Little did she (or her legions of fans) know, but it would be more than four years before she would do battle for another singles trophy again. In March, she reached the final of another tournament – the Malaysian Open – but lost again despite winning the first set. It was her first final since 2014, and she was obliterated 6-1 6-2 by Frenchwoman Alize Cornet. In January, she reached the final of an Australian Open lead-up in Hobart. The next year was a story of inconsistency: a couple of decent matches would push her into the second or third round of a major, only for her form to fall apart. Meanwhile, her struggles on the court would continue – and worsen. She withdrew from the tournament.īouchard would play just one more match in 2015, when she was forced to retire in the first round of the China Open due to dizziness.įor two-and-a-half years, she would fight the US Tennis Association for compensation over the incident. The confidence and spark that she had finally rediscovered was cruelly snatched away in the blink of an eye. Bouchard slipped and fell on the wet floor of a dimly-lit trainers’ room, hitting her head and suffering a concussion. She surged into the fourth round, and picked up wins in the mixed doubles and women’s doubles.įinally it seemed like her year from hell was at an end. Her new coach Sam Sumyk (previously having guided Victoria Azarenka to Grand Slam glory) lasted just six months before the axe fell.Īnd so Bouchard arrived at Flushing Meadows, New York having lost 15 of her last 17 matches and desperate to make something of a disappointing year. Just as quickly as she had surged to the top, she was out of the top 20 and struggling for form. At the French Open and Wimbledon, she didn’t even make it out of the first round.
She made the quarters at the Australian Open, but struggled at key tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami.
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She cracked the top five, lost another big final to Kvitova, notched more lucrative endorsement deals – including with Coca-Cola – and looked set to compete at the elite level for years to come.Ģ015 saw things fall apart. The moment overawed her, and she slumped to a comprehensive 6-3 6-0 defeat to Petra Kvitova.īut Bouchard had well and truly announced herself on the world stage. From 150th in the world to a Wimbledon final in 18 months. Then, on the hallowed turf courts of the All England Club, Bouchard became the first-ever Canadian to reach a Grand Slam singles final. She crushed eighth seed Angelique Kerber at Roland Garros on the way to another semi-final. She reached the semi-finals at the Australian Open –in her first main draw appearance at the event – claimed her first-ever WTA title in a French Open warm-up. The Genie was out of the bottle, so to speak. She was named the WTA newcomer of the year, bagged a big endorsement deal with Nike. She claimed two wins over top 10 players, and another against former world no.1 Ana Ivanovic on Wimbledon’s centre court. She reached her first singles and doubles finals at the WTA level.
The Canadian reached the second round at two Grand Slams and the third at another – each of those coming in just her first appearance at each event.
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