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Former Wimbledon finalist Bouchard to retire from tennis
Former Wimbledon runner-up Eugenie Bouchard has announced she will retire from tennis after participating at the Canadian Open in her hometown of Montreal.
Bouchard burst onto the scene in 2014, reaching the Australian Open semi-finals as a 19-year-old then repeating the feat at the French Open five months later.
But her best grand slam performance came at the All England Club, as she eliminated future champions Angelique Kerber and Simona Halep en route to the final that same year.
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She was beaten 6-3 6-0 by Petra Kvitova, who captured her second Wimbledon title in the space of three years.
Bouchard also reached the quarter-finals of the following year's Australian Open, but that was the last time she made it beyond the fourth round at a grand slam.
Bouchard suffered a concussion after slipping on a wet locker room floor at the 2015 US Open, later suing the US Tennis Association and reaching a settlement in 2018.
The Canadian has not appeared in the main draw at a major since the 2020 French Open, going out in qualifying on three occasions in 2023, before her appearances on the WTA Tour became more sporadic and she took up pickleball.
Bouchard, who was born and raised in Montreal, has accepted a wildcard for the WTA 1000 tournament, which begins on July 27. It will be her 15th appearance at the event.
The 31-year-old wrote on Instagram: "You'll know when it's time. For me, it's now. Ending where it all started: Montreal."
Coco Gauff will be the top seed at the Canadian Open, with world number one Aryna Sabalenka withdrawing due to fatigue.
Sabalenka, who was runner-up at both the Australian Open and Roland-Garros this year before exiting Wimbledon at the semi-final stage, has spent 92 hours and 24 minutes on court in 2025.
That is comfortably the longest time any player has spent playing women's singles at WTA Tour-level, with Emma Navarro second with 76 hours and 24 minutes.
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