"Mboko, a 19-year-old from Burlington, Ont., won four consecutive ITF World Tennis Tour titles early in the year and went on to win a WTA 1000 tournament in Montreal and reach the third round at the French Open. She posted a 62-14 record across all competitions this year and rocketed from No. 350 in the world rankings at the start of the season to her current No. 18 position."
"Tjen, 23, claimed five ITF World Tennis Tour titles in a row, including a 27-match winning streak, and at the U.S. Open became the first Indonesian player to compete in a Grand Slam main draw since 2004, defeating No. 24 seed Veronika Kudermetova. Tjen collected her first WTA Tour trophy in November. Tagger, a 17-year-old Austrian, was the youngest WTA Tour-level finalist this season, making it that far at Jiujiang, China, in October as a wild-card entry."
The International Tennis Federation selected Vicky Mboko, Janice Tjen, Lilli Tagger, Arnaud Bailly and Luka Mikrut as its Class of 2025, recognizing them as promising breakthrough talents. Mboko won four consecutive ITF World Tennis Tour titles, captured a WTA 1000 in Montreal, reached the French Open third round, went 62-14 and rose from No. 350 to No. 18. Tjen won five straight ITF titles, compiled a 27-match streak, became the first Indonesian Grand Slam main-draw competitor since 2004 at the U.S. Open and claimed a WTA trophy. Tagger reached a WTA final as a 17-year-old wildcard. Bailly reached nine finals, moving from No. 802 to near the top 200 with a 60-19 record. Mikrut won four ITF titles without dropping a set.
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