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. 2 Belarusian player.

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

In May 2017 Gerasimov won the Karshi Challenger defeating Yuki Bhambri in the semifinals and Cem İlkel in the final.

In July 2018, Gerasimov recorded his first ATP match victory on the hardcourts 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.

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.

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.

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.