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Maya Tahan (Hebrew: מאיה טחן; born 9 January 1999) 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 collegiate tennis at the University of Miami for the Miami Hurricanes.

Maya Tahan
Country (sports) Israel
Born (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 23)
Tel Mond, Israel
Height5-8
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Prize moneyUS$ 28,073
Singles
Career record77–66
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 578 (16 September 2019)
Current rankingNo. 796 (16 November 2020)
Doubles
Career record85–44
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 456 (7 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 548 (16 November 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–5

Early life and education


Tahan is from Tel Mond, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent.[1] Her parents are Gil and Merav Tahan.[2] Her father is a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), and her mother is a financial officer.[2] She has an older sister, Roni, and two younger sisters, Dana and Shira.[2]


Tennis career


Tahan began playing tennis at the age of eight[1] and moved to train at the Netanya Tennis Club when she was 11 years old.[1] She attended Rabin High School.[2] She served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years.[2] In December 2017, she won the Israel national doubles championship title partnering with Vlada Ekshibarova.[3]

She was ranked a career-high 578 in WTA singles in September 2019, and a career-high 456 in the WTA doubles rankings in October 2019.[2] Tahan won two ITF $15K singles championships in 2018, and $10K doubles events, and won a $25K doubles tournament in August 2019.[2][4]

She played collegiate tennis for the Miami Hurricanes at the University of Miami in 2019-20, but had her spring season cut short by the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.[2] She was 7–4 in singles, and 2–6 in doubles.[2]

Tahan also has represented Israel in the Fed Cup in 2016, 2017, and 2019, where she has a win–loss record of 2–5.[5][2]


ITF Circuit finals



Singles: 2 (2–0)


$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jun 2018 ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel 15,000 Hard Nicole Nadel 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win 2–0 Oct 2018 ITF Ashkelon, Israel 15,000 Hard Anna Pribylova 6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 15 (10–5)


$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 4 September 2015 ITF 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, [10–8]
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, [12–10]
Winner 3. 4 May 2018 Acre, 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, [10–3]
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 Cancún, Mexico Hard Natsumi Kawaguchi Emily Appleton
Maria Jose Portillo Ramirez
6–1, 6–2
Winner 9. 12 May 2019 ITF Heraklion, Greece Clay Draginja Vuković Zhibek Kulambayeva
Vanda Lukács
walkover
Winner 10. Nov 2019 ITF Cancún, Mexico Hard Eva Vedder Allura Zamarripa
Maribella Zamarripa
6–4, 4–6, [10–2]
Runner-up 5. 15 November 2020 ITF Heraklion, Greece Clay Shavit Kimchi Verena Meliss
Martina Spigarelli
5–7, 2–6

See also



References


  1. "איגוד הטניס בישראל: landing-eng". איגוד הטניס בישראל.
  2. "Maya Tahan". University of Miami Athletics. January 3, 2020.
  3. "Sela, Khazaniuk return to Israel national finals". The Jerusalem Post.
  4. "Maya Tahan Women's Singles Titles"
  5. Maya Tahan at the Billie Jean King Cup



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