Karolina Muchova won her first WTA title since 2019 as she defeated Victoria Mboko in the Qatar Open final.

The 29-year-old won 6-4 7-5 in an hour and 35 minutes in Doha to secure just her second tour title, after winning in Seoul in 2019.

It was a strong start from both players, with neither showing any signs of nerves in the showpiece. However, Mboko blinked first when she saw her serve broken in the seventh game, with Muchova going on to take the lead with her second set point.

The pressure was on Mboko after that, but the 19-year-old saved three break points in the fifth game of the second before taking Muchova's serve to go 4-2 up and threatening a deciding set.

Muchova showed her experience, though, breaking back immediately to swing momentum back in her favour before serving to love in the very next game to bring it back to 4-4 in the second set.

And the 14th seed broke again in the 11th game before clinching the title with her first match point, once again serving to love.

57 - Since the format’s introduction in 2009, only three players have more WTA-1000 match wins before a maiden WTA-1000 title than Karolina Muchova (57) – Maria Sakkari (65), Carla Suarez Navarro (64) and Madison Keys (62). Longing. #QatarTennis | @QatarTennis @WTA pic.twitter.com/1XjxkYdGT5

— OptaAce (@OptaAce) February 14, 2026

Data Debrief: Maiden WTA-1000 glory for Muchova

Muchova is the oldest player to win her maiden title at the Qatar Open since the inception of the tournament in 2001.

Since the format's introduction in 2009, only three players have more WTA-1000 match wins before a maiden title in the format than Muchova (57) – Maria Sakkari (65), Carla Suarez Navarro (64) and Madison Keys (62).

And since 2009, Muchova is just the fourth player to win a maiden WTA-1000 title without defeating a top 10 opponent after Svetlana Kuznetsova (Beijing 2009), Ons Jabeur (Madrid 2022), Sakkari (Guadalajara 2023) and Jasmine Paolini (Dubai 2024).