
PLAYER PROFILE
Taylah Preston
6
AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
RANKING
140
WTA
RANKING
RANKING
- Age19
- Born27 October 2005
- LivesPerth, Western Australia
- PlaysRight-handed
- CoachBrad Dyer
“It would mean literally everything really, I really want to qualify here. It’s a massive goal of mine, but I am going to take it one point at a time.”
— Taylah Preston, 6 Jan 2025
» Preston makes statement in AO qualifying demolition
ON-COURT
- Started playing as a four-year-old at Greenwood Tennis Club
- Her first coach was Glen Popovsky
- Names backhand as her signature shot
- Won 25 of her 28 singles matches on the ITF World Junior Tour in 2021
- Won three ITF World Junior Tour singles titles and four doubles titles in 2021
- Coached by Brad Dyer at the Next Step Tennis Academy
- Says competing is the best part of playing tennis
- Dream is to win Grand Slam titles and be world No.1
- Achieved a top-10 world junior ranking in September 2022
- Was an orange girl for the Australian team at the 2022 Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Glasgow
- Made her Grand Slam main-draw debut as a wildcard at Australian Open 2024, where she played childhood idol Elina Svitolina
- Advanced to her first singles final at a WTA 125 tournament in Mexico in February 2024
- Later that month, scored her first top-50 win over Magdalena Frech to reach the second round of the WTA 500 event in San Diego
- Made her Billie Jean King Cup debut in April 2024 and became the first teen debutante to win a singles match for Australia since Ash Barty in 2013.
OFF-COURT
- Father, Greg, is a boat builder and mother, Sarah, is a bookkeeper
- She has a younger sister, Chloe
- If she wasn’t playing tennis, she’d love to be working with animals
- Does not have a favourite player: “I like different things about different players,” she says
- Names her parents (“because of how hard they both work to help me”) and Ash Barty (“it’s really cool to see an Australian doing everything she is, while being so humble”) as her role models
- Favourite food is sushi
- Named Female Junior Athlete of the Year at the Australian Tennis Awards in 2021, 2022 and 2023.
YEAR-END RANKINGS
2023 | 244 |
2022 | 606 |
Taylah Preston in the news
Ranking Movers: Joint on the verge of WTA top 100

18 February, 2025
Eighteen-year-old Maya Joint is making moves in the WTA singles and doubles rankings following a stellar week in Cancun.
Read moreEighteen-year-old Maya Joint is making moves in the WTA singles and doubles rankings following a stellar week in Cancun.
Aussie Weekly Wrap: Joint and Preston cruise to Cancun crown

17 February, 2025
Maya Joint and Taylah Preston emerge victorious in Cancun, headlining a stellar week for Australian players on tour.
Read moreMaya Joint and Taylah Preston emerge victorious in Cancun, headlining a stellar week for Australian players on tour.
Ranking Movers: Birrell headlines a series of career-best weeks

4 February, 2025
Kimberly Birrell has eclipsed her career-high ranking once again, joining several Australians who have accomplished the same feat this week.
Read moreKimberly Birrell has eclipsed her career-high ranking once again, joining several Australians who have accomplished the same feat this week.
Preston makes statement in AO qualifying demolition

6 January, 2025
West Australian Taylah Preston needed just 48 minutes to see off former top-25 player German Mona Barthel, progressing to the second round of Australian Open 2025 qualifying.
Read moreWest Australian Taylah Preston needed just 48 minutes to see off former top-25 player German Mona Barthel, progressing to the second round of Australian Open 2025 qualifying.