Overview
- Karolína Muchová beat Victoria Mboko 6-4, 7-5 in the Qatar Open final to secure her first WTA 1000 crown and first tour title since 2019.
- Mboko’s Doha run featured wins over Mirra Andreeva, Elena Rybakina and Jelena Ostapenko and lifted her to a career-high No. 10, with Muchová up eight spots to No. 11.
- Shortly after the rankings update, Mboko withdrew from the Dubai Tennis Championships citing a right elbow issue.
- The WTA now features two teenagers in the Top 10 for the first time since 2009, with Mboko joining No. 7 Andreeva.
- Rybakina closed to within 280 points of Iga Świątek for No. 2 and can overtake her with a semifinal in Dubai, where Andreeva is defending last year’s 1000 points.