Vera Mattar

Vera Mattar, born in 1916, is a Lebanese former tennis player and is described as the first Lebanese female tennis player to compete in the Grand Slam. She played singles at Wimbledon in 1948, where she lost in the second round to the American Barbara Scofield. Her mixed doubles partner that year, the Egyptian Eddie Mandelbaum, lost in the second round to the Australian John Bromwich and the American Louise Brough. She competed in mixed doubles at Wimbledon again in 1960 with her compatriot Karim Fawaz, losing in the second round to the Mexican Rafael Osuna and the American Sally Moore.