Canadian tennis sensation Victoria Mboko defied the odds and won her first Women’s Tennis Association title in the Canadian Open final, defeating seven-time WTA title winner Naomi Osaka.

Only Serena Williams did what Victoria Mboko did last week at a younger age. Here's what to know about this new teenage Canadian tennis star.

Mboko has played so much tennis this season for one reason — because she wins and wins and wins some more. She’s just doing it on ever-bigger stages. In addition to Osaka and Rybakina, she beat world No. 2 Coco Gauff and 2020 Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin on the way to the title.

Before Victoria Mboko, 18, emerged victorious over Naomi Osaka to win the women's singles at the National Bank Open in Montreal Thursday night, she was a four-year-old standing on a tennis court in Burlington,

Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko completed a dream run to the National Bank Open title Thursday night, overcoming a slow and swollen right wrist start to beat Japanese star Naomi Osaka 2-6, 6-4, 6-1.

Victoria Mboko didn’t even have a picture on the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) website before the Canadian Open in Montreal. Now, the 18-year-old has defeated four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka in the first WTA Tour final of her career.

Mboko has won 51 matches in 2025, two of those at a Grand Slam and seven on her Canadian Open title run. But she's here for the long haul.

Naomi Osaka reacts to playing Victoria Mboko in the final of the National Bank Open after Mboko called Osaka her "idol" years back.

Players on Saskatchewan's provincial team competing at the Canada Games in St. John's say Victoria Mboko's win has inspired their own play. They will spend the next week competing for the province at the national tournament.