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==Biography==
'''Eugenie Bouchard''' (born February 25, 1994 in Montréal, Québec, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She reached a career-high WTA singles ranking of No. 5 on October 20, 2014 and a career-high WTA doubles ranking of No. 103 on August 12, 2013.
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. In 2014, she also captured her first WTA singles title after defeating Karolína Plíšková in Nuremberg. The same year, she reached the final of the WTA Premier 5 tournament in Wuhan and qualified for the WTA Finals. In 2019, Bouchard won her first WTA doubles title, winning in Auckland with partner Sofia Kenin. 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.
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