Bahia Mouhtassine

Bahia Mouhtassine

Country (sports)	Morocco
Residence	Mohammedia, Morocco
Born	(1979-08-23) 23 August 1979 (age 42) Mohammedia, Morocco
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$200,051
Singles
Career record	291–197
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 139 (24 June 2002)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2002)
French Open	1R (2003)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2003)
US Open	Q2 (2002)
Doubles
Career record	115–127
Career titles	9 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 143 (4 November 2002)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	13–7

Bahia Mouhtassine

Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing  Morocco
Pan Arab Games
	1997 Beirut	Singles
	1997 Beirut	Doubles
	1997 Beirut	Team
	2004 Algiers	Singles
	2004 Algiers	Doubles
	2004 Algiers	Team
Mediterranean Games
	2001 Tunis	Singles

Bahia Mouhtassine (born 23 August 1979) is a former Moroccan 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[]

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[]

Singles (11–8)[]

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

Doubles (9–7)[]

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

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 (13–7)[]

Singles (6–1)[]

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	Clay	Christina Zachariadou	L	2–6, 2–6
		11 May 1995		Egypt			W	6–2, 7–5
		12 May 1995		Tunisia		Selima Sfar	W	w/o *
1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	Pool C	26 April 1999	Murcia, Spain	Lithuania	Clay	Galina Misiuriova	W	6–4, 6–3
		28 April 1999		Cyprus			W	6–1, 6–4
		30 April 1999		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	Clay		W	6–0, 6–0
		1 May 2003		Lithuania		Edita Liachovičiūtė	W	6–1, 7–6(7–2)

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

Doubles (7–6)[]

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	Clay		Christína Papadáki Christina Zachariadou	L	6–7(4–7), 1–6
		10 May 1995		Norway				L	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
		11 May 1995		Egypt				W	6–1, 6–0
		12 May 1995		Tunisia			Selima Sfar	W	w/o *
1999 Fed Cup Europe/Africa Zone Group II	Pool C	26 April 1999	Murcia, Spain	Lithuania	Clay		Edita Liachovičiūtė Galina Misiuriova	W	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
		29 April 1999		Kenya				W	6–0, 6–0
		30 April 1999		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	Clay	Mouna Sabri		L	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
		1 May 2003		Lithuania			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	Clay			W	6–1, 6–0
		18 April 2012		Ireland			Lynsey McCullough	L	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 2–6
		19 April 2012		Malta			Elaine Genovese	W	6–1, 6–2
		20 April 2012		Armenia			Ani Amiraghyan Anna Movsisyan	W	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
	PPO	21 April 2012		Lithuania		Fatima El Allami	Justina Mikulskytė Lina Stančiūtė	L	4–6, 5–7

* walkover doesn't count in her overall record.

References[]

External links[]

• Bahia Mouhtassine at the Women's Tennis Association
• Bahia Mouhtassine at the International Tennis Federation
• Bahia Mouhtassine at the Billie Jean King Cup
• http://gulfnews.com/news/gulf/uae/general/after-the-gold-mouhtassine-aims-to-break-into-top-1oo-1.334495
• http://espn.go.com/tennis/player/_/id/744/bahia-mouhtassine