Leila Meskhi
Leila Meskhi is a retired Georgian professional female 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.
WTA career finals
Singles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Category | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 18 April 1988 | WTA Singapore | Tier V | Hard | Monique Javer | 6–7, 3–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 27 February 1989 | Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City | Tier V | Hard | Manon Bollegraf | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 1. | 6 November 1989 | VS of Nashville | Tier V | Hard | Helen Kelesi | 6–2, 6–3 |
Winner | 2. | 29 January 1990 | Auckland Open | Tier V | Hard | Sabine Appelmans | 6–1, 6–0 |
Runner-up | 3. | 5 February 1989 | Wellington Classic | Tier V | Hard | Wiltrud Probst | 6–1, 4–6, 0–6 |
Winner | 3. | 1 October 1990 | Moscow Ladies Open | Tier V | Carpet | Elena Brioukhovets | 6–4, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 4. | 5 November 1990 | Indianapolis | Tier IV | Hard | Conchita Martínez | 4–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 4 February 1991 | Wellington Classic | Tier V | Hard | Andrea Strnadová | 3–6, 7–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 5. | 1 April 1991 | Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head | Tier I | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini | 1–6, 1–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 23 September 1991 | WTA Bayonne | Tier IV | Carpet | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 5. | 9 January 1995 | Moorilla Hobart International | Tier IV | Hard | Li Fang | 6–2, 6–3 |