Matthew Farhang Mohtadi

Matthew Farhang Mohtadi (Persian: متیو فرهنگ مهتدی‎; January 6, 1926 – July 4, 2020) was a Canadian academic and sportsman, originally from Iran.[1]

M. F. Mohtadi
Country (sports) Iran
Born(1926-01-06)6 January 1926
Tehran, Iran
Died4 July 2020(2020-07-04) (aged 94)
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Singles
Grand Slam Singles results
Wimbledon1R (1949, 1950, 1951,
1952, 1953, 1954, 1955)
Doubles
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon2R (1953)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1953, 1954)

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
  1. "Remembering the life of Farhang MOHTADI". calgaryherald.remembering.ca. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  2. "History of U.S. Table Tennis Vol II". Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2015-09-15.
  3. Sports Reference: Farhang Mohtadi
  4. Tennis Archive: Matt F. Mohtadi
  5. The Argus, "Australian Loses Tennis Final", 22 April 1954, p.15
  6. "Squash Rackets". The Times Archives.
  7. Enginuity Newsletter, Volumes 7, Number 2, 'Spring 1997, University of Calgary
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