_01_(cropped).jpg) Mboko at the2025 Washington Open | |
| Full name | Victoria Vanessa Mboko |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Canada |
| Residence | Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
| Born | (2006-08-26)26 August 2006 (age 19) |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Turned pro | 2022 |
| Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Nathalie Tauziat |
| Prize money | US $2,128,577 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 142–55 |
| Career titles | 2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 13 (2 February 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 13 (2 February 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 4R (2026) |
| French Open | 3R (2025) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2025) |
| US Open | 1R (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 19–21 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 308 (2 February 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 310 (9 February 2026) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2026) |
| Last updated on: 14 February 2026. | |
Victoria Vanessa "Vicky" Mboko (born 26 August 2006) is an American-born Canadian professionaltennis player. She has a career-highWTA singles ranking of world No. 13 and a doubles ranking of No. 308, both achieved on 3 February 2026. She is the current No. 1 Canadian singles player on women's tennis.
Mboko has won twoWTA Tour singles titles, including aWTA 1000 event at the2025 Canadian Open.[1] She representsCanada atBillie Jean King Cup.[citation needed]
Mboko was born inCharlotte, North Carolina, US, on August 26, 2006.[2][3] Her parents, Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi, had moved from theDemocratic Republic of the Congo to theUnited States due to political turmoil. The family subsequently settled inToronto, Ontario, Canada, when she was two months old.[4]
She is the youngest of four siblings, all of whom play tennis; her sister Gracia and brother Kevin played at thecollege level.[4] Inspired by her older siblings, Victoria began playing tennis around the age of three or four.[4]
Mboko made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the2022 Canadian Open in the doubles draw, partneringKayla Cross. She made her first singles appearance as awildcard at the2022 Championnats de Granby, losing toRebecca Marino.[5] Her first professional singles title came at theW25 tournament in Saskatoon in 2022, a title she successfully defended in 2023.[4] Her progress in earlier years had been affected by injuries.[4]
Mboko reached the finals of two juniorGrand Slam tournaments in 2022, losing in doubles competitions at both theAustralian Open[6] andWimbledon.[7]
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In January and February, Mboko won 22 successive matches without dropping aset to claim fourITF Circuit singles titles at tournaments inLe Lamentin, Martinique;Petit-Bourg, Guadeloupe;Rome, United States; andManchester, United Kingdom.[8][9][4] Her 20 consecutive ITF-level main-draw matchwins during this period set a new record for Canadian women since theITF began keeping such records in 1994.[4] She won a fifth ITF title of the year in March at the W75 tournament inPorto, Portugal, defeatingHarriet Dart in the final.[10] By early May 2025, her win-loss record for the season was 33–3.[4] This series of results contributed to her entering theWTA top 200 for the first time, reaching a career-high ranking of No. 156 on 31 March 2025.[4][10]
She was given awildcard entry into theMiami Open, her first WTA 1000 main draw. There, she recorded her first WTA Tour-level win by defeatingCamila Osorio in the first round,[11][12] before losing in the second round to 10th seedPaula Badosa in a third settiebreak.[13][14] Mboko then made her debut for theCanada Billie Jean King Cup team againstRomania in thequalifying round of theBJK Cup held in Tokyo, recording a win overMiriam Bulgaru in the opening singles match.[15]
She qualified for theItalian Open[16] and defeated wildcard entrantArianna Zucchini in the first round.[17] In the second round, she lost to fourth seedCoco Gauff, in three sets.[4][18] Mboko made herFrench Open debut, after winning all three qualifying matches in straight sets.[19][20] There, she defeatedLulu Sun andEva Lys, recording her first two major main-draw wins.[21] She made her debut atWimbledon, as a lucky loser, but lost toHailey Baptiste in the second round.[22]
At theCanadian Open, Mboko reached the quarterfinals by upsetting top seed and world No. 2, Coco Gauff, in straight sets. She followed that win by defeatingJéssica Bouzas Maneiro to reach the semifinals.[23] She became the youngest player to reach the semifinals in Canada sinceBelinda Bencic in 2015.[24][25] After saving a match point, Mboko defeated ninth seedElena Rybakina in three sets to reach her first WTA Tour final.[26] In the final, she defeatedNaomi Osaka in three sets to lift her first career title, becoming the third Canadian to win the home-country tournament and the first to do it inMontréal.[27][28] As a result, she reached the top 25 at No. 24 in the WTA singles rankings on 11 August 2025.[29][30]
In November, Mboko claimed her second WTA title at theHong Kong Open, defeatingCristina Bucșa in 2 hours and 49 minutes, making it the longest WTA tournament final of 2025.[31] She subsequently made her top 20 debut as No. 18 in the WTA rankings, on 3 November 2025.[32]
At the end of the season, Mboko was voted theWTA Newcomer of the Year.
At theAustralian Open, Mboko advanced to the second week of a slam for the first time in her career, where she would end up falling to the world No. 1,Aryna Sabalenka, in their first ever meeting.[33] Mboko set a career high of world No. 13 after the tournament concluded.
Mboko plays right-handed with a two-handed backhand.[3] According to theWTA, her game is built around a strong serve and acounterpunching backhand, and she also utilizes drop shots regularly.[4] She has creditedTennis Canada and the support from fellow Canadian players for her development.[4]
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L |
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| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 4R | 0 / 1 | 3–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | 2R | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 3–1 | 0 / 4 | 6–4 |
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 2025 | Canadian Open | Hard |  Naomi Osaka | 2–6, 6–4, 6–1 |
| Loss | 2026 | Qatar Open | Hard |  Karolína Muchová | 4–6, 5–7 |
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