Victoria Mboko

Felix Auger Aliassime, very optimistic about the Canadian team's future: "At many moments, we were close to our best level."

The French coach, who has coached names like Serena Williams, Holger Rune, or Naomi Osaka, sees Joao Fonseca and Victoria Mboko as the two tennis players who surprised him the most this year.

If a tournament were organized bringing together the 8 best under-20 tennis players at the end of the year, all of them would be in the top 100, with five of them among the top 50 in the world.

From a 45-year-old legend returning with victory to an 18-year-old promise that inclines several Grand Slam champions to conquer their first WTA 1000.

Nathalie Tauziat, her coach in this memorable season, highlights in an interview what aspect the Canadian player must focus on the most.

Up to 15 tennis players opened their individual record this season. More men or women? We review the complete list and draw some conclusions.

We review the eight women who have left anonymity behind this year to become highly promising players to watch out for in the coming months.