Taylah Preston

Taylah Preston

Preston at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports)	Australia
Residence	Perth, Australia
Born	(2005-10-27) 27 October 2005 (age 19)[1] Joondalup[2]
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$407,451
Singles
Career record	84–51
Career titles	4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 134 (18 March 2024)
Current ranking	No. 169 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2024)
French Open	Q2 (2024)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2024)
US Open	1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record	23–20
Career titles	2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 249 (2 December 2024)
Current ranking	No. 250 (9 December 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2025)
Last updated on: 9 December 2024.

Taylah Preston (born 27 October 2005) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 134, achieved on 18 March 2024.

She reached a career-high high combined junior ranking of No. 10.

Career

2022: WTA Tour debut

In January 2022, she lost in the second round of the Australian Open qualifying.[3]

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.[4][5]

She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the 2022 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships as a qualifier.[6]

2024: Grand Slam debut, first WTA 125 final and maiden top 50 win

Preston received a wildcard for her major debut at the 2024 Australian Open[7] but went out in the first round to Elina Svitolina.[8]

In February, she reached her first WTA 125 final at the Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, losing in three sets to McCartney Kessler.[9] Later that month at the San Diego Open, having been given a wildcard entry, she defeated world number 42 Magdalena Fręch to win her first Tour level match and also her first against a player ranked in the Women's Tennis Association top 50.[10][11] She lost her next match to sixth seed Marta Kostyuk.[12]

Preston was given a wildcard entry to make her maiden appearance at the US Open in August but lost in the first round to 25th seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.[13]

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (1–1) W25 tournaments (3–1)

Finals by surface Hard (4–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2023	ITF Nottingham, UK	W25	Hard	Harriet Dart	0–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	May 2023	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	W25	Hard	Gabriela Knutson	3-6, 7–6^(5), 6–3
Win	2–1	Sep 2023	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Talia Gibson	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–1	Oct 2023	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Yuki Naito	6–4, 6–4
Win	4–1	Nov 2023	Brisbane International, Australia	W60	Hard	Darya Astakhova	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–2	Oct 2024	2024 NSW Open, Australia	W75	Hard	Emerson Jones	4-6, 6-7^(3)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend W60/75 tournaments (1–1) W25 tournaments (1–2)

Finals by surface Hard (2–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2022	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Alana Parnaby	Talia Gibson Petra Hule	1–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Sep 2023	ITF Perth, Australia	W25	Hard	Talia Gibson	Destanee Aiava Maddison Inglis	3–6, 6–7^(3)
Win	1–2	Oct 2023	ITF Cairns, Australia	W25	Hard	Destanee Aiava	Roisin Gilheany Alicia Smith	7–6^(5), 7–5
Loss	1–3	Oct 2024	City of Playford Tennis International, Australia	W75	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	Alexandra Bozovic Petra Hule	4–6, 3–6
Win	2–3	Oct 2024	2024 NSW Open, Australia	W75	Hard	Lizette Cabrera	Destanee Aiava Maddison Inglis	6–1, 3–6, [10–8]

References

1. "Taylah Preston". www.tennis.com.au.
2. Sport Australia Hall of Fame
3. "Australian Open 2022: 14 Aussie Women Set for Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
4. "BIRRELL MAKES WINNING RETURN AT MELBOURNE SUMMER SET". www.tennis.com.au.
5. "DESTANEE AIAVA QUALIFIES AT MELBOURNE SUMMER SET". www.tennis.com.au.
6. "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". WTA Tennis. 6 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
7. "Aussie Open 2024's Slam debuts: Korneeva, Seidel, Starodubtseva and more".
8. "Australian Open: Svitolina races past Preston, into round 2". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
9. "Kessler captures WTA 125 Puerto Vallarta title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
10. "Preston scores major breakthrough with first top-50 win at San Diego". Tennis Australia. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
11. "San Diego Open: Preston outlasts Frech". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
12. "Kostyuk advances past wild card Preston to make San Diego quarters". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
13. "US Open: Pavlyuchenkova thrashes wildcard Preston to reach second round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 29 August 2024.

External links

• Taylah Preston at the Women's Tennis Association
• Taylah Preston at the International Tennis Federation