Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard has come a long way in just a couple of years. The Wimbledon 2012 junior singles champion has transitioned successfully in the senior’s circuit. She’s the only player on the WTA circuit this season to reach the semifinals or better in the first three Grand Slam events – semifinal finishes at Australian Open and Roland Garros and a runner-up finish to Petra Kvitova at Wimbledon. Her run at the All England Club propelled her ranking to a career-high number seven in the world. This is the highest ranking of a Canadian WTA player in history. The previous record was held by Carling Bassett-Seguso who went as high as number eight in the world.
“It’s definitely been one of my goals – when I made Top 20, in the back of my mind I was like, ‘Okay, the next step is Top 10,'” Bouchard said during the Wimbledon tournament. “And I’m happy to accomplish that, but there’s still a lot more to do for me. I still have a long road ahead of me to improve as a tennis player.
“If I do that well, hopefully the number will go up and the results will still come.”
Bouchard won her maiden titlat at Nurnberg prior to Roland Garros. After a busy couple of months, the Canadian tennis star is looking forward to some quality time with family and rest before embarking on a busy North American hardcourt season.
“I’m just excited to spend a little time off with my family back home. I’m going to spend a lot of time on my couch. That’s the first goal,” she said. “Besides that, I’m very excited about the Rogers Cup. It’s in Montréal once every two years, so the last time I played I just came off winning the Wimbledon juniors, which was good for me at the time, so it should be very exciting again this year.
“I don’t get to play in front my home crowd too often, so I hope people will come out and watch.”
