# Leila Meskhi

Leila Meskhi (Georgian: ლეილა მესხი, romanized: leila meskhi, pronounced; 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 | Monique Javer | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2. | Feb 1989 | Cellular South Cup, Oklahoma City | Tier V | Hard | Manon Bollegraf | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1. | Nov 1989 | VS of Nashville | Tier V | Hard | Helen Kelesi | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2. | Jan 1990 | Auckland Open | Tier V | Hard | Sabine Appelmans | 6–1, 6–0 |
| Loss | 3. | Feb 1990 | Wellington Classic | Tier V | Hard | Wiltrud Probst | 6–1, 4–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 3. | Oct 1990 | Moscow Ladies Open | Tier V | Carpet (i) | Elena Brioukhovets | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4. | Nov 1990 | Indianapolis | Tier IV | Hard (i) | Conchita Martínez | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4. | Feb 1991 | Wellington Classic | Tier V | Hard | Andrea Strnadová | 3–6, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5. | Apr 1991 | Family Circle Cup, Hilton Head | Tier I | Clay | Gabriela Sabatini | 1–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 6. | Sep 1991 | WTA Bayonne | Tier IV | Carpet | Manuela Maleeva-Fragniere | 6–4, 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5. | Jan 1995 | Hobart International | Tier IV | Hard | 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 | Natalia Egorova | Claudia Kohde-Kilsch Jana Novotná | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–7$^{(6–8)}$ |
| Loss | 2. | Apr 1988 | Singapore | Hard | Svetlana Parkhomenko | Natalia Egorova Natalia Medvedeva | 6–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 3. | Jun 1988 | Birmingham, Great Britain | Grass | Svetlana Parkhomenko | Larisa Neiland Natasha Zvereva | 4–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4. | Feb 1989 | Wichita, United States | Hard | Sandy Collins | Manon Bollegraf Lise Gregory | 2–6, 6–7 |
| Loss | 5. | Nov 1989 | Nashville, United States | Hard | Natalia Medvedeva | Manon Bollegraf Meredith McGrath | 6–1, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$ |
| Win | 6. | Feb 1990 | Auckland, New Zealand | Hard | Natalia Medvedeva | Jill Hetherington Robin White | 3–6, 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$ |
| Win | 7. | Feb 1990 | Wellington, New Zealand | Hard | Natalia Medvedeva | Michelle Jaggard Julie Richardson | 6–3, 2–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 8. | Feb 1993 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Eugenia Maniokova | Conchita Martínez Judith Wiesner | w/o |
| Winner | 9. | Apr 1993 | Amelia Island, United States | Clay | Manuela Maleeva | Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 10. | Feb 1994 | Linz, Austria | Carpet (i) | Eugenia Maniokova | Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider | 6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 11. | Apr 1994 | Hamburg, Germany | Clay | Eugenia Maniokova | Jana Novotná Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 12. | Oct 1994 | Essen, Germany | Carpet (i) | Eugenia Maniokova | Maria Lindström 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 | 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 | Natasha Zvereva | Jane Forman Jenni Goodling | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Winner | 4. | 3 May 1987 | Taranto, Italy | Clay | Natasha Zvereva | Simone Schilder Clare Wood | 6–3, 6–2 |

## Grand Slam performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### 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 |