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Leila Meskhi

{{short description|Georgian tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Leila Meskhi
ლეილა მესხი

|image =

|country = {{USSR}},
{{CIS}},
{{EUN}},
{{flagicon|Georgia|1990}} Georgia

|residence = Tbilisi, Georgia

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1968|1|5}}

|birth_place = Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union

|height = {{height|m=1.64}}

|turnedpro = 1986

|retired = 1995

|plays = Right-handed (two-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = $1,179,720

|singlesrecord = 223–134

|singlestitles = 5 WTA, 1 ITF

|highestsinglesranking = No. 12 (5 August 1991)

|AustralianOpenresult = 4R (1992)

|FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1991, 1992)

|Wimbledonresult = 2R (1988)

|USOpenresult = QF (1990)

|doublesrecord = 171–122

|doublestitles = 5 WTA, 2 ITF

|highestdoublesranking = No. 21 (10 April 1995)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = QF (1995)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1994)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1988, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994)

|USOpenDoublesresult = SF(1991)

|Team = yes

|FedCupresult = 6–5

| medaltemplates-expand = yes

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry|the {{flagIOC|EUN|1992 Summer}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze | 1992 Barcelona | Doubles}}

{{MedalCountry|the {{flagIOC|URS}}}}

{{MedalCompetition|Universiade}}

{{MedalGold | 1987 Zagreb | Singles}}

{{MedalGold | 1987 Zagreb | Doubles}}

}}

Leila Meskhi ({{lang-ka|ლეილა მესხი|tr}}, {{IPA|ka|leila mesχi|pron}}; 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)=

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! Legend

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| style="background:#e2daf8;"| Tier I (1)

style="background:#e9e9e9;"| Tier II (0)
style="background:#d4f1c5;"| Tier III (0)
style="background:#e8faff;"| Tier IV (3)
style="background:#f4f7d2;" |Tier V (7)

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!Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:50px"|Date

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!style="width:50px"|Tier

!style="width:50px"|Surface

!style="width:190px"|Opponent

!style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss0–1Apr 1988WTA Singapore Openstyle="background:#f4f7d2;" |Cat 1Hard{{flagicon|GBR}} Monique Javer6–7(3–7), 3–6
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss0–2Feb 1989Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma Citystyle="background:#e8faff;" |Cat 2Hard{{flagicon|NED}} Manon Bollegraf4–6, 4–6
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win1–2Nov 1989VS of Nashvillestyle="background:#e8faff;" |Cat 2Hard{{flagicon|CAN}} Helen Kelesi6–2, 6–3
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win2–2Jan 1990Auckland Openstyle="background:#f4f7d2;" |Tier VHard{{flagicon|BEL}} Sabine Appelmans6–1, 6–0
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss2–3Feb 1990Wellington Classicstyle="background:#f4f7d2;" |Tier VHard{{flagicon|FRG}} Wiltrud Probst6–1, 4–6, 0–6
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win3–3Oct 1990Moscow Ladies Openstyle="background:#f4f7d2;" |Tier VCarpet (i){{flagicon|USSR}} Elena Brioukhovets6–4, 6–4
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss3–4Nov 1990Indianapolisstyle="background:#e8faff;"|Tier IVHard (i){{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez4–6, 2–6
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win4–4Feb 1991Wellington Classicstyle="background:#f4f7d2;" |Tier VHard{{flagicon|TCH}} Andrea Strnadová3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–2
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss4–5Apr 1991Family Circle Cup, Hilton Headstyle="background:#e2daf8;"|Tier IClay{{flagicon|ARG}} Gabriela Sabatini1–6, 1–6
style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss4–6Sep 1991WTA Bayonnestyle="background:#e8faff;"|Tier IVCarpet{{flagicon|SUI}} Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere6–4, 3–6, 4–6
style="background:#98fb98;"|Win5–6Jan 1995Hobart Internationalstyle="background:#e8faff;"|Tier IVHard{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Fang6–2, 6–3

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

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W/L

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!style="width:130px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| Sep 1987

| Hamburg, West Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Egorova

| {{flagicon|FRG}} Claudia Kohde-Kilsch
{{flagicon|TCH}} Jana Novotná

| 6–7(1–7), 6–7(6–8)

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–2

| Apr 1988

| Singapore

| Hard

| {{Flagicon|USSR}} Svetlana Parkhomenko

| {{Flagicon|USSR}} Natalia Egorova
{{Flagicon|USSR}} Natalia Medvedeva

| 6–7, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–3

| Jun 1988

| Birmingham, Great Britain

| Grass

| {{Flagicon|USSR}} Svetlana Parkhomenko

| {{Flagicon|USSR}} Larisa Neiland
{{Flagicon|USSR}} Natasha Zvereva

| 4–6, 1–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–4

| Feb 1989

| Wichita, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} Sandy Collins

| {{flagicon|NED}} Manon Bollegraf
{{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Lise Gregory

| 2–6, 6–7

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–5

| Nov 1989

| Nashville, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Medvedeva

| {{flagicon|NED}} Manon Bollegraf
{{flagicon|USA}} Meredith McGrath

| 6–1, 6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–5

| Feb 1990

| Auckland, New Zealand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Medvedeva

| {{flagicon|CAN}} Jill Hetherington
{{flagicon|USA}} Robin White

| 3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–3)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 2–5

| Feb 1990

| Wellington, New Zealand

| Hard

| {{flagicon|URS}} Natalia Medvedeva

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Michelle Jaggard
{{flagicon|NZL}} Julie Richardson

| 6–3, 2–6, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3–5

| Feb 1993

| Linz, Austria

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|RUS|1991}} Eugenia Maniokova

| {{flagicon|ESP}} Conchita Martínez
{{flagicon|AUT}} Judith Wiesner

| w/o

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4–5

| Apr 1993

| Amelia Island, United States

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SUI}} Manuela Maleeva

| {{flagicon|RSA|1928}} Amanda Coetzer
{{flagicon|ARG}} Inés Gorrochategui

| 3–6, 6–3, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 5–5

| Feb 1994

| Linz, Austria

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Eugenia Maniokova

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Åsa Carlsson
{{flagicon|GER}} Caroline Schneider

| 6–2, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5–6

| Apr 1994

| Hamburg, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Eugenia Maniokova

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Jana Novotná
{{flagicon|ESP}} Arantxa Sánchez Vicario

| 3–6, 2–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 5–7

| Oct 1994

| Essen, Germany

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|RUS}} Eugenia Maniokova

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Maria Lindström
{{flagicon|SWE}} Maria Strandlund

| 2–6, 1–6

ITF finals

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| $25,000 tournaments

=Singles (1–0)=

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!Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1.

| {{dts|format=dmy|1987|1|26}}

| Tarzana, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|GBR}} Clare Wood

| 1–6, 6–4, 6–2

=Doubles (2-0)=

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Result

!No.

!Date

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!Score

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 3.

| 10 October 1986

| Bethesda, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USSR}} Natasha Zvereva

| {{flagicon|USA}} Jane Forman
{{flagicon|USA}} Jenni Goodling

| 6–3, 6–1

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| style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 4.

| 3 May 1987

| Taranto, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|USSR}} Natasha Zvereva

| {{flagicon|NED}} Simone Schilder
{{flagicon|GBR}} Clare Wood

| 6–3, 6–2

Grand Slam performance timeline

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

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Tournament1986198719881989199019911992199319941995
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style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;"| French OpenAAAstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 1Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 3Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 4Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 4Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"|3Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 3RA
style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;"| WimbledonAQ2style="background:#afeeee;"|2RAstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 1RAstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 1Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"|1Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"|1RA
style="background:#efefef;text-align:left;"| US OpenAAstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 3Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"|3Rstyle="background:#ffebcd;"| QFstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 3Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 2Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 2Rstyle="background:#afeeee;"| 4RA

External links

  • {{WTA}}
  • {{ITF profile}}
  • {{Fed Cup player}}
  • {{Sports-reference|me/leila-meskhi-1}}

{{French Open girls' doubles champions}}

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Category:1968 births

Category:Living people

Category:French Open junior champions

Category:Female tennis players from Georgia (country)

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team

Category:Olympic tennis players for the Soviet Union

Category:Olympic tennis players for the Unified Team

Category:Tennis players from Tbilisi

Category:Soviet female tennis players

Category:Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Category:Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Olympic medalists in tennis

Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR

Category:Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in tennis

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union

Category:Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles

Category:Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade

Category:Long stubs with short prose

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