She faced Naomi Osaka for the chance to win a first WTA title, the four-time grand slam champion having booked her place in a WTA final for the first time since Miami in 2022. Osaka, the first Japanese player to reach the final at the Canadian Open and had something to prove after a lean period in her own career.

Victoria Mboko, a rising Canadian tennis talent, has entered the limelight at just the right time, winning her first title on the eve of the U.S. Open. The 18-year-old went from being ranked 350th in the world at the end of 2024 to No.

Mboko has won 51 matches in 2025, two of those at a Grand Slam and seven on her Canadian Open title run. But she's here for the long haul.