Leila Meskhi

Leila Meskhi
ლეილა მესხი
Country (sports)	Soviet Union,; CIS,; Unified Team,; Georgia
Residence	Tbilisi, Georgia
Born	5 January 1968 (age 54); Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro	1986
Retired	1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,179,720
Singles
Career record	223–134
Career titles	5 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 12 (5 August 1991)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	4R (1992)
French Open	4R (1991, 1992)
Wimbledon	2R (1988)
US Open	QF (1990)
Doubles
Career record	171–122
Career titles	5 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 21 (10 April 1995)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1995)
French Open	QF (1994)
Wimbledon	2R (1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)
US Open	SF(1991)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	6–5
Medal record
Representing the Unified Team
Olympic Games
Representing the Soviet Union
Universiade

Leila Meskhi (Georgian: ლეილა მესხი, romanized: leila meskhi, pronounced [lɛilɑ nɛsχi]; born 5 January 1968) is a retired Georgian professional tennis player.

Meskhi has won five singles and doubles titles on the WTA Tour. She has also won one singles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 5 August 1991, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 12. On 10 April 1995, she peaked at No. 21 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Her best performance at a Grand Slam tournament came when she got to the quarterfinals of the 1990 US Open, defeating Akiko Kijimuta, Natasha Zvereva, Katia Piccolini and Linda Ferrando before losing to eventual champion Gabriela Sabatini in straight sets.

WTA career finals[]

Singles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)[]

Legend
Tier I (1)
Tier IV (3)
Tire V (7)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Category	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	18 April 1988	WTA Singapore	Tier V	Hard	Monique Javer	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2.	27 February 1989	Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City	Tier V	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	4–6, 4–6
Win	1.	6 November 1989	VS of Nashville	Tier V	Hard	Helen Kelesi	6–2, 6–3
Win	2.	29 January 1990	Auckland Open	Tier V	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	6–1, 6–0
Loss	3.	5 February 1989	Wellington Classic	Tier V	Hard	Wiltrud Probst	6–1, 4–6, 0–6
Win	3.	1 October 1990	Moscow Ladies Open	Tier V	Carpet (i)	Elena Brioukhovets	6–4, 6–4
Loss	4.	5 November 1990	Indianapolis	Tier IV	Hard (i)	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 2–6
Win	4.	4 February 1991	Wellington Classic	Tier V	Hard	Andrea Strnadová	3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss	5.	1 April 1991	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Tier I	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	1–6, 1–6
Loss	6.	23 September 1991	WTA Bayonne	Tier IV	Carpet	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	9 January 1995	Moorilla Hobart International	Tier IV	Hard	Li Fang	6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-up)[]

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	21 September 1987	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Natalia Egorova	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jana Novotná	6–7⁽¹⁾, 6–7⁽⁶⁾
Loss	2.	18 April 1988	Singapore	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Natalia Egorova Natalia Medvedeva	6–7, 3–6
Loss	3.	6 June 1988	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6
Loss	4.	26 February 1989	Wichita, United States	Hard	Sandy Collins	Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory	2–6, 6–7
Loss	5.	12 November 1989	Nashville, United States	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath	6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Win	6.	4 February 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	Jill Hetherington Robin White	3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win	7.	11 February 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	Michelle Jaggard Julie Richardson	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	8.	22 February 1993	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Eugenia Maniokova	Conchita Martínez Judith Wiesner	w/o
Winner	9.	5 April 1993	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	10.	7 February 1994	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Eugenia Maniokova	Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–2
Loss	11.	25 April 1994	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Eugenia Maniokova	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 2–6
Loss	12.	24 October 1994	Essen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Eugenia Maniokova	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	2–6, 1–6

ITF finals[]

$25,000 tournaments

Singles (1–0)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	26 January 1987	Tarzana, United States	Hard	Clare Wood	1–6, 6–4, 6–2

Doubles (2-0)[]

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	3.	10 October 1986	Bethesda, United States	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Jane Forman Jenni Goodling	6–3, 6–1
Winner	4.	3 May 1987	Taranto, Italy	Clay	Natasha Zvereva	Simone Schilder Clare Wood	6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timeline[]

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	DNQ	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Singles[]

Tournament	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	3R	A	4R	1R	1R	1R
French Open	A	A	A	1R	3R	4R	4R	3R	3R	A
Wimbledon	A	Q2	2R	A	1R	A	1R	1R	1R	A
US Open	A	A	3R	3R	QF	3R	2R	2R	4R	A

External links[]

Leila Meskhi at the Women's Tennis Association
Leila Meskhi at the International Tennis Federation
Leila Meskhi at the Billie Jean King Cup
Leila Meskhi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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