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

Bahtiye Musluoğlu
Musluoğlu in 1950
Country (sports) Turkey
Born1918
Bolu, Ottoman Empire
Died1999
Ankara, Turkey
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (1950)
Doubles
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open1R (1950)

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

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Singles (5–4)

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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)

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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

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  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)