Mirjam Björklund

Mirjam Shapovalova, maiden name Björklund (born 29 July 1998) is a Swedish former professional tennis player. She has a career-high singles ranking of world No. 123 by the WTA, achieved on 20 June 2022. She also has a best doubles ranking of No. 281, 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.

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

Björklund 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, defeating world No. 71 Jasmine Paolini in the first round, before losing to world No. 22 Jeļena Ostapenko 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 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, 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.

Shapovalova announced her retirement from professional tennis in September 2025 days after her wedding, citing the surgery to remove a cyst in her neck as the catalyst for that decision. Since retiring Shapovalova said she will work in tandem with her husband’s coaching team before venturing into another career.

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Personal life Björklund started dating Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov in June 2019. In July 2023, they announced their engagement. In September 2025 they were married in Greece. She started coaching him in February 2026 after his split with his coach Tillström.

Björklund changed her surname to Shapovalova after getting married.

Shapovalova has one sister and is of Spanish descent through her mother.

Performance timeline

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 2025 Australian Open.

WTA 125 finals Doubles: 1 (title) ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWinSwedish Open, SwedenClay Leonie Küng Tereza Mihalíková Kamilla Rakhimova5–7, 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 tournamentsFinals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (6–3)Grass (1–0)

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner–ups) Legend $60,000 tournaments $25,000 tournaments $10/15,000 tournaments