Bahtiye Musluoğlu

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.

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.

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

Career finals Singles (5–4) ResultNo.YearLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 1. August 1946 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Simonne Mathieu 3–6, 2–6Loss 2. June 1947 Athens, Greece Clay Mualla Gorodetzky 4–6, 6–8Win 1. August 1947 Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky 3–6, 6–3, 6–1Win 2. September 1947 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky 6–4, 2–6, 6–4Loss 3. September 1949 Ankara, Turkey Clay Annalisa Bossi 4–6, 4–6Win 3. July 1950 Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky 6–1, 6–1Win 4. August 1952 Ankara, Turkey Clay Gönül Erk 6–3, 2–0 ret.Win 5. August 1952 Brummana, Lebanon Clay Vera Mattar 6–2, 6–1Loss 4. September 1952 Ankara, Turkey Clay Dorothy Head Knode 1–6, 3–6

Doubles (10–3) ResultNo.YearlocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. August 1946 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Simonne Mathieu Vera Mattar 2–6, 1–6Win 1. June 1947 Athens, Greece Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Aspasia Kyriakou Angie Lenou 6–3, 6–4Win 2. August 1947 Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Nancy Fontes Denise Pritchard 6–2, 6–3Win 3. September 1947 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Manuela Bologna Nicoletta Majno 6–2, 5–7, 6–2Win 4. September 1948 Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Anna Kiriakos Helena Voultzos 6–4 5–7 6–4Loss 2. September 1948 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Jean Quertier Vera Mattar 3–6, 2–6Win 5. September 1948 Athens, Greece Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Georgina Greiss Jean Quertier 6–3, 6–3Win 6. August 1949 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Joan Curry Peggy Dawson-Scott 6–3, 6–4Win 7. September 1949 Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Joan Curry Peggy Dawson-Scott 6–1, 6–3Win 8. July 1950 Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Nicla Miglioti Lucia Manfredi 6–4, 7–5Loss 3. August 1950 Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky Dorothy Head Knode Mary Terán de Weiss 4–6, 2–6Win 9. August 1952 Ankara, Turkey Clay Georgina Greiss Louise Dick Heather Macfarlane 6–3, 1–6, 6–1Win 10. August 1952 Brummana, Lebanon Clay Vera Mattar Renée Abi Hatab Nena Farrah 6–2, 6–2