Overview
- Mboko defeated Bucsa 7-5, 6-7 (9-11), 6-2 in nearly three hours, with the Spaniard saving a championship point in the second-set tiebreak before the Canadian pulled away in the decider.
- The WTA 250 title adds 244 ranking points to move Mboko to No. 18 and pays $36,300 in prize money.
- Bucsa reached her first WTA final at 27 and leaves Hong Kong with 133 points, a projected rise to about No. 32, and $21,484 in prize money.
- Mboko advanced to the final by rallying past fellow Canadian Leylah Fernandez 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, while Bucsa upset No. 5 seed Maya Joint 6-3, 6-1 after receiving a Belinda Bencic quarterfinal walkover.
- The victory caps Mboko’s swift 2025 climb from outside the top 300, following her breakthrough WTA 1000 title in Montreal and securing her status as Canada’s year-end No. 1.