Kimberly Po

Kimberly Po
Full name	Kimberly Po-Messerli
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Rolling Hills, California
Born	October 20, 1971; Los Angeles
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, with Johnson.

Po won 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 was known thereafter as Kimberly Po-Messerli.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (0-1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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	Score
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^(7–3)

WTA Tour finals

Doubles 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0/1)
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	Score
Runner-up	1.	4 January 1993	Brisbane	Hard	Shannan McCarthy	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

External links

Kimberly Po at the Women's Tennis Association
Kimberly Po at the International Tennis Federation

Awards
Preceded by Nicole Arendt	Karen Krantzcke Sportsmanship Award 1994	Succeeded by Amanda Coetzer

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