Elias Ymer

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Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer 6, 2015 Wimbledon Qualifying - Diliff.jpg
Full name Elias Ymer
Country (sports)  Sweden
Residence Stockholm, Sweden
Born (1996-04-10) 10 April 1996 (age 28)
Skara, Sweden
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Plays Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Coach(es) Galo Blanco
Prize money $343,910
Singles
Career record 7–20 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 ATP
2 Challenger
Highest ranking No. 119 (16 May 2016)
Current ranking No. 119 (16 May 2016)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (2015)
French Open 1R (2015)
Wimbledon 1R (2015)
US Open 1R (2015)
Doubles
Career record 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 512 (21 March 2016)
Current ranking No. 513 (16 May 2016)
Last updated on: 16 May 2016.

Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996 in Skara) is a Swedish tennis player of Ethiopian descent.[1] He is the older brother of fellow tennis player Mikael Ymer.[2]

Career

Ymer has a career high ATP singles ranking of 127, achieved on 21 September 2015. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 656 achieved on 23 November 2015.[1]

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.[3]

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.[4]

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.[5] He lost in the first round to Diego Schwartzman.

Career statistics

Singles titles and finals (6–1)

Challengers (2–0)
Futures (5–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. September 29, 2013 Falun, Sweden Hard(i) Switzerland Adrien Bossel 2–6, 6–4, 1–6
Winner 1. April 6, 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Clay Serbia Marko Tepavac 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. April 13, 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Clay France Gleb Sakharov 7–5, 6–4
Winner 3. May 11, 2014 Båstad, Sweden Clay Sweden Patrik Rosenholm 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(8–6)
Winner 4. June 1, 2014 Bacău, Romania Clay Dominican Republic José Hernández-Fernández 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–5
Winner 5. June 22, 2014 Alkmaar, Netherlands Clay Chile Jorge Aguilar 6–1, 5–7, 6–2
Winner 6. June 15, 2015 Caltanissetta, Italy Clay United States Bjorn Fratangelo 6–3, 6–2
Winner 7. April 17, 2016 Barletta, Italy Clay Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek 7–5, 6–4

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