Victoria Mboko : Canadian Tennis Player

Victoria Mboko : Canadian Tennis Player

Victoria Mboko

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. 85, achieved on 28 July 2025, and a career-high doubles ranking of No. 540, achieved on 3 March 2025.

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Victoria Mboko
Victoria Mboko : Canadian Tennis Player
Full name Victoria Vanessa Mboko
Country (sports)  Canada
Residence Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Born 26 August 2006 
Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)

Early life and background

Mboko was born in Charlotte, North Carolina, on August 26, 2006. Her parents, Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi, had 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.

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

Career

2022-2023: Early career

Victoria 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. Her first professional singles title came at the ITF W25 tournament in Saskatoon in 2022, a title she successfully defended in 2023. Her progress in earlier years had been affected by injuries.
Canadian tennis up-and-comer Victoria Mboko off to torrid start in ...

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

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

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). 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. 

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She won a fifth ITF title of the year in March at the W75 tournament in Porto, Portugal, defeating Harriet Dart in the final. By early May 2025, her win-loss record for the season was 33–3. 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.

Canadian teen Mboko stuns top-seeded Gauff in Montreal

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, before losing in the second round to 10th seed Paula Badosa in a third set tiebreak.

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.

She qualified for the Italian Open and defeated wildcard entrant Arianna Zucchini in the first round. In the second round, she faced fourth seed Coco Gauff and won the first set before Gauff recovered to win the match 5–7, 6–2, 6–1. 

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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. 

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. As a result Mboko became only the third teenager ranked in the top 100 at world No. 91 on 9 June 2025, alongside Maya Joint and Mirra Andreeva.

Playing style

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

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