27 Facts About Mikael Ymer

Mikael Ymer was born on 9 September 1998 and is a Swedish tennis player.

Mikael Ymer has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No 51, achieved on 10 April 2023.

Mikael Ymer's mother, Kelem, is a physician; his father, Wondwosen, works at a dairy company.

Mikael Ymer is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Elias Ymer.

Mikael Ymer's other younger brother, Rafael, is a tennis player on the juniors' circuit.

Mikael Ymer contested his first junior major final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships but was defeated by American Reilly Opelka in straight sets.

In 2015 Mikael Ymer managed to claim his second European Championships title, beating Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the final in straight sets.

Mikael Ymer made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2017 Miami Open as a wildcard and won his first match at this level in the 2018 edition of the same tournament after receiving a wildcard.

Mikael Ymer made his Grand Slam main draw debut through qualifying at the 2019 French Open where he recorded his first Major win against fellow qualifier Blaz Rola in straight sets.

Mikael Ymer finished year 2019 ranked No 74 in the singles rankings.

Mikael Ymer made his debut at the 2020 Australian Open and defeated Yasutaka Uchiyama in the first round.

Mikael Ymer reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career at the 2021 Australian Open.

Mikael Ymer did so by defeating 26th seed Hubert Hurkacz and qualifier Carlos Alcaraz, before losing to fifth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas.

At the 2021 Winston-Salem Open, Mikael Ymer beat eleventh seed Albert Ramos-Vinolas, lucky loser Max Purcell, and thirteenth seed Frances Tiafoe to reach his first ATP semi-final.

Mikael Ymer continued with a win over fifteenth seed Carlos Alcaraz to reach his first ATP final, making him the first Swedish tour-level finalist since Robin Soderling at the 2011 Swedish Open.

Mikael Ymer lost the final to Ilya Ivashka in straight sets in 56 minutes.

Mikael Ymer finished year 2021 ranked No 93 in the singles rankings.

Mikael Ymer was not able to defend his third round showing at the 2022 Australian Open, losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the opening round.

In February, at the 2022 Open Sud de France, Mikael Ymer reached the semi-finals, defeating three French players Corentin Moutet, third seed Gael Monfils and Richard Gasquet.

At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open, Mikael Ymer received a wildcard but lost in the second to qualifier Marc-Andrea Huesler.

Mikael Ymer continued his good form qualifiying for the main draw of the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters for the second year in a row.

Mikael Ymer won his first round match defeating Alexander Bublik.

Mikael Ymer lost to world No 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime in a three tight set match with two tiebreaks that lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes.

Mikael Ymer lost in the first round at the 2023 Australian Open to Yoshihito Nishioka.

Mikael Ymer lost to top seed and eventual champion Hubert Hurkacz.

Mikael Ymer reached a new career high of world No 51 on 10 April 2023 and the top 50 a week later.

Mikael Ymer got disqualified from his match at the 2023 Lyon Open against Arthur Fils after smashing a racquet against the Umpire's Chair.