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==Biography==
'''Eugenie''' "'''Genie'''" '''Bouchard''' (born February 25, 1994 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Bouchard became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová. She also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open, and won the 2012 Wimbledon girls' title. As a junior, she also captured the 2011 and 2012 Wimbledon girls' titles in doubles, the under-16 title at the 2008 Eddie Herr International Championships and the Grade A tournament Porto Alegre Junior Championships in 2011. Following the end of the 2013 WTA Tour, she was named WTA Newcomer of the Year. The next year, she received the WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of No. 5, becoming the first Canadian female tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 in singles. Bouchard was named Female Player of the Year by Tennis Canada five times (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018) and received the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award as the Canadian female athlete of the year in 2013 and 2014. She was also awarded the Fed Cup Heart Award in 2018.
Eugenie Bouchard was born to Michel Bouchard, an investment banker, and Julie Leclair in Montréal. She has a fraternal twin sister, Beatrice, who is six minutes older. She 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 Beatrice of York and Princess Eugenie of York. Her sister Charlotte is named after Charlotte Casiraghi, the daughter of Monégasque Princess Caroline and her then husband Stefano Casiraghi, and William is named after Prince William, Duke of Cambridge.
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