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Taylah Preston (born 27 October 2005) is an Australian professional tennis player. She has a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 134, achieved on 18 March 2024, and a best doubles ranking of No. 175, achieved on 28 July 2025. She has won a WTA Challenger title in doubles.
As a junior, Preston reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 10.
History
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: Major 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 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
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.