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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.24 June 2018Kiryat Shmona, IsraelHard Nicole Nadel7–6, 7–5
Winner2.13 October 2018Ashkelon, IsraelHard Anna Pribylova6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 14 (10–4)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.4 September 2015Kiryat Gat, IsraelHard May Kimhi Francesca Stephenson
Ana Veselinovic
6–3, 7–5
Winner1.8 October 2016Ramat Hasharon, IsraelHard Shelly Krolitzky Linnea Malmqvist
Anastasiya Shleptsova
6–4, 4–6,
Runner-up2.6 May 2017Akko, IsraelHard Shelly Krolitzky Vlada Ekshibarova
Despina Papamichail
4–6, 3–6
Winner2.24 June 2017Herzliya, IsraelHard Shelly Krolitzky Sofia Dmitrieva
Linnea Malmqvist
2–6, 6–0,
Winner3.4 May 2018Akko, IsraelHard Madeleine Kobelt Madison Bourguignon
Aimee Tarun
6–1, 6–3
Runner-up3.20 May 2018Tiberias, IsraelHard Shavit Kimchi Madeleine Kobelt
Riya Bhatia
3–6, 2–6
Runner-up4.25 August 2018Caslano, SwitzerlandClay Natasha Piludu Alba Marin Carrillo
Noelia Zeballos
4–6, 4–6
Winner4.7 October 2018Herzliya, IsraelHard Madeleine Kobelt Anastasia Reimchen
Aimee Tarun
6–4, 6–3
Winner5.4 November 2018Heraklion, GreeceClay Oana Gavrila Anna Hertel
Xenia Knoll
6–3, 1–6,
Winner6.25 November 2018Stellenbosch, South AfricaHard Eva Vedder Anastasia Shaulskaya
Stephanie Kent
6–3, 6–0
Winner7.2 December 2018Stellenbosch, South AfricaHard Eva Vedder Ekaterina Makarova
Sari Stegmann
6–0, 6–4
Winner8.14 April 2019Cancun, MexicoHard Natsumi Kawaguchi Emily Appleton
Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez
6–1, 6–2
Winner9.12 May 2019Heraklion, GreeceClay Draginja Vuković Zhibek Kulambayeva
Vanda Lukács
Walkover
Winner10.Nov 2019Cancún, MexicoHard Eva Vedder Allura Zamarripa
Maribella Zamarripa
6–4, 4–6,