Eugenie Bouchard is a popular Franco-Canadian tennis player. Known for speaking at Grand Slam tournaments. In particular, in 2014 she went to the semifinals twice (Australian Open, Rolan Garros) and once to the finals (Wimbledon).
The article reviews the biography of Eugenie Bouchard.
Childhood
The girl was born with her sister on February 25, 1994 in the small town of Westmount. In addition to two twins, the family had two more older children. My father is a financier who was the only breadwinner in the family. Mother did housework and raised children.
Even before entering school, Eugenie learned to play tennis. After the first competition, it was clear that the little girl has an incredible talent that needs to be developed. Already at the age of eight, she played in her first competitions. The following year, Eugénie was able to amaze everyone with her performance, defeating rivals who were several years older in the tournament.
After amazing successes, the girl moved to Florida, where she studied at the famous Lauderdale Academy. Buschar's mentor was the famous coach Nick Saviano, who worked with many famous tennis players.
Six years later, Eugenie moved back to Montreal, where she studied at the National Training Center.
Youth career
The debut in tennis took place in 2008 at the ITF version tournament. For three years of performances, the French-Canadian tennis player could not win the titles. The first success came in 2011, when a young athlete first received an invitation to the national team. In the same year, Eugénie won two ITF tournaments: in early February, the tournament in Bernie, and in early April in Sibenik. For the two tournaments won, the tennis player received 35 thousand dollars in prize money.
In the summer of that year, Eugenie Bouchard received an invitation to the WTA series tournament. In the first round, the French-Canadian beat German Alison Risk, but in the second round she was defeated and flew out of the standings.
The following year, the young tennis player continued to win ITF tournaments. Over the season, Eugenie won four titles: twice in tournaments in Bostad, and once in Toronto and Granby. As a result, for the four trophies won, the girl received almost one hundred thousand dollars in prize money. However, in the same year, Eugénie, for the first time in her career, felt the bitterness of defeat in the final. At a tournament in Saguenay, a young tennis player was defeated by American Madison Keyes.
Adult career
In 2013, Eugenie decided to move to a more complex level. She showed herself at the WTA series tournaments. The athlete was able to attract close attention, because she showed outstanding results for her age. The game in Charleston brought victory over Samantha Stosur, who was in the top ten. After the tournament, Eugenie was in the first hundred of the world ranking. At the end of spring, the tennis player reached the semifinal stage at the games in Strasbourg, and then, at the Grand Slam tournament in France, went into the second round. At Wimbledon, Eugenie played until the third round, beating the famous Serbian tennis player Anu Ivanovich.
2014 was an outstanding year in the career of the French-Canadian tennis player. At the first Grand Slam tournament in Australia, Eugenie reached the semifinals, which she was able to surprise many. After performing in Australia, the girl was in the top twenty ranking. At the end of May, she won the first and last WTA tournament. In the games of the Grand Slam in France, the young athlete also reached the semifinals. And at Wimbledon she was able to make a splash, entering the final, where she lost to Czech Petra Kvitova. As a result, at the end of the season Eugenie was able to get into the top ten of the world ranking, ranking in seventh place.
In subsequent years, Bouchard was not able to show decent results, dropping lower and lower in the ranking. Only in 2016, the Franco-Canadian tennis player made it to the two finals at the WTA tournaments, but both times she lost to rivals of equal strength.
Rating
Eugenie Bouchard in 2013 was able for the first time in her career to get into the first hundred of the ranking, taking 32 line. The following year I got to the top ten. For the next two years, the young athlete stayed in the TOP 50, but in 2017 she practically flew out of the first hundred of the rating. This year, Eugenie is outside the first hundred of the rating, showing indistinct results in minor tournaments.
Grand Slam Performances
2014 was more successful when the French-Canadian tennis player was able to reach two semifinals in Australia and France in one year. At Wimbledon, Eugenie made it to the finals. In subsequent years, the young athlete did not show such outstanding results, losing to weak rivals in the first rounds.
Personal life
Eugenie Bouchard gained fame after the news posted on Twitter. At one of the matches of American football, the girl met a student John Gerke, whom she argued with on a date. The essence of the dispute was to choose the winner of the match. She lost, and therefore had to go to meet him. Later, many joint pictures of Gerke and Bouchard appeared. There was even talk of a wedding. After a year of relations, the union broke up. Love and separation did not affect the performance in tennis. Eugenie Bouchard showed excellent results.
When the affair with the young man ended, the paparazzi attributed the tennis player ties with famous athletes. For example, there was a rumor about a relationship with hockey player Jordan Karon. And in 2014, the media persistently assured that the French-Canadian athlete had an affair with Justin Bieber. However, all this remained at the rumor level. Eugenie tries not to advertise either his personal life in general, or his love relationships in particular.