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Yegor Alekseyevich Gerasimov () or Yahor Alyakseyevich Herasimaŭ (; born 11 November 1992 in
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) is a Belarusian professional
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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
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, where he received entry to the main draw as a wildcard entrant.


2017-2018: ATP Challenger success

In May 2017 Gerasimov won the Karshi Challenger defeating
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in the semifinals and Cem İlkel in the final. In July 2018, Gerasimov recorded his first ATP match victory on the hardcourts of
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, defeating
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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
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. 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
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. He defeated wildcard, former world No. 1
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in straight sets,
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and
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before losing to eventual champion
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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
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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
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.


Singles performance timelines

''Current through the 2024 Rolex Shanghai Masters.''


ATP career finals


Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)


ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals


Singles (9–11)


Doubles (7–5)


Record against other players


Wins over top 10 players

Gerasimov has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10. :''* ''


References


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gerasimov, Egor 1992 births Living people Belarusian male tennis players Tennis players from Minsk Olympic tennis players for Belarus Tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Belarusian sportsmen