Canadian · Montreal, Quebec, Canada · Born 25 February 1994Eugenie Bouchard is a Canadian former tennis player who became the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final, at Wimbledon in 2014, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5.
Eugenie Bouchard became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach a Grand Slam singles final when she contested the 2014 Wimbledon title match against Petra Kvitová, a run watched by 3.6 million Canadian television viewers that made her the first Canadian woman ranked inside the world's top five. She moved to Florida at 12 to train with coach Nick Saviano before returning to Montreal at 15 to join Tennis Canada's national training centre, turning professional in 2009. Bouchard made history as a junior in 2012, winning the Wimbledon girls' singles title to become the first Canadian ever to win a junior Grand Slam title. She broke into the WTA Tour's top 100 in 2013 and was named WTA Newcomer of the Year, before an extraordinary 2014 season: she reached the semifinals of both the Australian Open and French Open, and then the final of Wimbledon, becoming the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach a Grand Slam singles final, losing to Petra Kvitová. The Wimbledon final drew more than 3.6 million Canadian television viewers. Bouchard won her only WTA singles title later that year in Nuremberg, and reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in October 2014, becoming the first Canadian woman ranked in the top five. A concussion suffered after a fall at the 2015 US Open disrupted her career momentum, and though she continued competing for another decade, she never fully recaptured her 2014 form. Bouchard retired from professional tennis in July 2025 at the National Bank Open in her home city of Montreal, finishing with 299 career wins and one WTA singles title.
First Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final, at Wimbledon in 2014
How They Played
Aggressive baseliner with a powerful serve and flat, hard-hitting groundstrokes
Lasting Impact
A trailblazing figure who put Canadian women's tennis on the map internationally, paving the way for Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez
Career Honours
- Wimbledon finalist (2014)
- First Canadian player to reach a Grand Slam singles final
- Career-high ranking of World No. 5
- Wimbledon girls' champion (2012)
- WTA Most Improved Player (2014)
Canadian Athletes