Eugenie Bouchard

Eugenie Bouchard

Eugenie Bouchard in action during the 2010 US Open girls' singles event.
Country (sports)	Canada
Residence	Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Born	(1994-02-25) February 25, 1994 Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2009
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$41,962
Official website	www.geniebouchard.com
Singles
Career record	62–39
Career titles	0 WTA, 4 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 300 (December 12, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 309 (June 25, 2012)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2011, 2012)
French Open Junior	3R (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	F (2012)
US Open Junior	3R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	20–20
Career titles	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 262 (June 11, 2012)
Current ranking	No. 269 (June 25, 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open Junior	SF (2010)
French Open Junior	SF (2012)
Wimbledon Junior	W (2011)
US Open Junior	2R (2010)
Last updated on: June 25, 2012.

Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On December 12, 2011, she reached her highest WTA singles ranking of 300. She is currently playing on the Junior Circuit and on the ITF Circuit, and achieved her career high junior rank of No. 2 on July 2, 2012.

Early life

Eugenie started playing tennis at age 5 and she is a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal.

Tennis career

2005–07

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

2008–10

She captured the ITF singles and doubles titles in Costa Rica and also the All Canadian ITF singles title in Burlington in 2008. In 2009 and at only 15, she won the Canadian under-18 indoor championship in Toronto. At this event, Eugenie overpowered fellow Quebecker Marianne Jodoin 6–4, 7–5 to become, at 15 years and a month, one of the youngest winners of the indoor event. She won her first professional main draw match at Caserta, Italy, defeating No. 798 Frederica Grazioso, 6–4, 7–6^(11–9). Also in 2009, she won the Pan American Closed ITF Championships, one of her biggest wins to date in juniors.

2011

At the Australian Open, she lost in the semifinals of the singles junior event against fifth seed and good friend Mónica Puig by the score of 6–4, 6–4. A week later, she won her first professional title at the ITF $25,000 Burnie International, where she defeated fellow 16 year old qualifier Zheng Saisai 6–4, 6–3 in the final. She won her second professional title on April 10 at the ITF $10,000 in Šibenik, Croatia. She defeated qualifier Jessica Ginier in the final by the score of 6–2, 6–0. She missed the French Open due to an injury. At Wimbledon, Bouchard lost in the quarterfinals of the singles junior event to the number three seed Irina Khromacheva 6–2, 6–2 but won the doubles junior event with her partner Grace Min. She also reached a week later her first professional doubles final with Megan Moulton-Levy at the $50,000 ITF tournament in Waterloo, where she lost 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]. At the end of July, she beat the 114th ranked player Alison Riske 6–3, 6–2 at the Citi Open in College Park. It was her first WTA main draw win. With that win, she had the chance to meet number 2 seed Nadia Petrova in the second round, but lost 6–2, 6–2.

2012

She reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open for the second straight year, but lost 7–5, 6–1 to Yulia Putintseva. Bouchard won her first professional doubles title at the $50,000 ITF tournament in Dothan with partner Jessica Pegula. She defeated fellow Canadians Sharon Fichman and Marie-Ève Pelletier 6–4, 4–6, [10–5] in the final. In May, Bouchard won her third professional singles title at the $10,000 ITF Challenger in Båstad with a 7–6^(7–4), 6–0 win over Katharina Lehnert. She won the next week her second straight $10,000 ITF title in Båstad, when she defeated Milana Špremo 6–3, 6–0 in the final.

Personal life

Eugenie has a younger brother, William, a sister, Charlotte, and a non-identical twin sister, Beatrice, and her parents are Julie and Mike. She said in an interview with Tom Tebbutt that "she prefers the English pronunciation of her first name, and it is written without a French accent."

Career statistics

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

$25,000 tournaments

$10,000 tournaments

Singles: 4 (4–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	February 5, 2011	Burnie, Australia	Hard	Zheng Saisai	6–4, 6–3
Winner	2.	April 10, 2011	Šibenik, Croatia	Clay	Jessica Ginier	6–2, 6–0
Winner	3.	May 12, 2012	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Katharina Lehnert	7–6(7–4), 6–0
Winner	4.	May 19, 2012	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Milana Špremo	6–3, 6–0

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	July 9, 2011	Waterloo, Canada	Clay	Megan Moulton-Levy	Alexandra Mueller Asia Muhammad	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Winner	1.	April 22, 2012	Dothan, United States	Clay	Jessica Pegula	Sharon Fichman Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 4–6, [10–5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (0–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Elina Svitolina	6-2, 6-2

Doubles: 1 (1–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Grace Min	Demi Schuurs Tang Haochen	5–7, 6–2, 7–5

External links

• Official website
• Eugenie Bouchard at the Women's Tennis Association
• Eugenie Bouchard at the Billie Jean King Cup
• Eugenie Bouchard on Twitter
• Kelly, Tom (January 23, 2011). "Junior watch: Getting to know Eugenie Bouchard". Australian Open. Retrieved February 9, 2011.