Vera Mattar

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Vera Mattar

Country (sports)	Lebanon
Born	1916
Singles
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon	1R (1948)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (1948 1960)

Vera Mattar (born 1916) is an Lebanese former tennis player. She is the first Lebanese female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam.

She played in Singles at the Wimbledon in 1948. She lost to the American Barbara Scofield in the Second Round.^[1] Her partner in mixed doubles Egyptian Eddie Mandelbaum lost in the Second Round to the Australian player John Bromwich and American Louise Brough. ^[2]

Competed in mixed doubles at Wimbledon in 1960 with her partner compatriot Karim Fawaz lost in the Second Round to the Mexican player Rafael Osuna and American Sally Moore.^[3]

Career finals[]

Singles (8–5)[]

Result	No.	Year	Location	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1.	April 1944	Tel Aviv, Israel	Clay	Gertrude Kornfeld	1–6, 6–4, 7–5
Loss	1.	March 1946	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	3–6, 3–6
Loss	2.	April 1946	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	1–6, 1–6
Win	2.	July 1948	Durham, United Kingdom	Grass	Elizabeth Wilson	6–4, 6–4
Win	3.	September 1948	Ankara, Turkey	Clay		3–6, 7–5, 13–11
Loss	3.	September 1948	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Mualla Gorodetzky	0–6, 6–4, 7–9
Loss	4.	September 1948	Athens, Greece	Clay	Jean Quertier	1–6, 3–6
Loss	5.	August 1952	Brummana, Lebanon	Clay	Bahtiye Musluoğlu	2–6, 1–6
Win	4.	November 1953	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Athina Kyriacopoulo	1–6, 6–1, 6–2
Win	5.	November 1954	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–0
Win	6.	June 1955	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–1
Win	7.	June 1957	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–3
Win	8.	November 1957	Beirut, Lebanon	Clay	Athina Kyriacopoulo	6–0, 6–3

Doubles (3–4)[]

Result	No.	Year	location	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	March 1946	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Lavender Campbell	Joy Brown Simonne Mathieu	3–6, 0–6
Win	1.	August 1946	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Simonne Mathieu	Bahtiye Musluoğlu	6–2, 6–1
Loss	2.	March 1948	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Suzanne Pannetier	Nelly Landry Alice Weiwers	2–6, 4–6
Win	2.	September 1948	İstanbul, Turkey	Clay	Jean Quertier	Mualla Gorodetzky Bahtiye Musluoğlu	6–3, 6–2
Loss	3.	March 1949	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Joy Brown	Nelly Landry Joy Mottram	3–6, 2–6
Loss	4.	March 1949	Alexandria, Egypt	Clay	Joy Brown	Nelly Landry {{flagicon|GBR} Megan Buxton-Knight	2–6, 5–7
Win	3.	August 1952	Brummana, Lebanon	Clay	Bahtiye Musluoğlu	Renée Abi Hatab Nena Farrah	6–2, 6–2

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