Juniors At the 2012 'British Junior National Championships' Taylor became under-14 girls' singles winner beating
Katie Swan in the final 7–6(7), 6–3. Later in the year she was runner-up at the world's most prestigious junior tournament
Junior Orange Bowl losing to Maia Lumsden 6–3, 7–5, both players having been semifinalists in that year's European equivalent the
Petits As. The following year the two players teamed up to become Under-16 British National Junior Champions in the doubles competition. Taylor, Katie Swan,
Freya Christie and Maia Lumsden were members of the 2014 British team, coached by
Judy Murray, that triumphed in the
Maureen Connolly Challenge Trophy, an annual under-18's competition against the USA.
2015 In November Taylor won her first ITF title in South Africa, unseeded she came from a set down to upset top seeded Naomi Totka of Hungary in three sets.
2016 – Wimbledon Juniors 'poisoning' incident and recovery In 2016, Taylor achieved her best juniors results in her sole junior major appearance at
Wimbledon. She reached the quarterfinals but had to retire in the following match against
Kayla Day. Taylor contracted a bacterial infection called
leptospirosis, which would keep her from playing tennis for a month. Initially, she was thought to have been poisoned while her bag was left unoccupied, however, medical experts declared this to be highly unlikely. Police later concluded that there was no evidence of deliberate poisoning. Taylor recovered sufficiently to reach three consecutive ITF finals at Heraklion, Greece in October and November although failing to win any.
2017 In May, as the sixth seed, she won her first $25k tournament, beating third seed
Danielle Lao in the final in straight sets. Wimbledon granted wild card entries to her in both the singles and the doubles (partnering
Freya Christie) qualifying draws, losing both in the first round. In November, she began working with coaches Xavier Budo and David Sunyer which she credits with changing her mindset, leading to her most successful period to date. and March, Taylor broke into the top 200 rankings for the first time. She was subsequently chosen to represent
Great Britain in the
Fed Cup team alongside
Johanna Konta,
Heather Watson and
Anna Smith for the World Group II play-off tie in Japan, however she did not play in any of the matches. Taylor made her
WTA Tour main-draw debut at the
2018 Nottingham Open. As a wildcard entry, she lost in the first round to defending champion
Donna Vekić, in three sets. In her first appearance in the main draw at
Wimbledon, she lost to
Eugenie Bouchard in three sets.
2020 Following struggles with her mental health, Taylor retired from tennis in 2020 to pursue a career in art. Her last professional tournament was an ITF event in Potchefstroom, South Africa, in March 2020, where she lost in a tight three-setter to
Paige Hourigan in the round of 32. ==Grand Slam performance==