Elias Ymer

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Elias Ymer
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Ymer at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameElias Wondwosen Yemer
Country (sports)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Born (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28)
Skara, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach Galo Blanco (2015)
Robin Söderling (2017–2018)
Christian Brydniak (2021–2022),
Rafael Ymer, Frederico Goncalves
Prize money$1,887,811
Singles
Career record44–80
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 105 (11 June 2018)
Current rankingNo. 206 (24 June 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2015, 2018, 2021)
French Open 2R (2018)
Wimbledon 1R (2015, 2022, 2024)
US Open 1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record10–13
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 188 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 1358 (24 June 2024)
Last updated on: 23 June 2024.

Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. [1] 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 top ranked Swedish tennis player. [2]

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Personal info

Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden [1] to Ethiopian immigrant parents. He is the elder brother of tennis player Mikael Ymer. [3]

From 2017 to 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling. [4]

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

Ymer at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament Elias Ymer 6, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff.jpg
Ymer at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament

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. [5]

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. [6]

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. [7] 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. [8]

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. [9] There he won his first Grand Slam main draw match, beating Dudi Sela in straight sets. [10]

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. [11] He went one step further reaching his maiden semifinal by defeating eight seed Stefano Travaglia. [12] [13] 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. [14]

Ranked No. 206, he qualified for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. [15]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (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–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Oct 2016 Stockholm Open, Sweden250 SeriesHard (i) Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Ymer Flag of Croatia.svg Mate Pavić
Flag of New Zealand.svg Michael Venus 		6–1, 6–1

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (11–5)

ATP Challengers (6–3)
ITF Futures (5–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Sep 2013Sweden F6, Falun FuturesHard (i) Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Adrien Bossel 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win1–1Apr 2014Egypt F12, Sharm el Sheikh FuturesClay Flag of Serbia.svg Marko Tepavac 6–2, 6–3
Win2–1Apr 2014Egypt F13, Sharm El SheikhFuturesClay Flag of France.svg Gleb Sakharov 7–5, 6–4
Win3–1May 2014Sweden, Båstad FuturesClay Flag of Sweden.svg Patrik Rosenholm 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win4–1Jun 2014Romania F3, Bacău FuturesClay Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg José Hernández-Fernández 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win5–1Jun 2014Netherlands F2, Alkmaar FuturesClay Flag of Chile.svg Jorge Aguilar 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Win6-1 Jun 2015 Caltanissetta, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the United States.svg Bjorn Fratangelo 6–3, 6–2
Win7-1 Apr 2016 Barletta, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek 7–5, 6–4
Win8-1 Aug 2017 Cordenons, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Spain.svg Roberto Carballés Baena 6–2, 6–3
Win9-1 Nov 2017 Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceChallengerHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Maden 7–5, 6–4
Win10-1 Nov 2018 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France (2)ChallengerHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Yannick Maden6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win11-1 Nov 2018 Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of India.svg Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–2, 7–5
Loss11-2 Jun 2019 Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Flag of France.svg Corentin Moutet 4–6, 4–6
Loss11-3 Jun 2021 Lyon, FranceChallengerClay Flag of Uruguay.svg Pablo Cuevas 2–6, 2–6
Loss11-4 Jun 2022 Parma, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Croatia.svg Borna Ćorić 6-7(4-7), 0-6
Loss11–5 May 2024 Open de Oeiras, PortugalChallengerClay Flag of Portugal.svg Jaime Faria 6–3, 6–7(3–7), 4–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Jul 2014 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of Russia.svg Anton Zaitcev Flag of the Philippines.svg Ruben Gonzales
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Sean Thornley 		7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12), [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(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.

Singles

Current through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA 1R Q1 Q1 1R AA 1R Q3 Q2 Q1 0 / 30–3
French Open AA 1R Q2 Q2 2R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 1R Q1 0 / 31–3
Wimbledon AA 1R A Q2 Q1 Q1 NH Q1 1R Q2 1R 0 / 30–3
US Open AA 1R AA Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q1 Q1 Q1 0 / 10–1
Win–loss0–00–00–40–00–01–20-00–00–10–10–10–10 / 101–10
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAA 1R A 1R NHA Q1 Q1 0 / 20–2
Miami Open A Q1 Q2 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 NHA Q2 Q1 0 / 10–1
Monte-Carlo Masters AA Q2 AAA Q2 NHA0 / 00–0
Madrid Open AAAAAAANHA Q1 0 / 00–0
Italian Open AAAAAAA Q1 A Q2 0 / 00–0
Canadian Open AAAAA Q2 ANHA0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–10–00–10–00–00–00 / 30–3
National representation
Davis Cup Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z2 Z1 QR QF 0 / 112–13
Career statistics
Tournaments128757507244
Overall win–loss1–22–54–92–94–55–91–70–15–86–230–57
Year-end ranking76922813616014411517620517134%

Doubles

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Career statistics
Tournaments10124202113
Titles / Finals0 / 00 / 01 / 10 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 00 / 01 / 1
Overall win–loss0–10–04–02–21–40–20–02–20–19–12
Year-end ranking70566325244838536841739143%

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