Maya Tahan

Maya Tahan

Country (sports)	Israel
Born	(1999-01-09) 9 January 1999 Tel Mond, Israel
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	University of Miami
Prize money	$28,073
Singles
Career record	77–66 (53.85%)
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 578 (16 September 2019)
Current ranking	No. 796 (16 November 2020)
Doubles
Career record	85–44 (65.89%)
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 456 (7 October 2019)
Current ranking	No. 548 (16 November 2020)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	2–5

Maya Tahan (Hebrew: מאיה טחן‎; born 9 January 1999) is an inactive Israeli 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.

Early life and education

Tahan is from Tel Mond, Israel, to a family of Sephardic Jewish descent. Her parents are Gil and Merav Tahan. Her father is a colonel in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), 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 and moved to train at the Netanya Tennis Club when she was 11 years old. She attended Rabin High School. She served in the Israel Defense Forces for two years. In December 2017, she won the Israel national doubles championship title partnering with Vlada Ekshibarova.

Tahan won two $15k singles tournaments in 2018, and $10k doubles events, and won a $25k doubles tournament in August 2019.

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. She recorded 7–4 in singles, and 2–6 in doubles.

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (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 (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	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

• List of Jews in sports#Tennis

External links

• Maya Tahan at the Women's Tennis Association
• Maya Tahan at the International Tennis Federation
• Maya Tahan at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Maya Tahan on Instagram