Elias Ymer

Elias Ymer

Ymer at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament
Full name	Elias Ymer
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Stockholm, Sweden
Born	(1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 Skara, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach	Robin Söderling
Prize money	$627,942
Singles
Career record	15–34 (30.6%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 118 (23 May 2016)
Current ranking	No. 122 (21 May 2018)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2015, 2018)
French Open	2R (2018)
Wimbledon	1R (2015)
US Open	1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record	7–4 (63.6%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 188 (16 October 2017)
Current ranking	No. 309 (21 May 2018)
Last updated on: 21 May 2018.

Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996 in Skara) is a Swedish tennis player of Ethiopian descent. He is the older brother of fellow tennis player Mikael Ymer.

Career

Ymer has a career high ATP singles ranking of 118, achieved on 23 May 2016. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 188, achieved on 16 October 2017.

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.

He qualified to the main draw 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 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 successfully 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.

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.

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Mikael Ymer	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	6–1, 6–1

ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (9–1)

ATP Challengers (4–0)

ITF Futures (5–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2013	Falun, Sweden	Futures	Hard (i)	Adrien Bossel	2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win	1–1	Apr 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Futures	Clay	Marko Tepavac	6–2, 6–3
Win	2–1	Apr 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Futures	Clay	Gleb Sakharov	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–1	May 2014	Båstad, Sweden	Futures	Clay	Patrik Rosenholm	6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win	4–1	Jun 2014	Bacău, Romania	Futures	Clay	José Hernández-Fernández	3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win	5–1	Jun 2014	Alkmaar, Netherlands	Futures	Clay	Jorge Aguilar	6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Caltanissetta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Bjorn Fratangelo	6–3, 6–2
Win	2–0	Apr 2016	Barletta, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Adam Pavlásek	7–5, 6–4
Win	3–0	Aug 2017	Cordenons, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	6–2, 6–3
Win	4–0	Nov 2017	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Yannick Maden	7–5, 6–4

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

ATP Challengers (0–1)

ITF Futures (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2014	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Anton Zaitcev	Ruben Gonzales Sean Thornley	7–6(7–5), 6–7(10–12), [8–10]

Performance timelines

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(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 till 2018 Istanbul Open.

Tournament	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	SR	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	1R	Q1	Q1	1R	0 / 2	0–2
French Open	A	A	1R	Q2	Q2	2R	0 / 2	1–2
Wimbledon	A	A	1R	A	Q2		0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	1R	A	A		0 / 1	0–1
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–4	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 5	0–5
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	1R	A	0 / 1	0–1
Miami Open	A	Q1	Q2	1R	Q1	Q2	0 / 1	0–1
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 2	0–2
National representation
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1	0 / 0	8–9
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	2	8	7	5	2	25
Overall Win–Loss	1–2	2–5	4–9	2–9	4–5	2–4	15–34
Year-end ranking	769	228	136	160	144		31%

Doubles

	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	W–L
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	0	1	2	1	5
Titles / Finals	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	1 / 1
Overall Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	4–0	2–2	1–1	7–4
Year-end ranking	705	663	252	448		64%

External links

• Elias Ymer at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Elias Ymer at the Davis Cup