Eugenie Bouchard celebrates birthday with twin sister for ‘first time in 8 years’ amid family tension

This birthday was one to remember for tennis pro Eugenie Bouchard.

Over the weekend, the Canadian athlete celebrated her 29th birthday in Tulum, Mexico, where she was joined by twin sister Beatrice — marking the first time the siblings got together for their special day in nearly a decade.

“Celebrating our bday together for the first time in 8 years,” Bouchard captioned the Instagram post.

Canadian tennis player Eugenie Bouchard (right) celebrated her 29th birthday with her twin sister, Beatrice (left).Instagram/Eugenie Bouchard

In the celebratory photo, Bouchard can be seen posing in a white bikini against a balloon-filled backdrop while Beatrice, a digital lifestyle creator, is seen rocking an animal-print one-piece beside her sister.

“[Heart] you,” Beatrice later commented to Bouchard.

Although the siblings have reunited in the past, Beatrice has been open about her previous estrangement from Bouchard following their parents’ divorce in their childhood years.

Eugenie Bouchard, here in July 2022, remarked on Instagram that she and Beatrice celebrated their birthdays together “for the first time in 8 years.”Instagram/Eugenie Bouchard Beatrice Bouchard, here in July 2022, is a digital creator.Instagram/Beatrice Bouchard

“We’re not a simple, happy, perfect family – actually far from it,” Beatrice said in 2021, according to Fox Sports.

In the wake of the separation, Bouchard lived with their mother, Julie, while Beatrice opted to stay with their father, Michel.

“Genie was with my mom pretty much her whole life. My dad was with me, [siblings] Charlotte and Will. We were very separated and it created a lot of tension between my mom and me, between Charlotte and Will, and my dad and Genie,” Beatrice said, adding, how she considered Bouchard “almost a stranger.”

Beatrice Bouchard opened up about her distant relationship with sister Eugenie in 2021.Instagram/Beatrice Bouchard Eugenie Bouchard competes in October 2022.Getty Images

“It’s still to this day not perfect at all. I’ve seen Genie twice a year since I was 10. I know some people at the grocery store better than I know her. It’s crazy, it’s like she’s almost a stranger,” she said.

When Bouchard and Beatrice reunited for Coachella last spring, they channeled an animated sisterly duo.

Eugenie and Beatrice Bouchard reunited for Coachella in the spring of 2022.Instagram/Beatrice Bouchard

“It’s giving Powerpuff girls,” Beatrice remarked on Instagram of hers and Bouchard’s colorful ensembles.

Bouchard, coming off of shoulder surgery in 2021, competed in the Australian Open qualifiers last month, when she fell to Ashlyn Krueger of the U.S., 6-3, 6-1, 6-4.