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Georgian tennis player
Leila Meskhi
ლეილა მესჼი
Country (sports) Soviet Union,
 CIS,
 Unified Team,
Georgia (country) Georgia
ResidenceTbilisi, Georgia
Born (1968-01-05) 5 January 1968 (age 56)
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
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Barcelona Doubles
Representing the  Soviet Union
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1987 Zagreb Singles
Gold medal – first place 1987 Zagreb Doubles

Leila Meskhi (Georgian: ლეილა მესჼი, 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 IV (3)
Tire V (7)
Result No. Date Tournament Category Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. Apr 1988 WTA Singapore Open Tier V Hard United Kingdom Monique Javer 6–7, 3–6
Loss 2. Feb 1989 Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City Tier V Hard Netherlands Manon Bollegraf 4–6, 4–6
Win 1. Nov 1989 VS of Nashville Tier V Hard Canada Helen Kelesi 6–2, 6–3
Win 2. Jan 1990 Auckland Open Tier V Hard Belgium Sabine Appelmans 6–1, 6–0
Loss 3. Feb 1990 Wellington Classic Tier V Hard West Germany Wiltrud Probst 6–1, 4–6, 0–6
Win 3. Oct 1990 Moscow Ladies Open Tier V Carpet (i) Soviet Union Elena Brioukhovets 6–4, 6–4
Loss 4. Nov 1990 Indianapolis Tier IV Hard (i) Spain Conchita Martínez 4–6, 2–6
Win 4. Feb 1991 Wellington Classic Tier V Hard Czechoslovakia Andrea Strnadová 3–6, 7–6, 6–2
Loss 5. Apr 1991 Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head Tier I Clay Argentina Gabriela Sabatini 1–6, 1–6
Loss 6. Sep 1991 WTA Bayonne Tier IV Carpet Switzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–4, 3–6, 4–6
Win 5. Jan 1995 Hobart International Tier IV Hard China Li Fang 6–2, 6–3

Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-up)※

Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 1. Sep 1987 Hamburg, West Germany Clay Soviet Union Natalia Egorova West Germany Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
Czechoslovakia Jana Novotná 		6–7, 6–7
Loss 2. Apr 1988 Singapore Hard Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko Soviet Union Natalia Egorova
Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva 		6–7, 3–6
Loss 3. Jun 1988 Birmingham, Great Britain Grass Soviet Union Svetlana Parkhomenko Soviet Union Larisa Neiland
Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva 		4–6, 1–6
Loss 4. Feb 1989 Wichita, United States Hard United States Sandy Collins Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
South Africa Lise Gregory 		2–6, 6–7
Loss 5. Nov 1989 Nashville, United States Hard Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva Netherlands Manon Bollegraf
United States Meredith McGrath 		6–1, 6–7, 6–7
Win 6. Feb 1990 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva Canada Jill Hetherington
United States Robin White 		3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win 7. Feb 1990 Wellington, New Zealand Hard Soviet Union Natalia Medvedeva Australia Michelle Jaggard
New Zealand Julie Richardson 		6–3, 2–6, 6–4
Win 8. Feb 1993 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Russia Eugenia Maniokova Spain Conchita MartĂ­nez
Austria Judith Wiesner 		w/o
Winner 9. Apr 1993 Amelia Island, United States Clay Switzerland Manuela Maleeva South Africa Amanda Coetzer
Argentina InĂ©s Gorrochategui 		3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win 10. Feb 1994 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Russia Eugenia Maniokova Sweden Åsa Carlsson
Germany Caroline Schneider 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 11. Apr 1994 Hamburg, Germany Clay Russia Eugenia Maniokova Czech Republic Jana NovotnĂĄ
Spain Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 12. Oct 1994 Essen, Germany Carpet (i) Russia Eugenia Maniokova Sweden Maria Lindström
Sweden 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 United Kingdom 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 Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva United States Jane Forman
United States Jenni Goodling 		6–3, 6–1
Winner 4. 3 May 1987 Taranto, Italy Clay Soviet Union Natasha Zvereva Netherlands Simone Schilder
United Kingdom 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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