Maya Joint wins Eastbourne title in lead-up to Wimbledon 2025

Maya Joint has rubber-stamped her status as Australia’s next big tennis star with a historic second WTA title in barely a month ahead of her Wimbledon debut.

The talented 19-year-old staved off four championship points in a captivating and high-quality final-set tie-breaker – including rallying from two mini-breaks down at 2-5 – to outlast left-handed Filipino Alexandra Eala in the Eastbourne final.

Maya Joint celebrates her win in the lead-up to Wimbledon. Credit: Getty Images

One last backhand winner sealed a roller-coaster 6-4, 1-6, 7-6 (12-10) victory for Joint, who fell to the Eastbourne grass in triumph as she became the first Australian champion in the British event’s 50-year history.

Eala, 20, was inconsolable at the other end after losing the youngest Eastbourne final by combined age since 1981.

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