Mirjam Björklund (born 29 July 1998) is a Swedish professional
tennis
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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
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History
It serves as a developmenta ...
.
Career
Björklund made her
WTA Tour
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main-draw debut at the
2017 Swedish Open, where she played
Kateryna Kozlova
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in the first round.
At the
2022 French Open
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, she qualified to make her major tournament debut but lost to fellow qualifier
Donna Vekić
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in the first round.
Björklund qualified for her second major in a row at the
2022 Wimbledon Championships
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where she faced world No. 2
Ons Jabeur
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in the first round.
She qualified for her first
WTA 1000 tournament at the
2023 Miami Open, defeating world No. 71
Jasmine Paolini
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in the first round, before losing to world No. 22
Jeļena Ostapenko
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in the second round.
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
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in the final.
She qualified for her third major tournament at the
2023 US Open, and was beaten in the first round by 32nd seed,
Elise Mertens
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, in a third set tiebreaker.
Given a wildcard entry into the
2024 Swedish Open, Björklund lost in the first round to
Darja Semeņistaja in straight sets.
Personal life
Björklund started dating Canadian tennis player
Denis Shapovalov
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in June 2019. In July 2023, they announced their engagement. She has one sister. Björklund is of Spanish descent through her mother.
Performance timeline
''Only main-draw results in
WTA Tour
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,
Grand Slam tournaments,
Billie Jean King Cup,
United Cup,
Hopman Cup
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and
Olympic Games
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are included in win–loss records.''
Singles
''Current through the 2025 Australian Open.''
WTA 125 finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
ITF Circuit finals
Singles: 14 (10 titles, 4 runner–ups)
Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups)
Notes
References
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1998 births
Living people
Swedish female tennis players
Tennis players from Stockholm
21st-century Swedish sportswomen
Swedish people of Spanish descent