I wanna thank Naomi for an incredible match. I’ve always looked up to her when I was really little. It’s great to play with such an amazing player like you ~ Victoria Mboko

Eighteen-year-old Canadian sensation Victoria Mboko delivered the performance of her young career, rallying from a set down to defeat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 and capture the prestigious WTA 1000 title at the National Bank Open in Montreal.

Canada has a new tennis star, and her rise is only just beginning.

Entering the tournament as a wild card, Mboko stunned the tennis world with a history-making run, becoming the youngest and second Canadian player to reach both the finals.

She’s done it! Incredible performance by our Canadian champion, Victoria Mboko!, wrote Mark Carney, Prime Minister of Canada on X, celebrating Mboko’s victory.

In front of an electrified home crowd, she overcame early nerves in the championship match, breaking Osaka in the opening game of the second set to swing momentum in her favour.

By the third set, her confidence was unshakable as she powered past her opponent to claim the biggest title of her young career.

The victory cements Mboko as the first Canadian woman to win the Montreal trophy since Bianca Andreescu in 2019, and the first Canadian ever to topple four Grand Slam champions in a single WTA event in the Open Era.
The triumph also propels her to a career-high world No. 25, guaranteeing her first Grand Slam seeding at the upcoming US Open.

Born to Congolese parents Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi, Mboko’s journey, from picking up a racquet at age three in Toronto to lifting a trophy on home soil as a teenager, is a story of resilience, belief, and destiny fulfilled.

At just 17 years and 11 months, Serena Williams set the Open Era record at the 1999 US Open by defeating four Grand Slam champions in a single tournament. Now, at 18 years and 11 months, Victoria Mboko joins that elite list in Montreal 2025, becoming the youngest Canadian to achieve the feat.

In Toronto, during the Shelton–Khachanov final, the stadium erupted mid-match as news broke that 18-year-old Mboko had just stunned Naomi Osaka to claim the Montreal title.