By Chris Oddo | Monday, November 24, 2014
After reaching her first Grand Slam final and the the top five, Eugenie Bouchard had parted ways with her longtime coach Nick Saviano.
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The WTA’s most improved player and current world No. 7 Eugenie Bouchard is in search of a new coach.
Her longtime coach of eight years, Nick Saviano, announced today that he had parted ways with this year’s Wimbledon runner-up and Canada’s first ever singles Grand Slam finalist of either gender. Bouchard becomes the second breakout star to part ways with her coach after the season. Simona Halep, who finished the season at a career-high No. 3 in the world, recently split with her coach Wim Fissette.
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"Genie and I have decided that it is best for us to end our player-coach relationship and to move in different directions for 2015,” wrote Saviano in a statement. “Helping Genie grow from an ambitious 12-year-old to No. 5 in the world has been an exciting journey.”
After completing her first top 50 season in 2013, Bouchard broke out in a big way in 2014, reaching the semis or better in the year's first three majors, including a trip to the Wimbledon final.
But Bouchard faltered after Wimbledon, losing in her first match at Montreal to Shelby Rogers in front of a packed house. She ended up going 9-10 after Wimbledon and was swept out of round-robin play at this year’s WTA Championships after only managing 11 games in three matches.
"This past year traveling with Genie to all of the majors has been a wonderful experience with memories I will cherish for a lifetime,” Saviano wrote. “I have no doubt that Genie will accomplish great things. I wish her all the best.”