Maya Joint's breakthrough 2025 season has gotten one other chapter after the rising star turned the primary Australian teenager since Jelena Dokic in 2000 to get pleasure from a 30-win season on the WTA Tour.
On Monday, Joint – who celebrated her nineteenth birthday in April – kicked off her Hong Kong debut by impressively getting back from a set and a break right down to beat Anastasija Sevastova 2-6 6-4 6-3. For the Australian, it was her thirtieth win on the primary degree this yr.
The final Australian WTA teenager to take action was former world No. 4 Dokic, who was simply 17 when she made the 2000 Wimbledon semifinal and registered 34 wins that season.
30 – Maya Joint is the primary teenager competing for Australia to assert 30+ WTA degree wins in a single calendar yr since Jelena Dokic in 2000. Proficient.#PHKTO2025 | @WTA pic.twitter.com/ZwQAVkJpFI
— OptaAce (@OptaAce) October 27, 2025
Joint gained her first two WTA titles this yr
The week earlier than the French Open, Joint turned a WTA champion after successful all of it on the clay courts of Rabat. A month later, the Australian lifted her second WTA title after conquering the grass courts of Eastbourne. It’s price mentioning that she was additionally a semifinalist in Seoul earlier than shedding to Iga Swiatek.
Since final week, Joint – who presently enjoys a career-high rating of No. 32 on the planet – can also be the highest-ranked Australian feminine tennis participant. She changed Daria Kasatkina.
"I imply I suppose whenever you're completed with tennis, or whenever you get to No.1, I suppose you then've type of carried out it. Then you’ll be able to have a good time. Any milestone within the high 100 is admittedly particular. Prime 50, high 40, high 30, something is only a loopy achievement. I feel it's vital to have a good time whenever you do it, however not let it take focus away from… like, you've not reached the objective but," Joint defined on the Sit-Down podcast in Might when requested about her future targets.
