Overview

• Mboko extended her run with a 6-4, 6-2 quarter-final win over Jessica Bouzas Maneiro to advance to her first WTA 1000 semi-final.
• The 18-year-old wildcard became the youngest Canadian Open semi-finalist since Belinda Bencic in 2015 and the first Canadian in the last four at a WTA 1000 event since Bianca Andreescu’s 2019 victory.
• She has dropped only one set in six matches at the National Bank Open, showcasing remarkable consistency on hard courts.
• Her performance in Montreal has propelled her ranking from outside the top 300 to a career-high No. 85, with a projected rise into the top 55 when the next update arrives.
• As only the third wildcard in the Open Era to reach the Canadian Open semi-finals, Mboko joins Monica Seles in 1995 and Simona Halep in 2015 in achieving the feat.