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

Elias Ymer
Ymer at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships
Full nameElias Ymer
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Born (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 26)
Skara, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2014
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
CoachGalo Blanco (2015)
Robin Söderling (2017–2018)
Christian Brydniak
Prize money$1,432,926
Singles
Career record36–63 (36.4% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 105 (11 June 2018)
Current rankingNo. 131 (18 July 2022)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2015, 2018, 2021)
French Open2R (2018)
Wimbledon1R (2015, 2022)
US Open1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record10–13 (43.5%)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 188 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNo. 504 (18 July 2022)
Last updated on: 18 July 2022.

Personal info


Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden[1] to Ethiopian immigrant parents. His mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company. He is the elder brother of fellow tennis player Mikael Ymer.[2]

From 2017 to 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling.[3]

In the autumn of 2022 Ymer was together with ten other athletes 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
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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7]


2018: First Grand Slam match win


Ymer secured a place in the main draw for the 2018 French Open winning three qualifying matches.[8] There he won his first grand slam main draw match, beating Dudi Sela in straight sets.[9]


2022: 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.[10] He went one step further reaching his maiden semifinal by defeating eight seed Stefano Travaglia.[11][12] As a result he moved up 20 spots in the rankings back into the top 140 on 7 February 2022.


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: 15 (11–4)


ATP Challengers (6–3)
ITF Futures (5–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Sep 2013 Sweden F6, Falun Futures Hard (i) Adrien Bossel 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 1–1 Apr 2014 Egypt F12, Sharm el Sheikh Futures Clay Marko Tepavac 6–2, 6–3
Win 2–1 Apr 2014 Egypt F13, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Clay Gleb Sakharov 7–5, 6–4
Win 3–1 May 2014 Sweden, Båstad Futures Clay Patrik Rosenholm 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Win 4–1 Jun 2014 Romania F3, Bacău Futures Clay José Hernández-Fernández 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Win 5–1 Jun 2014 Netherlands F2, Alkmaar Futures Clay Jorge Aguilar 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Win 6-1 Jun 2015 Caltanissetta, Italy Challenger Clay Bjorn Fratangelo 6–3, 6–2
Win 7-1 Apr 2016 Barletta, Italy Challenger Clay Adam Pavlásek 7–5, 6–4
Win 8-1 Aug 2017 Cordenons, Italy Challenger Clay Roberto Carballés Baena 6–2, 6–3
Win 9-1 Nov 2017 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Challenger Hard (i) Yannick Maden 7–5, 6–4
Win 10-1 Nov 2018 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France (2) Challenger Hard (i) Yannick Maden 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 11-1 Nov 2018 Pune, India Challenger Hard Prajnesh Gunneswaran 6–2, 7–5
Loss 11-2 Jun 2019 Lyon, France Challenger Clay Corentin Moutet 4–6, 4–6
Loss 11-3 Jun 2021 Lyon, France Challenger Clay Pablo Cuevas 2–6, 2–6
Loss 11-4 Jun 2022 Parma, Italy Challenger Clay Borna Ćorić 6-7(4-7), 0-6

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 through the 2022 Miami Open.

Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R Q1 Q1 1R A A 1R Q3 0 / 3 0–3
French Open A A 1R Q2 Q2 2R Q1 Q2 Q1 Q1 0 / 2 1–2
Wimbledon A A 1R A Q2 Q1 Q1 NH Q1 1R 0 / 2 0–2
US Open A A 1R A A Q1 Q1 A Q1 Q1 0 / 1 0–1
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–0 1–2 0-0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0 / 8 1–8
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A 1R A 1R NH A Q1 0 / 2 0–2
Miami Open A Q1 Q2 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 NH A Q2 0 / 1 0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters A A Q2 A A A Q2 NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Canadian Open A A A A A Q2 A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 3 0–3
National representation
Davis Cup Z1 Z1 Z1 Z1 Z2 Z1 QR QF 0 / 1 12–13
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 2 8 7 5 7 5 0 7 2 44
Overall win–loss 1–2 2–5 4–9 2–9 4–5 5–9 1–7 0–1 5–8 6–2 30–57
Year-end ranking 769 228 136 160 144 115 176 205 171 34%

Doubles


2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 W–L
Career statistics
Tournaments 1 0 1 2 4 2 0 2 1 13
Titles / Finals 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
Overall win–loss 0–1 0–0 4–0 2–2 1–4 0–2 0–0 2–2 0–1 9–12
Year-end ranking 705 663 252 448 385 368 417 391 43%

References


  1. "ATP Profile". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  2. "Ymer makes most of Wimbledon reprieve". wimbledon.com. 11 July 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  3. Sharp, Alex (7 June 2018). "Soderling on Nadal: 'His motivation is amazing'". Roland Garros. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
  4. "Elias Ymer Player Profile". ausopen.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  5. "Ymer Continues Ascent With Maiden Challenger Title". atpworldtour.com. 14 June 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  6. "Five Teens Lead Youth Movement In New York". atpworldtour.com. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  7. https://www.usopen.org/en_US/news/articles/2015-08-29/ymer_qualifies_for_fourth_slam_of_the_year.html [bare URL]
  8. "Prajnesh misses French Open main draw".
  9. "Succé för Elias Ymer i Franska öppna".
  10. "Elias Ymer Stuns Karatsev in Pune | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  11. "Memorable Day and Night for Ymer Brothers on Separate Continents". 4 February 2022.
  12. "Ymer Brothers Tasting Success on Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis".


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[de] Elias Ymer

Elias Ymer (* 10. April 1996 in Skara) ist ein schwedischer Tennisspieler.
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[ru] Имер, Элиас

Элиас Имер (швед. Elias Ymer, род. 10 апреля 1996 года в Скаре) — шведский теннисист эфиопского происхождения. Старший брат теннисиста Микаэля Имера.


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