Matthew Farhang Mohtadi
| Country |
 Iran |
|---|---|
| Born | 6 January 1926 |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon |
1R (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955) |
Dr Matthew Farhang Mohtadi (born 6 January 1926) is a former Canadian academic and sportsman, originally from Iran.
Sporting career
Mohtadi made the final of the 1944 Middle East Championships, for table tennis.[1]
He was a member of the Iran national basketball team that competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[2] He played in their match against France.[2]
The Iranian also played tennis and competed in seven successive Wimbledon Championships from 1949 to 1955.[3] 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.[3] His losses to Coen and Bull were in five set matches.[3] In 1954 he was runner-up at the North of England Hardcourts Championships in Scarborough, to Ignacy Tłoczyński of Poland.[4]
Academia
While in England, Mohtadi obtained a PhD in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham.[2] He would end up in Canada, teaching at the University of Calgary.[2] 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.[5]
Family
He is the father of Nick Mohtadi, an orthopaedic surgeon and former professional tennis player.[2]
References
- ↑ "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol II"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sports Reference: Farhang Mohtadi
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Tennis Archive: Matt F. Mohtadi
- ↑ The Argus, "Australian Loses Tennis Final", 22 April 1954, p.15
- ↑ Enginuity Newsletter, Volumes 7, Number 2, 'Spring 1997, University of Calgary