Leyla Musalem

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Leyla Musalem
Country (sports)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile
Born (1948-10-20) 20 October 1948 (age 73)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record3-1 (Federation Cup)
Doubles
Career record1-2 (Federation Cup)

Leyla Musalem (born 20 October 1948) is a Chilean former tennis player.

At the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City, Musalem won a bronze medal for Chile in the singles competition, finishing behind Lele Forood and Patricia Medrado.

Musalem was a member of Chile's Federation Cup team in 1977 and 1978. Her two ties in 1977 both came against Argentina and she registered two singles wins over Viviana González. In 1978 she helped Chile progress past the first round of the World Group with a win over Uruguay, but lost her singles and doubles matches when they were eliminated in the second round by the Netherlands. [1]

Her husband, Sergio Elías, is president of the Chile Tennis Federation. [2]

In 2019 she was briefly the world's top ranked over 70s player on the ITF Senior's Tour. [3]

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References

  1. "Leyla Musalem (1948)". Mujeres Bacanas (in Spanish). 25 June 2019.
  2. "Leyla Musalem: "jugaré hasta cuando no pueda más"". La Cuarta (in Spanish). 13 March 2019.
  3. "Leyla Musalem, la chilena del histórico uno del mundo en el tenis senior: El "terrible" impacto por el confinamiento y la lucha por volver a la cima | Emol.com". El Mercurio (in Spanish). 13 September 2020.