Taylah Preston

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Taylah Preston
Country (sports) Australia
ResidencePerth, Australia
Born (2005-10-27) 27 October 2005 (age 18)[1]
Perth
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$212,852
Singles
Career record63–30 (67.7%)
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 134 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 134 (18 March 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record15–16 (48.4%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 357 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 361 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
Last updated on: 4 April 2024.

Taylah Preston (born 27 October 2005) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high combined junior ranking of No. 10, and a career-high WTA singles ranking of 134.

Career[edit]

2022: WTA Tour debut[edit]

In January 2022, she lost in the second round of the Australian Open qualifying.[2]

Preston made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the Melbourne Summer Set 2, where she received a wildcard partnering Alexandra Osborne. She also received a wildcard into the qualifying draw for the Melbourne Summer Set 1, where she defeated former French Open finalist, Sara Errani, in the first round, before falling in the final round.[3][4]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the 2022 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships as a qualifier.[5]

2024: Grand Slam debut[edit]

She received a wildcard for her major debut at the 2024 Australian Open.[6]

WTA Challenger finals[edit]

Singles: 1 (runner-up)[edit]

Result W–L Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2024 Puerto Vallarta Open, Mexico Hard United States McCartney Kessler 7–5, 3–6, 0–6

ITF Circuit finals[edit]

Singles: 5 (4 titles, 1 runner-up)[edit]

Legend
$60,000 tournaments (1–0)
$25,000 tournaments (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 ITF Nottingham, UK 25,000 Hard United Kingdom Harriet Dart 0–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 25,000 Hard Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson 3-6, 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 2–1 Sep 2023 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Talia Gibson 7–5, 6–1
Win 3–1 Oct 2023 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Japan Yuki Naito 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 2023 Brisbane International, Australia 60,000 Hard Darya Astakhova 6–3, 6–4

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)[edit]

Legend
$25,000 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Alana Parnaby Australia Talia Gibson
Australia Petra Hule
1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2023 ITF Perth, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Talia Gibson Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Maddison Inglis
3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 1–2 Oct 2023 ITF Cairns, Australia 25,000 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Roisin Gilheany
Australia Alicia Smith
7–6(5), 7–5

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Taylah Preston". www.tennis.com.au.
  2. ^ "Australian Open 2022: 14 Aussie Women Set for Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ "BIRRELL MAKES WINNING RETURN AT MELBOURNE SUMMER SET". www.tennis.com.au.
  4. ^ "DESTANEE AIAVA QUALIFIES AT MELBOURNE SUMMER SET". www.tennis.com.au.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more".

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