Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. Ymer has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, achieved on 16 October 2017. He is the current No. 1 Swedish singles player.
Personal info Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. He is the elder brother of tennis player Mikael Ymer.
From 2017 to 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling.
In the autumn of 2022 Ymer, together with ten other athletes, was accepted as a student at Harvard Business School's “Crossover into Business” program.
Career 2014: ATP debut Ymer made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Grigor Dimitrov. Ymer received a wildcard at the 2014 Swedish Open, defeating Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round before falling to João Sousa in the second round.
2015: Qualification at all Grand Slams on debut in one year
He qualified to the main of 2015 Australian Open after wins against Benoît Paire, Jan Mertl and Hyeon Chung. He lost in the first round against Go Soeda in five sets.
At the 2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Ymer defeated Thiemo de Bakker and Nick Kyrgios to reach the third round, where he lost to David Ferrer.
He qualified to the main draw of 2015 French Open after wins against Roberto Marcora, Blaž Rola and Roberto Carballés Baena. He lost in the first round against Lukáš Rosol in straight sets.
Ymer won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Città di Caltanissetta, beating American Bjorn Fratangelo in straight sets.
Ymer qualified to the main draw of 2015 Wimbledon Championships after wins against Thomas Fabbiano, Boy Westerhof and Guido Pella. He lost in the first round to 23rd seed Ivo Karlović in four sets.
Ymer qualified for all four Grand Slams in 2015 after coming through qualifying at the 2015 US Open. He lost in the first round to Diego Schwartzman. His finish made him the second man to progress to the main draw of all four majors through qualifying in one year, after Frank Dancevic in 2011.
2016–2017: Masters debut in singles, Maiden ATP title in doubles He won his maiden title with brother Ymer on home soil at the 2016 Stockholm Open.
2018: First Grand Slam match win Ymer secured a place in the main draw for the 2018 French Open winning three qualifying matches. There he won his first Grand Slam main draw match, beating Dudi Sela in straight sets.
2022–2024: First ATP semifinal and top-20 win In 2022, he defeated top seed and World No. 15 Aslan Karatsev in straight sets in second round of 2022 Maharashtra Open for his first top-20 win in his career to reach the quarterfinal, only his second since Gstaad in 2016. He went one step further reaching his maiden semifinal by defeating eight seed Stefano Travaglia. As a result he moved up 20 spots in the rankings back into the top 140 on 7 February 2022.
Ranked No. 170 at the 2023 Abierto Mexicano Telcel he reached the main draw as a lucky loser after the withdrawal of Cameron Norrie and defeated Adrian Mannarino to reach the second round. As a result he moved 20 positions up back to the top 150.
At the 2023 Stockholm Open he reached the quarterfinals as a wildcard defeating Roberto Bautista Agut and qualifier Dino Prizmic.
Ranked No. 206, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title) Legend Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0) ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–0) Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Stockholm Open, Sweden250 SeriesHard (i) Mikael Ymer Mate Pavić Michael Venus6–1, 6–1
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 17 (11–6) ATP Challengers (6–4) ITF Futures (5–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sweden F6, FalunFutures Hard (i) Adrien Bossel 2–6, 6–4, 1–6Win 1–1 Egypt F12, Sharm el SheikhFutures Clay Marko Tepavac 6–2, 6–3Win 2–1 Egypt F13, Sharm El SheikhFutures Clay Gleb Sakharov 7–5, 6–4Win 3–1 Sweden, BåstadFutures Clay Patrik Rosenholm 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)Win 4–1 Romania F3, BacăuFutures Clay José Hernández-Fernández 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5Win 5–1 Netherlands F2, AlkmaarFutures Clay Jorge Aguilar 6–1, 5–7, 6–2Win 6-1 Caltanissetta, ItalyChallenger Clay Bjorn Fratangelo 6–3, 6–2Win 7-1 Barletta, ItalyChallenger Clay Adam Pavlásek 7–5, 6–4Win 8-1 Cordenons, ItalyChallenger Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 6–2, 6–3Win 9-1 Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceChallenger Hard (i) Yannick Maden 7–5, 6–4Win 10-1 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Challenger Hard (i) Yannick Maden 6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win 11-1 Pune, IndiaChallenger Hard Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–2, 7–5Loss 11-2 Lyon, FranceChallenger Clay Corentin Moutet 4–6, 4–6Loss 11-3 Lyon, FranceChallenger Clay Pablo Cuevas 2–6, 2–6Loss 11-4 Parma, ItalyChallenger Clay Borna Ćorić 6-7(4-7), 0-6Loss11–5Open de Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Jaime Faria6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6Loss11–6Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Kyrian Jacquet6–7(1–7), 4–6Loss11–7Kobe, JapanChallengerHard (i) Yosuke Watanuki6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Doubles: 1 (0–1) ATP Challengers (0–1)ITF Futures (0–0) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Tampere, FinlandChallenger Clay Anton Zaitcev Ruben Gonzales Sean Thornley 7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12), [8–10]
Performance timelines
Singles Current through the 2026 Australian Open.
Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 SR W–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1RQ1Q11RAA1RQ3Q2Q1A1R0 / 40–4French OpenAA1RQ2Q22RQ1Q2Q1Q11RQ1AQ10 / 31–3WimbledonAA1RAQ2Q1Q1NHQ11RQ21RA0 / 30–3US OpenAA1RAAQ1Q1AQ1Q1Q1Q1Q10 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–40–00–01–20-00–00–10–10–10–10–00–10 / 111–11National representationDavis CupZ1Z1Z1Z1Z2Z1QRQFRRRRG1A0 / 318–18ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells OpenAAAA1RA1RNHAQ1Q1Q1A0 / 20–2Miami OpenAQ1Q21RQ1Q2Q1NHAQ2Q1Q1A0 / 10–1Monte-Carlo MastersAAQ2AAAQ2NHAAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAAAAANHAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Italian OpenAAAAAAAQ1AAQ2AA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAAAQ2ANHAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–10–00–10–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 30–3Career statisticsTournaments128757507794264Overall win–loss1–22–54–92–94–55–91–70–15–812–85–123–51–245–82Year-end ranking769228136160144115176205170127155327
Doubles 201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025W–LCareer statisticsTournaments10124202300116Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 01 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 01 / 1Overall win–loss0–10–04–02–21–40–20–02–22–50–10–00–111–18Year-end ranking7056632524483853684173958281347–
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