Bahia Mouhtassine

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.

Bahia Mouhtassine

Country (sports)	Morocco
Residence	Mohammedia, Morocco
Born	(1979-08-23) 23 August 1979 Mohammedia
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2007
Plays	Right (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	15–7
Medal record Representing Morocco Women's tennis 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 |}

Biography

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

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles (11–8)

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

Doubles (9–7)

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

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)

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		Shahira Tawfik	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		Stephanie Kamberi	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	Sarah Wetz	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	Lamia Alami	Christína Papadáki Christina Zachariadou	L	6–7(4–7), 1–6
		10 May 1995		Norway		Habiba Ifrakh	Mette Sigmundstad Molly Ulvin	L	5–7, 6–7(3–7)
		11 May 1995		Egypt		Lamia Alami	Mehry Shawki Shahira Tawfik	W	6–1, 6–0
		12 May 1995		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	Clay	Meryem El Haddad	Edita Liachovičiūtė Galina Misiuriova	W	1–6, 6–2, 6–3
		29 April 1999		Kenya			Florence Mbugua Evelyn Otula	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	Lisa Camenzuli Carol Cassar-Torreggiani	L	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
		1 May 2003		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	Clay	Fatyha Berjane	Caroline Oduor Veronica Osogo Nabwire	W	6–1, 6–0
		18 April 2012		Ireland			Jennifer Claffey Lynsey McCullough	L	7–6(7–5), 5–7, 2–6
		19 April 2012		Malta			Maria Giorgia Farrugia Sacco 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.

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
• "After the gold, Mouhtassine aims to break into top 1oo". Gulf News.
• "Bahia Mouhtassine". ESPN.com. 23 August 1979. Retrieved 21 May 2023.