Bjorklund becomes first Swede in five years to win a W100 title
Mirjam Bjorklund claimed the biggest title of her career – and first on grass – after triumphing on the ITF World Tennis Tour at W100 Ilkley.
The 24-year-old Swede defeated Emma Navarro 6-4 7-5 in the final to secure her 10th ITF singles title and first above W25 level.
“It’s been an amazing week - I’m super happy with the win,” said Bjorklund, who dropped just seven games en route to the semi-finals and then fought past 2022 champion Dalma Galfi to set up a shot at the title in West-Yorkshire.
Bjorklund becomes the fourth Swedish player to win a W100 title on the ITF World Tennis Tour and the first in over five years – since Rebecca Peterson won W100 Cagnes-Sur-Mer in May 2018.
Johanna Larsson also collected two W100 tiles (in 2012 and 2017), while Sofia Arvidsson was the first to achieve the feat at W100 Poitiers in 2010.
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Bjorklund, whose last tournament triumph came 14 months ago on clay at W25 Orlando, rocketed 40 places in the WTA rankings on Monday as a result of her breakthrough triumph, climbing to No. 135 – just 12 spots off the career-high she achieved in June 2022.
Bjorklund heads to Roehampton this week, where she’ll hope to progress through the Wimbledon qualifying event for the second year in a row.
Last year, Bjorklund overcame Sara Errani, Storm Hunter and Maria Lourdes Carle to reach the main event, where she fell to eventual runner-up Ons Jabeur in the first round.