Eugenie Bouchard was hilariously outplayed by a young fan during a light-hearted on-court tennis session, months after officially retiring from the sport. The Canadian has since shifted her focus to a professional career in pickleball.

Eugenie Bouchard enjoyed a memorable tennis career, becoming the first Canadian to reach a Grand Slam final at Wimbledon in 2014. That same year, she was honored as the WTA’s Most Improved Player after also reaching semifinal runs at the Australian Open and Roland Garros. Although the 31-year-old struggled to replicate those breakthroughs in the years that followed, she continued to compete on tour until her final match at the 2025 Canadian Open, played in front of her home crowd.

Now a professional pickleball player, Bouchard still makes regular appearances on the tennis court. In a recent video, she was seen hitting with a six-year-old prodigy — and getting a genuine run for her money, even dropping a few points during a heartwarming rally. (via Instagram: @littlemissforehand)

Bouchard, following in the footsteps of former tennis pros Jack Sock and Sam Querrey, recently competed at the Rate Vegas Cup, where she advanced to the final to face pickleball World No. 1 Anna Leigh Waters. However, she ultimately fell to Waters, 11–5, 11–5.

Eugenie Bouchard once revealed the real reason behind her retirement

Bouchard made history in tennis as the first Canadian to achieve several major milestones, inspiring a new generation of players from her country. Her career spanned more than a decade, leaving a lasting impact on Canadian tennis. Earlier this year, when she chose to bring her tennis journey to an end, the 31-year-old explained that she had experienced everything she set out to achieve, and continuing any further no longer felt meaningful.

“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. I feel like I kind of did the whole spectrum of positive, negative, good results, bad results, and I guess that’s what life is too, right? So tennis was a little kind of sample of what real life is,” she said. (via WTA Tennis)

Eugenie Bouchard reached a career-high ranking of World No. 5 in 2014, becoming the first Canadian woman to achieve this milestone. She also appeared in Forbes’ list of the World’s Highest-Paid Female Athletes in both 2017 and 2018, ranking among the top 10 in each of those years.