{"id":1769920,"date":"2026-02-14T06:00:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1769920"},"modified":"2026-02-14T06:00:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:00:10","slug":"who-are-victoria-mbokos-parents-and-siblings-canadian-stars-family-inspired-her-rise-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1769920","title":{"rendered":"Who are Victoria Mboko&#8217;s parents and siblings? Canadian star&#8217;s family inspired her rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<article class=\"ps-article-content rounded-lg lg:mt-5 lg:border lg:border-card lg:bg-card lg:shadow-primary\">\n<header>\n<h1 class=\"py-4 text-xl font-normal text-title sm:text-2xl\">Who are Victoria Mboko\u2019s parents and siblings? Canadian star\u2019s family inspired her rise<\/h1>\n<div class=\"my-2 flex items-center justify-between\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/author\/ewan-west\" class=\"text-sm font-normal !text-author\"><br \/>\n                            Ewan West                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <time class=\"ml-3 text-sm font-normal text-info md:ml-4\" datetime=\"14 Feb 2026 6:00 AM\" data-ps-date=\"14 Feb 2026 6:00 AM\" data-ps-datetime=\"1771048810\"><br \/>\n                            14 Feb 2026 6:00 AM                        <\/time>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"hidden justify-end space-x-4 text-xl sm:flex sm:!opacity-100\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/who-are-victoria-mbokos-parents-siblings\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to facebook\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-features%2Fwho-are-victoria-mbokos-parents-siblings\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to twitter\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-features%2Fwho-are-victoria-mbokos-parents-siblings\" class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" aria-label=\"Share to linkedin\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/\/send\/?text=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-features%2Fwho-are-victoria-mbokos-parents-siblings\" aria-label=\"Share to whatsapp\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <a class=\"!text-info hover:!text-brand\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/share.flipboard.com\/bookmarklet\/popout?v=2&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Ftennis-features%2Fwho-are-victoria-mbokos-parents-siblings\" aria-label=\"Share to flipboard\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"sm:hidden flex items-center space-x-5\">\n                        <a class=\"!text-share-icon hover:!text-share-icon-active flex items-center justify-center\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" aria-label=\"Follow Tennis365 on Google Search\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/a><br \/>\n                        <button id=\"t365-article-share-btn\" class=\"mr-2 hidden h-6 w-6 appearance-none border-none !text-share-icon outline-none hover:!text-share-icon-active sm:hidden\" data-title=\"Who are Victoria Mboko\u2019s parents and siblings? Canadian star\u2019s family inspired her rise\"><\/p>\n<p>                        <\/button>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5 border-b border-page\"><\/div>\n<section>\n<div class=\"-mx-3 sm:-mx-5\">\n<figure class=\"aspect-h-9 aspect-w-16 relative\">\n                                        <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1320\" height=\"742\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"w-full h-full object-cover object-center !my-0\" src=\"https:\/\/images.ps-aws.com\/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tennis365.com%2Fcontent%2Fuploads%2F2025%2F08%2FVictoria-Mboko-waves1-1320x742.jpg\" alt=\"Victoria Mboko celebrates\">                <\/figure><figcaption class=\"flex items-center space-x-3 border-b border-mobile-caption px-3 lg:border-caption\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"my-1.5 break-words !text-xs !text-content\">\n                                Victoria Mboko waves                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\">\n<p>Victoria Mboko has reached her second WTA 1000 final at the 2026 Qatar Open, but how much do you know about the Canadian star\u2019s family?<\/p>\n<p>The 19-year-old defeated Marie Bouzkova, Vera Zvonareva, Mirra Andreeva, Elena Rybakina and Jelena Ostapenko en route to the title match in Doha \u2014 where she will face Karolina Muchova.<\/p>\n<p>The world No 13 made a sensational breakthrough on the WTA Tour in August by winning the 2025 Canadian Open in Montreal as an 18-year-old wildcard.<\/p>\n<h2>Victoria Mboko\u2019s parents<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/victoria-mboko\">Mboko<\/a>\u00a0was born in Charlotte, North Carolina on August 26, 2006 to Cyprien Mboko and Godee Kitadi.<\/p>\n<p>Cyprien and Godee are from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and left the country due to war and political turmoil.<\/p>\n<p>According to the\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ontennis.ca\/articles\/2021\/allinthefamily21.html\" target=\"_blank\">OnTennis magazine<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Godee moved to Montreal in 1999 when nine months pregnant with her and Cyprien\u2019s third child, David.\u00a0Godee\u00a0earned a degree in accounting from the Universite de Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>In 2000, Cyprien moved to\u00a0North Carolina, where the family settled.\u00a0The Mboko family then moved to Toronto in 2006 when Victoria \u2014 who is the youngest of four siblings \u2014 was two months old.<\/p>\n<p>Victoria started playing tennis at the age of three in Toronto after her sister Gracia, and brothers Kevin and David, had already took up the sport.<\/p>\n<p>Cyprien\u2019s affection for the sport was a driving factor in his children playing tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been watching tennis since I was very young,\u201d Cyprien Mboko told OnTennis magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy friend and I, back home in the Congo, would watch [Andre] Agassi, [Jim] Courier, [Steffi] Graf and all the other great players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTennis was good exercise for our children, but I must have bought about 1,000 balls from Walmart and they all seemed to end up in the bushes.<\/p>\n<h2>Victoria Mboko News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/victoria-mboko-major-wta-rankings-breakthrough-milestone-reaches-qatar-open-final\"><strong>Victoria Mboko ensures landmark WTA Rankings breakthrough as she reaches Qatar Open final<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/who-is-victoria-mbokos-coach-how-former-wimbledon-finalist-is-guiding-rising-star\"><strong>Who is Victoria Mboko\u2019s coach? How former Wimbledon finalist is guiding rising star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt that point, we decided to see about some coaching. Gracia was identified by a local tennis pro and he used to take her from Charlotte, where we were living, to Concord every day for training. I would pick her up after work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Godee told the same publication:\u00a0\u201cMy kids started training at Players Edge at the Aviva Centre with Marc Assaraf and Bill Cowan. Then I met Pierre Lamarche, who suggested we could move to Burlington to train at his academy, Ace Tennis. We moved there in 2010.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The influence of Mboko\u2019s siblings<\/h2>\n<p>Two of Mboko\u2019s siblings \u2014 her sister, Gracia, and her older brother, Kevin \u2014 played college tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Gracia, who is the oldest of the siblings, earned a tennis scholarship at the University of Denver, while Kevin earned a tennis scholarship at Edinboro University in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Her younger brother, David, was also described as a \u201cvery talented\u201d player by\u00a0OnTennis magazine, but he was forced to stop tennis\u00a0due to eye problems. David graduated with a computer science degree from the University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0OnTennis magazine in 2021, Mboko revealed the key role her siblings played in her tennis career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy sister and brothers have been really important for me. I probably would not have played tennis if not for them. They played with me and coached me,\u201d she explained.<\/p>\n<p>The 18-year-old also revealed she has never beaten her sister or brothers at tennis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI just remember watching them from the sidelines and not wanting to be left out,\u201d Mboko\u00a0said\u00a0in an interview with the WTA website.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve actually never beaten any of them. I never like to lose a lot. I played my sister once in a tournament and I lost 0 and 0. I was absolutely devastated. They still hold that over me to this day!\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>What else has Mboko said about her family?<\/h2>\n<p>Mboko was supported by her father, sister and brother at the\u00a02025 French Open, where she reached the third round as a qualifier.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the stands were my father, my sister, and my brother,\u201d Mboko\u00a0revealed in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth my brothers are older than me, much older, so I feel they have much more experience in tennis than I do, although I think I am now competing at a higher level than theirs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey all support me a lot, they are all very positive with me every day and even more on match days. All these people are key to my development and how I project myself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy father, I feel like he\u2019s made a lot of sacrifices for me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s retired now, but, you know, when I was training a lot, he was working night shifts so he could be at every single one of my practices, especially when I was a junior.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-features\/wta-rankings-race-to-riyadh-elena-rybakina-victoria-mboko-3rd-iga-swiatek-coco-gauff\">WTA Rankings Race To Riyadh: Rybakina stretches lead, Mboko 3rd, Swiatek 8th, Gauff 11th<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who are Victoria Mboko\u2019s parents and siblings? Canadian star\u2019s family inspired her rise Ewan West 14 Feb 2026 6:00 AM Victoria Mboko waves Victoria Mboko has reached her second WTA 1000 final at the 2026 Qatar Open, but how much do you know about the Canadian star\u2019s family? 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