Eugenie Bouchard, a Wimbledon finalist in 2014, has officially retired from tennis at the age of 31 after a few years in which the Canadian has become one of the most media-friendly players on the circuit despite her poor results (she is ranked 1,078th in the WTA rankings).
You’ll know when it’s time. For me, it’s now. Finishing where it all started: Montreal
The Canadian tennis player, who has been plagued by injuries in recent years and is very focused on her career as an influencer (she has more than 2.3 million followers on Instagram) and model, will hang up her racket after the National Bank Open in Montreal, which starts on July 26, a tournament for which she has received an invitation.
“You’ll know when it’s time. For me, it’s now. Finishing where it all began: Montreal (her hometown),” published Eugenie Bouchard, who is now focusing her efforts on pickleball, on her social media.
The injury that cut short Eugenie Bouchard’s career: She slipped in a US Open locker room
Eugenie Bouchard, who reached No. 5 in the world, won her only title (Nuremberg Tournament) in 2014 and reached the final of Wimbledon and the semifinals of the French Open and Australian Open.
In 2015, she slipped on the wet floor of a locker room during the US Open and suffered a concussion. She was never the same again and her career plummeted.
She sued the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and a jury found the organization 75% at fault and her 25% at fault.
“Hate” and “brainwashing”: the high price Eugenie Bouchard paid in her career
In 2024 Eugenie Bouchard gave an interview to The Times in which she denounced the “hatred” she received during her career for her activity on social media and sponsorship campaigns.
The Canadian regretted allowing “hate” and “brainwashing” to control her actions at times in her career, wishing she could have curbed the criticism she faced.
“I wouldn’t have taken things so personally and I wouldn’t have let the hate eat my brain. Brainwashing works and if you start hearing negative things about yourself over and over again, it’s hard not to believe it. I just wish I could have controlled that more and not let it affect my confidence, because it totally affected the way I thought about myself. It even affected the way I played,” she explained.
Eugenie Bouchard admitted that “I was hated a lot for doing anything other than tennis. It was a burden I carried on my shoulders and it was very hard. At least now it’s more accepted. It’s not like I was the only pioneer in doing these things, but I feel like I made it a little bit more normal.”
Genie Bouchard’s vital catharsis: from tennis star to “being who I am today”
Genie Bouchard, who in 2019 revolutionized tennis with a “Cat Woman” style jumpsuit at Wimbledon, used her social networks to publish a video in which she showed her evolution in her career as a tennis player.
One thing that has always kept me going is my passion for tennis. The passion I developed when I started playing has helped me through the tough times in my career. Just as I evolved over the last few decades to become who I am today,” he explained.
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