Eugenie Bouchard left her doubles semifinal with an injury while Canadian Rebecca Marino was eliminated in quarterfinals of the singles.
Eugenie Bouchard : Injury | Retired | Ranking | Married
Bouchard (born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian tennis player.
| Born | 25 February 1994 Montreal, Québec |
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| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Turned pro | 2009 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Tim Blenkiron (2020–) |
At the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, she became the first Canadian-born player representing Canada to reach the final of a Grand Slam tournament in singles, finishing runner-up to Petra Kvitová.
Bouchard also reached the semifinals of the 2014 Australian Open and 2014 French Open.
Having won the 2012 Wimbledon girls’ title, she was named WTA Newcomer of the Year at the end of the 2013 WTA Tour.
Finally, Bouchard received the WTA Most Improved Player award for the 2014 season and reached a career-high ranking of No. 5, becoming the first Canadian tennis player to be ranked in the top 5 in singles format.
Eugenie Bouchard Injury
Eugenie Bouchard’s campaign at the WTA250 Chennai Open ended on a worrying note on Friday as the Canadian retired midway through her doubles semifinal due to an injury.
The 28-year-old Bouchard had recently returned to professional tennis after sitting out for 17 months due to a shoulder injury.
Bouchard, who reached the Wimbledon final in 2014, was back on court partnering Belgian Yanina Wickmayer for their doubles semifinal barely an hour after losing 6-1, 4-6, 2-6 in two hours 24 minutes singles quarterfinal to Argentine Nadia Podoroska.
Bouchard and Wickmayer were trailing 3-6, 1-1 against the Russian-Georgian pair of Anna Blinkova and Natela Dzalamidze on Court 1 at the SDAT Stadium when a forehand from the Georgian hit Bouchard, who was standing close to the net, near the abdominal region.
She started walking back to Wickmayer near the baseline and hid her face with her left hand.
Soon, the physio was called on court before the chair umpire announced that Bouchard would not be able to continue due to an injury.
However, it wasn’t made clear whether she retired due to the ball that hit her or it was because of pain in her shoulder after a long singles match where the Canadian had to take a medical timeout at 1-4 down in the second set.
Blinkova and Dzalamidze will face the winner of the second semifinal between Gabriela Dabrowski-Luisa Stefani and Moyuka Uchijima-Peangtarn Plipuech pairs in the summit clash.
Retired
Eugenie Bouchard’s campaign at the WTA250 Chennai Open ended on a worrying note on Friday as the Canadian retired midway through her doubles semifinal due to an injury.
It was a very competitive match and while Bouchard was favoured in this one, the Argentine simply proved more sturdy.
Podoroska is a former French Open semi-finalist so she knows how to play tennis and she showed it here.
Bouchard actually took the opening set fairly easily smashing Podoroska 6-1 as the Argentine needed time to get warmed up.
Once she did it was a different story plus Bouchard dealt with some physical discomfort that required a medical timeout.
The Canadian still had decent chances in this one, especially on the second serve but wasted too many chances.
6-4 was the score for Podoroska in the second set with an early 3-0 lead for the Argentinian as well. The match was suspended for about an hour due to bad weather but it continued after that. The Argentine held her cool and finished off the match 6-2.
Not strong enough from the baseline from Bouchard in the end. Still, a quarterfinal and some valuable points were earned.
Eugenie Bouchard ranking
As of 28 February, Bouchard had dropped to 1459 in the WTA singles ranking. By May, she had dropped out of the rankings completely.
Singles
| Highest ranking | No. 5 (20 October 2014) |
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| Current ranking | No. 902 (12 September 2022) |
In June, Bouchard announced her comeback to the tour at the Wimbledon Championships for the first time since 2021 Monterrey Open.
After receiving entry through her protected ranking for Wimbledon, she decided to skip The Championships with no WTA rankings points to offer. She made her comeback at the Vancouver Open.
Doubles
| Highest ranking | No. 103 (12 August 2013) |
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| Current ranking | No. 953 (12 September 2022) |
At the US Open, Bouchard won her first match in the qualifying rounds against Japan’s Yuki Naito, but was knocked out in the second round by Czech player Linda Nosková, 6–2, 6–3.
In August, while rehabbing from shoulder surgery, Bouchard began working as a color commentator for The Tennis Channel.
Married
Eugenie Bouchard rang in the new year with her favorite person.
Taking to Instagram on Saturday, the Canadian tennis pro, 27, posted a photo of herself cozying up to boyfriend Mason Rudolph, the Steelers backup quarterback, 26.
“Obsessed w you,” Bouchard captioned the post, to which Rudolph replied, “Love You.”
First linked in October 2020, Bouchard and Rudolph continued to fuel dating buzz when the tennis player attended a Steelers game later that month. By February 2021, however, the couple made their romance public.
“My Valentine,” Rudolph posted on Instagram at the time.
In the photo, Rudolph — who was drafted by the Steelers 76th overall in 2018 — is seen wrapping an arm around a bikini-clad Bouchard at the beach. Bouchard posted a solo shot on her page, noting the pair enjoyed a “quick vday trip” to Mexico.