Leila Meskhi ( ka, ლეილა მესხი, tr, ; born 5 January 1968) is a retired
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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
is a former professional tennis player from Japan. She was born on May 1, 1968, in Japan and played on the WTA tour from 1986 to 1992. She reached the fourth round at Roland Garros in 1992, where she led the world number-one-ranked player Moni ...
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Natasha Zvereva
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Katia Piccolini and
Linda Ferrando
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She competed in the Fed Cup
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before losing to eventual champion
Gabriela Sabatini
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in straight sets.
WTA career finals
Singles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Doubles: 12 (5 titles, 7 runner-up)
ITF finals
Singles (1–0)
Doubles (2-0)
Grand Slam performance timeline
Singles
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1968 births
Living people
French Open junior champions
Female tennis players from Georgia (country)
Olympic bronze medalists for the Unified Team
Olympic tennis players of the Soviet Union
Olympic tennis players of the Unified Team
Sportspeople from Tbilisi
Soviet female tennis players
Tennis players at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Tennis players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Olympic medalists in tennis
Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Universiade medalists in tennis
Universiade gold medalists for the Soviet Union
Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
Medalists at the 1987 Summer Universiade
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