Maya Tahan
Maya Tahan is an Israeli tennis player. She was ranked a career-high 578 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2019, and a career-high 456 in the WTA doubles rankings in October 2019. She plays at the University of Miami for the Miami Hurricanes.
Biography
Tahan is from Tel Mond, Israel. Her parents are Gil and Merav Tahan. Her father is a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces, and her mother is a financial officer. She has an older sister, Roni, and two younger sisters, Dana and Shira.Tennis career
Tahan began playing tennis at the age of eight. She moved to train at the Netanya Tennis Club when she was 11 years old. She attended Rabin High School. She served in the IDF for two years. In December 2017 she won the Israel national doubles championship title partnering with Vlada Ekshibarova.She was ranked a career-high 578 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2019, and a career-high 456 in the WTA doubles rankings in October 2019. Tahan won two ITF $15K singles championships in 2018, and 10 $15K doubles events, and won a $25K doubles tournament in August 2019.
As a freshman at the University of Miami in 2019-20, playing for the Miami Hurricanes, Tahan had her spring tennis season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. She was 7-4 in singles, and 2-6 in doubles.
Tahan also has represented Israel in the Fed Cup in 2016, 2017, and 2019, where she has a record of 2-5.
ITF Finals
Singles: 2 (2-0)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Winner | 1. | 24 June 2018 | Kiryat Shmona, Israel | Hard | Nicole Nadel | 7–6, 7–5 |
Winner | 2. | 13 October 2018 | Ashkelon, Israel | Hard | Anna Pribylova | 6–4, 6–3 |
Doubles: 14 (10–4)
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 4 September 2015 | Kiryat Gat, Israel | Hard | May Kimhi | Francesca Stephenson Ana Veselinovic | 6–3, 7–5 |
Winner | 1. | 8 October 2016 | Ramat Hasharon, Israel | Hard | Shelly Krolitzky | Linnea Malmqvist Anastasiya Shleptsova | 6–4, 4–6, |
Runner-up | 2. | 6 May 2017 | Akko, Israel | Hard | Shelly Krolitzky | Vlada Ekshibarova Despina Papamichail | 4–6, 3–6 |
Winner | 2. | 24 June 2017 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Shelly Krolitzky | Sofia Dmitrieva Linnea Malmqvist | 2–6, 6–0, |
Winner | 3. | 4 May 2018 | Akko, Israel | Hard | Madeleine Kobelt | Madison Bourguignon Aimee Tarun | 6–1, 6–3 |
Runner-up | 3. | 20 May 2018 | Tiberias, Israel | Hard | Shavit Kimchi | Madeleine Kobelt Riya Bhatia | 3–6, 2–6 |
Runner-up | 4. | 25 August 2018 | Caslano, Switzerland | Clay | Natasha Piludu | Alba Marin Carrillo Noelia Zeballos | 4–6, 4–6 |
Winner | 4. | 7 October 2018 | Herzliya, Israel | Hard | Madeleine Kobelt | Anastasia Reimchen Aimee Tarun | 6–4, 6–3 |
Winner | 5. | 4 November 2018 | Heraklion, Greece | Clay | Oana Gavrila | Anna Hertel Xenia Knoll | 6–3, 1–6, |
Winner | 6. | 25 November 2018 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Eva Vedder | Anastasia Shaulskaya Stephanie Kent | 6–3, 6–0 |
Winner | 7. | 2 December 2018 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Eva Vedder | Ekaterina Makarova Sari Stegmann | 6–0, 6–4 |
Winner | 8. | 14 April 2019 | Cancun, Mexico | Hard | Natsumi Kawaguchi | Emily Appleton Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez | 6–1, 6–2 |
Winner | 9. | 12 May 2019 | Heraklion, Greece | Clay | Draginja Vuković | Zhibek Kulambayeva Vanda Lukács | Walkover |
Winner | 10. | Nov 2019 | Cancún, Mexico | Hard | Eva Vedder | Allura Zamarripa Maribella Zamarripa | 6–4, 4–6, |