Leila Meskhi

Leila Meskhi
ლეილა მესხი
Country (sports) Soviet Union,
 CIS,
 Unified Team,
Georgia
ResidenceTbilisi, Georgia
Born (1968-01-05) 5 January 1968
Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Height1.64 m (5 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Turned pro1986
Retired1995
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,179,720
Singles
Career record223–134
Career titles5 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 12 (5 August 1991)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open4R (1992)
French Open4R (1991, 1992)
Wimbledon2R (1988)
US OpenQF (1990)
Doubles
Career record171–122
Career titles5 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 21 (10 April 1995)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenQF (1995)
French OpenQF (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)
US OpenSF(1991)
Team competitions
Fed Cup6–5
Medal record
Representing the  Unified Team
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Doubles
Representing the  Soviet Union
Universiade
1987 Zagreb Singles
1987 Zagreb Doubles

Leila Meskhi (Georgian: ლეილა მესხი, romanized: leila meskhi, pronounced [leila mesχi]; 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 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
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