Maya Tahan ( he, מאיה טחן; born 9 January 1999) is an inactive Israeli

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player. She has been ranked as high as No. 578 in singles by the

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(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 Tel Mond ( he, תֵּל מוֹנְד) is a town in the Sharon region of Israel, located east of Netanya and north of Kfar Saba. In it had a population of .. History Before the 20th century, the area of Tel Mond formed part of the Forest of Shar ...

, Israel, to a family of

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descent. Her parents are Gil and Merav Tahan. Her father is a

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in the

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(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

for two years. In December 2017, she won the Israel national doubles championship title partnering with

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. 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

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at the

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in 2019-20, but had her spring season cut short by the

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. She recorded 7–4 in singles, and 2–6 in doubles. Tahan also has represented

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

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in 2016, 2017, and 2019, and has a win–loss record of 2–5.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles (2–0)

Doubles (10–5)

References

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* * * * 1999 births Living people Israeli female tennis players People from Tel Mond Israeli Sephardi Jews Israeli Mizrahi Jews Miami Hurricanes women's tennis players 21st-century Israeli women {{Israel-tennis-bio-stub