Matthew Farhang Mohtadi
Country (sports) | Iran |
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Born | Tehran, Iran | 6 January 1926
Died | 4 July 2020 Calgary, Alberta, Canada | (aged 94)
Singles | |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Wimbledon | 1R (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) |
Doubles | |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 2R (1953) |
Mixed doubles | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Wimbledon | 3R (1953, 1954) |
Matthew Farhang Mohtadi (Persian: متیو فرهنگ مهتدی; January 6, 1926 – July 4, 2020) was a Canadian academic and sportsman, originally from Iran.[1]
Sporting career
Mohtadi made the final of the 1944 Middle East Championships, for table tennis.[2] He was a member of the Iran national basketball team that competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[3] He played in their match against France.[3]
Mohtadi also played tennis and competed in seven successive Wimbledon Championships from 1949 to 1955.[4] On each occasion he exited in the opening round, to Headley Baxter, Marcel Coen, Derek Bull, Bryan Woodroffe, Staffan Stockenberg, Edwin Tsai and Bob Perry.[4] His losses to Coen and Bull were in five set matches.[4] In 1954 he was runner-up at the North of England Hardcourts Championships in Scarborough, to Ignacy Tłoczyński of Poland.[5] He also played squash competing in the British Open Squash Championships.[6]
Academic and personal life
While in England, Mohtadi obtained a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham.[3] He ended up in Canada, teaching at the University of Calgary.[3] During his many years with the university, he served for a period of time as the Chemical and Petroleum Engineering Department Head and as Director of Public Relations in the Faculty of Engineering.[7] He is the father of Nick Mohtadi, an orthopaedic surgeon and former professional tennis player.[3]
References
- ^ "Remembering the life of Farhang MOHTADI". calgaryherald.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
- ^ "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol II". Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
- ^ a b c d e Sports Reference: Farhang Mohtadi
- ^ a b c Tennis Archive: Matt F. Mohtadi
- ^ The Argus, "Australian Loses Tennis Final", 22 April 1954, p.15
- ^ "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
- ^ Enginuity Newsletter, Volumes 7, Number 2, 'Spring 1997, University of Calgary
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