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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
Singles
Career record	200–180
Career titles	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 (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)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	US Open	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	6–2, 5–7, 7–5

Mixed: 2 (1–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1999	US Open	Hard	Donald Johnson	Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi	6–4, 6–4
Win	2000	Wimbledon	Grass	Donald Johnson	Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt	6–4, 7–6

WTA career finals

Doubles: 19 (5 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	Jan 1993	Brisbane	Hard	Shannan McCarthy	Conchita Martínez Larisa Neiland	2–6, 2–6
Loss	2.	Feb 1993	Chicago	Carpet (i)	Amy Frazier	Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson	6–7, 3–6
Loss	3.	Apr 1996	Tokyo	Hard	Amy Frazier	Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama	6–7, 7–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	Aug 1996	Los Angeles	Hard	Amy Frazier	Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva	1–6, 4–6
Loss	5.	Oct 1996	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Amy Frazier	Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy	1–6, 4–6
Loss	6.	Aug 1997	San Diego	Hard	Amy Frazier	Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	3–6, 5–7
Win	1.	Sep 1998	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Lori McNeil	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	6–7, 7–5, 6–4
Win	2.	Apr 1999	Tokyo	Hard	Corina Morariu	Kerry-Anne Guse Catherine Barclay	6–3, 6–2
Win	3.	Feb 2000	Oklahoma City	Hard (i)	Corina Morariu	Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	7.	Aug 2000	Los Angeles	Hard	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	Els Callens Dominique Van Roost	2–6, 5–7
Loss	8.	Oct 2000	Zurich	Hard (i)	Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	3–6, 4–6
Loss	9.	Nov 2000	Quebec City	Hard (i)	Els Callens	Meghann Shaughnessy Nicole Pratt	3–6, 4–6
Loss	10.	Feb 2001	Paris	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano	3–6, 5–7
Loss	11.	Feb 2001	Nice	Carpet (i)	Nathalie Tauziat	Émilie Loit Anne-Gaëlle Sidot	6–1, 2–6, 0–6
Loss	12.	Jun 2001	Birmingham	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva	1–6, 2–6
Win	4.	Aug 2001	Los Angeles	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis	6–3, 7–5
Win	5.	Aug 2001	Toronto	Hard	Nicole Pratt	Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik	6–3, 6–1
Loss	13.	Aug 2001	US Open	Hard	Nathalie Tauziat	Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs	2–6, 7–5, 5–7
Loss	14.	Jun 2002	Birmingham	Grass	Nathalie Tauziat	Shinobu Asagoe Els Callens	4–6, 3–6

External links

• Kimberly Po-Messerli at the Women's Tennis Association
• Kimberly Po-Messerli at the International Tennis Federation
• Kimberly Po-Messerli at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Kimberly Po-Messerli at Wimbledon

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

• American female tennis players
• American sportswomen of Chinese descent
• Tennis players from Los Angeles
• Wimbledon champions
• 1971 births
• Living people
• American tennis players of Chinese descent
• US Open (tennis) junior champions
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles
• Grand Slam (tennis) champions in girls' doubles
• 21st-century American women