Eugenie Bouchard opens up on her retirement from Tennis and focus on Pickleball

Overview

• Eugenie Bouchard's last tournament in Tennis will be the Montreal Open 2025
• The Canadian has shifted her focus to Pickleball and could pursue a career in it
• Bouchard felt putting in efforts wasn't worth it anymore 

Eugenie Bouchard will play her last Tennis tournament at the Montreal Open 2025, as confirmed by her in a social media post. The star player has shifted her focus from Tennis to Pickleball, in which she is likely to pursue a career. The 31-year-old claimed she realized it was time for her to put an end to her Tennis career.

"You’ll know when it's time. For me, it's now. Ending where it all started: Montreal," wrote Bouchard in her Instagram to announce her Tennis retirement. In a recent interview with WTA Tennis, the star player claimed she could not be fully dedicated and sacrifice her time to be at her best to perform on a Tennis court.

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"It just takes so much dedication, sacrifice, and dedicating your entire life to have a chance to make it. That’s something I have done my whole life thus far. For me, at a certain point, that’s just not worth it anymore," said Bouchard in the interview. 

"I didn’t like Pickleball at first because I was losing," - Eugenie Bouchard

In an interview with AP News, Bouchard had opened up on her switch from Tennis to Pickleball. The Canadian claimed that knowing Tennis helped her to learn Pickleball despite not liking it initially. She claimed to have slowly started to like the sport by finding her footing.

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"I'm on center court, not because of my skill level in pickleball but because of what I achieved in tennis and what I’m bringing over from tennis to the pickleball world. I didn’t like it at first because I was losing, and I felt uncomfortable and awkward on the pickleball court. It was like, 'Put me on the last court so no one sees the train wreck that’s about to happen.' But I’ve slowly found my footing," said Bouchard with AP News.