Introduction
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 243, achieved on 27 February 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.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Outcome | Num | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Winner | 1. | 23 October 2016 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | Hard (i) |  Mikael Ymer |
 Mate Pavić Michael Venus |
6–1, 6–1 |
ATP Challenger & ITF Futures finals
| Challengers (2–0) |
| Futures (5–1) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Runner-up | 1. | September 29, 2013 | Falun, Sweden | Hard(i) |  Adrien Bossel |
2–6, 6–4, 1–6 |
| Winner | 1. | April 6, 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Clay |  Marko Tepavac |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | April 13, 2014 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Clay |  Gleb Sakharov |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Winner | 3. | May 11, 2014 | Båstad, Sweden | Clay | Patrik Rosenholm |
6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6) |
| Winner | 4. | June 1, 2014 | Bacău, Romania | Clay |  José Hernández-Fernández |
3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5 |
| Winner | 5. | June 22, 2014 | Alkmaar, Netherlands | Clay |  Jorge Aguilar |
6–1, 5–7, 6–2 |
| Winner | 6. | June 15, 2015 | Caltanissetta, Italy | Clay |  Bjorn Fratangelo |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | April 17, 2016 | Barletta, Italy | Clay |  Adam Pavlásek |
7–5, 6–4 |
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Current till 2017 Indian Wells.
| Tournament | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | Q1 | Q1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | Q2 | 0–1 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 1R | A | 0–1 | |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | A | 0–1 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0–1 |
| Miami Open | A | Q1 | Q2 | 1R | Q1 | 0–1 |
| Monte Carlo Masters | A | A | Q2 | A | 0–0 | |
| Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Career statistics | ||||||
| Overall Win–Loss | 1–2 | 2–5 | 4–9 | 2–9 | 0–2 | 9–27 |
| Year-end ranking | 769 | 228 | 136 | 160 | 25% | |