MONTREAL – Ginny Bouchard, who reached the Wimbledon Finals and two other Grand Slam semi-finals in 2014, has retired from tennis.
The Canadian will end her career before playing at Montreal’s National Bank Open later this month, Tennis Canada said Wednesday.
The organization said 31-year-old Bouchard will be given a wild card to the tournament in his hometown.
“We’ll know when the time comes,” Bouchard posts on social media, playing photos of herself. “For me, it’s now. Let’s finish where it all began: Montreal.”
You will know that it is time. For me, it’s now.
It all ends where it all began: Montreal ❤️ pic.twitter.com/nxqkqxdght
– Ginny Bouchard (@genieabouthard) July 16, 2025
Bouchard reached number five in the WTA rankings and won her only single title in 2014. She lost to Petra Kvitova in the Wimbledon final and reached the semi-finals that year at the Australian Open and French Open.
She returned to the Australian quarterfinals in 2015, but her career was never the same after she suffered a concussion that was forced to slip on the floor of the US Open wet locker room later that year and retreated before a four-round match. She sued the American Tennis Association and the ju-degree found that the organization was 75% negligence and she was 25% liable.
Bouchard helped Canada win the only Billy Junking Cup title in 2023, but mostly switched to pickleball and played only one tennis match on the tour this season. She has a career single record of 299-230.
“She was one of the most important figures in the history of Canadian sports and a pioneer in redefineing what Canada’s tennis is,” said Valerie Tetlan, director of open tournaments at the National Bank. “We are proud of everything she has done as a player and role model. We can’t wait for her to start the action this summer at IGA Stadium.”
