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Bahia Mouhtassine

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Bahia Mouhtassine
Country (sports) Morocco
ResidenceMohammedia, Morocco
Born (1979-08-23) 23 August 1979 (age 45)
Mohammedia
Turned pro1999
Retired2007
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$200,051
Singles
Career record291–197
Career titles11 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 139 (24 June 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2002)
French Open1R (2003)
WimbledonQ1 (2003)
US OpenQ2 (2002)
Doubles
Career record115–127
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 143 (4 November 2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup15–7
Medal record
Representing  Morocco
Women's tennis
Pan Arab Games
Gold medal – first place 1997 Beirut Singles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Beirut Doubles
Gold medal – first place 1997 Beirut Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Algiers Singles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Algiers Doubles
Gold medal – first place 2004 Algiers Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2001 Tunis Singles

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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 player from Morocco.

Biography

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Mouhtassine is the first female Moroccan player to feature at the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament.[1] 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.

ITF finals

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$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (11–8)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 1. 3 August 1997 Rabat, Morocco Clay Spain Julia Carballal-Fernandez 6–2, 6–0
Win 2. 26 October 1997 Ceuta, Spain Hard Spain Ana Salas Lozano 6–2, 2–6, 7–5
Win 3. 17 May 1998 Tortosa, Spain Clay Spain Patricia Aznar 7–6, 6–2
Loss 4. 1 June 1998 Ceuta, Spain Clay Spain Gisela Riera 5–7, 6–2, 2–6
Win 5. 26 July 1998 Rabat, Morocco Clay Austria Nina Schwarz 5–7, 6–1, 6–1
Loss 6. 21 September 1998 Bucharest, Romania Clay Hungary Anna Földényi 4–6, 4–6
Win 7. 30 November 1998 Cairo, Egypt Clay Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili 3–6, 6–3, 6–2
Win 8. 1 November 1999 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Sandra Martinović 1–6, 6–4, 6–0
Win 9. 30 April 2000 Talence, France Hard France Anne-Laure Heitz 7–6(4), 7–6(2)
Loss 10. 28 May 2000 Guimarães, Portugal Hard Hungary Kira Nagy 0–6, 7–5, 6–7(4)
Loss 11. 1 July 2001 Fontanafredda, Italy Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić 4–6, 3–6
Loss 12. 30 October 2001 Bolton, England Hard (i) Belgium Els Callens 6–4, 4–6, 1–6
Win 13. 5 November 2001 Cairo, Egypt Clay Slovakia Gabriela Voleková 1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Loss 14. 16 June 2002 Grado, Italy Clay Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall 3–6, 3–6
Win 15. 3 April 2004 Rabat, Morocco Clay India Sania Mirza 6–2, 7–5
Win 16. 18 April 2004 Biarritz, France Clay France Laura Pous Tió 6–4, 7–6(4)
Loss 17. 30 May 2004 Tongliao, China Hard China Li Na 4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5)
Loss 18. 15 August 2004 Martina Franca, Italy Hard Switzerland Timea Bacsinszky 4–6, 4–6
Win 19. 5 September 2004 Mestre, Italy Clay Netherlands Michelle Gerards 6–1, 6–0

Doubles (9–7)

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Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. 4 August 1996 Caserta, Italy Clay Netherlands Marielle Bruens Germany Inga Bertschmann
Portugal Joana Pedroso
6–4, 6–4
Win 2. 5 August 1996 Carthage, Tunisia Clay Netherlands Marielle Bruens France Sandrine Bouilleau
Tunisia Selima Sfar
w/o
Win 3. 3 August 1997 Rabat, Morocco Clay Netherlands Nadine van de Walle Germany Brigitte Loogen
United Kingdom Lucy McDonald
6–3, 6–3
Win 4. 30 November 1998 Cairo, Egypt Clay Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili Italy Sabina da Ponte
Italy Nathalie Viérin
7–5, 6–3
Win 5. 7 December 1998 Ismailia, Egypt Clay Georgia (country) Nino Louarsabishvili Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Ljiljana Nanušević
Slovakia Gabriela Voleková
6–3, 6–3
Loss 6. 1 November 1999 Ain Sukhna, Egypt Clay Austria Susanne Filipp Italy Sabina da Ponte
Slovakia Silvia Uricková
3–6, 5–7
Loss 7. 4 June 2001 Galatina, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Brazil Vanessa Menga
Madagascar Dally Randriantefy
6–3, 0–6, 5–7
Win 8. 30 October 2001 Bolton, England Hard (i) Russia Maria Goloviznina Serbia and Montenegro Sandra Načuk
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
6–4, 6–3
Loss 9. 1 April 2002 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Indonesia Angelique Widjaja Netherlands Seda Noorlander
Germany Kirstin Freye
2–6, 4–6
Loss 10. 9 June 2002 Galatina, Italy Clay Austria Sylvia Plischke Romania Edina Gallovits-Hall
Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc
3–6, 2–6
Loss 11. 8 June 2003 Galatina, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Ehritt-Vanc Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
Argentina María Emilia Salerni
0–6, 6–7(6)
Loss 12. 5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Estonia Maret Ani
Italy Giulia Casoni
5–7, 5–7
Loss 13. 5 December 2004 Ra'anana, Israel Hard Turkey İpek Şenoğlu Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Shahar Pe'er
3–6, 0–6
Win 14. 28 May 2005 Campobasso, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Slovakia Katarína Kachlíková
Slovakia Lenka Tvarošková
6–0, 7–5
Win 15. 12 May 2006 Rabat, Morocco Clay France Émilie Bacquet Romania Raluca Olaru
Bolivia María Fernanda Álvarez Terán
w/o
Win 16. 4 June 2006 Tortosa, Spain Clay France Émilie Bacquet France Laura Thorpe
Spain Irene Rehberger Bescos
1–6, 6–4, 7–6(5)

National representation

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Fed Cup

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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

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Group membership
World Group
World Group Play-off
World Group II
World Group II Play-off
Europe/Africa Group (13–7)
Matches by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (15–7)
Matches by type
Singles (7–1)
Doubles (8–6)
Matches by setting
Indoors (0–0)
Outdoors (15–7)
Singles (6–1)
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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Opponent W/L Score
1995 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool A 9 May 1995 Nairobi, Kenya Greece Greece Clay Christina Zachariadou L 2–6, 2–6
11 May 1995 Egypt Egypt Shahira Tawfik W 6–2, 7–5
12 May 1995 Tunisia Tunisia Selima Sfar W w/o *
1999 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool C 26 April 1999 Murcia, Spain Lithuania Lithuania Clay Galina Misiuriova W 6–4, 6–3
28 April 1999 Cyprus Cyprus Stephanie Kamberi W 6–1, 6–4
30 April 1999 Estonia Estonia Ilona Poljakova W 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
2003 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool D 30 April 2003 Estoril, Portugal Malta Malta Clay Sarah Wetz W 6–0, 6–0
1 May 2003 Lithuania Lithuania Edita Liachovičiūtė W 6–1, 7–6(7–2)

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

Doubles (7–6)
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Edition Stage Date Location Against Surface Partner Opponents W/L Score
1995 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool A 9 May 1995 Nairobi, Kenya Greece Greece Clay Lamia Alami Christína Papadáki
Christina Zachariadou
L 6–7(4–7), 1–6
10 May 1995 Norway Norway Habiba Ifrakh Mette Sigmundstad
Molly Ulvin
L 5–7, 6–7(3–7)
11 May 1995 Egypt Egypt Lamia Alami Mehry Shawki
Shahira Tawfik
W 6–1, 6–0
12 May 1995 Tunisia Tunisia Habiba Ifrakh Imen Ben Larbi
Selima Sfar
W w/o *
1999 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool C 26 April 1999 Murcia, Spain Lithuania Lithuania Clay Meryem El Haddad Edita Liachovičiūtė
Galina Misiuriova
W 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
29 April 1999 Kenya Kenya Florence Mbugua
Evelyn Otula
W 6–0, 6–0
30 April 1999 Estonia Estonia Maret Ani
Liina Suurvarik
W 6–3, 2–6, 6–1
2003 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group II
Pool D 30 April 2003 Estoril, Portugal Malta Malta Clay Mouna Sabri Lisa Camenzuli
Carol Cassar-Torreggiani
L 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
1 May 2003 Lithuania Lithuania Habiba Ifrakh Edita Liachovičiūtė
Lina Stančiūtė
L 4–6, 2–6
2012 Fed Cup
Europe/Africa Zone Group III
Pool A 17 April 2012 Cairo, Egypt Kenya Kenya Clay Fatyha Berjane Caroline Oduor
Veronica Osogo Nabwire
W 6–1, 6–0
18 April 2012 Republic of Ireland Ireland Jennifer Claffey
Lynsey McCullough
L 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 2–6
19 April 2012 Malta Malta Maria Giorgia Farrugia Sacco
Elaine Genovese
W 6–1, 6–2
20 April 2012 Armenia Armenia Ani Amiraghyan
Anna Movsisyan
W 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
PPO 21 April 2012 Lithuania Lithuania Fatima El Allami Justina Mikulskytė
Lina Stančiūtė
L 4–6, 5–7

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References

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  1. ^ "Moroccan woman a first for Roland Garros". The Star. 26 May 2003.
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