{"id":11292,"date":"2026-06-27T20:51:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/madison-keys-wins-third-eastbourne-title-with-victory-over-tatjana-maria\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T20:51:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T13:51:40","slug":"madison-keys-wins-third-eastbourne-title-with-victory-over-tatjana-maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/madison-keys-wins-third-eastbourne-title-with-victory-over-tatjana-maria\/","title":{"rendered":"Madison Keys Wins Third Eastbourne Title with Victory Over Tatjana Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Madison Keys secured her third Eastbourne title with a straight-set victory over <a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/tatjana-maria\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Tatjana Maria<\/a>, winning 7-5, 6-4. This achievement places her alongside tennis legends Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova as one of the few players to win the women&#039;s tournament three or more times.<\/p>\n<p>Keys, 31, previously won her first WTA title at <a href=\"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/tag\/eastbourne\/\" data-ailt=\"1\">Eastbourne<\/a> in 2014 and added a second title in 2023. After her latest win, she expressed her gratitude, stating, &quot;It&#039;s been such a special place for me to play here in Eastbourne.<\/p>\n<p>I won my first title here many, many years ago, so to win for a third time means the world to me. To do it in front of such amazing fans is the icing on the cake.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>During the match, Keys utilized her powerful serve and frequently approached the net, applying pressure on Maria, the 2025 Queen&#039;s champion. Although Keys faced some challenges, including two double faults that allowed Maria to stay in the first set, she quickly regained control.<\/p>\n<p>After squandering two set points, Keys broke back immediately, wrapping up the first set at the fifth opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>In the second set, Keys broke Maria&#039;s serve in the seventh game, taking a 4-3 lead. She closed out the match efficiently, needing only one of three championship points to secure her victory.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Keys did not drop a set throughout the tournament and has now won her last five tour finals, bringing her total to 11 tour titles.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead, both players will compete at Wimbledon. Keys is set to face compatriot Kayla Day in the first round, while Maria, a 2022 semi-finalist, will start her campaign against Kazakhstan&#039;s Yulia Putintseva.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Madison Keys clinched her third Eastbourne title, defeating Tatjana Maria 7-5, 6-4, joining tennis legends in the process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":11294,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[772,771,769,770,759,757],"class_list":["post-11292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-championship","tag-eastbourne","tag-madison-keys","tag-tatjana-maria","tag-tennis","tag-wimbledon"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11295,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11292\/revisions\/11295"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/heibola.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}