Eugenie "Genie" Bouchard (born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis player. On January 6, 2014, she reached the WTA singles ranking of no. 31. It is projected she will rise to possibly as high as no.18 based on her win over Ana Ivanovic in the quarterfinals at the 2014 Australian Open, the second Canadian in history to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.[1] In 2012, Bouchard became the first Canadian to win a Grand Slam in singles after her win at Wimbledon as a junior.[2] She achieved a career-high junior rank of no. 2 following her title. At the end of the 2013 season, she was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year, the second Canadian to receive that honor.[3][4] Bouchard is currently Canada's highest-ranked women's singles player.
Early life
Eugenie started playing tennis at the age of five, and she is a member of Tennis Canada's National Training Centre in Montreal. She attended The Study school in Westmount, as well as Westmount High School.
Tennis career
2005–10
In 2005, Bouchard participated at the tournament Open Super 12 in Auray, France. 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 Quebecer 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.[5]
At the Australian Open, she lost in the semifinals of the singles junior event against fifth seed Mónica Puig by the score of 4–6, 4–6. 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.[6][7] She won her second professional title in April 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 2–6, 2–6 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 3–6, 6–3, [7–10]. 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 2–6, 2–6.
2012
Bouchard reached the semifinals of the junior Australian Open for the second straight year, but lost 5–7, 1–6 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. Eugenie won the singles title at the junior Wimbledon with a 6–2, 6–2 win over third seed Elina Svitolina. She became the first Canadian ever, junior or pro, to win a Grand Slam in singles.[2] She also won the doubles title for the second straight year, this time with American Taylor Townsend, after beating Belinda Bencic and Ana Konjuh 6–4, 6–3 in the final.[8] At the end of July, Bouchard won her second $25,000 ITF tournament and fifth singles title of her career at the Challenger in Granby. She defeated fellow Canadian and defending champion Stéphanie Dubois 6–2, 5–2 ret. in the final.[9] She played a week later at the Citi Open where she was awarded a wildcard for the main draw. Bouchard made it to the first WTA quarterfinal of her career, but was defeated 4–6, 4–6 by Sloane Stephens. At the Rogers Cup, she upset former World No. 11 Shahar Pe'er 3–6, 6–2, 7–5 in the first round.[10] She then lost in the next round to 2011 French Open champion Li Na 4–6, 4–6. Bouchard reached her first $50,000 ITF final at the Challenger in Saguenay, but lost 4–6, 2–6 to Madison Keys.[11] The next week, she won her first 50K at the ITF Challenger in Toronto.[12] She reached the doubles final as well. At her last tournament of the season, Bouchard lost 3–6, 6–2, [4–10] to Jacqueline Cako and Natalie Pluskota in the doubles final of the 75K in Phoenix.[13]
At the start of the season, Bouchard attempted to qualify for the main draw at the Apia International Sydney but lost to Storm Sanders in the first round of the qualifiers 6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8).[14] She played the qualifiers for the Australian Open but lost 6–7(7–9), 6–7(6–8) to Daria Gavrilova in the second round.[15] Bouchard played in the main draw of the Copa Bionaire in Cali, Colombia. She beat Laura Thorpe 7–5, 6–2 in the opening round but lost to Russian Alexandra Panova 3–6, 7–5, 6–7(4–7) in the next round.[16] Her next tournament was the Copa Colsanitas where she had to play the qualifying rounds again. She beat Richèl Hogenkamp 6–4, 6–0 in the opening round but lost 4–6, 5–7 to Arantxa Parra Santonja in the second, preventing her from making the main draw.[17] Bouchard played in the main draw of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel in Acapulco, Mexico. She played Eva Birnerová in the first round and won 7–6(7–5), 6–3. She next faced defending champion and top seed Sara Errani losing the match 6–7(4–7), 2–6.[18] She received a wild card entry to the Sony Open Tennis in Miami where she defeated Shahar Pe'er 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 and was defeated in the second round by the World number 2 Maria Sharapova.[19] Genie then competed at the Family Circle Cup where she successfully qualified for the main draw, and drew fellow qualifier, Nastassja Burnett which she won in straight sets 6–2, 6–3. She also defeated World No. 42 Laura Robson in three sets in the second round, her first top 50 win. She then had the biggest win of her career when she defeated the former US Open champion Samantha Stosur 6–1, 2–0 ret. to book a spot in the quarterfinals of the Premier tournament. It was the first top 10 victory of her young career. Although she lost to Jelena Janković 2–6, 1–6, the quarterfinal appearance assured her a spot in the top 100 for the first time.[20]
Eugenie went on to play a French Open warm up tournament, the Internationaux de Strasbourg, where she had her most impressive run on the WTA Tour to date. She made it to the semifinals by defeating Silvia Soler-Espinosa, Camila Giorgi and Anna Tatishvili all in straight sets, but lost 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 3–6 to Alizé Cornet.[21] Bouchard made her first Grand slam main draw appearance at the French Open, where she defeated Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets. Her next opponent was the defending champion and World No. 2 Maria Sharapova, but was defeated 2–6, 4–6.[22] At Wimbledon, Bouchard defeated qualifier Galina Voskoboeva in her opening match in three tough sets. In the second round, she had one of the biggest wins of her career when she beat World No. 12 and former No. 1 Ana Ivanovic 6–3, 6–3 on Centre Court. She was eliminated in the third round 5–7, 2–6 by Carla Suárez Navarro.[23] At the beginning of August, Bouchard reached the doubles final at the tournament in Washington, D.C. which was the first WTA final of her career. She was defeated, with partner Taylor Townsend, 3–6, 3–6 by Shuko Aoyama and Vera Dushevina in the final.[24] The next week, she made it to the second round for the second straight year at the Rogers Cup, but was defeated by defending champion Petra Kvitová 3–6, 2–6.[25] At the last WTA Premier 5 before the US Open, Bouchard reached the second round of the Western & Southern Open as a qualifier, but lost 6–4, 2–6, 2–6 to World No. 1 Serena Williams.[26] At the US Open, she was stopped by World No. 9 Angelique Kerber 4–6, 6–2, 3–6 in the second round.[27] Bouchard made it to the second WTA semifinal of her career at the Challenge Bell in mid-September, but was eliminated 6–3, 3–6, 2–6 by Lucie Šafářová.[28] At the Premier 5 Toray Pan Pacific Open, Bouchard had a remarkable run. She defeated Mónica Puig in the first round and the No. 9 seed Sloane Stephens in three tight sets in the second. In the third round, she beat the former World No. 1 and 6th seed Jelena Janković, her second win over a member of the Top 10, in straight sets to reach her first WTA Premier 5 quarterfinal and fourth WTA quarterfinal of her career. She was defeated 3–6, 7–6(7–4), 3–6 by Venus Williams in the next round in over three hours of play.[29] The next week, Bouchard lost 1–6, 6–1, 4–6 to Sloane Stephens in the second round of the WTA Premier Mandatory China Open.[30] At the beginning of October at the HP Open, she made it to the first WTA singles final of her career and became the first Canadian to reach a WTA singles final since Rebecca Marino in 2011 in Memphis.[31] She lost 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 to Samantha Stosur in the final.[32] At the BGL Luxembourg Open, the last tournament of her season, Bouchard was defeated 6–2, 5–7, 1–6 by Andrea Petkovic in the first round.[33] Bouchard was named the WTA Newcomer of the Year after her breakthrough season, the first Canadian since Carling Bassett-Seguso in 1983 to win the award.[3][4]
2014
Bouchard started the new season at the Hopman Cup where she represented Canada with Milos Raonic. They finished second in Group A behind Poland, the best result ever for the country at that competition.[34] At her first official tournament, the Apia International Sydney, she lost 4–6, 3–6 to Bethanie Mattek-Sands in the first round.[35] The next week, Bouchard won her opening match at the Australian Open 7–5, 6–1 over wildcard Tang Haochen and has now reached at the least the second round in all 4 Grand Slams.[36] In the next round, she defeated Virginie Razzano by the score of 6–2, 7–6(12–10).[37] In the third round, Bouchard defeated Lauren Davis 6–2, 6–2.[38] In the fourth round, she defeated Casey Dellacqua 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–0 and advanced to the quarterfinals. Bouchard is the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal since Patricia Hy-Boulais at the 1992 US Open.[39] In the quarterfinals, Bouchard defeated Ana Ivanovic 5–7, 7–5, 6–2 and advanced to the semifinals, her best result at any Grand Slam to date. This is the first time a Canadian has reached this level at the Australian Open and only the second time in history after Carling Bassett-Seguso at the 1984 US Open.[1]
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Canada
Samantha Stosur
Taylor Townsend
Shuko Aoyama 
Vera Dushevina
Zheng Saisai
Jessica Ginier
Katharina Lehnert
Milana Špremo
Ulrikke Eikeri
Elina Svitolina
Demi Schuurs 
Belinda Bencic 
Ana Konjuh
Ana Ivanovic 2–0
Laura Robson 1–0[nb 1]
Magdaléna Rybáriková 1–0
Kristina Mladenovic 1–0
Mónica Puig 1–0[nb 2]
Samantha Stosur 1–1
Sloane Stephens 1–2
Petra Kvitová 0–1
Nadia Petrova 0–1
Li Na 0–1
Sara Errani 0–1
Angelique Kerber 0–1
Carla Suárez Navarro 0–1
Aleksandra Wozniak 0–1
