Victoria Mboko is winning so many trophies, she can hardly get them home.
The up-and-coming Canadian tennis star is off to a stellar start this season with a 27-1 record and five tournament wins in singles on the second-tier ITF Tour.
With that comes a rise in the rankings, opportunities to play on bigger stages — and some travel headaches.
The 18-year-old from Toronto said flying home from the Caribbean with her shiny hardware earlier this year didn't go over well at airport security.
"They were pretty big plates," Mboko said Friday from Miami during a Tennis Canada video call. "They're not very nice when they see big trophies or big pieces of metal like that."
Mboko's torrid run has included a 22-match — and 43-set — unbeaten streak. Her 20 consecutive main-draw victories also set a new Canadian women's record on the professional circuit.
She has skyrocketed up the WTA Tour's world rankings, climbing from No. 350 at the end of 2024 to a career-high No. 188 in singles.
"Every match I play I want to win, and I mean for me to win in two sets makes the match a lot easier," Mboko said with a smile. "Looking back on it, to have achieved that, it's kind of surprising for me. I would have never thought that I was going to do something like that."
The five-foot-nine Mboko describes herself as a big-serving player who likes to be aggressive and dictate points with her forehand.
Tennis Canada announced Thursday that she'll make her Billie Jean King Cup debut when Canada meets Romania and Japan in qualifiers on April 11 and 13 in Tokyo.
Mboko, who goes by "Vicky," will also play in her first WTA 1000 main draw — one level beneath the Grand Slams — next week at the Miami Open after receiving a wild-card entry.
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