Nataly Cahana

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.

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.

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.

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