American tennis player
Kimberly Po Full name Kimberly Po-Messerli Country (sports) United States Residence Rolling Hills, California , U.S.Born (1971-10-20 ) October 20, 1971 (age 53) Los Angeles , California, U.S.Height 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) Turned pro 1991 Retired 2002 Plays Right (two-handed backhand) Prize money $1,926,618 Career record 200–180 Career titles 3 ITF Highest ranking No. 14 (June 9, 1997) Australian Open QF (1997 ) French Open 3R (1993 , 1997 ) Wimbledon 2R (1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 ) US Open 4R (1998 ) Career record 250–216 Career titles 5 WTA, 1 ITF Highest ranking No. 6 (September 10, 2001) Australian Open 3R (2001 ) French Open QF (2001 ) Wimbledon SF (2001 ) US Open F (2001 ) Career titles 1 Australian Open QF (1999 ) French Open QF (2000 ) Wimbledon W (2000 )US Open F (1999 )
Kimberly Po (born October 20, 1971) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.
In her career, she won the mixed doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000, partnering Donald Johnson . She also was a runner-up at the US Open in women's doubles in 2001, partnering Nathalie Tauziat , as well as at the 1999 US Open in mixed doubles, with Johnson.
Po won six top-level doubles titles. Her career-high world rankings were world No. 6 in doubles (in 2001) and No. 14 in singles (in 1997). Her best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1997 Australian Open when she reached the quarterfinals before being knocked out by Amanda Coetzer .
Po married Oliver Messerli in 2001, and was known thereafter as Kimberly Po-Messerli.
Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
Mixed: 2 (1–1)
WTA career finals
Doubles: 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/1)
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
Score
Runner-up
1.
Jan 1993
Brisbane
Hard
Shannan McCarthy
Conchita Martínez Larisa Neiland
2–6, 2–6
Runner-up
2.
Feb 1993
Chicago
Carpet (i)
Amy Frazier
Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson
6–7(7–9) , 3–6
Runner-up
3.
Apr 1996
Tokyo
Hard
Amy Frazier
Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama
6–7(6–8) , 7–6(8–6) , 3–6
Runner-up
4.
Aug 1996
Los Angeles
Hard
Amy Frazier
Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up
5.
Oct 1996
Quebec City
Hard (i)
Amy Frazier
Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy
1–6, 4–6
Runner-up
6.
Aug 1997
San Diego
Hard
Amy Frazier
Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario
3–6, 5–7
Winner
1.
Sep 1998
Quebec City
Hard (i)
Lori McNeil
Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud
6–7(3–7) , 7–5, 6–4
Winner
2.
Apr 1999
Tokyo
Hard
Corina Morariu
Kerry-Anne Guse Catherine Barclay
6–3, 6–2
Winner
3.
Feb 2000
Oklahoma City
Hard (i)
Corina Morariu
Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova
6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Runner-up
7.
Aug 2000
Los Angeles
Hard
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
Els Callens Dominique Van Roost
2–6, 5–7
Runner-up
8.
Oct 2000
Zurich
Hard (i)
Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
9.
Nov 2000
Quebec City
Hard (i)
Els Callens
Meghann Shaughnessy Nicole Pratt
3–6, 4–6
Runner-up
10.
Feb 2001
Paris
Carpet (i)
Nathalie Tauziat
Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano
3–6, 5–7
Runner-up
11.
Feb 2001
Nice
Carpet (i)
Nathalie Tauziat
Émilie Loit Anne-Gaëlle Sidot
6–1, 2–6, 0–6
Runner-up
12.
Jun 2001
Birmingham
Grass
Nathalie Tauziat
Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva
1–6, 2–6
Winner
4.
Aug 2001
Los Angeles
Hard
Nathalie Tauziat
Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis
6–3, 7–5
Winner
5.
Aug 2001
Toronto
Hard
Nicole Pratt
Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik
6–3, 6–1
Runner-up
13.
Aug 2001
US Open
Hard
Nathalie Tauziat
Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs
2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Runner-up
14.
Jun 2002
Birmingham
Grass
Nathalie Tauziat
Shinobu Asagoe Els Callens
4–6, 3–6
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