Mirjam Björklund
![]() Björklund at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships | |
Country (sports) | ![]() |
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Residence | Stockholm, Sweden |
Born | Stockholm | 29 July 1998
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Turned pro | 2017 |
Plays | Right (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | US$ 605,980 |
Official website | mirjambjorklund.com |
Singles | |
Career record | 208–131 |
Career titles | 10 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 123 (20 June 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 205 (18 March 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2022) |
French Open | 1R (2022) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
US Open | 1R (2023) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 45–38 |
Career titles | 1 WTA Challenger, 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 281 (31 January 2022) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 3–3 |
Last updated on: 18 March 2024. |
Mirjam Björklund (born 29 July 1998) is a Swedish professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of 123 by the WTA, achieved on 20 June 2022. She also has a best doubles ranking of world No. 281, which she reached on 31 January 2022. Björklund has won one doubles WTA Challenger title as well as ten titles in singles and two in doubles on the ITF Women's Circuit.
Career
[edit]Björklund made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Swedish Open, where she played Kateryna Kozlova in the first round.
At the 2022 French Open, she qualified to make her major tournament debut, and was drawn to face fellow qualifier Donna Vekić.[1][2]
She qualified for her second major in a row at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships where she faced world No. 2, Ons Jabeur, in the first round.[3]
She qualified for her first WTA 1000 tournament at the 2023 Miami Open, as an unseeded player in the qualifying draw, deafeating two seeded players in a row. She was drawn to face Italian world No. 71, Jasmine Paolini, in the first round and defeated her, after dropping the first set. She was defeated by world No. 22 and 2017 French Open champion, Jeļena Ostapenko, in the second round.
She qualified for her third major tournament at the 2023 US Open, and was beaten in the first round by 32nd seed, Elise Mertens, in a third set tiebreaker.
Personal life
[edit]Björklund started going out with Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov in June 2019. In July 2023, they announced their engagement.[4] She has one sister. Björklund is of Spanish descent through her mother.[5]
Performance timeline
[edit]W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles
[edit]Current through the 2023 China Open.
Tournament | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | Q2 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q3 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | Q1 | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
US Open | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
National representation | |||||||||||
Billie Jean King Cup[a] | A | Z1 | POZ1 | Z1[b] | A | A | 0 / 0 | 2–2 | 50% | ||
WTA 1000 tournaments | |||||||||||
Dubai / Qatar Open[c] | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Indian Wells Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Miami Open | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | Q1 | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% |
Madrid Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | NH | A | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Cincinnati Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Guadalajara Open | NH | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||
China Open | A | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
Wuhan Open | A | A | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | 50% | |
Career statistics | |||||||||||
2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% | |
Tournaments | 1 | 0 | 0[d] | 0 | 0[d] | 5 | 5 | Career total: 11 | |||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Career total: 0 | |||
Overall Win-loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–5 | 4–5 | 0 / 11 | 8–13 | 38% | |
Year-end ranking | 613 | 419 | 320 | 313 | 207 | 153 | 163 | $605,980 |
WTA 125 finals
[edit]Doubles: 1 (title)
[edit]Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | Jul 2021 | Swedish Open, Sweden | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–3, [10–5] |
ITF Circuit finals
[edit]Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner–ups)
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Jul 2017 | ITF Knokke, Belgium | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jul 2017 | ITF Brussels, Belgium | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 1–2 | May 2018 | ITF Gothenburg, Sweden | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2018 | ITF Brussels, Belgium | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 3–2 | Jan 2019 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 4–2 | Feb 2019 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 15,000 | Hard | ![]() |
1–6, 7–6(3), 6–3 |
Win | 5–2 | Mar 2019 | ITF Tabarka, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 6–2 | May 2019 | ITF Pula, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 7–6(3) |
Win | 7–2 | Aug 2021 | ITF Koksijde, Belgium | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
7–6(6), 6–3 |
Loss | 7–3 | Sep 2021 | ITF Trieste, Italy | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 8–3 | Sep 2021 | ITF Austin, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 9–3 | Apr 2022 | ITF Orlando Pro, United States | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–4 | Aug 2022 | Bronx Open, United States | 60,000 | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 3–6 |
Win | 10–4 | Jun 2023 | Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom | 100,000 | Grass | ![]() |
6–4, 7–5 |
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
[edit]Legend |
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$60,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10/15,000 tournaments |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2016 | ITF Stockholm, Sweden | 10,000 | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2017 | ITF Hammamet, Tunisia | 15,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Loss | 1–2 | Aug 2018 | ITF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain | 25,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(6), 1–6 |
Loss | 1–3 | Aug 2021 | Reinert Open, Germany | 60,000 | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [4–10] |
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2021 | ITF Redding, United States | 25,000 | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [10–3] |
Notes
[edit]- ^ Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.
- ^ Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.
- ^ The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Ladies Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009 to 2011 before being succeeded by Doha for the 2012–2014 period. In 2015, Dubai regained its Premier 5 status while Doha was demoted to Premier status. The Premier 5 tournaments were reclassified as WTA 1000 tournaments in 2021.
- ^ a b During the season, she did not play in the main draw of any tour-level tournaments. However, she played at the Billie Jean King Cup, which is not counted as a played tournament but matches counted.
References
[edit]- ^ "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up".
- ^ "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
- ^ "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying".
- ^ "It's Love! Pro Tennis Couple Dennis Shapovalov and Mirjam Bjorklund Are Engaged". Peoplemag.
- ^ "Maria Capistrano, madre de Mirjam Bjorklund: "Le gustaría lograr algo grande para el tenis femenino de Suecia"". April 5, 2023.