Maya Tahan (Hebrew: מאיה טחן; born 9 January 1999) is an Israeli former tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 578 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) in September 2019. Her career-high WTA doubles ranking is 456 which she achieved October 2019.

Maya Tahan
Country (sports) Israel
Born (1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 (age 25)
Tel Mond, Israel
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Miami
Prize money$28,073
Singles
Career record77–66
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 578 (16 September 2019)
Doubles
Career record85–44
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 456 (7 October 2019)
Team competitions
Fed Cup2–5

Early life and education

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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

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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]

Tahan won two $15k singles tournaments 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 recorded 7–4 in singles, and 2–6 in doubles.[2]

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

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles (2–0)

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$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 (10–5)

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$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 Veselinović
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 Acre, 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 Gavrilă   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 ITF Cancún, Mexico Hard   Natsumi Kawaguchi   Emily Appleton
  María Portillo Ramírez
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

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "איגוד הטניס בישראל: landing-eng". איגוד הטניס בישראל.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "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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