Eugenie Bouchard is a Canadian tennis player who is well recognized for becoming the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitova. She also reached the semifinals of 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open. She won the Tevlin Women’s Challenger in 2012. She began playing tennis at the age of five and was a member of Tennis Canada’s National Training Centre in Montreal. Bouchard announced her comeback to the tour at the Wimbledon Championships in Jue 2022 for the first time since the 2021 Monterrey Open. Moreover, she won her first match in the qualifying rounds against Japan’s Yuki Naito at the US Open but was knocked out in the second round by Czech player Linda Noskova, 6-2, 6-3. Eugenie also has gained a lovely fan base on her social media as she has earned more than 2.3M followers on her Instagram account and over 1.6M followers on her Twitter account.
Eugenie Bouchard Famous For
- She is a Canadian tennis player.
- She became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles became first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles.
What Nationality is Eugenie Bouchard?
Eugenie Bouchard opened her eyes for the very first time on 25th February 1994 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. She is Canadian by nationality and Canadian-white by ethnicity. Likewise, her religious belief is in the Christian religion and her race is white. Eugenie celebrated her 28th February in 2022 and as per her birthdate, her zodiac sign is Pisces. Her father Michel Bouchard is an Investment Banker and her mother’s name is Julie Leclair. She has a twin sister, Beatrice, who is six minutes older. Bouchard also has two younger siblings, sister Charlotte (born 1995) and brother William (born 1999). She and her twin sister are named after Prince Andrew’s daughters, Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice of York.
Moving to Eugenie’s education, she attended elementary school at The Study, a private girls’ school.
Eugenie Bouchard Tennis Career
- Eugenie Bouchard kicks off her career by participating in the tournament Open Super 12 in Auray, France in 2005 and won the Canadian Under-18 Indoor Championship in Toronto in 2009 at only 15.
- She then won her first professional main-draw match at Caserta, Italy, defeating No. 798 Frederica Grazioso as well as winning the Pan American Closed ITF Championships.
- She lost in the semifinals of the singles junior event against fifth seed Monica Puig at the Australian Open and won her first professional title at the $25k Burnie International, where she defeated fellow 16-year-old qualifier Zheng Saisai in the final.
- As well, she reached a week later her first professional doubles final with Megan Moulton-Levy at the $50k tournament in Waterloo, where she lost.
- At the end of July, Bouchard beat the 114th-ranked player Alison Riske at the Citi Open in College Park which was her first WTA Tour main-draw win.
- She reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open for the second straight year but lost to Yulia Putintseva. However, she won her first professional doubles title at the $50k tournament in Dothan.
- She won her third professional singles title at the $10k in Bastad with a win in the final over Katharina Lehnert in May 2012 and became the first Canadian ever, junior or pro, to win a Grand Slam in singles.
- She also won her second $25k tournament and fifth singles title of her career at the Challenger de Granby at the end of July and made it to the first WTA quarterfinal of her career, where she was defeated by Sloane Stephens.
- She attempted to qualify for the main draw at the Sydney International at the start of the season 2013 but lost to Storm Sanders in the first round of the qualifiers.
- Subsequently, 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.
- She successfully qualified for the main draw at the Family Circle Cup and drew fellow qualifier Nastassja Burnett which she won in straight sets.
- She won her third-round clash against former US Open champion Samantha Stosur after the Australian retired, booking a spot in the quarterfinals of the Premier tournament which was the first top-10 victory of her young career.
- She reached the doubles final at the tournament in Washington D.C. at the beginning of August which was the first WTA final of her career.
- She made it to the second WTA semifinal of her career at the Challenge Bell in mid-September but was eliminated by Lucie Safarova.
- Bouchard made it to the first WTA singles final of her career at Osaka and became the first Canadian to reach a WTA singles final since Rebecca Marino in 2011 in Memphis.
- She 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.
- She began the new season at the Hopman Cup in 2014, where she represented Canada with Milos Raonic and won her opening match at the Australian Open over wildcard Tang Haochen.
- She won both of her singles matches in the Fed Cup World Group II first round against Serbia and helped Canada get its place in the World Group I at the Fed Cup World Group Play-offs which was the first time for the country since the introduction of the new World Group format in 1995, by winning her two singles matches.
- She won the first WTA singles title of her career with a victory over Karolina Plikova in the final at the Nurnberger Versicherungscup.
- Eugenie is also the first Canadian to win a WTA singles title since Aleksandra Wozniak at the Stanford Classic in 2008 and the sixth in history.
- She was apparently scheduled to start her US Open Series campaign at the Washington Open; but, she withdrew from the tournament citing a right knee injury.
- Eugenie reached her first WTA Premier-5 final with wins over Mona Barthel, Alison Riske, Alize Cornet, and No. 7, Caroline Wozniacki at the inaugural Wuhan Open.
- She qualified for the 2014 WTA Finals, hosted in Singapore in October 2014, and was named the Most Improved Player by the WTA at the end of the 2014 season.
- Later in 2015, she started her season at the Hopman Cup, representing Canada alongside Vasek Pospisil however she lost her first match against the Czech Republic’s Lucie Safarova, and Canada went on to lose the tie.
- She started working with Sam Sumyk on 5th February 2015, who had previously coached Victoria Azarenka to Grand Slam success and began her clay-court season at the Family Circle Cup.
- She 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 and won her first match since March defeating Zarina Diyas in the second round at the Italian Open, but lost in the next round to eventual finalist Carla Suarez Navarro.
- She defeated Alison Riske and Polona Hercog in the first and second rounds at the US Open, respectively, which became her first back-to-back wins since March at the Indian Wells Open. She later ended 2015 as world No. 48 in the WTA rankings.
- She started the new season of 2016 at the Shenzhen Open, winning in the first two rounds over Donna Vekic and Nicole Gibbs, respectively.
- She also won her opening match against Aleksandra Krunic, before falling to world No. 4, Agnieszka Radwanska, in the second round.
- She started for Bouchard with a loss to qualifier Elise Mertens at the Rosmalen Open in which she won just two games and advanced to the third round with wins over Lucie Safarova and world No. 10, Dominika Cibulkova at her home tournament, the Rogers Cup.
- At the US Open, she lost to Katerina Siniakova in the first round and at Post-US Open, she lost in two more first rounds, and a second round, in her last three tournaments of the year, and ended the year ranked No. 46.
- Similarly, Eugenie’s 2017 season started by playing at Brisbane International where was defeated in the first round by Shelby Rogers.
- She defeated Louisa Chirico and Peng Shuai in her first two matches at the Australian Open but lost to CoCo Vandeweghe in three sets in the third round.
- She later 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 won her first-round match over Risa Ozaki but was defeated by Anastasija Sevastova in the second at the French Open and lost in the opening round of the Wimbledon Championships to Carla Suarez Navarro.
- She reached her second WTA doubles final but lost to Shuko Aoyama and Renata Voracova with partner Sloane Stephens at the Washington Open in August and finished the 2017 season as world number 81, continuing her slide down the WTA rankings.
- Eugenie teamed up with Vasek Pospisil to compete at the Hopman Cup for Canada in 2018 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.
- She again struggled following the US Open, failing to win a main-draw match at her next four tournaments and her luck turned at the Luxembourg Open, where she almost reached her first WTA final since the 2016 Malaysian Open.
- She 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 started the 2019 season at the Auckland Open in New Zealand, where she made the quarterfinals before losing to top seed Julia Gorges and was awarded a wildcard into the Premier 5 tournament in Dubai in February.
- At the US Open, her losing streak extended to 12 matches with a straight sets defeat to 12th seed Anastasija Sevastova and her ranking fell outside the world’s top 150 following her loss at the US Open.
- At the event, she ended her 13-match losing streak and won her first match at any level in nine months, defeating Valentini Grammatikopoulou, in straight sets. She ended the 2019 season ranked 262.
- Eugenie returned to tennis at the Prague Open after the hiatus from tennis due to the COVID-19 pandemic where she showed more signs of a return to form by upsetting eighth seed Veronika Kudermetova in the first round.
- She was qualified into the top half, eventually upsetting top seed Svetlana Kuznetsova at the Istanbul Cup, and getting her way to the final, to then play Patricia Maria Tig to whom she lost.
- She made it to the third round before losing to eventual champion Iga Swiatek at the delayed 2020 French Open, her best major showing since making it to the third round at the 2017 Australian Open.
- She began her 2021 season at the Australian Open but fell to Yuan Yue in straight sets, in the second round of qualifying. Bouchard was then beaten in straight sets by Belarusian Aliaksandra Sasnovich in the first round of Lyon.
- She apparently began working as a color commentator for The Tennis Channel in August, while rehabbing from shoulder surgery.
- She had dropped to 1459 in the WTA singles ranking as of 28th February 2022 and by May, she had dropped out of the rankings completely.
- She later announced her comeback to the tour at the Wimbledon Championships for the first time since the 2021 Monterrey Open in June.
- She decided to skip The Championships with no WTA rankings points to offer after receiving entry through her protected ranking for Wimbledon.
- She made her comeback at the Vancouver Open after receiving entry through her protected ranking for Wimbledon.
- Eugenie won her first match in the qualifying rounds against Japan’s Yuki Naito at the US Open 2022 but was knocked out in the second round by Czech player Linda Noskova, 6-2, 6-3.
- Furthermore, she 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.
- It was announced that Bouchard will be joining the Chicago Smash for their debut season, during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.
- She was dominant for the Smash in women’s doubles with Bethanie Mattek-Sands during the 2020 season, finishing the season with an 11-5 record, helping the Smash to earn a No. 2 seed in WTT Play-offs.
Awards and Achievements
- 2013: WTA Newcomer of the Year
- 2013: Tennis Canada Female Player of the Year
- 2013: Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
- 2014: QMI Agency Canadian Athlete of the Year
- 2014: WTA Most Improved Player
- 2014: Tennis Canada Female Player of the Year
- 2014: Bobbie Rosenfeld Award
- 2015: Tennis Canada Female Player of the Year
- 2016: Tennis Canada Female Player of the Year
Who is Eugenie Bouchard’s Boyfriend?
Eugenie Bouchard is an unmarried woman. She was in a relationship with her ex-boyfriend Mason Rudolph with whom she got separated after two years of love life. It is believed the couple started dating in 2020 and they often shared their adventures and love for each other on social media. However, it would be no surprise to see Eugenie in a relationship in the near future as she is such beautiful. Concerning her sexual orientation, she is straight.
How much is Eugenie Bouchard’s Net Worth?
Eugenie Bouchard has a net worth of $6 million as of 2022 whereas she also earns a handsome amount of salary which is around thousands of dollars per year. In 2016, she made the top 10 of the world’s highest-paid female athletes, earning $6.2 million that year. She has also won prize money of $6,720,423. Eugenie signed a three-year endorsement deal with Coca-Cola, following earlier agreements with Rogers Communications and equipment sponsors Nike and Babolat. She currently uses Yonex racquets, having endorsed the Yonex VCORE 100 racquet since late 2018. In addition, her major source of income is her tennis career and she is sincere in her work.
Eugenie Bouchard Height, Weight & Measurements
Eugenie Bouchard stands at an ideal height of 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) with a balanced body weight of 63 kg or 139 pounds. She has good-looking blonde hair and dark brown eyes color. Eugenie dresses up showing off her curvy figure and striking pair of legs and feet wearing either open tight upskirt. Besides, her body build type is athletic and her body measurements are 36-27-35 in or 91.5-68.5-89 cm.
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