clay Edina Gallovits-Hall 3–6, 3–6Win 15. 3 April 2004 Rabat, Morocco Clay Sania Mirza 6–2, 7–5Win 16. 18 April 2004 Biarritz, France Clay Laura Pous Tió 6–4, 7–6(4)Loss 17. 30 May 2004 Tongliao, China Hard Li Na 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5)Loss 18. 15 August 2004 Martina Franca, Italy Hard Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 4–6Win 19. 5 September 2004 Mestre, Italy Clay Michelle Gerards 6–1, 6–0

Doubles (9–7) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1. 4 August 1996 Caserta, Italy Clay Marielle Bruens Inga Bertschmann Joana Pedroso 6–4, 6–4Win 2. 5 August 1996 Carthage, Tunisia Clay Marielle Bruens Sandrine Bouilleau Selima Sfar w/oWin 3. 3 August 1997 Rabat, Morocco Clay Nadine van de Walle Brigitte Loogen Lucy McDonald 6–3, 6–3Win 4. 30 November 1998 Cairo, Egypt Clay Nino Louarsabishvili Sabina Da Ponte Nathalie Viérin 7–5, 6–3Win 5. 7 December 1998 Ismailia, Egypt Clay Nino Louarsabishvili Ljiljana Nanušević Gabriela Voleková 6–3, 6–3Loss 6. 1 November 1999 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Susanne Filipp Sabina Da Ponte Silvia Uricková 3–6, 5–7Loss 7. 4 June 2001 Galatina, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Vanessa Menga Dally Randriantefy 6–3, 0–6, 5–7Win 8. 30 October 2001 Bolton, England Hard (i) Maria Goloviznina Sandra Načuk Dragana Zarić 6–4, 6–3Loss 9. 1 April 2002 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Angelique Widjaja Seda Noorlander Kirstin Freye 2–6, 4–6Loss 10. 9 June 2002 Galatina, Italy Clay Sylvia Plischke Edina Gallovits-Hall Andreea Ehritt-Vanc 3–6, 2–6Loss 11. 8 June 2003 Galatina, Italy Clay Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Arantxa Parra Santonja María Emilia Salerni 0–6, 6–7(6)Loss 12. 5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Maret Ani Giulia Casoni 5–7, 5–7Loss 13. 5 December 2004 Ra'anana, Israel Hard İpek Şenoğlu Tzipora Obziler Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 0–6Win 14. 28 May 2005 Campobasso, Italy Clay Giulia Casoni Katarína Kachlíková Lenka Tvarošková 6–0, 7–5Win 15. 12 May 2006 Rabat, Morocco Clay Émilie Bacquet Raluca Olaru María Fernanda Álvarez Terán w/o Win 16. 4 June 2006 Tortosa, Spain Clay Émilie Bacquet Laura Thorpe Irene Rehberger Bescos 1–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)

National representation Fed Cup Mouhtassine made her Fed Cup debut for Morocco in 1995, while the team was competing in the Europe/Africa Zone Group II, when she was 15 years and 259 days old.

Fed Cup Group membershipWorld GroupWorld Group Play-offWorld Group IIWorld Group II Play-offEurope/Africa Group (13–7)

Matches by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (15–7)

Matches by typeSingles (7–1)Doubles (8–6)

Matches by settingIndoors (0–0)Outdoors (15–7)

Singles (6–1) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfaceOpponentW/LScore 1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Pool A 9 May 1995 Nairobi, Kenya Greece Clay Christina ZachariadouL 2–6, 2–6 11 May 1995 Egypt Shahira TawfikW 6–2, 7–5 12 May 1995 Tunisia Selima SfarW * 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Pool C 26 April 1999 Murcia, Spain Lithuania Clay Galina MisiuriovaW 6–4, 6–3 28 April 1999 Cyprus Stephanie KamberiW 6–1, 6–4 30 April 1999 Estonia Ilona PoljakovaW 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Pool D 30 April 2003 Estoril, Portugal Malta Clay Sarah WetzW 6–0, 6–0 1 May 2003 Lithuania Edita LiachovičiūtėW 6–1, 7–6(7–2) walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

Doubles (7–6) EditionStageDateLocationAgainstSurfacePartnerOpponentsW/LScore 1995 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Pool A 9 May 1995 Nairobi, Kenya Greece Clay Lamia Alami Christína Papadáki Christina ZachariadouL 6–7(4–7), 1–6 10 May 1995 Norway Habiba Ifrakh Mette Sigmundstad Molly UlvinL 5–7, 6–7(3–7) 11 May 1995 Egypt Lamia Alami Mehry Shawki Shahira TawfikW 6–1, 6–0 12 May 1995 Tunisia Habiba Ifrakh Imen Ben Larbi Selima SfarW * 1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Pool C 26 April 1999 Murcia, Spain Lithuania Clay Meryem El Haddad Edita Liachovičiūtė Galina MisiuriovaW 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 29 April 1999 Kenya Florence Mbugua Evelyn OtulaW 6–0, 6–0 30 April 1999 Estonia Maret Ani Liina SuurvarikW 6–3, 2–6, 6–1 2003 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II Pool D 30 April 2003 Estoril, Portugal Malta Clay Mouna Sabri Lisa Camenzuli Carol Cassar-TorreggianiL 6–4, 1–6, 3–6 1 May 2003 Lithuania Habiba Ifrakh Edita Liachovičiūtė Lina StančiūtėL 4–6, 2–6 2012 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group III Pool A 17 April 2012 Cairo, Egypt Kenya Clay Fatyha Berjane Caroline Oduor Veronica Osogo NabwireW 6–1, 6–0 18 April 2012 Ireland Jennifer Claffey Lynsey McCulloughL 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 2–6 19 April 2012 Malta Maria Giorgia Farrugia Sacco Elaine GenoveseW 6–1, 6–2 20 April 2012 Armenia Ani Amiraghyan Anna MovsisyanW 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1 21 April 2012 Lithuania Fatima El Allami Justina Mikulskytė Lina StančiūtėL 4–6, 5–7 walkover doesn't count in her overall record.