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Leila Meskhi

GEO Age 58 164 cm / 5'5" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 1987–1996

Leila Meskhi represented Georgia on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 12. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 193–121 and 5 singles titles. Pre-2000 WTA match coverage is incomplete, so the career record may be understated.

Peak singles rank

12 (Aug 5, 1991)

Elo peak

1987 (92nd percentile)

Singles record

193–121 (61.5%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$1,179,720

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's WTA event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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WTA Matches full match log →

Leila Meskhi's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Katarina Studenikova #43	1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 31, 1996*	R32	Kremlin Cup	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
Nathalie Tauziat #25	0-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Oct 24, 1996*	R32	Luxembourg	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Carpet
Katarzyna Straczy #367	2-6 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 19, 1996*	R32	Warsaw	Tier III → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Lenka Cenkova #145	1-6 0-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 13, 1996*	R32	Karlovy Vary	Tier IV → modern equivalent WTA 250	Clay
Alexia Dechaume Balleret	2-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Feb 17, 1995*	R32	Paris	Tier II → modern equivalent WTA 500	Hard

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Leila Meskhi's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario	0	9	9	Apr 30, 1994	H2H
Natasha Zvereva	3	5	8	Aug 19, 1993	H2H
Conchita Martínez	0	6	6	Oct 14, 1994	H2H
Anke Huber	3	3	6	Sep 1, 1994	H2H
Katerina Maleeva	4	2	6	Apr 29, 1994	H2H

Singles Titles (5)

Leila Meskhi singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
1989	21	1	—	—	—	1	—	Nashville
1990	22	2	—	—	—	2	—	ASB Classic, Moscow
1991	23	1	—	—	—	1	—	Wellington
1995	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Hobart International
Total		5	—	—	—	5	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (2)

Leila Meskhi Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
1988	Seoul Olympics	Second Round	1	1	Steffi Graf #1 def. Leila Meskhi #35 7-5 6-1	H2H	Match data
1992	Barcelona Olympics	First Round	0	1	Mary Pierce #16 def. Leila Meskhi #23 7-6(5) 7-5	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Leila Meskhi career results by season
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1987	19	11	7	18	61.1%	257	46
1988	20	18	18	36	50.0%	46	46
1989	21	21	14	35	60.0%	46	30
1990	22	38	14	52	73.1%	30	19
1991	23	30	14	44	68.2%	19	15
1992	24	26	16	42	61.9%	15	22
1993	25	22	17	39	56.4%	22	37
1994	26	22	15	37	59.5%	37	34
1995	27	5	2	7	71.4%	33	141
1996	28	0	4	4	0.0%	148	838
Career		193	121	314	61.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Leila Meskhi career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	19	5	3	8	62.5%	4	3	7	57.1%	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	11	7	18	61.1%
1988	20	15	12	27	55.6%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	18	18	36	50.0%
1989	21	15	7	22	68.2%	5	5	10	50.0%	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	21	14	35	60.0%
1990	22	19	5	24	79.2%	12	7	19	63.2%	2	2	4	50.0%	5	0	5	100.0%	38	14	52	73.1%
1991	23	11	5	16	68.8%	14	6	20	70.0%	—	—	—	—	5	3	8	62.5%	30	14	44	68.2%
1992	24	9	6	15	60.0%	12	6	18	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	26	16	42	61.9%
1993	25	10	9	19	52.6%	8	5	13	61.5%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	2	6	66.7%	22	17	39	56.4%
1994	26	12	9	21	57.1%	8	4	12	66.7%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	22	15	37	59.5%
1995	27	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5	2	7	71.4%
1996	28	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
Career	—	101	58	159	63.5%	64	39	103	62.1%	3	8	11	27.3%	25	16	41	61.0%	193	121	314	61.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Leila Meskhi career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1987	19	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	5	2	7	71.4%	1	2	3	33.3%	8	6	14	57.1%
1988	20	2	3	5	40.0%	1	6	7	14.3%	4	4	8	50.0%	5	3	8	62.5%	12	16	28	42.9%
1989	21	0	5	5	0.0%	3	1	4	75.0%	10	4	14	71.4%	2	1	3	66.7%	15	11	26	57.7%
1990	22	2	5	7	28.6%	2	4	6	33.3%	17	3	20	85.0%	10	1	11	90.9%	31	13	44	70.5%
1991	23	3	7	10	30.0%	3	3	6	50.0%	17	3	20	85.0%	5	1	6	83.3%	28	14	42	66.7%
1992	24	1	10	11	9.1%	3	5	8	37.5%	11	1	12	91.7%	7	0	7	100.0%	22	16	38	57.9%
1993	25	1	7	8	12.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	9	2	11	81.8%	6	2	8	75.0%	18	16	34	52.9%
1994	26	1	8	9	11.1%	2	1	3	66.7%	8	6	14	57.1%	7	0	7	100.0%	18	15	33	54.5%
1995	27	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	4	0	4	100.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	1	5	80.0%
1996	28	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	0	4	4	0.0%
Career		10	46	56	17.9%	18	27	45	40.0%	85	26	111	76.6%	43	13	56	76.8%	156	112	268	58.2%

Opponent ranking data available for 268/314 (85.4%) of Leila Meskhi's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Leila Meskhi advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1987	19	1656	134.5	—	—	—	—	+27	-63	—	64.1%	+1.05	0–3 (0%)	0–1	—	+0.79
1988	20	1697	129.8	—	—	—	—	+32	—	-166	49.4%	-0.23	8–5 (62%)	3–6 (33%)	102.3	+0.64
1989	21	1795	139.4	—	—	—	—	+11	-135	—	59.2%	+0.57	3–3 (50%)	8–0 (100%)	108.0	-1.62
1990	22	1928	151.0	—	—	—	—	+4	-112	-373	66.4%	+1.63	10–3 (77%)	3–6 (33%)	102.3	+1.11
1991	23	1937	151.4	—	—	—	—	-20	+20	—	62.6%	+0.74	9–4 (69%)	5–5 (50%)	105.3	+0.25
1992	24	1928	157.9	—	—	—	—	-27	+60	—	61.5%	+1.16	7–4 (64%)	3–8 (27%)	96.9	-1.71
1993	25	1872	148.4	—	—	—	—	-1	+91	—	55.3%	+0.05	4–3 (57%)	2–2 (50%)	100.4	-1.93
1994	26	1843	148.7	—	—	—	—	-3	+108	—	55.2%	+0.72	9–4 (69%)	3–3 (50%)	102.8	+0.52
1995	27	1833	120.0	—	—	—	—	+1	—	—	73.3%	+1.87	2–1 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	98.8	+0.23
1996	28	1747	89.2	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.0%	-4.63	—	—	—	-0.21
Career		1987	152.8	—	—	—	—	+2	0	-270	58.9%	+0.70	52–30 (63%)	28–33 (46%)	103.7	-0.61

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Leila Meskhi Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1988	20	—	—	R64	R32	3–2 (60%)
1989	21	—	R128	—	R32	2–2 (50%)
1990	22	R32	R32	R128	QF	8–4 (67%)
1991	23	—	R16	—	R32	5–2 (71%)
1992	24	R16	R16	R128	R64	7–4 (64%)
1993	25	R128	R32	R128	R64	3–4 (43%)
1994	26	R128	R32	R128	R16	5–4 (56%)
1995	27	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		5–5 (50%)	12–6 (67%)	1–5 (17%)	15–7 (68%)	33–23 (59%)

WTA 1000

Leila Meskhi WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	ITA	BER	BOC	CAN	HIL	KEY	W-L Win %
1990	22	R32	QF	—	—	R16	—	6–3 (67%)
1991	23	QF	R64	—	—	F	—	7–3 (70%)
1992	24	QF	—	R16	—	QF	R32	7–4 (64%)
1993	25	—	R32	—	R16	R16	QF	8–4 (67%)
1994	26	—	—	—	R32	R16	R16	5–3 (62%)
W-L		6–3 (67%)	4–3 (57%)	1–1 (50%)	3–2 (60%)	13–5 (72%)	6–3 (67%)	33–17 (66%)

WTA 500

Leila Meskhi WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	EAS	HAM	PAR	WAS	AME	BRI	CAN	CHI	ESS	POR	MAN	MOS	OAK	STR	SYD	WOR	W-L Win %
1988	20	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	R32	2–4 (33%)
1989	21	—	—	—	QF	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1990	22	R16	QF	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	6–3 (67%)
1991	23	—	QF	—	SF	QF	—	—	R32	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	8–6 (57%)
1992	24	—	QF	—	—	QF	R16	—	—	—	R16	—	—	R16	—	—	—	7–5 (58%)
1993	25	—	R16	R32	—	QF	R16	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	—	6–7 (46%)
1994	26	—	QF	SF	—	R16	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	—	10–6 (62%)
1995	27	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	10–5 (67%)	3–3 (50%)	6–3 (67%)	9–5 (64%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–4 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	42–35 (55%)

WTA 250

Leila Meskhi WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ASB	DAL	EAS	GEN	HAM	HOU	NAP	ITA	SDG	TKY	AME	ATH	BAY	BIR	BRE	CHI	HIL	HOB	KAR	KEY	KRE	LEI	LIN	LIT	LUX	MAH	MOS	NAS	OAK	OKL	SAN	SAN	SCH	SIN	SYD	TAM	WAR	WEL	WIC	W-L Win %
1987	19	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	R64	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	R128	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	11–7 (61%)
1988	20	—	R32	R64	—	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	SF	R32	—	R16	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	11–10 (52%)
1989	21	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	F	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	16–9 (64%)
1990	22	W	—	—	—	—	R16	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	18–4 (82%)
1991	23	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	10–3 (77%)
1992	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1993	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–2 (71%)
1994	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–2 (50%)
1995	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	W	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	5–0 (100%)
1996	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	0–4 (0%)
W-L		5–1 (83%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	8–4 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	3–1 (75%)	3–2 (60%)	2–1 (67%)	2–1 (67%)	4–1 (80%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	3–1 (75%)	5–0 (100%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	5–0 (100%)	8–1 (89%)	0–1 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	4–1 (80%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	9–1 (90%)	2–1 (67%)	83–43 (66%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 5, 1991

First Top 100

Nov 9, 1987

First Top 50

Nov 23, 1987

First Top 20

Sep 10, 1990

First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Leila Meskhi ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1986	18	—	—	—	—	310	315	316	321	320	262	240	240
1987	19	254	197	185	189	183	182	177	174	125	109	44	46
1988	20	45	42	34	30	30	33	33	41	38	36	46	46
1989	21	48	42	36	40	37	38	38	35	36	44	30	30
1990	22	32	22	26	31	25	23	24	21	19	19	19	19
1991	23	19	19	18	14	15	13	13	13	13	15	15	15
1992	24	15	14	14	21	20	20	23	18	23	23	22	22
1993	25	24	32	24	25	30	32	31	37	34	35	37	37
1994	26	29	28	31	36	32	31	30	37	34	33	34	34
1995	27	29	34	34	37	49	60	59	60	93	145	141	141
1996	28	145	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	895	841	838
1997	29	832	827	811	815	813	813	817	846	903	—	—	—

Data coverage: WTA match coverage from Jeff Sackmann's archive is incomplete before 2000. Career win-loss totals, surface splits, and head-to-head counts for this player's pre-2000 era may understate actual results.

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Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Judith Wiesner	AUT	#12	1,976	482	303	179	62.9%	$1,738,253	5	1985–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Sabine Hack	GER	#13	1,998	315	180	135	57.1%	$941,568	5	1985–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Barbara Paulus	AUT	#10	1,957	372	232	140	62.4%	$1,294,445	6	1986–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Amy Frazier	USA	#13	1,957	723	416	307	57.5%	$3,460,799	8	1987–2006	Rivalries	Match log
Naoko Sawamatsu	JPN	#14	1,970	312	183	129	58.7%	$1,107,264	4	1989–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Helen Kelesi	CAN	#13	1,954	378	213	165	56.3%	$905,972	2	1985–1994	Rivalries	Match log
Larisa Savchenko	URS	#13	1,926	481	240	241	49.9%	$4,083,936	2	1983–1999	Rivalries	Match log
Sandra Cecchini	ITA	#15	1,936	517	300	217	58.0%	$1,319,152	11	1981–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Kathy Rinaldi Stunkel	USA	#9	2,083	490	277	213	56.5%	$1,417,423	4	1980–1996	Rivalries	Match log
Stephanie Rehe	USA	#10	2,005	232	134	98	57.8%	$579,168	5	1981–1993	Rivalries	Match log
Silvia Farina Elia	ITA	#11	1,944	681	369	312	54.2%	$3,688,252	3	1989–2005	Rivalries	Match log
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Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Leila Meskhi?: Leila Meskhi is 58 years old, born on January 5, 1968.
Which country does Leila Meskhi represent?: Leila Meskhi represents Georgia in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Leila Meskhi?: Leila Meskhi is 164 cm / 5'5".
Does Leila Meskhi use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Leila Meskhi uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Leila Meskhi left-handed or right-handed?: Leila Meskhi plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Leila Meskhi won?: Leila Meskhi has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Leila Meskhi won?: TennisDB does not group any of Leila Meskhi's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Leila Meskhi won?: Leila Meskhi has won 5 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Hobart in 1995.
What is Leila Meskhi's highest WTA ranking?: Leila Meskhi's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 12, first achieved on August 5, 1991.
What is Leila Meskhi's career win-loss record?: Leila Meskhi has a career WTA singles record of 193 wins and 121 losses (61.5%).
How much career prize money has Leila Meskhi earned?: Leila Meskhi has earned at least $1,179,720 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Leila Meskhi's career appear in TennisDB?: Leila Meskhi appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 1987 through 1996.
On which surface does Leila Meskhi have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Leila Meskhi's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on hard: 63.5% (101–58).
Who has Leila Meskhi faced most often?: Leila Meskhi's most frequent opponent is Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, with a head-to-head record of 0–9 across 9 meetings.