After a brief speedbump this fall, rising Canadian teen Victoria Mboko is steaming up the rankings again. The 19-year-old claimed her second title of the season on Sunday in Hong Kong, taking out Spain’s Cristina Bucsa 7-5 6-7(9) 6-2.
The Canadian, who won the National Bank Open title this summer, was ranked outside the Top 300 at the end of last year. Now, she’s up to No.18 in the WTA live rankings.
Mboko had to work overtime to get her second career title on Sunday.
She led by a set and 3-0 but was forced to go the distance when Bucsa snapped back into form to claim the middle set.
She eventually took control of the final set and won the longest WTA Final of 2025 in two hours and 49 minutes.
“It’s been an incredible week,” Mboko said on court. “Wow, what a match, I’m so tired right now. Cristina really pushed me to my limits.”
68th-ranked Bucsa, playing in her first WTA Final, saved a championship point in the second-set tiebreak. She converted her fourth set point to take the match to a decider.
Mboko saved 10 of 13 break points overall, including all three she faced in the final set.
