Yegor Alekseyevich Gerasimov (Russian: Егор Алексеевич Герасимов) or Yahor Alyakseyevich Herasimaŭ (Belarusian: Ягор Аляксеевіч Герасімаў; ; born 11 November 1992 in Minsk) is a Belarusian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 65, which he achieved on 24 February 2020. He also achieved a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 263 on 2 March 2015.

Yegor Gerasimov
Ягор Герасімаў
Gerasimov at the 2022 French Open
Country (sports) Belarus
ResidenceMinsk, Belarus
Born (1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 (age 31)
Minsk, Belarus
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2010
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS $2,031,155
Singles
Career record63–59 (51.6% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 65 (24 February 2020)
Current rankingNo. 336 (1 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2020, 2021)
French Open1R (2020, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open2R (2019, 2020)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games2R (2021)
Doubles
Career record2–7 (22.2% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 263 (2 March 2015)
Current rankingNo. 672 (8 April 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2021)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup19–8
Last updated on: 14 April 2024.

Professional career edit

2014: ATP debut edit

In 2014, Gerasimov made his ATP main draw debut in Shenzhen, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant.[1]

2015-2018: ATP Challenger success edit

In July 2018, Gerasimov recorded his first ATP match victory on the hard courts of Los Cabos, defeating Bernard Tomic 6-4 6–3. He also beat the experienced big server Sam Querrey before facing defeat against world No. 4 Juan Martín del Potro.[1]

2019-2020: Grand Slam debut and first win, Top 100 debut, Maiden ATP final edit

At the 2019 US Open, Gerasimov won his first Grand Slam match, defeating Lloyd Harris 7-5 7-6 7-6, having progressed through the qualifying rounds. His good form continued in St. Petersburg, where he advanced through qualifying to his first ATP semifinal. He finally lost a close match to world No. 4 and home favourite Daniil Medvedev in straight sets. This result catapulted Gerasimov into the top 100 at world No. 98 for the first time on 23 September 2019.[2]

He reached his maiden ATP final at the 2020 Maharashtra Open where he was defeated by Jiří Veselý.[1] Two weeks later, he reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 65 on 24 February 2020.

2021: ATP semifinal edit

Gerasimov made a strong start to the year, reaching the semifinals in Montpellier. He defeated wildcard, former world No. 1 Andy Murray in straight sets, Aljaž Bedene and Alejandro Davidovich Fokina before losing to eventual champion David Goffin in the semifinals.[1]

2022-2023: Hiatus and comeback edit

He entered the 2023 Australian Open, the 2023 French Open, the 2023 Wimbledon Championships and the 2023 US Open qualifying using protected ranking where he lost in all, in the first round.

He also entered the qualifying competitions at the 2023 Chengdu Open and at the 2023 Astana Open using protected ranking. At the latter he qualified for his first ATP main draw in 2023 and he also received a wildcard in doubles with Mikhail Kukushkin. He won his first ATP match for the season and since April 2022, defeating Bernabe Zapata Miralles and moved back a couple of positions shy of the top 500.[3] Next he reached the semifinals at the 2023 Shenzhen Longhua Open defeating Kazakh Beibit Zhukayev and moved more than 100 positions into the top 400. He also qualified for the next new tournament in China, the 2023 Shenzhen Luohu Challenger and defeated seventh seed Denis Yevseyev.

Singles performance timelines edit

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.

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A Q1 A Q2 A A Q1 2R 2R 1R Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A A A Q1 A Q1 Q1 1R 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Wimbledon A A A A Q1 Q1 Q1 NH 2R A Q1 0 / 1 1–1 50%
US Open A Q1 A Q1 Q2 Q2 2R 2R 1R A Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–4 0–1 0 / 9 5–9 36%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A Q2 NH 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Miami Masters A A A A A A Q1 NH A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo Masters A A A A A A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Masters A A A A A A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Italian Open A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canada Masters A A A A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A A A A A A A NH Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A A A Q2 A Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Career statistics
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win%
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 9 24 8 1 52
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
Overall win–loss 1–1 2–2 5–1 3–0 3–0 5–5 10–7 13–10 16–24 4–8 1–1 0 / 52 63–59 52%
Win% 50% 50% 83% 100% 100% 50% 59% 57% 40% 25% 50% 51.72%
Year-end ranking 253 268 188 297 149 157 98 78 113 282 366 $2,022,071

ATP career finals edit

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) edit

Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2020 Maharashtra Open, India 250 Series Hard   Jiří Veselý 6–7(2–7), 7–5, 3–6

Challenger and ITF finals edit

Singles (9–10) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (6–2)
ITF Futures Tour (3–8)
Titles by surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (0–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Mar 2012 Kazakhstan F1, Almaty Futures Hard (i)   Alexey Kedryuk 3–6, 6–1, 0–6
Loss 0-2 Apr 2012 Kazakhstan F2, Nur-Sultan Futures Hard (i)   Alexey Vatutin 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss 0-3 Jul 2012 Kazakhstan F6, Almaty Futures Hard   Illya Marchenko 4–6, 2–6
Win 1-3 Aug 2013 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Hard   Andrey Rublev 7–6(7–2), 4–6, 6–4
Win 2-3 Aug 2013 Belarus F3, Minsk Futures Hard   Stefan Seifert 6–3, 6–4
Loss 2-4 Dec 2013 Egypt F34, Sharm el Sheikh Futures Clay   Marc Giner Default
Loss 2-5 Jun 2014 Spain F15, Palma del Rio Futures Hard   Eduardo Struvay 4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2-6 Jul 2015 Turkey F27, Istanbul Futures Hard   Aleksandre Metreveli 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2-7 Aug 2015 Belarus F1, Minsk Futures Hard   Denys Molchanov 4–6, 5–7
Loss 2-8 Sep 2015 Russia F8, Vsevolozhsk Futures Clay   Mikhail Elgin 3–6, 3–6
Win 3-8 Nov 2015 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i)   Lukáš Lacko 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–5)
Loss 3-9 Feb 2016 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i)   Pierre-Hugues Herbert 3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 4-9 Apr 2017 Saint Brieuc, France Challenger Hard (i)   Tobias Kamke 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win 5-9 Apr 2017 Uzbekistan F1, Bukhara Futures Hard   Dmitry Popko 6–1, 7–5
Loss 5-10 Apr 2017 Uzbekistan F2, Qarshi Futures Hard   Sanjar Fayziev 6–7(4–7), 7–5, 6–7(5–7)
Win 6-10 May 2017 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Cem İlkel 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 7-10 Jul 2017 Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard   Mikhail Kukushkin 7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–4
Win 8-10 May 2018 Qarshi, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard   Sergey Betov 7–6(7–3), 2–0 Ret.
Win 9-10 Jul 2019 Recanati, Italy Challenger Hard   Roberto Marcora 6–2, 7–5

Doubles (7–5) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour
ITF Futures Tour
Titles by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (3–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 01. August 2011 Lithuania F1 Futures Futures Clay (O)   Nikolai Fidirko   Hans Podlipnik-Castillo
  Andrei Vasilevski
2–6, 2–6
Loss 02. November 2011 Kazakhstan F7 Futures Futures Hard (I)   Yaraslav Shyla   Vitaliy Kachanovskiy
  Sergei Krotiouk
6–7(1–7), 1–6
Win 03. March 2012 Kazakhstan F1 Futures Futures Hard (I)   Andrei Levine   Vitaliy Kachanovskiy
  Alexander Pavlioutchenkov
6–1, 6–2
Loss 04. June 2012 Poland F2 Futures Futures Clay   Dzmitry Zhyrmont   Guillermo Hormazábal
  Grzegorz Panfil
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [5–10]
Win 05. June 2012 Russia F9 Futures Futures Clay   Andrei Vasilevski   Ivan Nedelko
  Anton Zaitcev
6–4, 6–4
Loss 06. March 2013 Russia F2 Futures Futures Hard (i)   Andrei Vasilevski   Antal Van der Duim
  Boy Westerhof
6–7(8–10), 3–6
Loss 07. October 2013 Kazan Kremlin Cup, Russia Challenger Hard (i)   Dzmitry Zhyrmont   Radu Albot
  Farrukh Dustov
2–6, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Win 08. March 2014 Croatia F5 Futures Futures Clay   Dzmitry Zhyrmont   Dino Marcan
  Antonio Šančić
6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
Win 09. May 2014 Russia F3 Futures Futures Clay   Stanislav Vovk   Denis Matsukevich
  Andrey Rublev
2–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Win 10. February 2015 Delhi Open, India Challenger Hard   Alexander Kudryavtsev   Riccardo Ghedin
  Toshihide Matsui
6–7(5–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Win 11. August 2015 Belarus F1 Futures Futures Hard   Ilya Ivashka   Artur Dubinski
  Volodymyr Uzhylovskyi
6–3, 6–4
Win 12. August 2015 Belarus F2 Futures Futures Hard   Ilya Ivashka   Daniil Medvedev
  Zhang Zhizhen
6–1, 6–3

Record against other players edit

Record against top 10 players edit

  • Gerasimov's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold (ATP World Tour, Grand Slam and Davis Cup main draw matches).
* As of 23 August 2021

Wins over top 10 players edit

Gerasimov has a 1–5 (16.7%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

Season 2020 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score EGR
2020
1.   David Goffin 10 Marseille, France Hard 2R 6–4, 7–6(7–5) 72
* As of 7 March 2021

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d "Player Activity". Retrieved 7 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Egor Gerasimov | Rankings History | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2023-10-27.
  3. ^ "ATP roundup: Adrian Mannarino wins Astana opener". Reuters. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2023-10-27.

External links edit