One of the revelations of the WTA circuit in 2025 reveals her goals for the upcoming season

Maya Joint has been one of the standout names of the 2025 WTA circuit. The Australian continued her upward progression from 2024 and throughout this season, she gained more prominence by capturing her first two WTA titles: Eastbourne and Rabat.

To top it off, she began the year ranked 118th in the WTA rankings and closed it at world number 32 at just 19 years old. This places her as the third-highest ranked player behind Mirra Andreeva and Victoria Mboko. Additionally, she made her debut with Australia in the Billie Jean King Cup last May.

With the Australian Open just around the corner, the Australian public, starved of joys in women's tennis since the premature retirement of Ashleigh Barty, is focusing on their young gem to pull off a surprise at the first major of the year.

However, the young tennis player avoids putting extra pressure on herself and setting overly ambitious goals, choosing instead to take it one match at a time and aiming to improve her tennis level. She confirmed this in an interview with The Sit-Down Podcast.

Maya Joint reveals her tennis goals for 2026

"We try not to set too many ranking goals, but I think one goal would be to reach the fourth round of a Masters 1000, the third round of a Grand Slam, and perhaps the semifinals of a 500."

"Besides these goals, we are also working on improving our forehand and backhand shots, our mentality, and trying to become a more versatile player."

Still not fully aware of everything happening on the circuit

"The last few months have been crazy. I've had a really great journey, so I'm very excited to see it continue to rise. I don't know exactly what brought me to this level, but I want to keep enjoying it."

Unable to pinpoint the reasons behind her great year

"I think I've worked a lot on and off the court, mentally as well. I don't know exactly what it was; I also don't know how I won those two titles. But I just take it match by match, without thinking too much about the ranking."

"Definitely, I look back and think about what happened in earlier moments of my career. Sometimes, those photographic memories show up on my phone, and I think, 'Wow, how time flies!'. But it wasn't really that long ago. Sometimes I forget that I'm only 19," says Maya Joint, who in 2026 will see more attention drawn to her and her tennis.

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