What's next for the newly minted National Bank Open champion Victoria Mboko?

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On Thursday night in Montreal, 18-year-old Victoria Mboko completed one of the most stunning runs in Canadian tennis history, defeating four-time Grand Slam champion and former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka to win the National Bank Open for her first WTA Tour title. 

Playing through a wrist injury suffered during her semifinal win over ninth-seeded Elena Rybakina, the precocious Canadian teen rallied from another rough opening set for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over an increasingly sullen Osaka, who hasn't won a tournament since the 2021 Australian Open. Against Rybakina the previous night, Mboko dropped the first set 6-1 before roaring back to take the next two 7-5, 7-6 (4) against the 2022 Wimbledon champion.

Before that, Mboko upset top-seeded Coco Gauff (the 2025 French Open and 2023 U.S. Open champion) and No. 23 Sofia Kenin (the 2020 Australian Open champ) — both in straight sets. She's the youngest woman to knock off four Grand Slam winners in the same tournament since a 17-year-old Serena Williams did it at the 1999 U.S. Open to capture the first of her Open-era record 23 major titles.

The National Bank Open (known as the Canadian Open before various sponsor-related re-brandings) is obviously not as prestigious as the U.S. Open. But it is classified as a WTA 1000 event — the highest tier in terms of prize money and rankings points offered on the women's tour apart from the four Slams. Mboko took home $752,275 US for her victory — dwarfing her previous career earnings of $458,001 — along with 1,000 points.

With that boost, Mboko continued her meteoric rise up the world