Canada’s Victoria Mboko (left) and Felix Auger-Aliassime celebrate winning a point against China’s You Xiaodi and Te Rigele during their mixed doubles match at the United Cup tournament at Ken Rosewood Arena in Sydney on Sunday.IZHAR KHAN/AFP/Getty Images
Félix Auger-Aliassime and Victoria Mboko have picked up where they left off to open the 2026 tennis season.
Auger-Aliassime and Mboko led Canada past China in the United Cup mixed teams event Sunday, winning the Group B round-robin tie 3-0.
The men’s No. 5-ranked Auger-Aliassime outplayed Zhang Zhizhen 6-4, 6-4 after Mboko – 18th in the women’s rankings – rallied from one set down to beat Lin Zhu 2-6, 6-2, 6-0.
The two Canadians then partnered in a 6-1, 6-3 mixed doubles win over Xiaodi You and Rigele Te.
Auger-Aliassime reached the U.S. Open semi-final and captured an ATP 250 title at the BNP Paribas Fortis European Open in Brussels, then reached the ATP Finals semi-finals to end last season.
The 25-year-old from Montreal won his season-opening match for the first time since 2021.
“I can be very pleased with this first match of the year,” said Auger-Aliassime. “Tennis is about rhythm, playing important points under pressure, so you never know what to expect. I woke up this morning hoping for the best, and then I played some of my best tennis.”
The 19-year-old Mboko, meanwhile, rose from outside the top 300 to become a top-20 player in a breakthrough past season.
She won the WTA 1000 National Bank Open in Montreal and finished 2025 on a five-match winning streak to claim the Hong Kong Open title.
Canada next plays Belgium in group play on Tuesday in the United Cup. The tournament finishes Jan. 11.