PLAYER PROFILE

Taylah Preston

6
AUSTRALIAN
RANKING
140
WTA
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

Wimbledon 2025: Schoolkate to lead 16-strong qualifying contingent
Tristan Schoolkate (Getty Images)
20 June, 2025

Ilkley Challenger champion Tristan Schoolkate is one of 16 Australians set to compete at Wimbledon qualifying in Roehampton from Monday.
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Almost 30 Australians bound for Wimbledon
Alex de Minaur in action en route to the 2024 Wimbledon quarterfinals. [Getty Images]
10 June, 2025

Thirteen Aussies are confirmed for the main draw at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, with another 16 attempting to join them there via the qualifying event.
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Ranking Movers: Hunter skyrockets after Rome 1000 campaign
Storm Hunter (Getty Images)
20 May, 2025

Following her progress to the Italian Open doubles semifinals alongside fellow Australian Ellen Perez, Storm Huntger is within reach of a top-100 return.
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Aussie Watch: Comeback duo headline Roland Garros qualifying draw
Jason Kubler and Storm Hunter (Getty Images)
19 May, 2025

Jason Kubler and Storm Hunter are among a 15-strong Australian contingent vying to qualify for Roland Garros, continuing their strong comebacks from their respective injuries.
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