Bahia Mouhtassine

Bahia Mouhtassine
Medal record
Women's Tennis
Representing Morocco
Pan Arab Games
Mediterranean Games

Bahia Mouhtassine
Country (sports)	Morocco
Residence	Mohammedia, Morocco
Born	23 August 1979 (age 44); Mohammedia, Morocco
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2007
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 200,051
Singles
Career record	291–197
Career titles	0 WTA, 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	0 WTA, 9 ITF
Highest ranking	No.143 (4 November 2002)

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 has won 11 ITF Women's Circuit singles titles, 9 doubles titles and played on many WTA Tour events. She has won 6 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 3rd-seeded Slovenian Katarina Srebotnik, who was ranked 183 spots above her, in straight sets, 6-3, 7-5. She has also beaten Indian 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 American Vania King.

ITF Finals

Singles Finals: 19 (11-8)

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

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
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 Lazano	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, United Kingdom	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 Finals: 16 (9-7)

Outcome	NO	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	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, United Kingdom	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.	24 May 2005	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Giulia Casoni	Katarína Kachlíková Lenka Tvarošková	6-0, 7-5
Winner	15.	7 May 2006	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Émilie Bacquet	Raluca Olaru María Fernanda Álvarez Terán	W/O
Winner	16.	30 May 2006	Tortosa, Spain	Clay	Émilie Bacquet	Laura Thorpe Irene Rehberger Bescos	1–6, 6–4, 7–6^(7–5)