# Egor Gerasimov

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 No. 263 on 2 March 2015. He is the current No. 1 Belarusian player.

## Professional career
### 2014: ATP debut

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

### 2015-2018: ATP Challenger success

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.

### 2019-2020: Major debut and first win, Top 100, Maiden ATP final

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

### 2021: ATP semifinal

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.

### 2022-2024: Hiatus, back to Tour, top 300 and Masters level

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. 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.
In May 2024, he reached the final of the 2024 Wuxi Open in China but lost to Bu Yunchaokete. As a result he moved 45 positions up into the top 275 in the rankings on 20 May 2024. Ranked No. 304 at the 2024 Shanghai Masters, where as a qualifier, he entered the main draw of the tournament for the first time and only the second time in his career at a Masters-level since 2021, he lost to Taro Daniel.

## Singles performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 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 | NH | NH | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 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 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
| Career statistics ||||||||||||||||
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win% |
| Tournaments | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 53 | 53 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | | | 1 | 1 | 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 | 0–1 | 0 / 53 | 63–60 | 51% |
| Win% | 50% | 50% | 83% | 100% | 100% | 50% | 59% | 57% | 40% | 25% | 50% | | 51.72% | 51.72% | 51.72% |
| Year-end ranking | 253 | 268 | 188 | 297 | 149 | 157 | 98 | 78 | 113 | 282 | 366 | | $2,022,071 | $2,022,071 | $2,022,071 |

## ATP career finals
### Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* 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 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
### Singles (9–11)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–3)
* ITF Futures Tour (3–8)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (9–9)
* 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 |
| Loss | 9–11 | May 2024 | Wuxi, China | Challenger | Hard | Yunchaokete Bu | 4–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles (7–5)

* 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
### Wins over top 10 players

Gerasimov has a 1–5 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