Elias Ymer

Elias Ymer (born 10 April 1996) is a Swedish tennis player. Ymer has a career-high ATP singles ranking of World No. 105, achieved on 11 June 2018. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of World No. 188, achieved on 16 October 2017. He is the current No. 1 Swedish singles player.

Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden to Ethiopian immigrant parents. He is the elder brother of tennis player Mikael Ymer.

From 2017 to 2018, Ymer was coached by Robin Söderling.

In the autumn of 2022 Ymer, together with ten other athletes, was accepted as a student at Harvard Business School's “Crossover into Business” program.

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 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 the 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.