Mirjam Björklund

Player

Birthday July 29, 1998

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Stockholm

Age 25 years old

Nationality Sweden

Height 1.70 m

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1932

She was beaten in the first round by 32nd seed Elise Mertens in a third set tiebreaker.

1998

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, achieved on 31 January 2022.

Björklund has won one doubles WTA Challenger title as well as ten singles titles and two doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit.

2017

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.

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.

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 grand slam at the 2023 US Open.

2019

Björklund started going out with Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov in June 2019.

In July 2023, they announced their engagement.

She has one sister.

Björklund is of Spanish descent through her mother.

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.

Current through the 2023 China Open.