Elias Ymer
Elias Ymer 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 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. 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 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.
From 2017 to June 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling.
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | 2016 Stockholm Open – Doubles| | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard |  Mikael Ymer |  Mate Pavić Michael Venus | 6–1, 6–1 |
ATP Challengers and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (10–2)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Falun, Sweden | Futures | Hard |  Adrien Bossel | 2–6, 6–4, 1–6 | |
| Win | 1–1 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Futures | Clay |  Marko Tepavac | 6–2, 6–3 | |
| Win | 2–1 | Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | Futures | Clay |  Gleb Sakharov | 7–5, 6–4 | |
| Win | 3–1 | Båstad, Sweden | Futures | Clay | Patrik Rosenholm | 6–3, 4–6, 7–6 | |
| Win | 4–1 | Bacău, Romania | Futures | Clay |  José Hernández-Fernández | 3–6, 7–6, 7–5 | |
| Win | 5–1 | Alkmaar, Netherlands | Futures | Clay |  Jorge Aguilar | 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 | |
| Win | 1–0 | 2015 Città di Caltanissetta – Singles| | Caltanissetta, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Bjorn Fratangelo | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 2–0 | 2016 Open Citta' Della Disfida – Singles| | Barletta, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Adam Pavlásek | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–0 | 2017 Internazionali di Tennis del Friuli Venezia Giulia – Singles| | Cordenons, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Roberto Carballés Baena | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 4–0 | 2017 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée – Singles| | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard |  Yannick Maden | 7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–0 | 2018 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée – Singles| | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard | Yannick Maden | 6–3, 7–6 |
| Win | 6–0 | 2018 KPIT MSLTA Challenger – Singles| | Pune, India | Challenger | Hard |  Prajnesh Gunneswaran | 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 6–1 | 2019 Open Sopra Steria de Lyon – Singles| | Lyon, France | Challenger | Clay | Corentin Moutet | 4–6, 4–6 |
Doubles: 1 (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | 2014 Tampere Open – Men's Doubles| | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay |  Anton Zaitcev |  Ruben Gonzales Sean Thornley | 7–6, 6–7, |