Leila Mes'chi

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Leila Mes'chi Tennis player
Nation: Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union Georgia Georgia
Georgia 1990Georgia 
GeorgiaGeorgia 
Birthday: 5th January 1968
Playing hand: Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money: $ 1,169,566
singles
Career record: 223: 134
Career title: 5 WTA , 1 ITF
Highest ranking: 12 (August 5 1991)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open AF (1992)
French Open AF (1992, 1992)
Wimbledon 2R (1988)
US Open VF (1990)
Double
Career record: 171: 122
Career title: 5 WTA, 2 ITF
Highest ranking: 21 (April 10 1995)
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open VF (1990, 1995)
French Open VF (1994)
Wimbledon 2R (1988, 1990, 1992-1994)
US Open HF (1991)
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Grand Slam title: 00000  0
Australian Open -
French Open 2R (1992, 1993)
Wimbledon 2R (1987)
US Open 1R (1992, 1994)
Olympic games
Olympic medals:
bronze 1992 Barcelona Double
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Leila G. Nadibaidze , née Leila G. Mes'chi ( Russian Ле́йла Г. Ме́схи , Georgian ლეილა მესხი ; born January 5, 1968 in Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union ) is a former Georgian tennis player .

Career

Mes'chi, who won five singles and five doubles titles on the WTA Tour , achieved the best position of her professional career on August 5, 1991 with position 12 in the WTA world rankings. For the United Team she won the bronze medal in doubles at the 1992 Olympic Games with Natallja Swerawa as partner. In 1994 she played six games for the Georgian Fed Cup team , of which she won five. She had lost all of her five Fed Cup games for the Soviet team.

successes

singles

Tournament victories

No. date competition category Final opponent Result
1. November 12, 1989 Brentwood WTA Tier V CanadaCanada Helen Kelesi 6: 2, 6: 3
2. 4th February 1990 Auckland WTA Tier V BelgiumBelgium Sabine Appelmans 6: 1, 6: 0
3. October 7, 1990 Moscow WTA Tier V Soviet UnionSoviet Union Olena Bryukhovets 6: 4, 6: 4
4th February 10, 1991 Wellington WTA Tier V CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Andrea Strnadová 3: 6, 7: 6 3 , 6: 2
5. January 14, 1995 Hobart WTA Tier IV China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Li Fang 6: 2, 6: 3

Final participation

No. date competition category Topping Tournament winner Result
1. April 1988 SingaporeSingapore Singapore WTA Tier V Hard court United KingdomUnited Kingdom Monique Javer 6: 7, 3: 6
2. March 1989 United StatesUnited States Oklahoma City WTA Tier V Hard court (hall) NetherlandsNetherlands Manon Bollegraf 4: 6, 4: 6
3. February 1990 New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington WTA Tier V Hard court Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany Wiltrud Probst 6: 1, 4: 6, 0: 6
4th November 1990 United StatesUnited States Indianapolis WTA Tier IV Hard court (hall) SpainSpain Conchita Martínez 4: 6, 2: 6
5. April 1991 United StatesUnited States Hilton Head Island WTA Tier I sand ArgentinaArgentina Gabriela Sabatini 1: 6, 1: 6
6th September 1991 FranceFrance Bayonne WTA Tier IV Carpet (hall) SwitzerlandSwitzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière 6: 4, 3: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournament victories

No. date competition category Topping Partner Final opponents Result
1. February 1990 New ZealandNew Zealand Auckland WTA Tier IV Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natalia Medvedeva CanadaCanada Jill Hetherington Robin White
United StatesUnited States  		3: 6, 6: 3, 7: 6
2. February 1990 New ZealandNew Zealand Wellington WTA Tier V Hard court Soviet UnionSoviet Union Natalia Medvedeva AustraliaAustralia Michelle Jaggard Julie Richardson
New ZealandNew Zealand  		6: 3, 2: 6, 6: 4
3. February 1993 AustriaAustria Linz WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) Russia 1991Russia Yevgenia Manjukova SpainSpain Conchita Martínez Judith Wiesner
AustriaAustria  		without a fight
4th April 1993 United StatesUnited States Amelia Island WTA Tier II sand SwitzerlandSwitzerland Manuela Maleeva-Fragnière South Africa 1961South Africa Amanda Coetzer Inés Gorrochategui
ArgentinaArgentina  		3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
5. February 1994 AustriaAustria Linz WTA Tier III Carpet (hall) RussiaRussia Yevgenia Manjukova SwedenSweden Åsa Carlsson Caroline Schneider
GermanyGermany  		6: 2, 6: 2

Performing in Grand Slam tournaments

singles

competition 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Career
Australian Open - - 3 - AF 1 1 1 AF
French Open - 1 3 AF AF 3 3 - AF
Wimbledon 2 - 1 - 1 1 1 - 2
US Open 3 3 VF 3 2 2 AF - VF

Double

competition 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Career
Australian Open - - - VF - AF 1 AF VF VF
French Open - - 1 AF AF 1 AF VF - VF
Wimbledon 1 2 - 2 - - - - - 2
US Open - 1 2 VF HF AF 2 2 - HF

Personal

Mes'chi has been married to Pavil Nadibaidze since 1988. In 1995 she founded a tennis academy in Tbilisi that bears her name.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Leila Meskhi. In: munzinger.de. Retrieved March 26, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Leila Meskhi - the first professional tennis player in Georgia. In: leilameskhitennisacademy.ge. Retrieved on March 26, 2020 (ge).
personal data
SURNAME Mes'chi, Leila
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Meskhi, Leila; Meschi, Leila; Meschki, Leila; Ме́схи, Ле́йла Г. (Russian); მესხი, ლეილა (Georgian); Nadibaidse, Leila G.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Georgian tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH Tbilisi , Georgian SSR , Soviet Union