Nataly Cahana

Nataly Cahana
Full name	Nataly Cahana-Fleishman
Country (sports)	Israel
Born	2 December 1978 (age 46)
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$35,695
Singles
Career record	93–96
Career titles	1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 232 (3 May 1999)
Doubles
Career record	83–78
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 179 (5 July 1999)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	8–2

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

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)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	1.	17 March 1996	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Hila Rosen	1–6, 1–6
Loss	2.	8 March 1997	ITF Tel Aviv, Israel	Hard	Miroslava Vavrinec	3–6, 6–7
Loss	1.	4 October 1998	ITF Caracas, Venezuela	Hard	Sybille Bammer	6–1, 3–6, 6–3

Doubles: 13 (5–8)

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