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Maya Tahan
Israeli tennis player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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]
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ITF Circuit finals
Singles (2–0)
| $100,000 tournaments |
| $80,000 tournaments |
| $60,000 tournaments |
| $25,000 tournaments |
| $15,000 tournaments |
Doubles (10–5)
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