Kimberly Po
Full name | Kimberly Po-Messerli |
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Country (sports) | United States |
Residence | Rolling Hills, California |
Born |
Los Angeles | October 20, 1971
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Turned pro | 1991 |
Retired | 2002 |
Plays | Right handed (two handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 1,926,618 |
Singles | |
Career record | 200–180 |
Career titles | 0 WTA, 3 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 14 (June 9, 1997) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1997) |
French Open | 3R (1993, 1997) |
Wimbledon | 2R (1992, 1994, 1996, 1998) |
US Open | 4R (1998) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 250–216 |
Career titles | 5 WTA, 1 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (September 10, 2001) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 3R (2001) |
French Open | QF (2001) |
Wimbledon | SF (2001) |
US Open | F (2001) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (1999) |
French Open | QF (2000) |
Wimbledon | W (2000) |
US Open | F (1999) |
Kimberly Po-Messerli (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
During her career, Po won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000 (partnering Donald Johnson). She was also a women's doubles runner-up at the US Open in 2001, (partnering Nathalie Tauziat), and a mixed doubles runner-up at the US Open in 1999 (partnering with Johnson).
Po won a total of six top-level doubles titles. Her career-high world rankings were World No. 6 in doubles (in 2001) and World No. 14 in singles (in 1997). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the Australian Open in 1997, when she reached the quarter-finals before being knocked out by Amanda Coetzer.
Po married Oliver Messerli in 2001, and thenceforth was known for the rest of her career as Kimberly Po-Messerli.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (0-1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 2001 | US Open | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
6–2, 5–7, 7–5 |
Mixed Doubles: 2 (1-1)
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1999 | US Open | Hard | Donald Johnson | Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi | 6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 2000 | Wimbledon | Grass | Donald Johnson | Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt |
6–4, 7–6(3) |
WTA Tour Finals
Doubles 19 (5-14)
Legend |
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Grand Slam tournaments (0/1) |
Olympic Gold (0/0) |
WTA Championships (0/0) |
Tier I (1/1) |
Tier II (1/6) |
Tier III (3/6) |
Tier IV & V (0/0) |
Virginia Slims (0/0) |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1. | 4 January 1993 | Brisbane | Hard | Katrina Greenman | Conchita Martínez Larisa Neiland |
2–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 14 February 1993 | Chicago | Carpet (i) | Amy Frazier | Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson |
6–7(7–9), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 3. | 21 April 1996 | Tokyo | Hard | Amy Frazier | Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama |
6–7(6–8), 7–6(8–6), 3–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 18 August 1996 | Los Angeles | Hard | Amy Frazier | Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 5. | 27 October 1996 | Quebec City | Hard (i) | Amy Frazier | Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy |
1–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 6. | 3 August 1997 | San Diego | Hard | Amy Frazier | Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario |
3–6, 5–7 |
Winner | 1. | 21 September 1998 | Quebec City | Hard (i) | Lori McNeil | Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud |
6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4 |
Winner | 2. | 18 April 1999 | Tokyo | Hard | Corina Morariu | Kerry-Anne Guse Catherine Barclay |
6–3, 6–2 |
Winner | 3. | 27 February 2000 | Oklahoma City | Hard (i) | Corina Morariu | Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova |
6–4, 4–6, 6–2 |
Runner-up | 7. | 13 August 2000 | Los Angeles | Hard | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | Els Callens Dominique Van Roost |
2–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 8. | 15 October 2000 | Zurich | Hard (i) | Anne-Gaëlle Sidot | Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 9. | 5 November 2000 | Quebec City | Hard (i) | Els Callens | Meghann Shaughnessy Nicole Pratt |
3–6, 4–6 |
Runner-up | 10. | 5 February 2001 | Paris | Carpet (i) | Nathalie Tauziat | Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano |
3–6, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 11. | 12 February 2001 | Nice | Carpet (i) | Nathalie Tauziat | Émilie Loit Anne-Gaëlle Sidot |
6–1, 2–6, 0–6 |
Runner-up | 12. | 11 June 2001 | Birmingham | Grass | Nathalie Tauziat | Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva |
1–6, 2–6 |
Winner | 4. | 6 August 2001 | Los Angeles | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis |
6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 5. | 19 August 2001 | Toronto | Hard | Nicole Pratt | Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik |
6–3, 6-1 |
Runner-up | 13. | 27 August 2001 | US Open | Hard | Nathalie Tauziat | Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs |
2–6, 7–5, 5–7 |
Runner-up | 14. | 19 June 2002 | Birmingham | Grass | Nathalie Tauziat | Shinobu Asagoe Els Callens |
4–6, 3–6 |