Overview

• Mboko captured her first WTA 1000 title at the National Bank Open in Montreal as a world No. 85 wildcard by defeating four Grand Slam champions.
• Her $752,275 prize nearly tripled her career earnings to over $1.2 million.
• The 18-year-old battled a stiff, swollen left wrist that required X-rays and an MRI before she stepped onto the court.
• At 18, she became the youngest player since Serena Williams in 1999 to beat four major champions en route to a WTA title.
• Born in Charlotte to Congolese refugees and raised in Toronto, Mboko is the third Canadian to win the national tournament’s trophy in the Open Era.