Maya Joint

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Maya Joint
Maya Joint (2024 Cary) 01.jpg
Joint in 2024
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Born (2006-04-16) 16 April 2006 (age 18) [1]
Grosse Pointe, Michigan, United States
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$317,893
Singles
Career record77–41
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 105 (13 January 2025)
Current rankingNo. 109 (27 January 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
Wimbledon Q2 (2024)
US Open 2R (2024)
Doubles
Career record34–23
Career titles1 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 187 (4 November 2024)
Current rankingNo. 233 (6 January 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2025)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2024)
Last updated on: 27 January 2025.

Maya Joint (born 16 April 2006) is an American-born Australian tennis player.

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She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 105, achieved on 13 January 2025 and a best doubles ranking of No. 187, achieved on 4 November 2024. [2]

Joint has a career-high ITF juniors ranking of No. 20, achieved on 29 January 2024. [3]

Early life

Joint was born in Grosse Pointe, Michigan to an Australian father, professional squash player Michael Joint, [4] and a German mother. [5] In early 2023, at 16 years of age, she made the decision to start representing her father's country of Australia and relocated to Brisbane to begin training at Tennis Australia's National Academy with the likes of junior world no.1 Emerson Jones. [6]

College career

On 8 November 2023, Joint committed to the Texas Longhorns tennis team starting from the 2024/25 season. [7] However, on 26 December 2024, Joint announced she would turn professional and forego her college tennis opportunity. [8]

Professional career

Joint won her first ITF Circuit title at the 2023 Gold Coast Tennis International in the doubles draw, partnering Roisin Gilheany. [9]

2024: Grand Slam debut and first win

She made her Grand Slam debut at the 2024 Australian Open, in mixed doubles with Dane Sweeny as a wildcard pair. [10]

In July, was runner-up at the WTA 125 Polish Open, defeating Maja Chwalińska [11] before losing in the final to Alycia Parks. [12]

Ranked as the highest 18 years old at No. 136, she made her Grand Slam singles debut at the 2024 US Open after qualifying [13] [14] and recorded her first Grand Slam and also WTA Tour win over Laura Siegemund. [15] She lost in the second round to 14th seed Madison Keys in straight sets. [16]

2025: First WTA semifinal

Having announced her decision to turn professional, [8] Joint began the 2025 season with a victory over fellow Australian Maddison Inglis at the Brisbane International, [17] before falling to 10th seed Victoria Azarenka in three sets in the second round. [18] The following week, she reached her first WTA semifinal at the Hobart International by defeating Olga Danilović [19] and then fourth seed Magda Linette for her maiden win against a top-50 ranked player, [20] before overcoming wildcard entrant Sofia Kenin in the quarterfinals. [21] She lost in the last four to second seed Elise Mertens. [22]

Joint was given a wildcard entry into the main draw at the Australian Open, but lost to seventh seed Jessica Pegula in the first round. [23]

Grand Slam performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Tournament 2024 2025 W–L
Australian Open Q3 1R 0–1
French Open A0–0
Wimbledon Q2 0–0
US Open 2R 1–1
Win–loss1–10–11–2

WTA Challenger finals

Singles: 1 (runner-up)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2024 Kozerki Open, PolandHard Flag of the United States.svg Alycia Parks 6–4, 3–6, 3–6

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
W100 tournaments (0–1)
W75 tournaments (1–0)
W35 tournaments (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0 Feb 2024 Burnie International, AustraliaW75Hard Flag of Japan.svg Aoi Ito 1–6, 6–1, 7–5
Win2–0Mar 2024ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicW35Hard Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Gao Xinyu 6–4, 2–6, 6–1
Loss2–1 May 2024 Bonita Springs Championship, USW100Clay Flag of New Zealand.svg Lulu Sun 1–6, 3–6

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Legend
W60 tournaments (1–0)
W40/W50 tournaments (0–1)
W25 tournaments (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Feb 2023ITF Toronto, CanadaW25Hard (i) Flag of the United States.svg Mia Yamakita Flag of Norway.svg Ulrikke Eikeri
Flag of Hungary.svg Fanny Stollár 		6–7(6), 0–6
Win1–1 Nov 2023 Gold Coast International, AustraliaW60Hard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Roisin Gilheany Flag of Australia (converted).svg Melisa Ercan
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alicia Smith 		7–6(3), 6–1
Loss1–2May 2024ITF Otočec, SloveniaW50Clay Flag of the United States.svg Rasheeda McAdoo Flag of Georgia.svg Ekaterine Gorgodze
Flag of Ukraine.svg Valeriya Strakhova 		6–3, 4–6, [5–10]

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