158 Facts About Eugenie Bouchard

Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard is a Canadian professional tennis player.

Eugenie Bouchard received the WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of world No 5, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 in singles.

Eugenie Bouchard was born as one of twins to Michel Bouchard, an investment banker, and Julie Leclair in Montreal.

Eugenie Bouchard started playing tennis at the age of five and was a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal.

Eugenie Bouchard grew up in Westmount, where she attended The Study, a private girls' school, and lived on the same street as former prime minister Brian Mulroney.

In 2005, Eugenie Bouchard participated at the tournament Open Super 12 in Auray, France.

Eugenie Bouchard captured the ITF singles and doubles titles in Costa Rica and the All Canadian ITF singles title in Burlington, Ontario in 2008.

At this event, Eugenie Bouchard overpowered fellow Quebecer Marianne Jodoin to become, at 15 years and a month, one of the youngest winners of the indoor event.

Eugenie Bouchard missed the French Open due to an injury.

At Wimbledon, Eugenie Bouchard lost in the quarterfinals of the singles junior event to No 3 seed Irina Khromacheva but won the doubles junior event with her partner Grace Min.

Eugenie Bouchard reached a week later her first professional doubles final with Megan Moulton-Levy at the $50k tournament in Waterloo, where she lost.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 302 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open for the second straight year, but lost to Yulia Putintseva.

Eugenie Bouchard won her first professional doubles title at the $50k tournament in Dothan, Alabama with partner Jessica Pegula.

Eugenie Bouchard defeated fellow Canadians Sharon Fichman and Marie-Eve Pelletier in the final.

Eugenie Bouchard won the junior singles title at Wimbledon defeating third seed Elina Svitolina.

Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian ever, junior or pro, to win a major in singles.

Eugenie Bouchard won the doubles title for the second straight year, this time with American Taylor Townsend, beating Belinda Bencic and Ana Konjuh in the final.

Eugenie Bouchard defeated fellow Canadian and defending champion, Stephanie Dubois, in the final.

Eugenie Bouchard played a week later at the Washington Open where she was awarded a wildcard for the main draw.

Eugenie Bouchard made it to the first WTA Tour quarterfinal of her career, but was defeated by Sloane Stephens.

Eugenie Bouchard then lost in the next round to 2011 French Open champion Li Na.

Eugenie Bouchard reached her first $50k final at the Saguenay Challenger, but lost to Madison Keys.

At her last tournament of the season, Eugenie Bouchard lost to Jacqueline Cako and Natalie Pluskota in the doubles final of the $75k Phoenix Classic.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 144 in the world.

At the start of the season, Eugenie Bouchard attempted to qualify for the main draw at the Sydney International, but lost to Storm Sanders in the first round of the qualifiers.

Eugenie Bouchard played the qualifiers for the Australian Open and was eliminated by Daria Gavrilova in the second round.

Eugenie Bouchard played in the main draw of the Copa Bionaire in Colombia.

Eugenie Bouchard beat Laura Thorpe in the opening round but lost to Alexandra Panova in the next round.

Eugenie Bouchard beat Richel Hogenkamp in the opening round but the lost to Arantxa Parra Santonja.

Eugenie Bouchard played in the main draw of the Mexican Open in Acapulco where she beat Eva Birnerova in the first round, before she was defeated by defending champion and top seed, Sara Errani.

Eugenie Bouchard received a wildcard entry to the Miami Open and beat Shahar Pe'er in her opening match and was defeated in the second round by world No 2, Maria Sharapova.

Eugenie Bouchard defeated world No 42, Laura Robson, in three sets in the second round, her first top-50 win.

Eugenie Bouchard won her third-round clash against former US Open champion Samantha Stosur, booking a spot in the quarterfinals of the Premier tournament.

Eugenie Bouchard went on to play a French Open warm-up tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she had one of her most impressive runs on the WTA Tour to date.

Eugenie Bouchard made it to the semifinals by defeating Silvia Soler Espinosa, Camila Giorgi and Anna Tatishvili all in straight sets, but lost to Alize Cornet.

Eugenie Bouchard made her first major main-draw appearance at the French Open, where she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets.

At Wimbledon, Eugenie Bouchard beat qualifier Galina Voskoboeva in her opening match in three tough sets.

Eugenie Bouchard was defeated, with partner Taylor Townsend, by Shuko Aoyama and Vera Dushevina in the final.

At the Premier 5 Pan Pacific Open, Eugenie Bouchard had a remarkable run.

Eugenie Bouchard defeated Monica Puig in the first round and the No 9 seed, Sloane Stephens, in three tight sets in the second.

Eugenie Bouchard was defeated by Venus Williams in the next round in over three hours of play.

The next week, Eugenie Bouchard lost to Sloane Stephens in the second round of the WTA Premier Mandatory China Open.

Eugenie Bouchard ultimately lost to Sam Stosur in the final.

At the Luxembourg Open, the last tournament of her season, Eugenie Bouchard was defeated by Andrea Petkovic in the first round.

Eugenie Bouchard was named the Newcomer of the Year after her breakthrough season, the first Canadian since Carling Bassett-Seguso in 1983 to win the WTA award.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 32 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard started the new season at the Hopman Cup, where she represented Canada with Milos Raonic, followed by a first-round exit at Sydney to Bethanie Mattek-Sands.

The next week, Eugenie Bouchard won her opening match at the Australian Open over wildcard Tang Haochen, followed by wins over Virginie Razzano, Lauren Davis, and Casey Dellacqua to advance to the quarterfinals.

Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated in the semifinals by world No 4, Li Na, but guaranteed herself a spot in the world's top 20 for the first time.

At the Indian Wells Open, Eugenie Bouchard defeated Peng Shuai in the second round and scored her third win over a member of the top 10 with a victory over Sara Errani in the third round.

Eugenie Bouchard's run was stopped by world No 7, Simona Halep, in the fourth round.

Eugenie Bouchard reached the quarterfinals of the Family Circle Cup for the second straight year with wins over Alla Kudryavtseva and Venus Williams in the second and third rounds, respectively.

At the Fed Cup World Group play-offs two weeks later, Eugenie Bouchard helped Canada get its place in the World Group I, the first time for the country since the introduction of the new World Group format in 1995, by winning her two singles matches.

At the Nurnberger Versicherungscup, a French Open warm-up tournament, Eugenie Bouchard won the first WTA singles title of her career with a victory over Karolina Pliskova in the final.

Eugenie Bouchard is the first Canadian to win a WTA singles title since Aleksandra Wozniak at the Stanford Classic in 2008 and the sixth in history.

At the French Open, Eugenie Bouchard defeated Shahar Pe'er, Julia Gorges, and Johanna Larsson in the first three rounds to set up a clash with world No 9, Angelique Kerber, in the round of 16.

Eugenie Bouchard won the match in straight sets in only 52 minutes, her fifth victory over a member of the top 10, to reach the quarterfinals.

Eugenie Bouchard suffered an opening-round exit at the Rosmalen Open as the third seed, where she lost to Vania King in three sets.

At Wimbledon, Eugenie Bouchard defeated Daniela Hantuchova, Silvia Soler Espinosa, Andrea Petkovic, Alize Cornet, and Angelique Kerber, all in straight sets, to make it to her third straight Grand Slam semifinal.

Eugenie Bouchard then defeated world No 3, Simona Halep, in straight sets to become the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to make it into a Grand Slam singles final, ultimately falling to Wimbledon 2011 champion Petra Kvitova in straight sets.

Eugenie Bouchard was scheduled to start her US Open Series campaign at the Washington Open; however, she withdrew from the tournament citing a right knee injury.

Eugenie Bouchard played her first tournament since Wimbledon at the Rogers Cup in her hometown of Montreal.

Eugenie Bouchard was the seventh seed at the Cincinnati Open and lost again in three sets in the second round, this time to Svetlana Kuznetsova.

Eugenie Bouchard received a main-draw wildcard to participate in the Hong Kong Open, but pulled out of the tournament due to heat stroke suffered at the US Open.

Eugenie Bouchard had been the image of promotion for the tournament and promoted widely.

At the inaugural Wuhan Open, Eugenie Bouchard reached her first WTA Premier-5 final with wins over Mona Barthel, Alison Riske, Alize Cornet and No 7, Caroline Wozniacki.

Eugenie Bouchard was defeated by Petra Kvitova in the final, in a rematch of the Wimbledon final.

On November 24,2014, it was announced that Saviano and Eugenie Bouchard were parting ways.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 7 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard started her season at the Hopman Cup, representing Canada alongside Vasek Pospisil.

Eugenie Bouchard lost her first match against the Czech Republic's Lucie Safarova, and Canada went on to lose the tie.

At the Australian Open, Eugenie Bouchard lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Sharapova in straight sets.

On 5 February 2015, Eugenie Bouchard began working with Sam Sumyk, who had previously coached Victoria Azarenka to Grand Slam success.

At Indian Wells, Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated in the fourth round by qualifier Lesia Tsurenko.

Eugenie Bouchard began her clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup.

Eugenie Bouchard went on to lose both of her singles matches to Romanians Alexandra Dulgheru and Andreea Mitu.

Eugenie Bouchard lost her first-round match against Barbora Strycova at the Madrid Open, after winning the first set and up with a break in the second, which put her losing streak at the time at six matches.

At the French Open, Eugenie Bouchard was eliminated in the first round, losing to Kristina Mladenovic.

Eugenie Bouchard's losing streak continued when she lost in the first round to Yaroslava Shvedova at the Rosmalen Open as a wildcard entry and top seed, then in the second round of the Birmingham Classic yet again to Mladenovic after getting bagelled in the third set, having received a first-round bye.

Eugenie Bouchard won her first match on grass defeating Alison Riske in the second round in Eastbourne.

Eugenie Bouchard next headed to Wimbledon as the defending finalist and the 12th seed.

Eugenie Bouchard was taken down in straight sets by qualifier Duan Yingying in the opening round, her second consecutive first-round loss at a Grand Slam event.

In New Haven, Eugenie Bouchard was defeated easily in the first round by Roberta Vinci.

Eugenie Bouchard was scheduled to play Roberta Vinci in the fourth round, but was forced to withdraw due to a concussion, an injury she suffered after slipping and falling in the locker-room.

The injury forced Eugenie Bouchard to withdraw from other tournaments and she played only one match in the remainder of 2015, against Andrea Petkovic at the China Open, a match she had to retire from in the second set after suffering from dizziness.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 48 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard was defeated by Timea Babos in the quarterfinals.

Eugenie Bouchard then defeated Camila Giorgi and Dominika Cibulkova to reach her first final since the 2014 Wuhan Open; however, she lost in straight sets to Alize Cornet.

Eugenie Bouchard next played the Australian Open, where she was unseeded at a Grand Slam for the first time since 2013.

Eugenie Bouchard won her opening match against Aleksandra Krunic, before falling to world No 4, Agnieszka Radwanska, in the second round.

Eugenie Bouchard went on to be eliminated at the second round of the Mallorca Open by Anastasija Sevastova and then reached the third round at Eastbourne, losing again to Radwanska.

Eugenie Bouchard next competed at the Summer Olympics in Rio, and won her opening-match over Sloane Stephens, but was defeated by world No 2, Angelique Kerber, in the next round.

Eugenie Bouchard reached the second round in doubles with Gabriela Dabrowski.

At the US Open, Eugenie Bouchard lost to Katerina Siniakova in the first round.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 47 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard started the year by playing at the Brisbane International.

Eugenie Bouchard was defeated in the first round by Shelby Rogers.

At the Sydney International, Eugenie Bouchard defeated world No 23, Zhang Shuai, in the first round and world No 6, Dominika Cibulkova, in straight sets, to set up a quarterfinal meeting with world No 27, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, whom she upset.

Eugenie Bouchard then lost her first semifinal since February 2016 to world No 10, Johanna Konta.

At the Australian Open, Eugenie Bouchard defeated Louisa Chirico and Peng Shuai in her first two matches, but lost to CoCo Vandeweghe in three sets in round three.

Eugenie Bouchard lost in the first round of her next four tournaments, the Mexican Open, Indian Wells Open, Miami Open and Monterrey Open, respectively.

Eugenie Bouchard made a return to the ITF Circuit for the first time in nearly four years at the $80k event in Indian Harbour Beach, but was defeated by Victoria Duval in the quarterfinals.

Eugenie Bouchard then managed to defeat Sharapova in the second round, her first win in five meetings, to set up a match with world No 2, Angelique Kerber, in the third round.

Eugenie Bouchard's run was ended by world No 9, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the quarterfinals.

Eugenie Bouchard lost in the opening round of the Wimbledon Championships to Carla Suarez Navarro.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 81 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard teamed up with Vasek Pospisil to compete at the Hopman Cup for Canada, but failed to win a single match in the competition, losing all three of her singles games in straight sets, and picking up a buttock injury during her last match against Elise Mertens.

Eugenie Bouchard's losing streak continued at the Hobart International when she was beaten again in straight sets by Aryna Sabalenka, a result that meant Eugenie Bouchard fell out of the WTA top 100 for the first time since 2013.

Eugenie Bouchard slowly improved her ranking over the coming months, starting with qualifying into main draw of Wimbledon, where she lost in the second round to Ashleigh Barty.

Eugenie Bouchard followed this up with a semifinal appearance at the Ladies Championship Gstaad to bring her ranking back to No 123 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard was then ousted from the tournament in the second round, falling to Marketa Vondrousova in straight sets.

Eugenie Bouchard again struggled following the US Open, failing to win a main-draw match at her next four tournaments.

Eugenie Bouchard's luck turned at the Luxembourg Open, where she almost reached her first WTA final since the 2016 Malaysian Open.

Eugenie Bouchard won through three qualifying matches and then defeated Timea Babos, Carla Suarez Navarro and Andrea Petkovic to set up a semifinal clash with top seed Julia Gorges.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 89 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard began the season at the Auckland Open in New Zealand, where she made the quarterfinals before losing to top seed Julia Gorges.

Eugenie Bouchard played doubles at the event, partnering American Sofia Kenin.

At the Australian Open, Eugenie Bouchard made short work of Peng Shuai in the opening round before falling to Serena Williams in the second round.

Eugenie Bouchard defeated Vera Lapko in the first round before losing to third seed Simona Halep in the second round.

Eugenie Bouchard failed to win a match at Indian Wells, Miami, French Open, Eastbourne, Wimbledon, Lausanne, Washington, Rogers Cup, Vancouver and the Bronx to extend her losing streak to 11 matches across WTA main tour, qualifying and ITF Circuit matches.

At the US Open, Eugenie Bouchard's losing streak extended to 12 matches with a straight sets defeat to 12th seed Anastasija Sevastova.

Eugenie Bouchard's ranking fell outside the world's top 150 following her loss at the US Open.

Eugenie Bouchard returned to the singles circuit at the 125k Houston Challenger.

At the event, Eugenie Bouchard ended her 13-match losing streak and won her first match at any level in nine months, defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou, in straight sets.

Eugenie Bouchard won through her second-round match against eighth seed Francesca Di Lorenzo, following Di Lorenzo's retirement in the second set.

Eugenie Bouchard's tournament came to an end in the third round after she retired three games into her match against Mandy Minella following a foot injury.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 224 in the world.

At the Auckland Open, for which she was granted a wildcard, Eugenie Bouchard showed some signs of a return to form.

Eugenie Bouchard defeated Kirsten Flipkens and eighth seed Caroline Garcia in straight sets before losing a hard-fought match to Amanda Anisimova in the quarterfinals.

Eugenie Bouchard entered the Australian Open qualifying unseeded, where she won her first two matches against You Xiaodi and Maddison Inglis before slumping to a disappointing straight sets loss in the final qualifying round against Martina Trevisan.

Eugenie Bouchard then defeated Tamara Zidansek in three sets to make her second tour level quarterfinal of 2020.

Eugenie Bouchard faced unseeded Romanian Patricia Maria Tig in the final, losing in three competitive sets.

At the postponed French Open, Eugenie Bouchard made it to the third round before losing to eventual champion Iga Swiatek in straight sets.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 141 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard started her 2021 season at the Australian Open in the qualifying draw, but was defeated in the second round to Yuan Yue in straight sets.

Eugenie Bouchard lost in the final to Spanish 4th seed Sara Sorribes Tormo in straight sets.

The result improved Eugenie Bouchard's ranking to No 116 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 246 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard continued to rehab her shoulder to begin 2022, missing both the Australian Open and French Open.

Eugenie Bouchard later decided to withdraw from Wimbledon due to the WTA's decision to not award ranking points at the 2022 Championships.

At the US Open, Eugenie Bouchard attempted to qualify for the main draw but was eliminated in the second round by Czech 4th seed Linda Noskova in straight sets.

Eugenie Bouchard received a wildcard at the Chennai Open where she reached the quarterfinals, after recording two straight sets win over Joanne Zuger and Karman Thandi.

The result improved Eugenie Bouchard's ranking to No 502 in the world.

At the WTA 1000 event in Guadalajara, Eugenie Bouchard received a wildcard into the main draw and defeated American qualifier Kayla Day in the first round.

Eugenie Bouchard then lost to 12th seed Jelena Ostapenko in three sets.

Eugenie Bouchard finished the season ranked No 323 in the world.

Eugenie Bouchard started her 2023 season with a wildcard entry into the qualifying draw of the Auckland Open.

Eugenie Bouchard has played four seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2009 when she debuted in the league with the Kansas City Explorers, followed by a season with the Texas Wild in 2013, the New York Empire in 2017, and the Orange County Breakers in 2019.

Eugenie Bouchard employs a high-risk, aggressive playing style, focused on her powerful groundstrokes, that is played from the baseline.

Eugenie Bouchard's forehand is notable for its condensed swing, allowing her to generate considerable power, and is especially effective when utilised to redirect power down the line.

However, the condensed forehand swing reduces the level of control Eugenie Bouchard has over her forehand, which can result in the accumulation of unforced errors when employing this shot.

Eugenie Bouchard has been noted for her fighting attitude and determination.

Eugenie Bouchard has used numerous racquets throughout the years - as a junior, Eugenie Bouchard used various iterations of the Wilson Blade.

Eugenie Bouchard currently uses Yonex racquets, having endorsed the Yonex VCORE 100 racquet since late 2018.

Eugenie Bouchard was ranked No 1 by SportsPro in their "World's 50 Most Marketable Athletes 2015 list", toppling the likes of Neymar, Steph Curry and Usain Bolt.

Eugenie Bouchard has a twin sister, Beatrice, who is six minutes older.

Eugenie Bouchard described talking with Federer as a highlight of her life.