Maya Tahan


Maya Tahan is an Israeli former tennis player. She has been ranked as high as No. 578 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association 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, 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)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0Jun 2018ITF Kiryat Shmona, Israel15,000Hard

Doubles (10–5)

ResultNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Runner-up1.4 September 2015ITF Kiryat Gat, IsraelHard