Eugenie Bouchard takes break from tennis, what this means for 2019

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from upcoming tournaments in an effort to get healthy and take a break.

Eugenie Bouchard has reportedly stepped away from the tennis courts for the time being. According to a tennis.life posting, the 25-year-old Canadian is taking time to get healthy. Genie has shared social media photos like this one with her mother in Montreal, showing her spending more time with family. When will Bouchard be back to the 2019 WTA Tour?

This break from tennis is for an undetermined amount of time. We don’t know when Bouchard will be back. Currently, she steps away while sitting in the world number 76 position in women’s singles tennis. The clay court season is kicking off and Genie recently withdrew from action at the Monterrey Open.

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Bouchard also withdraws from play in Bogota, Colombia next week. She has not entered other upcoming clay tournaments either.

With all eyes looking toward the 2019 French Open, we now have to wonder whether or not Bouchard will be there.

Breaks like these are not unheard of. Players step away to recover, reestablish their approach to the WTA Tour or ATP Tour, spend time with family, and even just to not put pressure on themselves during certain times of the year.

While Bouchard did reach the semifinals at the 2014 French Open, her best performance at a major tournament came on grass at Wimbledon that same year. We could easily see Bouchard back and playing tournaments with plenty of time leading up to Wimbledon.

As the young Canadian steps away from the action, the WTA Tour is in full swing with several unexpected or sleeper players making headlines right now. Along with them, other top women’s singles players such as Simona Halep are looking to take full advantage of their strengths on clay. Halep, the defending French Open champion, is gearing up for a big push in the coming weeks and months. She could once again top the WTA rankings in women’s singles.

So what comes next for Eugenie Bouchard? Your guess is as good as ours. We can almost be certain though that Genie will continue to share what she’s up to via social media. Take a look at some previous outings she shared via Instagram here and keep an eye out for her next move on the WTA Tour.