Recognised for their breakthrough campaigns: Victoria Mboko and Janice Tjen among young talents selected in ITF 'Class of 2025'

Victoria Mboko and Janice Tjen are two of the players who have been selected as the 'season’s most promising and breakthrough talents' in the International Tennis Federation’s 'Class of 2025.'

The duo have both enjoyed fabulous breakout campaigns which have seen them compete on the fringes of the sport to standing in the spotlight, winning titles and competing along the best in the world.

They are two of five players who have been selected for this honourable club. Lilli Tagger, Arnaud Bailly and Luka Mikrut have also been included. Tagger made the headlines at the end of the 2025 season as she reached the final of the Jiangxi Open as a 17-year-old, losing out to Anna Blinkova. Bailly has made seven finals on the ITF Tour, coming out on top in four of them while Mikrut has succeeded in four ITF finals and two ATP Challenger Tour finals.

The promise was there from the start, as the Canadian won numerous titles on the ITF Circuit. She made waves in her maiden Grand Slam voyages, qualifying for both Roland Garros and Wimbledon while making it past her first match in both. She would not need to go this route later in the year after a stunning achievement was produced in her home event.

She entered the Canadian Open as a wildcard, looking to make her home country proud. She did that and some. Defeating the likes of Coco Gauff and Elena Rybakina, she went all the way to the final where she came back from a set down to defeat four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka to win the title as an 18-year-old. This saw her rise into the top 30, making her a seed for the US Open in an incredible turn of events. After a drop off in form, she ended the campaign by winning the Hong Kong Open.

“I’m very happy to be recognised as part of the Class of 2025 by the ITF,” she told the official ITF website. “It really means a lot to me and I’m really grateful to have been a part of this award. It’s been such a great year. Starting the year off playing many tournaments, especially in Europe and the Caribbean, I gained a lot of momentum and confidence which has helped me throughout the year when playing more WTA tournaments. Starting off there let me have a lot of matchplay, and playing such difficult players prepared me physically and mentally for the WTA Tour. I’m really grateful for everything that I went through this year. It has helped me become a better player overall.”

After starting the year as the world number 411, the Indonesian has risen to the cusp of the top 50 as she currently sits in 53rd. She climbed into the top 200 thanks to six ITF titles in the space of three months before becoming the first Indonesian women since 2003 to win a Grand Slam match, upsetting 24th seed Veronika Kudermetova in three sets before losing out to Emma Raducanu.

She would continue this positive momentum to reach her maiden WTA final at the Sao Paolo Open, but her first title would come a month later in the Chennai Open. This rich vein of form enjoyed at the end of the season has put her firmly on the radar for many tennis fans and pundits, with a big 2026 in store for the 23-year-old.

“The ITF World Tennis Tour has helped me progress by providing lots of different competitive opportunities and levels of tournaments as well as a variety of players to play against all across the world,” Tjen said. “It’s helped me to develop my game with the high volume of matches and challenges throughout 2025.”