Leila Meskhi (, ; 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) ResultW/LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Apr 1988 WTA Singapore Open Cat 1 Hard Monique Javer 6–7(3–7), 3–6Loss 0–2 Feb 1989 Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City Cat 2 Hard Manon Bollegraf 4–6, 4–6Win 1–2 Nov 1989 VS of Nashville Cat 2 Hard Helen Kelesi 6–2, 6–3Win 2–2 Jan 1990 Auckland Open Tier V Hard Sabine Appelmans 6–1, 6–0Loss 2–3 Feb 1990 Wellington Classic Tier V Hard Wiltrud Probst 6–1, 4–6, 0–6Win 3–3 Oct 1990 Moscow Ladies Open Tier V Carpet (i) Elena Brioukhovets 6–4, 6–4Loss 3–4 Nov 1990 Indianapolis Tier IV Hard (i) Conchita Martínez 4–6, 2–6Win 4–4 Feb 1991 Wellington Classic Tier V Hard Andrea Strnadová 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2Loss 4–5 Apr 1991 Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head Tier I Clay Gabriela Sabatini 1–6, 1–6Loss 4–6 Sep 1991 WTA Bayonne Tier IV Carpet Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere 6–4, 3–6, 4–6Win 5–6 Jan 1995 Hobart International Tier IV Hard Li Fang 6–2, 6–3
Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-up) ResultW/LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 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, 3–6Loss 0–3 Jun 1988 Birmingham, Great Britain Grass Svetlana Parkhomenko Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva 4–6, 1–6Loss 0–4 Feb 1989 Wichita, United States Hard Sandy Collins Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory 2–6, 6–7Loss 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, 6–4Win 3–5 Feb 1993 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Eugenia Maniokova Conchita Martínez Judith Wiesner w/oWin 4–5 Apr 1993 Amelia Island, United States Clay Manuela Maleeva Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui 3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win 5–5 Feb 1994 Linz, Austria Carpet (i) Eugenia Maniokova Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider 6–2, 6–2Loss 5–6 Apr 1994 Hamburg, Germany Clay Eugenia Maniokova Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 2–6Loss 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) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWin 1. Tarzana, United States Hard Clare Wood 1–6, 6–4, 6–2
Doubles (2-0) ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 3. 10 October 1986 Bethesda, United States Hard Natasha Zvereva Jane Forman Jenni Goodling 6–3, 6–1Win 4. 3 May 1987 Taranto, Italy Clay Natasha Zvereva Simone Schilder Clare Wood 6–3, 6–2
Grand Slam performance timeline
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
Best Grand Slam results details Singles
Australian Open1992 Australian Open (13th seed)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Angélica Gavaldón (Q)No. 2436–2, 6–2No. 162R Nicole Arendt (Q)No. 2166–1, 6–23R Marketa KochtaNo. 746–1, 7–6(7–4)4R Monica Seles (1)No. 14–6, 6–4, 2–6
French Open1991 French Open (14th seed)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Sandra Dopfer (LL)No. 1406–2, 6–2No. 152R Claudia Kohde-KilschNo. 427–5, 6–13R Linda Harvey-WildNo. 726–3, 6–14R Jana Novotná (6)No. 70–6, 6–7(7–9)1992 French Open (15th seed)RoundOpponentRankScore1R Laura GarroneNo. 976–1, 6–3No. 202R Federica BonsignoriNo. 1106–1, 6–13R Linda FerrandoNo. 721–6, 7–6(10–8), 6–44R Conchita Martínez (7)No. 84–6, 5–7
Wimbledon Championships1988 WimbledonRoundOpponentRankScore1R Sandy Collins (Q)No. 1896–4, 4–6, 9–7No. 332R Mary Joe Fernández (16)No. 121–6, 5–7
US Open1990 US OpenRoundOpponentRankScore1R Akiko Kijimuta (LL)No. 1133–6, 6–2, 6–4No. 212R Natasha Zvereva (14)No. 126–4, 6–03R Katia PiccoliniNo. 856–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)4R Linda FerrandoNo. 827–6(7–4), 6–1QF Gabriela Sabatini (5)No. 56–7(5–7), 4–6
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