Vera Mattar (born 1916) is a 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. Her partner in mixed doubles Egyptian Eddie Mandelbaum lost in the Second Round to the Australian player John Bromwich and American Louise Brough.
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.
Career finals Singles (8–5) ResultNo.YearTournamentLocationSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. April 1944 Israel Spring International Championships Tel Aviv, Israel Clay Gertrude Kornfeld 1–6, 6–4, 7–5Loss 1. March 1946 Cairo International Championships Cairo, Egypt Clay Simonne Mathieu 3–6, 3–6Loss 2. April 1946 International Championships of Egypt Alexandria, Egypt Clay Simonne Mathieu 1–6, 1–6Win 2. July 1948 Durham County Championships Sunderland, UK Grass Elizabeth Wilson 6–4, 6–4Win 3. September 1948 International Championships of Turkey Ankara, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky 3–6, 7–5, 13–11Loss 3. September 1948 Istanbul International Championships Istanbul, Turkey Clay Mualla Gorodetzky 0–6, 6–4, 7–9Loss 4. September 1948 Greek International Championships Athens, Greece Clay Jean Quertier 1–6, 3–6Loss 5. August 1952. Brumana International Brummana, Lebanon Clay Bahtiye Musluoğlu 2–6, 1–6Win 4. November 1953 Lebanon Championships Beirut, Lebanon Clay Athina Kyriacopoulo 1–6, 6–1, 6–2Win 5. November 1954 National Championships of Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon Clay Nena Farrah 6–2, 6–0Win 6. June 1955 Lebanon National Championships Beirut, Lebanon Clay Nena Farrah 6–2, 6–1Win 7. June 1957Lebanon International Tennis Lebanon National Championships Beirut, Lebanon Clay Nena Farrah 6–2, 6–3Win 8. November 1957 Lebanese National Championships Beirut, Lebanon Clay Athina Kyriacopoulo 6–0, 6–3
Doubles (3–4) ResultNo.YearTournamentlocationSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. March 1946 International Championships of Egypt Cairo, Egypt Clay Lavender Campbell Joy Brown Simonne Mathieu 3–6, 0–6Win 1. August 1946 ? Istanbul, Turkey Clay Simonne Mathieu Mualla Gorodetzky Bahtiye Musluoğlu 6–2, 6–1Loss 2. March 1948 Egyptian Championships Cairo, Egypt Clay Suzanne Pannetier Nelly Landry Alice Weiwers 2–6, 4–6Win 2. September 1948 International Championships of Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey Clay Jean Quertier Mualla Gorodetzky Bahtiye Musluoğlu 6–3, 6–2Loss 3. March 1949 Championships of Egypt Cairo, Egypt Clay Joy Brown Nelly Landry Joy Mottram 3–6, 2–6Loss 4. March 1949 Alexandria International Championships Alexandria, Egypt Clay Joy Brown Nelly Landry Megan Buxton-Knight 2–6, 5–7Win 3. August 1952 Brummana International Championships Brummana, Lebanon Clay Bahtiye Musluoğlu Renée Abi Hatab Nena Farrah 6–2, 6–2
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