Nataly Cahana

Nataly Cahana-Fleishman (born 2 December 1978) is an Israeli former professional tennis player.

Nataly Cahana
Full nameNataly Cahana-Fleishman[1]
Country (sports) Israel
Born (1978-12-02) 2 December 1978
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$35,695
Singles
Career record93–96 (49.2%)
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 232 (3 May 1999)
Doubles
Career record83–78 (51.6%)
Career titles5 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 179 (5 July 1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup8–2

Biography

Cahana, a right-handed player from Haifa, competed on the professional tour in the 1990s, primarily on the ITF Circuit.

She reached a best singles ranking of 232 and won a $25k title in Caracas in 1998. As a doubles player, she was ranked as high as 179 in the world and won five ITF titles.[2]

From 1996 to 1999 she featured in eight Fed Cup ties for Israel, mostly in doubles.

Her only WTA Tour main-draw appearance came at the 1999 Tashkent Open, where she and partner Julia Abe made the quarterfinals of the doubles.[3]

In the early 2000s, she played American college tennis for Old Dominion University (ODU) in Norfolk, Virginia. A two-time All-American, she made four NCAA Championship appearances in a row and finished with a team record of 231 career wins, across singles and doubles. In 2007, she began serving ODU as an assistant coach.[4]

ITF finals
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 3 (1–2)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 17 March 1996 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Israel Hila Rosen 1–6, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 8 March 1997 ITF Tel Aviv, Israel Hard Switzerland Miroslava Vavrinec 3–6, 6–7
Winner 1. 4 October 1998 ITF Caracas, Venezuela Hard Austria Sybille Bammer 6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (5–8)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 22 August 1993 ITF Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler Israel Shiri Burstein
Israel Hila Rosen		 0–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 29 August 1993 ITF Haifa, Israel Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler Israel Shiri Burstein
Israel Hila Rosen		 5–7, 5–7
Winner 1. 4 December 1994 ITF Beersheba, Israel Hard Israel Oshri Shashua North Macedonia Ivona Mihailova
North Macedonia Irena Mihailova		 2–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 3. 3 April 1995 ITF Tiberias, Israel Hard Israel Oshri Shashua Israel Nelly Barkan
Ukraine Tessa Shapovalova		 4–6, 1–6
Runner-up 4. 13 August 1995 ITF Southsea, United Kingdom Grass Israel Oshri Shashua United Kingdom Karen Cross
United Kingdom Jane Wood		 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 5. 30 October 1995 ITF Nicosia, Cyprus Clay Israel Oshri Shashua Netherlands Vanessa Brilleman
Netherlands Henriëtte van Aalderen		 6–3, 6–7(2), 4–6
Runner-up 6. 14 July 1996 ITF Vigo, Spain Clay Israel Hila Rosen Spain Alicia Ortuño
Argentina Veronica Stele		 2–6, 4–6
Winner 2. 17 August 1997 ITF Catania, Italy Hard Netherlands Martine Vosseberg Italy Emanuela Brusati
Italy Sara Ventura		 7–5, 4–6, 6–4
Winner 3. 5 October 1997 ITF Coatzacoalcos, Mexico Hard Netherlands Martine Vosseberg United States Katie Schlukebir
United States Melissa Zimpfer		 4–6, 2–6
Winner 4. 22 November 1997 ITF Jaffa, Israel Hard Netherlands Maaike Koutstaal Israel Tzipora Obziler
Israel Anna Smashnova		 6–2, 6–1
Winner 5. 10 August 1998 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Greece Eleni Daniilidou Turkey Duygu Akşit Oal
Turkey Gülberk Gültekin		 3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 7. 3 May 1999 ITF Beersheba, Israel Hard Israel Tzipora Obziler Belarus Nadejda Ostrovskaya
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek		 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 8. 31 January 2000 ITF İstanbul, Turkey Hard Serbia and Montenegro Katarina Mišić Belarus Elena Yaryshka
Russia Irina Kornienko		 3–6, 6–3, 4–6

See also

References
  1. "Talk with King turns tennis teacher back into player". Virginian-Pilot. 27 August 2007.
  2. "Tennis Abstract: Natalie Cahana WTA Match Results, Splits, and Analysis". www.tennisabstract.com.
  3. "ITF Tennis - Pro Circuit - Tashkent - 07 June - 13 June 1999". www.itftennis.com.
  4. "Nataly Cahana-Fleishman Biography". odusports.com.
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