Eugenie Bouchard

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Biography

Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (born February 25, 1994 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, Bouchard became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada (Greg Rusedski is Canadian-born and played in the 1997 US Open final, but played for the United Kingdom after May 1995. Mary Pierce is Canadian-born and played in several Grand Slam finals, but played for France for her entire career) 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. 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.

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

Bouchard started playing tennis at the age of five and was a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal. She attended The Study school in Westmount. At age 12, she moved to Florida with her mother to be coached by Nick Saviano, where she met one of her best childhood friends, tennis player Laura Robson. At 15, Bouchard returned to Montreal for training.

Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2014 Wimbledon Grass Petra Kvitová (CZE) 3–6, 0–6

Other significant finals

WTA Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Loss 2014 Wuhan Hard Petra Kvitová (CZE) 3–6, 4–6

WTA career finals

Singles: 6 (1 title, 5 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–1)
WTA Tour Finals (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–1)
Premier (0–0)
International (1–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–4)
Grass (0–1)
Clay (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Oct 2013 Japan Open, Japan International Hard Samantha Stosur (AUS) 6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 May 2014 Nuremberg Cup, Germany International Clay Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 1–2 Jul 2014 Wimbledon, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass Petra Kvitová (CZE) 3–6, 0–6
Loss 1–3 Sep 2014 Wuhan Open, China Premier 5 Hard Petra Kvitová (CZE) 3–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jan 2016 Hobart International, Australia International Hard Alizé Cornet (FRA) 1–6, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Mar 2016 Malaysian Open, Malaysia International Hard Elina Svitolina (UKR) 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
WTA Tour Finals (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0)
Premier (0–0)
International (0–3)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–3)
Grass (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2013 Washington Open, United States International Hard Taylor Townsend (USA) Shuko Aoyama (JPN)
Vera Dushevina (RUS)
3–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2017 Washington Open, United States International Hard Sloane Stephens (USA) Shuko Aoyama (JPN)
Renata Voráčová (CZE)
3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2017 Luxembourg Open, Luxembourg International Hard (i) Kirsten Flipkens (BEL) Lesley Kerkhove (NED)
Lidziya Marozava (BLR)
7–6(7–4), 4–6, [6–10]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments (0–0)
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments (1–1)
$25,000 tournaments (2–0)
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2011 Burnie, Australia 25,000 Hard Zheng Saisai (CHN) 6–4, 6–3
Win 2–0 Apr 2011 Šibenik, Croatia 10,000 Clay Jessica Ginier (FRA) 6–2, 6–0
Win 3–0 May 2012 Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Katharina Lehnert (GER) 7–6(7–4), 6–0
Win 4–0 May 2012 Båstad, Sweden 10,000 Clay Milana Spremo (SRB) 6–3, 6–0
Win 5–0 Jul 2012 Granby, Canada 25,000 Hard Stéphanie Dubois (CAN) 6–2, 5–2 ret.
Loss 5–1 Oct 2012 Saguenay, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Madison Keys (USA) 4–6, 2–6
Win 6–1 Nov 2012 Toronto, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Sharon Fichman (CAN) 6–1, 6–2

Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments (0–0)
$75,000 / $80,000 tournaments (0–1)
$50,000 / $60,000 tournaments (1–2)
$25,000 tournaments (0–0)
$10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2011 Waterloo, Canada 50,000 Clay Megan Moulton-Levy (USA) Alexandra Mueller (USA)
Asia Muhammad (USA)
3–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 1–1 Apr 2012 Dothan, United States 50,000 Clay Jessica Pegula (USA) Sharon Fichman (CAN)
Marie-Ève Pelletier (CAN)
6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
Loss 1–2 Nov 2012 Toronto, Canada 50,000 Hard (i) Jessica Pegula (USA) Gabriela Dabrowski (CAN)
Alla Kudryavtseva (RUS)
2–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss 1–3 Nov 2012 Phoenix, United States 75,000 Hard Ulrikke Eikeri (NOR) Jacqueline Cako (USA)
Natalie Pluskota (USA)
3–6, 6–2, [4–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2012 Wimbledon Grass Elina Svitolina (UKR) 6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2011 Wimbledon Grass Grace Min (USA) Demi Schuurs (NED)
Tang Haochen (CHN)
5–7, 6–2, 7–5
Win 2012 Wimbledon Grass Taylor Townsend (USA) Belinda Bencic (SUI)
Ana Konjuh (CRO)
6–4, 6–3

Singles performance timeline

This table is current as of June 25, 2018.

Tournament 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q2 SF QF 2R 3R 2R 0 / 5 13–5 72%
French Open A A A A A 2R SF 1R 2R 2R Q1 0 / 5 8–5 62%
Wimbledon A A A A A 3R F 1R 3R 1R 0 / 5 10–5 67%
US Open A A A A A 2R 4R 4R 1R 1R 0 / 5 7–4 64%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–3 19–4 7–3 4–4 3–4 1–1 0 / 20 38–19 67%
Year-End Championships
WTA Finals Did Not Qualify RR Did Not Qualify 0 / 1 0–3 0%
National Representation
Summer Olympics A Not Held A Not Held 2R Not Held 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Fed Cup A A A WG2 A WG2 PO PO] A A WG2 0 / 0 12–4 75%
WTA Premier Mandatory / Premier 5 Tournaments
Doha / Dubai* A A A A A A 1R A 3R A A 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Indian Wells A A A A A Q1 4R 4R 3R 1R 1R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Miami A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R Q2 0 / 5 1–5 17%
Madrid NH A A A A A 1R 1R 1R QF A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
Rome A A A A A A 1R 3R 3R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Canada Q1 Q1 Q1 1R 2R 2R 2R 1R 3R 1R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Cincinnati NTI A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Tokyo / Wuhan** A A A A A QF F A A A 0 / 2 7–2 78%
Beijing NTI A A A A 2R 2R 1R A 1R 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 7–5 6–9 4–7 8–7 3–4 0–1 0 / 35 29–35 45%
Career Statistics
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 5 4 8 15 21 24 23 17 24 21 8 170
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 2 0 0 6
Hardcourt Win–Loss 0–4 1–2 7–6 19–12 27–9 17–13 24–16 10–10 21–15 7–14 6–5 0 / 107 139–106 57%
Clay Win–Loss 0–1 2–1 4–2 6–2 18–5 15–6 15–5 1–4 4–4 6–4 0–2 1 / 40 71–36 66%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 4–4 6–2 1–4 5–4 0–3 2–1 0 / 19 16–19 46%
Carpet Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Overall Win–Loss 0–5 3–3 11–8 25–15 46–16 39–24 45–23 12–18 31–24 13–21 8–8 1 / 170 233–165 59%
Win % 0% 50% 58% 63% 74% 62% 66% 40% 56% 38% 50% 58.54%
Year-End Ranking 1104 1068 538 302 144 32 7 48 46 81

Notes

  • * The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. Since 2015, the two tournaments alternate between Premier 5 and Premier status every year.
  • ** In 2014, the Pan Pacific Open was downgraded to a Premier event and replaced by the Wuhan Open.
  • *** Bouchard's 2015 US Open withdrawal in the fourth round does not count as a loss.

Doubles performance timeline

This table is current through the 2018 French Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A 3R A A A 1R 0 / 2 2–2 50%
French Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon 3R 1R A 1R A 0 / 3 2–3 40%
US Open 1R A 2R A 1R 0 / 3 1–2 33%
Win–Loss 2–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0 / 8 5–7 42%

Record against other players

Head-to-head against career-high top-10 players

The table below chronicles Bouchard's head-to-head record against all players who have a career-high singles ranking of 10 or better. Active players are highlighted in bold.

Player Record W% Hard Clay Grass Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Karolína Plíšková (CZE) 2–0 100% 1–0 1–0 0–0 Won 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 at 2014 Nuremberg Cup F
Jelena Janković (SRB) 3–1 75% 1–0 2–1 0–0 Won 6–4, 2–6, 6–3 at 2016 Italian Open 1R
Ana Ivanovic (SRB) 2–1 67% 1–1 0–0 1–0 Lost 1–6, 3–6 at 2014 WTA Finals RR
Angelique Kerber (GER) 4–2 67% 0–2 3–0 1–0 Won 6–3, 5–0 ret. at 2017 Madrid Open 3R
Venus Williams (USA) 1–1 50% 0–1 1–0 0–0 Won 7–6(8–6), 2–6, 6–4 at 2014 Charleston Open 3R
Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Lost 1–6, 1–6 at 2017 Hong Kong Open 1R
Simona Halep (ROU) 1–3 25% 0–3 0–0 1–0 Lost 2–6, 2–6 at 2018 Australian Open 2R
Maria Sharapova (RUS) 1–4 20% 0–2 1–2 0–0 Won 7–5, 2–6, 6–4 at 2017 Madrid Open 2R
Serena Williams (USA) 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 Lost 1–6, 1–6 at 2014 WTA Finals RR
Number 2 ranked players
Li Na (CHN) 0–2 0% 0–2 0–0 0–0 Lost 2–6, 4–6 at 2014 Australian Open SF
Svetlana Kuznetsova (RUS) 0–3 0% 0–1 0–2 0–0 Lost 4–6, 0–6 at 2017 Madrid Open QF
Petra Kvitová (CZE) 0–4 0% 0–3 0–0 0–1 Lost 3–6, 2–6 at 2016 Connecticut Open 2R
Agnieszka Radwańska (POL) 0–4 0% 0–2 0–1 0–1 Lost 3–6, 5–7 at 2017 Connecticut Open 2R
Number 3 ranked players
Elina Svitolina (UKR) 0–4 0% 0–3 0–1 0–0 Lost 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7 at 2016 Malaysian Open F
Number 4 ranked players
Dominika Cibulková (SVK) 4–1 80% 4–0 0–0 0–1 Won 6–4, 6–3 at 2017 Sydney International 2R
Sloane Stephens (USA) 3–2 60% 3–2 0–0 0–0 Won 6–3, 6–3 at 2016 Summer Olympics 1R
Johanna Konta (GBR) 1–1 50% 0–1 0–0 1–0 Lost 2–6, 2–6 at 2017 Sydney International SF
Samantha Stosur (AUS) 1–2 33% 0–2 1–0 0–0 Lost 2–6, 2–6 at 2014 Connecticut Open 2R
Francesca Schiavone (ITA) 0–2 0% 0–0 0–1 0–1 Lost 7–6(7–5), 4–6, 3–6 at 2017 Mallorca Open 1R
Number 5 ranked players
Daniela Hantuchová (SVK) 1–0 100% 0–0 0–0 1–0 Won 7–5, 7–5 at 2014 Wimbledon Championships 1R
Lucie Šafářová (CZE) 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Won 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3) at 2016 Canadian Open 1R
Sara Errani (ITA) 1–2 33% 1–0 0–2 0–0 Lost 4–6, 4–6 at 2018 Charleston Open 1R
Number 6 ranked players
Carla Suárez Navarro (ESP) 1–3 25% 0–0 1–1 0–2 Lost 6–1, 1–6, 1–6 at 2017 Wimbledon Championships 1R
Number 7 ranked players
Caroline Garcia (FRA) 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Won 7–5, 6–0 at 2015 Australian Open 3R
Madison Keys (USA) 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost 4–6, 2–6 at 2012 Challenger de Saguenay F
Roberta Vinci (ITA) 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost 1–6, 0–6 at 2015 Connecticut Open 1R
Belinda Bencic (SUI) 0–2 0% 0–1 0–0 0–1 Lost 0–6, 7–5, 2–6 at 2015 Canadian Open 1R
Number 8 ranked players
Ekaterina Makarova (RUS) 0–1 0% 0–1 0–0 0–0 Lost 6–7(2–7), 4–6 at 2014 US Open 4R
Number 9 ranked players
CoCo Vandeweghe (USA) 1–1 50% 1–1 0–0 0–0 Lost 4–6, 6–3, 5–7 at 2017 Australian Open 3R
Andrea Petkovic (GER) 1–5 17% 0–4 0–1 1–0 Lost 2–6, 6–4, 0–6 at 2017 Washington Open 2R
Timea Bacsinszky (SUI) 0–2 0% 0–1 0–1 0–0 Lost 4–6, 4–6 at 2016 French Open 2R
Number 10 ranked players
Julia Görges (GER) 1–0 100% 0–0 1–0 0–0 Won 2–6, 6–2, 6–1 at 2014 French Open 2R
Kristina Mladenovic (FRA) 1–2 33% 1–0 0–1 0–1 Lost 3–6, 6–4, 0–6 at 2015 Birmingham Classic 2R
Total 33–62 34.74% 16–40 11–14 6–8 * Statistics correct as of April 3, 2018

Wins over top-10 opponents

Bouchard has a 12–27 (31%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Wins over top-10 opponents per season
Season 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 Total
Wins 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 0 2 2 0 12
No. Opponent Rank Event Surface Round Score Bouchard
Rank
2013
1. Samantha Stosur (AUS) 9 Charleston, United States Clay 3R 6–1, 2–0 retired 114
2. Jelena Janković (SRB) 10 Tokyo, Japan Hard 3R 7–5, 6–2 46
2014
3. Sara Errani (ITA) 10 Indian Wells, United States Hard 3R 6–3, 6–3 19
4. Jelena Janković (SRB) 8 Charleston, United States Clay QF 6–3, 4–6, 6–3 20
5. Angelique Kerber (GER) 9 French Open, Paris, France Clay 4R 6–1, 6–2 16
6. Angelique Kerber (GER) 7 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass QF 6–3, 6–4 13
7. Simona Halep (ROU) 3 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass SF 7–6(7–5), 6–2 13
8. Caroline Wozniacki (DEN) 7 Wuhan, China Hard SF 6–2, 6–3 9
2016
9. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2 Rome, Italy Clay 2R 6–1, 5–7, 7–5 46
10. Dominika Cibulková (SVK) 10 Montreal, Canada Hard 2R 6–2, 6–0 42
2017
11. Dominika Cibulková (SVK) 6 Sydney, Australia Hard 2R 6–4, 6–3 49
12. Angelique Kerber (GER) 2 Madrid, Spain Clay 3R 6–3, 5–0 retired 60

Singles Grand Slam seedings

Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
2013 Did not qualify Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded
2014 30 18 13 7
2015 7 6 12 25
2016 Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded
2017 Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded Not seeded
2018 Not seeded Did not qualify

Coaches

Summary of junior and professional coaches
Coach Period of Coaching Bouchard's Rank
Start End Start Peak End
Nick Saviano (1/2) 2006 November 2014 n/a 5 7
Nathalie Tauziat June 2011 October 2013 361–367 32 32
António van Grichen June 2013 July 2013 67 56 56
Sam Sumyk February 2015 7 6 25
Thomas Högstedt (1/2) October 2015 38 37 46
Nick Saviano (2/2) April 2016 December 2016 46 39 46
Cyril Saulnier April 2016 December 2016 46 39 46
Thomas Högstedt (2/2) December 2016 46 43 87
Harold Solomon December 2017 82 82 114

Career prize money

Annual and career earnings summary (singles and doubles)
Titles Earnings
Year Grand Slam WTA Total US$ WTA rank
2010 0 0 0 4,125 n/a
2011 0 0 0 12,858 n/a
2012 0 0 0 64,695 n/a
2013 0 0 0 415,742 61
2014 0 1 1 3,220,929 7
2015 0 0 0 883,113 36
2016 0 0 0 545,033 64
2017 0 0 0 562,340 61
2018 0 0 0 77,405 66
Career 0 1 1 5,793,926 79

*As of January 29, 2018