Maya Tahan

As a Fourth-Year Junior (2022-23): All-ACC Academic Team … ITA Scholar-Athlete
Totaled 21-13 and 18-12 records in singles and doubles, respectively … Peaked, alongside Daevenia Achong, at No. 44 in the ITA doubles rankings and finished No. 48, as well as fifth in the ITA Southeast Region … Won both her singles matches against ranked opponents … Finished 4-6 versus ranked doubles pairs with a top-10 victory … Paced Miami in ranked singles winning percentage (1.000) and tied for the team lead in combined singles/doubles ACC victories (19), ACC doubles victories (10) and ACC doubles winning percentage (.769) … One of two Hurricanes to go at least .500 in combined singles/doubles matches against ranked foes … Placed third on Miami in combined singles/doubles victories (39), singles victories, singles winning percentage (.618), ACC singles winning percentage (.750), ranked doubles victories (four) and ranked doubles winning percentage (.400), plus tied for third in combined singles/doubles winning percentage (.609), dual match singles victories (15), ACC singles victories (nine) and doubles victories … Notched a 16-9 record in spring singles play, including a 15-7 tally in dual matches and a 9-3 mark in ACC competition, almost exclusively at the No. 6 spot … Went 10-1 in an 11-match stretch from 3/4 to 4/14, including 7-0 from 3/24 to 4/14 … Topped Chie Kezuka of No. 24 Iowa State, 6-2, 6-1, during ITA Kick-Off Weekend … Logged a 6-3, 6-4 win against No. 20 Cal’s Berta Passola Folch at the No. 5 position … Took down No. 125 Nandini Sharma, 5-7, 6-1, 6-3, at No. 23 UCF … Beat Millie Bissett, 6-3, 6-4, at No. 40 Florida State … Posted a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 win over Gina Dittmann to clinch the triumph over fifth-ranked NC State … Defeated Melodie Collard, 4-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-8), in the victory against ninth-ranked Virginia … Edged Brianna Shvets, 3-6, 6-2, 6-2, at eighth-ranked Duke … Took down No. 68 Reilly Tran, 7-6 (7-4), 7-6 (9-7), at top-ranked North Carolina, the eventual NCAA champion … Rolled past No. 23 Notre Dame’s Rylie Hanford, 6-1, 6-0 … Beat Alexandra Anttila, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0, at No. 37 Clemson … Earned the first 6-0, 6-0 win by a Hurricane since 3/27/22 in a match against Boston University’s Emily Zhao in the NCAA Team Championship Round of 64 … Tallied a 14-8 ledger in spring doubles play, including a 13-6 mark in dual matches and a 10-3 record in ACC action, with all results atop the lineup alongside Achong … Beat No. 60 Marice Aguiar/Laura Lopez, 6-4, at No. 46 Boston College … Notched a 6-4 decision versus Victoria Allen/Kianah Motosono at No. 40 Florida State … Won, 6-3, against Mia Ahmad/Casie Wooten of No. 19 Wake Forest … Knocked off No. 47 Salma Ewing/Jayci Goldsmith, 6-3, at second-ranked Texas A&M … Toppled ninth-ranked Elaine Chervinsky/Natasha Subhash, 6-3, in the win over ninth-ranked Virginia … Registered a 6-4 result against No. 23 Notre Dame’s Page Freeman/Maria Olivia Castedo … Won, 7-5, against Sophia Hatton/Eleni Louka at No. 37 Clemson … Recorded a 6-3 victory against No. 79 Kylie Bilchev/Alejandra Cruz at No. 20 Georgia Tech … Posted a 6-1 decision versus Erica Di Battista/Kaitlin Tan of Boston University in the NCAA Team Championship Round of 64 … Amassed a 3-3 ledger in fall singles competition … Went 2-2 in the Fall Ranked Spotlight, including beating USC’s Sloane Morra, 6-1, 4-6, 1-0 (10-1) … Finished 1-2 in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships with a 6-3, 6-1 victory against Florida State’s Kianah Motosono … Won both her matches in the Miami Fall Invite … Tallied a 4-4 record fall doubles action, going 2-4 with Pfennig and 2-0 with Tatyana Nikolenko … Alongside Pfennig, compiled a 2-1 mark in the ITA Southeast Regional Championships, logging an 8-3 decision against Florida’s Emma Shelton/Anastasia Sysoeva and an 8-4 result versus Florida State’s Alice Amendola/Kianah Motosono … Paired with Nikolenko, won both outings in the Miami Fall Invite, including again beating Shelton/Sysoeva, this time by 7-6 (7-4) margin.

As a Third-Year Sophomore (2021-22): All-ACC Academic Team
Finished 19-14 in singles and 20-12 in doubles … Ranked in doubles with three different partners, peaking at No. 36 with Audrey Boch-Collins, No. 38 with Diana Khodan and No. 76 with Tatyana Nikolenko … Ended the year at No. 55 alongside Khodan … Went 1-4 against ranked singles players and 5-4 versus ranked doubles duos, including 3-2 against top-40 pairs … Tied for second on the team in ACC singles wins (eight) … Placed third in overall doubles victories and ACC doubles victories (seven), plus tied for third in ACC singles winning percentage (.667) and ranked doubles wins … Notched a 15-10 spring singles mark, including a 10-4 ledger in dual matches and an 8-4 record in ACC play … Competed at four different positions, but mainly did so at No. 4 … In the Miami Spring Invite, posted a 6-2, 6-1 decision over Gabby Cusano of the eventual national champion, Texas … Defeated No. 19 UCF’s Nandini Sharma, 6-1, 7-6 (7-5) … Topped No. 47 Georgia Tech’s Kate Sharabura, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 … In her lone outing at the No. 3 spot, beat Dariya Radulova, 6-4, 6-2, at Virginia Tech … Edged Sofia Munera, 7-5, 7-5, at No. 11 Virginia … Picked up the first ranked singles win of her career by defeating No. 89 Emma Jackson of No. 10 Duke, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 … Amassed a 12-11 spring doubles record, going 11-10 in dual matches and 7-6 in ACC play … Competed exclusively alongside two partners … With Khodan, logged a 6-4 victory over Jaeda Daniel and Nell Miller, the eventual NCAA champions, of NC State in the Miami Spring Invite … Tallied a 6-3 decision against No. 26 Eryn Cayetano/Grace Piper of No. 15 USC … Beat Sophia Biolay/Nandini Sharma of No. 19 UCF, 6-3 … Downed No. 73 Sofia Munera/Amber O’Dell. 6-0, at No. 11 Virginia … Partnered with Nikolenko to defeat No. 40 Miyuka Kimoto/Polina Kozyreva of No. 71 Syracuse … Finished 4-4 in fall singles action … Went 2-1 in the June Stewart Invitational, posting a 3-6, 6-0, 6-4 decision over Kentucky’s Maialen Morante and a 6-2, 6-1 triumph versus Illinois’ Shivani Ingle … Went 0-2 in ITA Southeast Regional Championships qualifying … Registered a 2-1 ledger in the Miami Fall Invite … Produced an 8-1 fall doubles mark, all with Khodan … Won all three matches at the June Stewart Invitational, ending with a 6-4 victory over No. 47 Marcella Cruz/MaryAnn Rompf of host Vanderbilt … Earned a 3-1 mark at the ITA Southeast Regional Championships and topped No. 20 Victoria Allen/Petra Hule of Florida State to make the quarterfinals … Posted a 2-0 record in the Miami Fall Invite.

As a Second-Year Freshman (2020-21): No fall season due to COVID-19 pandemic … Tallied marks of 14-8 in singles and 11-11 in doubles … Competed in the NCAA Doubles Championship with Diana Khodan … Peaked at No. 14 in the ITA doubles rankings and finished at No. 19 … Placed fifth in the ITA Southeast Region … Went 5-5 against ranked doubles pairs, including 3-1 versus top-10 duos … Tied for the team lead in ranked doubles wins, as well as placed third in singles victories … Opened the season at No. 3 singles, but primarily played at No. 5 and No. 6 … Four singles setbacks came against ranked players … Went 9-4 in ACC singles matches … Posted a 10-2 mark in her final 12 completed matches … Opened the season with a 6-7 (5-7), 6-3, 1-0 (10-7) victory over Florida Atlantic’s Natalie Kallmunzerova at the No. 3 spot … Notched a 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (8-6) triumph over Rosie Garcia Gross at No. 12 Georgia Tech, playing at No. 4 … Defeated Miranda Ramirez, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4, at No. 50 Syracuse … Topped No. 47 Notre Dame’s Julia Andreach, 6-3, 6-2 … Recorded a 6-3, 6-2 decision against No. 26 Wake Forest’s Cassie Wooten … Downed Amber O’Dell of eighth-ranked Virginia, 6-1, 6-1 … Beat Andrea Garcia, 6-2, 6-2, at fourth-ranked Florida State … Again beat Garcia Gross, this time in 0-6, 6-2, 6-1 fashion in the ACC Championship semifinals … Earned a 6-1, 6-2 victory over No. 41 FIU’s Kristina Miletic in the NCAA Team Championship Round of 64 … Played two doubles matches at No. 1 and one at No. 3, while spending the rest of the spring in the No. 2 spot … Went 11-10 in dual matches, including 4-8 in ACC action … Dropped just three games across a trio of top-10 wins … Registered an 11-8 mark with Khodan, as well as a 0-1 record with Florencia Urrutia and a 0-2 ledger with Daevenia Achong … Defeated No. 44 Tereza Janatova/Anna Vrbenska of No. 23 Ole Miss, 7-5 … Posted a 6-0 decision versus Chloe Beck/Karolina Berankova at eighth-ranked Duke … Downed Polina Kozyreva/Sofya Treshcheva, 6-4, at No. 50 Syracuse … Rolled to a 6-0 triumph over seventh-ranked Jaeda Daniel/Adriana Reami of No. 11 NC State for her first top-10 win … Defeated No. 65 Shene Disbergen/Rita Pinto of Virginia Tech, 6-3 … Earned a 6-2 decision against No. 10 Ally Bojczuk/Julia Lilien of Notre Dame in the ACC Championship second round … Topped Marina Alcaide/Andreea Velcea of No. 41 FIU in the opening round of the NCAA Team Championship.

As a Freshman (2019-20): ITA Scholar-Athlete
Spring season cut short due to COVID-19 pandemic and did not count towards eligibility … Enrolled at Miami for the spring semester … Went 7-4 in singles and 2-6 in doubles … Notched a 4-4 record in dual match singles play, primarily at the No. 5 spot, and a 2-2 ledger in ACC action … Opened her career with a 3-0 mark in the Miami Spring Invitational, defeating Oklahoma’s Camila Romero, 6-4, 6-3, then Northwestern’s Clarissa Hand, 6-3, 6-1, and finally No. 10 Vanderbilt’s Dasha Kourkina, 5-7, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6) … In ITA Kick-Off Weekend play, earned a 6-3, 6-1 victory over Tiffany Lagarde of UC Santa Barbara at the No. 4 spot for her first dual match triumph … Beat No. 35 Virginia Tech’s Shene Disbergen, 7-6 (7-3), 6-0, for her first ACC victory … Topped Nikolina Jovic of Louisville, 6-4, 6-4 … Completed doubles matches with four different partners … Tallied a 2-3 ledger in dual match doubles competition and a 1-2 mark versus ranked foes … Earned her first doubles decision, alongside Selma Cadar, with a 6-4 triumph over No. 20 Jessica Anzo/Lucia Quiterio of No. 18 Texas A&M in ITA Kick-Off Weekend action … Competing with Nada Dimovska, tallied her first ACC doubles victory, a 6-4 win against No. 35 Virginia Tech’s Erika Cheng/Nina Sorkin.

Prior to College: Peaked at No. 578 in the WTA singles rankings in September 2019 … Ascended as high as No. 456 in the WTA doubles rankings in October 2019 … Claimed a pair of $15K singles championships … Reached the final of a $15K doubles event on 13 occasions, earning 10 crowns … Won a $25K doubles tournament in August 2019 … Played in the Fed Cup in 2019, 2017 and 2016 … Finished second in the Israeli National Championship for Women in both 2018 and 2016 … Started playing ITF Junior tournaments at age 13 and ITF Futures events at 15.

Personal: Full name is Maya Tahan … Last name is pronounced Tah-HAHN … Born Jan. 9, 1999 … Parents are Gil and Merav Tahan … Father is a retired colonel in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and mother is a financial officer … Has one older sister, Roni, and two younger sisters, Dana and Shira … Served in the IDF from July 2017 to September 2019 … Majoring in psychology with a minor in exercise physiology … Favorite athlete is Roger Federer because he plays aggressively and without fear, yet respects everyone … Best sports memories are winning a deciding doubles match at the Fed Cup and claiming her first ITF Futures singles crown … Chose Miami because of the quality academics and high level of tennis … Committed to Miami over Baylor and Ohio State.

*RNK = record vs. ranked opponents
No fall season in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic