# Taylah Preston

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

### 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 but went out in the first round to Elina Svitolina.
In February, she reached her first WTA 125 final at the Puerto Vallarta in Mexico, losing in three sets to McCartney Kessler. 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. She lost her next match to sixth seed Marta Kostyuk.
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.

### 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.

## 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 |

### Doubles: 1 (1 titles)

| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Feb 2025 | Cancún Tennis Open, Mexico | Hard | Maya Joint | Aliona Bolsova 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 | 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: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

* Legend
* W60/75 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 | 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] |
| Loss | 2–4 | Jan 2025 | Brisbane QTC Tennis International, Australia | W75 | Hard | Lizette Cabrera | Petra Hule Elena Micic | 6–2, 2–6, [6–10] |