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Mirjam Björklund
	Björklund at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Stockholm, Sweden
Born	29 July 1998 (age 26); Stockholm
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro	2017
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 658,087
Official website	mirjambjorklund.com
Singles
Career record	213–139
Career titles	10 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 123 (20 June 2022)
Current ranking	No. 747 (21 October 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2022)
French Open	1R (2022)
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
US Open	1R (2023)
Doubles
Career record	45–39
Career titles	1 WTA Challenger, 2 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 281 (31 January 2022)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	3–3
	Last updated on: 21 October 2024.

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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

Björklund made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2017 Swedish Open, where she played Kateryna Kozlova in the first round.^{[citation needed]}

At the 2022 French Open, she qualified to make her major tournament debut^[1]^[2] but lost to fellow qualifier Donna Vekić in the first round.^[3]

Björklund qualified for her second major in a row at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships^[4] where she faced world No. 2 Ons Jabeur in the first round.^[5]

She qualified for her first WTA 1000 tournament at the 2023 Miami Open, defeating world No. 71 Jasmine Paolini in the first round,^[6] before losing to world No. 22 Jeļena Ostapenko in the second round.^[7]

Björklund won the biggest title of her career to date, and first on grass, at the 2023 W100 Ilkley Trophy, defeating top seed Emma Navarro in the final.^[8]

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.^[9]

Given a wildcard entry into the 2024 Swedish Open, Björklund lost in the first round to Darja Semeņistaja in straight sets.^[10]

Personal life

Björklund started going out with Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov in June 2019. In July 2023, they announced their engagement.^[11] She has one sister. Björklund is of Spanish descent through her mother.^[12]

Performance timeline

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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

Current through the 2024 Wuhan Open.

Tournament	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L	Win%
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	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Guadalajara Open	NH					A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
China Open	A	A	A	NH			A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wuhan Open	A	A	A	NH				A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	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

Doubles: 1 (title)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Jul 2021	Swedish Open, Sweden	Clay	Leonie Küng	Tereza Mihalíková Kamilla Rakhimova	5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (6–3)
Grass (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2017	ITF Knokke, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Marie Témin	6–3, 6–4
Loss	1–1	Jul 2017	ITF Brussels, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Ana Sofía Sánchez	6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–2	May 2018	ITF Gothenburg, Sweden	15,000	Clay	Raveena Kingsley	2–6, 4–6
Win	2–2	Jul 2018	ITF Brussels, Belgium	15,000	Clay	Julyette Steur	7–5, 6–1
Win	3–2	Jan 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Gozal Ainitdinova	6–2, 7–5
Win	4–2	Feb 2019	ITF Monastir, Tunisia	15,000	Hard	Despina Papamichail	1–6, 7–6⁽³⁾, 6–3
Win	5–2	Mar 2019	ITF Tabarka, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Chantal Škamlová	6–3, 6–2
Win	6–2	May 2019	ITF Pula, Italy	25,000	Clay	Gabriela Cé	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Win	7–2	Aug 2021	ITF Koksijde, Belgium	25,000	Clay	Dea Herdzelas	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–3
Loss	7–3	Sep 2021	ITF Trieste, Italy	25,000	Clay	Tara Würth	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win	8–3	Sep 2021	ITF Austin, United States	25,000	Hard	Kayla Day	2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win	9–3	Apr 2022	ITF Orlando Pro, United States	25,000	Clay	Alexandra Cadanțu-Ignatik	6–3, 6–4
Loss	9–4	Aug 2022	Bronx Open, United States	60,000	Hard	Kamilla Rakhimova	2–6, 3–6
Win	10–4	Jun 2023	Ilkley Trophy, United Kingdom	100,000	Grass	Emma Navarro	6–4, 7–5

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)

Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2016	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	10,000	Hard (i)	Brenda Njuki	Laura-Ioana Andrei Anna Klasen	2–6, 2–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2017	ITF Hammamet, Tunisia	15,000	Clay	Lexie Stevens	Beatrice Lombardo Gaia Squarcialupi	6–3, 6–0
Loss	1–2	Aug 2018	ITF Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain	25,000	Clay	Emily Arbuthnott	Quirine Lemoine Eva Wacanno	6–7⁽⁶⁾, 1–6
Loss	1–3	Aug 2021	Reinert Open, Germany	60,000	Clay	Jaimee Fourlis	Anna Danilina Valeriya Strakhova	6–4, 5–7, [4–10]
Win	2–3	Oct 2021	ITF Redding, United States	25,000	Hard	Katie Swan	Dalila Jakupović Lu Jiajing	6–3, 1–6, [10–3]

Notes

^ 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

^ "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Teen freak's ominous start as contender crashes, Aussie qualifier wins stunner: French Open wrap". Fox Sports. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying". Women's Tennis Association.
^ "Jabeur storms past Bjorklund in Wimbledon opener". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Miami: Bjorklund upsets Paolini to post first WTA 1000 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Miami Open: Jelena Ostapenko powers through to third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Bjorklund becomes first Swede in five years to win a W100 title". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "US Open: Mertens goes the distance against qualifier, to meet Collins next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "Nordea Open: Semenistaja books spot in last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
^ "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.

External links

Mirjam Björklund at the Women's Tennis Association
Mirjam Björklund at the International Tennis Federation
Mirjam Björklund at the Billie Jean King Cup

[BJKP-13] Formerly known as Fed Cup until 2020.

[BJKC2020_21-14] Edition is split into the two years due to COVID-19.

[DubaiDoha-15] 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.

[Zero_tournaments-16] 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.

[1] "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up". Women's Tennis Association.

[2] "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes". Women's Tennis Association.

[3] "Teen freak's ominous start as contender crashes, Aussie qualifier wins stunner: French Open wrap". Fox Sports. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[4] "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying". Women's Tennis Association.

[5] "Jabeur storms past Bjorklund in Wimbledon opener". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[6] "Miami: Bjorklund upsets Paolini to post first WTA 1000 win". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[7] "Miami Open: Jelena Ostapenko powers through to third round". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[8] "Bjorklund becomes first Swede in five years to win a W100 title". International Tennis Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[9] "US Open: Mertens goes the distance against qualifier, to meet Collins next". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[10] "Nordea Open: Semenistaja books spot in last 16". Tennis Majors. Retrieved 22 October 2024.

[11] "It's Love! Pro Tennis Couple Dennis Shapovalov and Mirjam Bjorklund Are Engaged". Peoplemag.

[12] "Maria Capistrano, madre de Mirjam Bjorklund: "Le gustaría lograr algo grande para el tenis femenino de Suecia"". April 5, 2023.

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