Elias Ymer was born on 10 April 1996 and is a Swedish tennis player.
17 Facts About Elias Ymer
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Elias Ymer has a career high ATP singles ranking of World No 105, achieved on 11 June 2018.
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Elias Ymer has a career high ATP doubles ranking of World No 188, achieved on 16 October 2017.
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Elias Ymer's mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company.
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Elias Ymer is the elder brother of fellow tennis player Mikael Ymer.
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From 2017 to 2018, Elias Ymer was coached by Robin Soderling.
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Elias Ymer made his ATP main draw singles debut at the 2013 Swedish Open where he lost in the first round to Grigor Dimitrov.
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Elias Ymer received a wildcard at the 2014 Swedish Open defeating Mikhail Kukushkin in the first round before falling to Joao Sousa in the second round.
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Elias Ymer lost in the first round against Go Soeda in five sets.
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At the 2015 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, Elias Ymer defeated Thiemo de Bakker and Nick Kyrgios to reach the third round, where he lost to David Ferrer.
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Elias Ymer lost in the first round against Lukas Rosol in straight sets.
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Elias Ymer won his first ATP Challenger title at the 2015 Citta di Caltanissetta, beating American Bjorn Fratangelo in straight sets.
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Elias Ymer lost in the first round to 23rd seed Ivo Karlovic in four sets.
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Elias Ymer lost in the first round to Diego Schwartzman.
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Elias Ymer's 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.
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Elias Ymer secured a place in the main draw for the 2018 French Open winning three qualifying matches.
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Elias Ymer went one step further reaching his maiden semifinal by defeating eight seed Stefano Travaglia.