Taylah Preston

Taylah Preston
Preston at the 2024 Washington Open
Country (sports) Australia
ResidencePerth, Australia
Born (2005-10-27) 27 October 2005[1]
Joondalup[2]
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$483,246
Singles
Career record87–53
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 134 (18 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 169 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2024)
French OpenQ2 (2024)
WimbledonQ1 (2024, 2025)
US Open1R (2024)
Doubles
Career record24–22
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 249 (2 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 326 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open1R (2025)
Last updated on: 27 January 2025.

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.

As a junior, she reached a career-high combined 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: Major 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 No. 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]

2025: First WTA 125 doubles title

Partnering Maya Joint, Preston won her first WTA 125 doubles title at the Cancún Open, defeating Aliona Bolsova and Yvonne Cavallé Reimers in the final.[14]


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 United States McCartney Kessler 7–5, 3–6, 0–6

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2025 Cancún Tennis Open, Mexico Hard Australia Maya Joint Spain Aliona Bolsova
Spain Yvonne Cavallé Reimers 		6–4, 6–3

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 United Kingdom Harriet Dart 0–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2023 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard Czech Republic Gabriela Knutson 3-6, 7–6(5), 6–3
Win 2–1 Sep 2023 ITF Perth, Australia W25 Hard Australia Talia Gibson 7–5, 6–1
Win 3–1 Oct 2023 ITF Cairns, Australia W25 Hard Japan Yuki Naito 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–1 Nov 2023 Brisbane International, Australia W60 Hard Russia Darya Astakhova 6–3, 6–4
Loss 4–2 Oct 2024 NSW Open, Australia W75 Hard Australia Emerson Jones 4–6, 6–7(3)

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

Legend
W75 tournaments (1–2)
W25 tournaments (1–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–4)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2022 ITF Cairns, Australia W25 Hard Australia Alana Parnaby Australia Talia Gibson
Australia Petra Hule 		1–6, 4–6
Loss 0–2 Sep 2023 ITF Perth, Australia W25 Hard Australia Talia Gibson Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Maddison Inglis 		3–6, 6–7(3)
Win 1–2 Oct 2023 ITF Cairns, Australia W25 Hard Australia Destanee Aiava Australia Roisin Gilheany
Australia Alicia Smith 		7–6(5), 7–5
Loss 1–3 Oct 2024 Playford International, Australia W75 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Australia Alexandra Bozovic
Australia Petra Hule 		4–6, 3–6
Win 2–3 Oct 2024 2024 NSW Open, Australia W75 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Australia Destanee Aiava
Australia Maddison Inglis 		6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss 2–4 Jan 2025 Brisbane QTC International, Australia W75 Hard Australia Lizette Cabrera Australia Petra Hule
Australia Elena Micic 		6–2, 2–6, [6–10]

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.
  14. ^ "Arango prevails in Cancun to claim first career WTA 125 title". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
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