Ash Barty wiped from history by 19-year-old Aussie Maya Joint

Aussie teenager Maya Joint continues to make waves in the tennis world, this time by knocking off a longstanding record held by Ash Barty.

Teenager Maya Joint has broken a record held by Australian tennis great Ash Barty by becoming the youngest Aussie to win a WTA 1000 level match on Wednesday (AEDT).

On her tour-level clay-court main draw debut at the Madrid Open, the 19-year-old Queenslander outlasted local wildcard Carlota Martinez Cirez 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 in what was her third win in three days.

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The victory, which came five days after her 19th birthday, means Joint is now the youngest Australian to win a WTA match at ‘Masters’ level since the system was introduced in 2009, eclipsing Barty who won at the Miami Open in 2017 when she was 20 years and 330 days old.

The Aussie teen is quickly making the tennis world stand up and take notice as her latest win comes on the back of notable wins over the experienced duo of Sara Errani and Jil Teichmann in qualifying.

Joint, who was ranked 269 in the world this time last year, will face World No. 10 Emma Navarro in the second round.

Maya Joint has surpassed an Australian record set by Ash Barty. Image: Getty

Such is Joint’s incredible last 12 months she has surged to No. 78 in the world and is set to receive direct entry into Roland-Garros next month as a result.

That will mark her maiden main draw appearance at the French Open.

Meanwhile fellow Aussies Ajla Tomljanovic and Kim Birrell didn’t fare as well in the Spanish capital as they both were eliminated in the first round.

Tomljanovic was beaten 6-3, 1-6, 7-5 by the lowly ranked Rebeka Masarova, while Kim Birrell put up a strong fight before ultimately falling 5-7, 6-3, 6-3 to American Peyton Stearns.

Originally published as Ash Barty wiped from history by 19-year-old Aussie Maya Joint