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Eugenie Bouchard named Tennis Canada's female player of the year
In women's tennis in Canada in 2014, there was Genie Bouchard. And there was everyone else.
So making the call for Tennis Canada's annual player award – women's division – probably didn't require any debate.
If there were a trophy, they would have had her name engraved on it in January.
The other award on the women's side went to Gloucester, Ont.'s Gabriela Dabrowski, her second straight "doubles player of the year award.
The requisite press-release quote, exclamation point and all, comes from Tennis Canada CEO Kelly Murumets:
“We are all just so proud of everything Eugenie has accomplished this year. She has really set the standard for tennis in this country and is inspiring so many people around Canada to follow the sport and pick up a racquet themselves. What’s even more impressive is her career is still in its infancy. She is such an impressive, focused, and poised young woman and I cannot wait to see what is in store for her next. A huge congratulations goes out to Eugenie on a fabulous 2014!”
The 20-year-old from Montreal went into 2014 ranked No. 32, an outsider – at best – to reach the final four at the Australian Open. That was the starting point for a stellar 2014 – especially the first half, which included another semi-final at the French Open and a final at Wimbledon."
There was no official press-release quote from Bouchard, who has kept a very low profile the last few weeks (even on social media) as she prepares for the 2015 season down in Florida, and searches for a new coach after parting ways with longtime mentor Nick Saviano.
Dabrowski, 22, won her first WTA Tour doubles title in Washington, D.C., and broke into the top-50 in the doubles rankings at No. 50. She also won her first professional event in singles at the $50,000 ITF tournament in Toronto in October.
Bouchard also won the player of the year award in 2013. The now-retired Rebecca Marino won it 2010 and 2011, and the now-retired Stéphanie Dubois in 2007. Veteran Aleksandra Wozniak won it every single other year since her first award in 2004.
The male player of the year award will be up next. And that one's a slam-dunk as well.
The fascinating one will be the male doubles player of the year award. Will they give it to 42-year-old Daniel Nestor for his season, his body of work (and so as not to diss him?) Or will Vasek Pospisil, who won the Wimbledon doubles title, get the nod?
