Mirjam Björklund

Mirjam Björklund (born 29 July 1998) is a Swedish 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, achieved on 31 January 2022. Björklund has won one doubles WTA Challenger title as well as nine singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

Mirjam Björklund
Björklund at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Born (1998-07-29) 29 July 1998
Stockholm
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Turned pro2017
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$435,695
Official websitemirjambjorklund.com
Singles
Career record194–121 (61.6%)
Career titles9 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 123 (20 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 133 (3 April 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2022)
French Open1R (2022)
Wimbledon1R (2022)
US OpenQ2 (2022)
Doubles
Career record44–38 (53.7%)
Career titles1 WTA Challenger, 2 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 281 (31 January 2022)
Current rankingNo. 703 (3 April 2023)
Last updated on: 5 April 2023.

Career

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 debut, where she was drawn to face fellow qualifier Donna Vekić.[1][2]

She qualified for her second major in a row at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships. 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, Jelena Ostapenko, in the second round.

Personal life

Björklund is dating Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov. She grew up in Sweden to Irish Catholic parents who emigrated to Sweden in the 1980's. She has two brothers and sisters.

Grand Slam singles 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, Fed Cup/Billie Jean King Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles

Current through to the 2023 Italian Open.

Tournament 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A Q3 Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Wimbledon A A A NH A 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
US Open A A A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0 / 2 0–2 0%
National representation
Billie Jean King Cup A Z1 Z1 A Z1 0 / 0 2–2 50%
WTA 1000 tournaments
Dubai / Qatar Open[lower-alpha 1] A A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Indian Wells Open A A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A NH Q1 Q1 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Madrid Open A A A NH A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A A NH A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wuhan Open A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
China Open A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 0 0 0 5 4 Career total: 10
Overall Win-loss 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–2 2–5 4–4 0 / 10 8–12 40%
Year-end ranking 613 419 320 313 207 153 $1,357,372

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)
Result    Date    Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Jul 2021 Båstad Open, Sweden Clay Switzerland Leonie Küng Slovakia Tereza Mihalíková
Russia Kamilla Rakhimova		 5–7, 6–3, [10–5]

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 13 (9 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Legend
$60,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (6–3)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Jul 2017 ITF Knokke, Belgium 15,000 Clay France Marie Témin 6–3, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Jul 2017 ITF Brussels, Belgium 15,000 Clay Mexico Ana Sofía Sánchez 6–3, 4–6, 1–6
Loss 1–2 May 2018 ITF Gothenburg, Sweden 15,000 Clay United States Raveena Kingsley 2–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Jul 2018 ITF Brussels, Belgium 15,000 Clay Germany Julyette Steur 7–5, 6–1
Win 3–2 Jan 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Kazakhstan Gozal Ainitdinova 6–2, 7–5
Win 4–2 Feb 2019 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Greece Despina Papamichail 1–6, 7–6(3), 6–3
Win 5–2 Mar 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Slovakia Chantal Škamlová 6–3, 6–2
Win 6–2 May 2019 ITF Pula, Italy 25,000 Clay Brazil Gabriela Cé 6–3, 7–6(3)
Win 7–2 Aug 2021 ITF Koksijde, Belgium 25,000 Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Dea Herdzelas 7–6(6), 6–3
Loss 7–3 Sep 2021 ITF Trieste, Italy 25,000 Clay Croatia Tara Würth 6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Win 8–3 Sep 2021 ITF Austin, United States 25,000 Hard United States Kayla Day 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 9–3 Apr 2022 ITF Orlando, United States 25,000 Clay Romania 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

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

Notes
  1. The first Premier 5 event of the year has switched back and forth between the Dubai Tennis Championships and the Qatar Open since 2009. Dubai was classified as a Premier 5 event from 2009–2011 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.

References
  1. "Vekic makes main draw as French Open qualifying wraps up".
  2. "Introducing the 2022 French Open's Grand Slam debutantes".
  3. "Bjorklund, Contreras Gomez battle through Wimbledon qualifying".
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