Eugenie Bouchard

Imagine hitting a fuzzy yellow ball over a net, trying to make it land where your opponent can't reach it! That's tennis, and Eugenie Bouchard, or Genie as her fans call her, was super good at it. She's a Canadian athlete who played professional tennis, which means she played for real and for prizes!

She even got to play in the finals of a super important tournament called Wimbledon. That's like being the best in the whole world at something!

Genie started playing tennis when she was a kid, just like you might play games. She was so good that she won the junior Wimbledon title when she was a teenager. That's like winning the biggest prize at the playground!

Then, she kept getting better and better. She became the first Canadian to reach the finals of a big singles tournament. She also reached the semi-finals of other huge tournaments, which is like getting to the last few rounds of a big competition.

Did you know Genie Bouchard became one of the top 5 tennis players in the whole world? That's like being one of the fastest runners in your entire school, but for tennis! She was so good that people called her the 'WTA Newcomer of the Year' and the 'WTA Most Improved Player'.

This means she was amazing when she started and got even better really fast. She even earned lots of money playing tennis, enough to be on a list of the highest-paid female athletes!

After being a fantastic tennis player, Genie decided to try a new sport called pickleball. It's a bit like tennis but played on a smaller court with a different kind of paddle and ball. She started playing professionally in 2024.

It's cool that she's still an athlete and trying new things. She retired from professional tennis after a big tournament in Canada, but her sports journey is still going strong!