Kimberly Po-Messerli

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Kimberly Po-Messerli Tennis player
Nation: United StatesUnited States United States
Birthday: 20th October 1971
Size: 160 cm
1st professional season: 1991
Resignation: 2002
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,926,618
singles
Career record: 200: 180
Career title: 0 WTA , 3 ITF
Highest ranking: 14 (June 9 1997)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1997)
French Open 3R (1993, 1997)
Wimbledon 2R (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
US Open AF (1998)
Double
Career record: 405: 274
Career title: 5 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 6 (September 10, 2001)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (2001)
French Open VF (2001)
Wimbledon HF (2001)
US Open F (2001)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  1
Australian Open VF (1999)
French Open VF (2000)
Wimbledon S (2000)
US Open F (1999)
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Kimberly Po-Messerli (born October 20, 1971 in Los Angeles , California ) is a former American tennis player .

Career

Kimberly Po started playing tennis at the age of nine.

She celebrated her greatest success in 2000 at Wimbledon , when she won the mixed title there alongside Donald Johnson ; they defeated Lleyton Hewitt and Kim Clijsters in straight sets. In 2001 she was again in the final of a Grand Slam tournament ; she lost the final in the women's doubles at the US Open, as did the mixed final there in 1999.

In 2001 she married Oliver Messerli.

Tournament victories

Double

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. November 1, 1998 CanadaCanada Quebec WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) United StatesUnited States Lori McNeil United StatesUnited States Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud
FranceFrance  		6: 7, 7: 5, 6: 4
2. April 18, 1999 JapanJapan Tokyo WTA Tier III Hard court United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu AustraliaAustralia Catherine Barclay-Reitz Kerry-Anne Guse
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 3, 6: 2
3. February 27, 2000 United StatesUnited States Oklahoma City WTA Tier III Hard court (hall) United StatesUnited States Corina Morariu ThailandThailand Tamarine Tanasugarn Olena Tatarkowa
UkraineUkraine  		6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
4th August 12, 2001 United StatesUnited States los Angeles WTA Tier II Hard court FranceFrance Nathalie Tauziat United StatesUnited States Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis
NetherlandsNetherlands  		6: 3, 7: 5
5. August 19, 2001 CanadaCanada Toronto WTA Tier I Hard court AustraliaAustralia Nicole Pratt SloveniaSlovenia Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
SloveniaSlovenia  		6: 3, 6: 1

Mixed

No. date competition category Topping partner Final opponent Result
1. July 9, 2000 United KingdomUnited Kingdom Wimbledon Grand Slam race United StatesUnited States Donald Johnson BelgiumBelgium Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt
AustraliaAustralia  		6: 4, 7: 6 3

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personal data
SURNAME Po-Messerli, Kimberly
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 20th October 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Los Angeles , California , United States