Bouchard named WTA Newcomer of the Year

Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal. Frank Gunn/CP

Eugenie Bouchard’s big 2013 got a little bigger on Wednesday as the 19-year-old Montreal native has been named WTA Newcomer of the Year.

Bouchard began 2013 ranked no. 144 but will finish it more than 100 places higher at no. 32, making her the WTA’s highest ranked teenager. Her best result was reaching her first WTA final in Osaka where she fell in three sets to Samantha Stosur. She also posted four wins over Top 15 players.

She beat out Madison Keys and Monica Puig for the award, voted on by members of the media.

Bouchard is the first Canadian since Carling Bassett in 1983 win the award. Milos Raonic won the ATP’s Newcomer of the Year award in 2011.

Former winners of the WTA award include Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Maria Sharapova, and Martina Hingis.

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