Leila Meskhi

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

Leila Meskhi
ლეილა მესხი

Country (sports)	Soviet Union, CIS,  Unified Team, Georgia
Residence	Tbilisi, Georgia
Born	(1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 57) 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 1992 Barcelona Doubles Representing the  Soviet Union Universiade 1987 Zagreb Singles 1987 Zagreb Doubles

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 II (0) Tier III (0) Tier IV (3) Tier V (7)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Apr 1988	WTA Singapore Open	Cat 1	Hard	Monique Javer	6–7(3–7), 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1989	Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City	Cat 2	Hard	Manon Bollegraf	4–6, 4–6
Win	1–2	Nov 1989	VS of Nashville	Cat 2	Hard	Helen Kelesi	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–2	Jan 1990	Auckland Open	Tier V	Hard	Sabine Appelmans	6–1, 6–0
Loss	2–3	Feb 1990	Wellington Classic	Tier V	Hard	Wiltrud Probst	6–1, 4–6, 0–6
Win	3–3	Oct 1990	Moscow Ladies Open	Tier V	Carpet (i)	Elena Brioukhovets	6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–4	Nov 1990	Indianapolis	Tier IV	Hard (i)	Conchita Martínez	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–4	Feb 1991	Wellington Classic	Tier V	Hard	Andrea Strnadová	3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
Loss	4–5	Apr 1991	Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head	Tier I	Clay	Gabriela Sabatini	1–6, 1–6
Loss	4–6	Sep 1991	WTA Bayonne	Tier IV	Carpet	Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere	6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	Jan 1995	Hobart International	Tier IV	Hard	Li Fang	6–2, 6–3

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

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 1987	Hamburg, West Germany	Clay	Natalia Egorova	Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jana Novotná	6–7(1–7), 6–7(6–8)
Loss	0–2	Apr 1988	Singapore	Hard	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Natalia Egorova Natalia Medvedeva	6–7, 3–6
Loss	0–3	Jun 1988	Birmingham, Great Britain	Grass	Svetlana Parkhomenko	Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva	4–6, 1–6
Loss	0–4	Feb 1989	Wichita, United States	Hard	Sandy Collins	Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory	2–6, 6–7
Loss	0–5	Nov 1989	Nashville, United States	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath	6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Win	1–5	Feb 1990	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	Jill Hetherington Robin White	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win	2–5	Feb 1990	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Natalia Medvedeva	Michelle Jaggard Julie Richardson	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win	3–5	Feb 1993	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Eugenia Maniokova	Conchita Martínez Judith Wiesner	w/o
Win	4–5	Apr 1993	Amelia Island, United States	Clay	Manuela Maleeva	Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	5–5	Feb 1994	Linz, Austria	Carpet (i)	Eugenia Maniokova	Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider	6–2, 6–2
Loss	5–6	Apr 1994	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Eugenia Maniokova	Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–7	Oct 1994	Essen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Eugenia Maniokova	Maria Lindström Maria Strandlund	2–6, 1–6

ITF finals

$25,000 tournaments

Singles (1–0)

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

Doubles (2-0)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	3.	10 October 1986	Bethesda, United States	Hard	Natasha Zvereva	Jane Forman Jenni Goodling	6–3, 6–1
Win	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) winner; (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); (W–L) win–loss record.

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 (archived)
• Leila Meskhi at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)