Taylah Preston (born 27 October 2005) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of world No. 91, achieved on 28 September 2026 and a best doubles ranking of No. 175, achieved on 28 July 2025. Preston She has won two WTA 125 titles, one in singles and one in doubles.
As a junior, Preston reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 10.
Career 2022–2023: WTA Tour debut, first ITF titles In January 2022, Preston lost in the second round of the Australian Open qualifying.
She made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in doubles at the 2022 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.
Preston made her WTA Tour main-draw debut in singles at the 2022 Rosmalen Grass Court Championships as a qualifier. She lost to wildcard entrant Arianne Hartono in the first round.
In 2023, Preston won four singles titles: at the W25 Monastir, W25 Perth, W25 Cairns tournaments and the W60 Brisbane QTC International.
2024: Major debut, WTA 125 final Preston received a wildcard entry for her major debut at the Australian Open but went out in the first round to Elina Svitolina.
In February, she reached her first WTA 125 final at 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 No. 42, Magdalena Fręch, to win her first Tour-level match and also her first against a player ranked in the WTA 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 Preston reached the quarterfinals of the Canberra International but lost to Alexandra Eala.
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.
2026: WTA Tour semifinal, WTA 125 singles title, top 100 Preston received a wildcard entry into the Hobart International in which she reached her first tour-level semifinal, defeating fifth seed Jéssica Bouzas Maneiro and Rebecca Šramková before causing an upset against top seed Emma Raducanu in the quarterfinals. Raducanu, then-ranked No. 29, was Preston's first ever top-30 win and the highest-ranked opponent she had beaten to date. Preston lost to third seed Iva Jovic in the semifinal.
Having been given a wildcard entry into the main draw at the Australian Open, Preston defeated Zhang Shuai for her first major match win, before losing to 13th seed Linda Nosková in the second round.
In August, Preston won her first WTA 125 singles title at the Vancouver Open, defeating fellow Australian player Maddison Inglis in the final. She reached a new career high WTA ranking of world No. 100 on 24 August 2026.
Entering the main draw as a wildcard at the US Open, Preston overcame Alycia Parks for her first win at this major, before losing to Taylor Townsend in the second round.
At the Korea Open, she defeated Himeno Sakatsume and top seed Jeļena Ostapenko to make a through to the quarterfinals, where she lost to sixth seed Anna Bondár. The following week at the China Open, Preston recorded wins over Tamara Korpatsch and 22nd seed Diane Parry to reach the third round of a WTA 1000 tournament for the first time, at which point her run was ended by Daria Snigur.
Performance timelines
WTA 125 finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Puerto Vallarta Open, MexicoHard McCartney Kessler7–5, 3–6, 0–6Win1–1Vancouver Open, CanadaHard Maddison Inglis7–6(7–5), 6–3
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Cancún Open, MexicoHard Maya Joint Aliona Bolsova Yvonne Cavallé Reimers6–4, 6–3
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendW100 tournaments (1–0)W60/75 tournaments (1–1)W25/35 tournaments (6–2)Finals by surfaceHard (8–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 May 2023ITF Nottingham, UKW25 Hard Harriet Dart 0–6, 2–6Win 1–1 May 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25 Hard Gabriela Knutson 3-6, 7–6(5), 6–3Win 2–1 Sep 2023ITF Perth, AustraliaW25 Hard Talia Gibson 7–5, 6–1Win 3–1 Oct 2023ITF Cairns, AustraliaW25 Hard Yuki Naito 6–4, 6–4Win 4–1 Nov 2023Brisbane QTC International, AustraliaW60 Hard Darya Astakhova 6–3, 6–4Loss 4–2 Oct 2024Sydney Challenger, AustraliaW75 Hard Emerson Jones 4–6, 6–7(3)Loss 4–3 Sep 2025ITF Wagga Wagga, AustraliaW35 Hard Katie Swan 1–6, 2–6Win 5–3 Sep 2025ITF Wagga Wagga, AustraliaW35 Hard Katie Swan 6–4, 7–6(5)Win 6–3 Sep 2025ITF Darwin, AustraliaW35 Hard Shiho Akita 7–6(3), 6–3Win 7–3 Oct 2025Brisbane QTC International, AustraliaW35 Hard Natsumi Kawaguchi 6–2, 6–4Win 8–3 Apr 2026Tokyo Open, JapanW100 Hard Lanlana Tararudee 6–1, 4–6, 6–4
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW75 tournaments (1–2)W25 tournaments (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (2–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Oct 2022ITF Cairns, AustraliaW25 Hard Alana Parnaby Talia Gibson Petra Hule 1–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Sep 2023ITF Perth, AustraliaW25 Hard Talia Gibson Destanee Aiava Maddison Inglis 3–6, 6–7(3)Win 1–2 Oct 2023ITF Cairns, AustraliaW25 Hard Destanee Aiava Roisin Gilheany Alicia Smith 7–6(5), 7–5Loss 1–3 Oct 2024Playford International, AustraliaW75 Hard Lizette Cabrera Alexandra Bozovic Petra Hule 4–6, 3–6Win 2–3 Oct 2024Sydney Open, AustraliaW75 Hard Lizette Cabrera Destanee Aiava Maddison Inglis 6–1, 3–6, [10–8]Loss 2–4 Jan 2025Queensland International, AustraliaW75 Hard Lizette Cabrera Petra Hule Elena Micic 6–2, 2–6, [6–10]
Exhibition matches Singles ResultDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinKooyong Classic, AustraliaHard Linda Fruhvirtová1–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]
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