Genie Bouchard
At a glance
- Tour
- PPA
- Age
- 32
- Handedness
- right
- Hometown
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Slams won
- 0
- Singles rank
- #6
- Doubles rank
- Unranked
- Mixed rank
- Unranked
- Paddle sponsor
- Proton Sports
Genie Bouchard is the highest-ranked women's tennis player ever to switch to pro pickleball. She reached WTA #5 in singles and was the 2014 Wimbledon women's singles finalist — the first Canadian-born player to reach a Slam singles final.
Career
Bouchard's tennis peak in 2013–2014 included semifinals at the Australian Open and the French Open and the Wimbledon final. She officially retired from pro tennis at the 2024 National Bank Open in Montreal, having signed with the PPA Tour in 2023 for a full-time pickleball transition starting in 2024.
She plays Proton Sports paddles. Currently World #6 in women's singles.
Playing style
Right-handed, two-handed backhand. Tennis baseline groundstrokes with the depth and pace any pro on the WTA carries — she's still working on the kitchen-line touch game that doesn't translate from tennis. Has noted publicly that the dink rally and the third-shot drop required the most adjustment.
Off-court
Active on the celebrity-pickleball circuit and one of the most cross-platform-followed athletes in the sport. Lives between Florida and Montreal.