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Victoria Mboko

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Victoria Mboko
Full nameVictoria Vanessa Mboko
Country (sports) Canada
ResidenceBurlington, Ontario, Canada
Born (2006-08-26) 26 August 2006 (age 18)
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.[1]
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
PlaysRight (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$164,018
Singles
Career record99–41
Career titles8 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 120 (26 May 2025)
Current rankingNo. 120 (26 May 2025)[2]
Grand Slam singles results
French Open3R (2025)
Doubles
Career record17–15
Career titles2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 540 (3 March 2025)
Current rankingNo. 559 (5 May 2025)
Last updated on: 26 May 2025.

Victoria Vanessa Mboko (born 26 August 2006) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking by the WTA of No. 120, achieved on 26 May 2025, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 540, achieved on 3 March 2025.[3]

Early life and background

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Mboko was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 26, 2006.[4] Her parents, Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi, had previously moved from the Democratic Republic of the Congo due to political turmoil. The family settled in Canada in 2006, and Victoria moved to Toronto as a small child.[2]

She is the youngest of four siblings, all of whom play tennis; her sister Gracia and brother Kevin played at the college level.[2] Inspired by her older siblings, Victoria began playing tennis around the age of three or four.[2].

Career

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2022-2023: Early career

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Mboko made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2022 Canadian Open in the doubles draw, partnering Kayla Cross. She made her first singles appearance as a wildcard at the 2022 Championnats Banque Nationale de Granby, losing to Rebecca Marino.[5] Her first professional singles title came at the ITF W25 tournament in Saskatoon in 2022, a title she successfully defended in 2023.[2] Her progress in earlier years had been affected by injuries.[2]

Mboko reached the finals of two Grand Slam junior tournaments in 2022, losing in both doubles competitions at the Australian Open[6] and at Wimbledon.[7]

2025: Five ITF titles, Major debut and third round, Top 100

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In January and February 2025, Mboko won 22 successive matches without dropping a set to claim four ITF singles titles at tournaments in Le Lamentin (Martinique), Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), Rome (USA), and Manchester (England).[8][9][2] Her 20 consecutive main-draw match wins during this period set a new record for Canadian women since the ITF began keeping such records in 1994.[2] She won a fifth ITF title of the year in March at the W75 tournament in Porto, Portugal, defeating Harriet Dart in the final.[10] By early May 2025, her win-loss record for the season was 33–3.[2] This series of results contributed to her entering the WTA Top 200 for the first time, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 156 on March 31, 2025.[2][10]

She was given a wildcard entry into the Miami Open, her first WTA 1000 main draw. There, she recorded her first WTA Tour-level win by defeating Camila Osorio in the first round,[11][12] before losing in the second round to 10th seed Paula Badosa in a third set tiebreak.[13][14]

Mboko made her debut for the Canada Billie Jean King Cup team against Romania in the qualifying round of the Billie Jean King Cup held in Tokyo, recording a win over Miriam Bulgaru in the opening singles match.[15]

She qualified for the Italian Open[16] and defeated wildcard entrant Arianna Zucchini in the first round.[17] In the second round, she faced fourth seed Coco Gauff[18] and won the first set before Gauff recovered to win the match 5–7, 6–2, 6–3.[19]

Mboko made her Grand Slam qualifying debut at the French Open. She defeated Sinja Kraus, Kathinka von Deichmann and Kaja Juvan, all in straight sets, to advance to her first Grand Slam main draw.[20][21] Mboko earned her first main draw wins defeating Lulu Sun and Eva Lys to reach the third round for the first time in her career, on her major debut.[22] As a result Mboko became only the third teenager ranked in the top 100 alongside Maya Joint and Mirra Andreeva.[23][24][25]

Playing style

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Mboko plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand.[4] According to the WTA, her game is built around a strong serve and a counterpunching backhand, and she also utilizes drop shots regularly.[2] She has credited Tennis Canada and the support from fellow Canadian players for her development.[2]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(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.
Tournament 2025 SR W–L
Australian Open A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open 3R 0 / 1 2–1
Wimbledon 0 / 0 0–0
US Open 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0 / 1 2–1

WTA Challenger finals

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Singles: 1

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Result W–L    Date    Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 May 2025 Emilia-Romagna Open, Italy Clay Egypt Mayar Sherif 4—6, 4—6

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 11 (8 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
W60/75 tournaments
W50 tournaments
W25/35 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–2)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2022 ITF Monastir, Tunisia W25 Hard China Zhu Lin 1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2022 Saskatoon Challenger, Canada W25 Hard United States Madison Sieg 6–2, 6–0
Win 2–1 Jul 2023 Saskatoon Challenger, Canada W60 Hard United States Emina Bektas 6–4, 6–4
Loss 2–2 May 2024 ITF Otocec, Slovenia W50 Clay Czech Republic Barbora Palicová 1–6, 6–2, 4–6
Win 3–2 Jul 2024 ITF Darmstadt, Germany W35 Clay Spain Ángela Fita Boluda 6–4, 6–4
Loss 3–3 Sep 2024 ITF Berkeley, United States W35 Hard United States Iva Jovic 3–6, 6–2, 3–6
Win 4–3 Jan 2025 ITF Le Lamentin (Martinique), France W35 Hard United States Clervie Ngounoue 7–5, 6–3
Win 5–3 Jan 2025 ITF Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France W35 Hard United States Clervie Ngounoue 6–4, 6–0
Win 6–3 Jan 2025 Georgia's Rome Tennis Open, United States W75 Hard (i) Netherlands Eva Vedder 7–5, 6–3
Win 7–3 Feb 2025 ITF Manchester, United Kingdom W35 Hard (i) France Manon Léonard 7–6(0), 6–2
Win 8-3 Mar 2025 Porto Women's Indoor ITF, Portugal W75 Hard (i) United Kingdom Harriet Dart 6–1, 6–1

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

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Legend
W35 tournaments (2–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Jan 2025 ITF Le Lamentin (Martinique), France W35 Hard Canada Cadence Brace Poland Olivia Lincer
United States Clervie Ngounoue 		6–2, 7–6(2)
Win 2–0 Jan 2025 ITF Petit-Bourg (Guadeloupe), France W35 Hard United States Clervie Ngounoue United States Jenna Dean
Mexico Amanda Carolina Nava Elkin 		6–3, 6–1

Junior Grand Slam tournament finals

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Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

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Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2022 Australian Open Hard Canada Kayla Cross United States Clervie Ngounoue
Russia Diana Shnaider 		4–6, 3–6
Loss 2022 Wimbledon Grass Canada Kayla Cross Netherlands Rose Marie Nijkamp
Kenya Angella Okutoyi 		6–3, 4–6, [9–11]

References

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  1. ^ "Victoria Mboko". Tennis Canada.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Meet Victoria Mboko, the teenager who just won't stop winning". Women's Tennis Association. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  3. ^ "Victoria Mboko Women's Singles Overview". Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  4. ^ a b "Victoria Mboko". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  5. ^ "Welcome to the tour: All of 2022's WTA debutantes". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  6. ^ "London, Ont. teen finishes second in Junior Doubles at Australian Open". CTV News London. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
  7. ^ "Wimbledon 2022: History-maker Angella Okutoyi hoping her Wimbledon success inspires native Kenya". Eurosport. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  8. ^ "Victoria Mboko: The Unstoppable 18-Year-Old Taking 2025 by Storm". lastwordonsports.com. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  9. ^ "Mboko Stays Perfect in 2025". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 1 March 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Victoria Mboko Women's Singles Overview". Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  11. ^ "Victoria Mboko delivers first ever WTA victory". Canadian Sports Scene. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  12. ^ "Canadian teen Mboko through to second round of Miami Open with win over Osorio". Coast Reporter. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
  13. ^ "Mboko Pushes but Loses Thriller to Badosa in Miami". Tennis Canada. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  14. ^ "Eala breaks through, Mboko tests Badosa in strong day for teen wild cards". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Canada 3-0 Romania: Stakusic wraps up Canadian victory". billiejeankingcup.com. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Canada's Victoria Mboko qualifies for Italian Open". Sportsnet. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Canada's Victoria Mboko earns shot at Coco Gauff after winning at Italian Open". Sportsnet. Retrieved 7 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Meet Victoria Mboko the teenager who just wont stop winning". WTATennis. 9 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Comeback complete: Gauff pulls away from rising teen Mboko in Rome opener". Women's Tennis Association. 9 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-10.
  20. ^ "Saville battles past Townsend; Mboko, Valentova qualify for Roland Garros". WTATennis. 23 May 2025.
  21. ^ "Canadian Victoria Mboko qualifies for first major at French Open". Sportsnet. 23 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  22. ^ "Canada's Victoria Mboko tops Lulu Sun in Grand Slam debut at French Open". Sportsnet. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 2025-05-25.
  23. ^ "Zheng to meet surging Mboko next at Roland Garros; Paolini also advances". WTATennis. 28 May 2025.
  24. ^ "Victoria Mboko: The Canadian tennis talent who can't stop winning arrives at a Grand Slam". The New York Times. 28 May 2025.
  25. ^ "Teenager Victoria Mboko continues French Open run and sets up Qinwen Zheng test". The Independent. 28 May 2025.
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