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. She has also been elected for the UCLA hall of fame in 2025
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) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2001US Open Hard Nathalie Tauziat Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 6–2, 5–7, 7–5
Mixed: 2 (1–1) ResultYearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1999US Open Hard Donald Johnson Ai Sugiyama Mahesh Bhupathi 6–4, 6–4Win 2000Wimbledon Grass Donald Johnson Kim Clijsters Lleyton Hewitt 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
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)
ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 1. Jan 1993 Brisbane Hard Shannan McCarthy Conchita Martínez Larisa Neiland 2–6, 2–6Loss 2. Feb 1993 Chicago Carpet (i) Amy Frazier Katrina Adams Zina Garrison-Jackson 6–7(7–9), 3–6Loss 3. Apr 1996 Tokyo Hard Amy Frazier Kimiko Date Ai Sugiyama 6–7(6–8), 7–6(8–6), 3–6 Loss 4. Aug 1996 Los Angeles Hard Amy Frazier Lindsay Davenport Natasha Zvereva 1–6, 4–6Loss 5. Oct 1996 Quebec City Hard (i) Amy Frazier Debbie Graham Brenda Schultz-McCarthy 1–6, 4–6Loss 6. Aug 1997 San Diego Hard Amy Frazier Martina Hingis Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 3–6, 5–7Win 1. Sep 1998 Quebec City Hard (i) Lori McNeil Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud 6–7(3–7), 7–5, 6–4 Win 2. Apr 1999 Tokyo Hard Corina Morariu Kerry-Anne Guse Catherine Barclay 6–3, 6–2Win 3. Feb 2000 Oklahoma City Hard (i) Corina Morariu Tamarine Tanasugarn Elena Tatarkova 6–4, 4–6, 6–2Loss 7. Aug 2000 Los Angeles Hard Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Els Callens Dominique Van Roost 2–6, 5–7Loss 8. Oct 2000 Zurich Hard (i) Anne-Gaëlle Sidot Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova 3–6, 4–6Loss 9. Nov 2000 Quebec City Hard (i) Els Callens Meghann Shaughnessy Nicole Pratt 3–6, 4–6Loss 10. Feb 2001 Paris Carpet (i) Nathalie Tauziat Iva Majoli Virginie Razzano 3–6, 5–7Loss 11. Feb 2001 Nice Carpet (i) Nathalie Tauziat Émilie Loit Anne-Gaëlle Sidot 6–1, 2–6, 0–6Loss 12. Jun 2001 Birmingham Grass Nathalie Tauziat Cara Black Elena Likhovtseva 1–6, 2–6Win 4. Aug 2001 Los Angeles Hard Nathalie Tauziat Nicole Arendt Caroline Vis 6–3, 7–5Win 5. Aug 2001 Toronto Hard Nicole Pratt Tina Križan Katarina Srebotnik 6–3, 6–1Loss 13. Aug 2001 US Open Hard Nathalie Tauziat Lisa Raymond Rennae Stubbs 2–6, 7–5, 5–7Loss 14. Jun 2002 Birmingham Grass Nathalie Tauziat Shinobu Asagoe Els Callens 4–6, 3–6
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