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Mikael Ymer

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Swedish tennis player (born 1998)

Mikael Ymer
Ymer at the2019 French Open
Full nameMikael Wondwosen Yemer[citation needed]
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceStockholm, Sweden
Born (1998-09-09)9 September 1998 (age 27)
Skara, Sweden
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachFrederik Nielsen, Kalle Norberg
Prize moneyUS$2,755,011
Singles
Career record74–84 (ATP Tour,Grand Slam,Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 50 (17 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 754 (17 March 2025)[1]
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French Open3R (2021,2022)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open1R (2020,2021,2022)
Doubles
Career record7–9
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 187 (16 October 2017)
Current rankingNot ranked (12 August 2024)
Last updated on: 12 August 2024.

Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a Swedish professionaltennis player. He has a career-highATP singles ranking of world No. 50, achieved on 17 April 2023. In the ATP doubles ranking his career high is No. 187, achieved in October 2017. He is the current No. 5 Swedish singles player.[2] Ymer was the No. 1 Swedish player until 2023.

Early life

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Ymer was born inSkara, Sweden toEthiopian immigrant parents. He is the younger brother of fellow tennis playerElias Ymer.[3] His other brother, Rafael, is a tennis player on the juniors' circuit.[4]

Juniors

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Mikael contested his first junior major final at the2015 Wimbledon Championships but was defeated by AmericanReilly Opelka in straight sets.[5]

In 2015 Ymer managed to claim his second European Championships title (U18), beatingBernabé Zapata Miralles in the final in straight sets.

Professional career

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2016–2018: Maiden ATP title in doubles, Masters 1000 debut and first win

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He made his Masters 1000 debut at the2017 Miami Open as a wildcard and won his first match at this level in the2018 edition of the same tournament after also receiving a wildcard.

2019–2021: Major & Masters & Top 70 debuts, Two Majors & Masters third rounds, Maiden final

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He made his Grand Slam main draw debut through qualifying at the2019 French Open where he recorded his first Major win against fellow qualifierBlaž Rola in straight sets.

He finished year 2019 ranked No. 74 in the singles rankings.

He made his debut at the2020 Australian Open and defeatedYasutaka Uchiyama in the first round. He reached a new career-high ranking of No. 67 on 2 March 2020.[3]

Ymer reached the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time in his career at the2021 Australian Open. He did so by defeating 26th seedHubert Hurkacz and qualifierCarlos Alcaraz, before losing to fifth seedStefanos Tsitsipas.[6] At the2021 Miami Open he reached also the third round for the first time at a Masters 1000 defeating 27th seedNikoloz Basilashvili.

As world No. 105 at the2021 French Open, Ymer achieved the biggest win of his career by defeating world No. 15Gaël Monfils in the second round.[7] With this victory, he once again reached the third round of a major, this time losing toJannik Sinner.[8]

At the2021 Winston-Salem Open, Ymer beat eleventh seedAlbert Ramos Viñolas, lucky loserMax Purcell, and thirteenth seedFrances Tiafoe to reach his first ATP semi-final.[9] He continued with a win over fifteenth seedCarlos Alcaraz to reach his first ATP final, making him the first Swedish tour-level finalist sinceRobin Söderling at the2011 Swedish Open.[10] Ymer lost the final toIlya Ivashka in straight sets in 56 minutes.[11]

In August, Ymer played at the2021 US Open, losing toJenson Brooksby in the first round.[12]

He finished year 2021 ranked No. 93 in the singles rankings.

2022: French Open third round, Maiden ATP 500 semifinal

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Ymer was not able to defend his third round showing at the2022 Australian Open, losing toStefanos Tsitsipas in the opening round.

In February, at the2022 Open Sud de France, Ymer reached the semi-finals, defeating three French playersCorentin Moutet, third seedGaël Monfils (his second top-20 win) andRichard Gasquet.[13][14]

At the2022 French Open he reached the third round at this Major for the second consecutive time in his career defeatingJames Duckworth and 29th seedDan Evans[15] before losing to 4th seedStefanos Tsitsipas.

Ymer in 2nd round match at Citi Open, August 3, 2022

At2022 Wimbledon Championships he reached the second round defeatingDaniel Altmaier.

At the2022 Citi Open he defeatedAndy Murray[16] and 15th seedAslan Karatsev to reach the round of 16. Next he defeatedEmil Ruusuvuori to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP 500 tournament for the first time. In the quarterfinals, he defeatedSebastian Korda in three sets to advance to his first ATP 500 semi-final in his career. As a result, he moved close to 40 positions up the rankings back into the top 80 to No. 77 on 8 August 2022.

At the2022 Winston-Salem Open, Ymer received a wildcard but lost in the second to qualifierMarc-Andrea Huesler. As a result, his ranking fell to No. 99 on 29 August 2022. At theUS Open he lost in the first round.

At the2022 Firenze Open he reached the semi-finals as a qualifier defeating again fifth seed Aslan Karatsev[17] andRoberto Carballés Baena but lost toJJ Wolf.[18] As a result, he moved 20 positions up in the rankings back into the top 80 on 17 October 2022.At his home tournament inStockholm using a special exempt status, he reached the quarterfinals where he lost to top seedStefanos Tsitsipas.[19] As a result, he moved up to No. 76 on 24 October 2022.He continued his good form qualifying for the main draw of the2022 Rolex Paris Masters for the second year in a row. He won his first round match defeatingAlexander Bublik. He lost to world No. 8Félix Auger-Aliassime in a three tight set match with two tiebreaks that lasted 3 hours and 30 minutes.[20]

2023: Top 50 debut, Wimbledon third round, suspension

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Ymer started his 2023 season inAdelaide. At thefirst tournament, he lost in the first round to qualifierRoman Safiullin.[21] Getting past qualifying at thesecond tournament, he reached the quarterfinals where he was defeated by eventual champion,Kwon Soon-woo.[22] He lost in the first round of theAustralian Open to 31st seedYoshihito Nishioka.[23]

Making it past qualifying at the first edition of theBW Open, Ymer made it to the final where he lost to top seedDavid Goffin.[24] As a result, he reached the top 60 in the rankings on 30 January 2023. Representing Sweden in theDavis Cup tie against Bosnia and Herzegovina, he won both of his matches beatingMirza Bašić andDamir Džumhur.[25][26] Sweden ended up winning the tie over Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–1 to advance to the Davis Cup Finals.[27] At theOpen Sud de France, he lost in the first round to seventh seedEmil Ruusuvuori.[28] At theRotterdam Open he qualified again for the main draw but lost to wildcardTallon Griekspoor. At the2023 Open 13 Provence he reached the quarterfinals after a walkover from sixth seedDavid Goffin in the second round. He lost to top seed and eventual championHubert Hurkacz. He reached a new career high of world No. 51 on 10 April 2023 and the top 50 a week later.

Ymer was disqualified from his match at the2023 ATP Lyon Open againstArthur Fils after smashing a racquet against the umpire's chair.[29]

He reached the quarterfinals at the2023 Eastbourne International. At the2023 Wimbledon Championships he reached the third round for the first time at this Major defeating world No. 9Taylor Fritz in five sets after being two sets to love down.

In July 2023, theCAS issued an 18-month competition ban to Ymer for an anti-doping rule violation relating to three missed tests in a twelve-month period ("whereabouts failures").[30] CAS overturned an earlier ruling by an independent tribunal that had found Ymer not negligent.[31]

Although Ymer announced in August 2023 that he had decided to retire from tennis,[32] he reversed his decision in April 2024 and returned to competition at the end of his period of ineligibility in January 2025, winning an ITF tournament in Luxembourg.[33][34]

Performance timelines

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Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#P#DNQAZ#POGSBNMSNTIPNH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Current through the2025 Stockholm Open.

Tournament20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAAA2R3R1R1RAA0 / 43–443%
French OpenAAAA2R1R3R3R1RAA0 / 55–550%
WimbledonAAAAQ3NH2R2R3RAA0 / 34–357%
US OpenAAAAQ31R1R1RAAA0 / 30–30%
Win–loss0–00–00–00–01–11–35–43–42–30–00–00 / 1512–1544%
National representation
Davis CupZ1Z1Z2Z1Z1QFRRQRAQ10 / 216–867%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells OpenAAAAANHAA1RAA0 / 10–10%
Miami OpenAA1R2R1RNH3RA1RAQ10 / 53–538%
Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAANHAQ1AAA0 / 00–0 – 
Madrid OpenAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Italian OpenAAAAAQ3AAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Canadian OpenAAAAANHAAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Cincinnati OpenAAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Shanghai MastersAAAAANHAAA0 / 00–0 – 
Paris MastersAAAAQ1A1R2RAAA0 / 21–233%
Win–loss0–00–00–11–10–10–02–21–10–20–00–00 / 84–833%
Career statistics
20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025Career
Tournaments1153471818150274
Titles000000000000
Finals000000100001
Win–loss2–11–32–55–46–76–718–2023–1911–150–00–374–84
Win %67%25%29%56%46%46%47%55%42% – 0%47%
Year-end ranking59649741725574949371136–

Doubles

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Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023Career
Career statistics
Tournaments132100209
Titles100000001
Finals100000001
Overall win–loss4–02–30–20–20–00–01–20–07–9
Year-end ranking276496N/A105511081463822–44%

ATP career finals

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Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Aug 2021Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHardBelarusIlya Ivashka0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Oct 2016Stockholm Open,
Sweden		250 SeriesHard (i)SwedenElias YmerCroatiaMate Pavić
New ZealandMichael Venus		6–1, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 11 (7–4)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (3–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–2)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0May 2015Sweden F3,BåstadFuturesClayRomaniaDragoș Nicolae Mădăraș2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss1–1Sep 2015Sweden F5,DanderydFuturesHard (i)United KingdomJoe Salisbury6–7(3–7), 6–3, 3–6
Win2–1Feb 2017France F4,LilleFuturesHard (i)NetherlandsBotic van de Zandschulp6–2, 6–3
Win3–1Jan 2019Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHardUnited StatesNoah Rubin6–3, 6–3
Loss3–2April 2019Murcia, SpainChallengerClaySpainRoberto Carballés Baena6–2, 0–6, 2–6
Loss3–3May 2019Bordeaux, FranceChallengerClayFranceLucas Pouille3–6, 3–6
Win4–3July 2019Tampere, FinlandChallengerClayNetherlandsTallon Griekspoor6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win5–3Sep 2019Orléans, FranceChallengerHard (i)FranceGrégoire Barrère6–3, 7–5
Win6–3Oct 2019Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceChallengerHard (i)FranceMathias Bourgue6–1, 6–4
Loss6–4Jan 2023Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, BelgiumChallengerHard (i)BelgiumDavid Goffin4–6, 1–6
Win7–4Jan 2025M25 Esch-sur-Alzette, LuxembourgWTTHard (i)NorwayNicolai Budkov Kjær6–1, 5–7, 6–2

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1May 2015Sweden F2,BåstadFuturesClaySweden Daniel AppelgrenSwedenJonathan Mridha
SwedenFred Simonsson		1–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam finals

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Boys' Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

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ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss2015WimbledonGrassUnited StatesReilly Opelka6–7(5–7), 4–6

Record against top 10 players

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Ymer's record against those who have beenranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.

PlayerYearsMPRecordWin %HardClayGrassLast match
Number 1 ranked players
ItalyJannik Sinner2019–2252–340%2–10–10–1Win (6–4, 3–6, 6–3) at2022 Davis Cup
SpainCarlos Alcaraz202122–0100%2–0––Win (7–5, 6–3) at2021 Winston-Salem
United KingdomAndy Murray202211–0100%1–0––Win (7–6(10–8), 4–6, 6–1) at2022 Washington, D.C.
RussiaDaniil Medvedev202110–10%0–1––Loss (4–6, 4–6) at2021 Davis Cup Finals
SerbiaNovak Djokovic202010–10%–0–1–Loss (0–6, 2–6, 3–6) at2020 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
NorwayCasper Ruud202110–10%–0–1–Loss (6–3, 6–7(5–7), 1–6) at2021 Kitzbühel
GermanyAlexander Zverev2015–2230–30%0–20–1–Loss (1–6, 3–6) at2022 Montpellier
Number 3 ranked players
CanadaMilos Raonic201810–10%0–1––Loss (3–6, 3–6) at2018 Miami
SwitzerlandStan Wawrinka202210–10%0–1––Loss (4–6, 6–4, 6–7(5–7)) at2022 Metz
GreeceStefanos Tsitsipas2020–2250–50%0–40–1–Loss (5–7, 3–6) at2022 Stockholm
Number 5 ranked players
United StatesTaylor Fritz202311–0100%––1–0Win (3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2) at2023 Wimbledon
FranceJo-Wilfried Tsonga202111–0100%––1–0Win (7–5, 6–7(4–7), 5–7, 6–4, 6–3) at2021 Wimbledon
Number 6 ranked players
FranceGaël Monfils2021–2222–0100%1–01–0–Win (6–1, 6–2) at2022 Montpellier
CanadaFélix Auger-Aliassime2021–2220–20%0–1–0–1Loss (7–6(8–6), 4–6, 6–7(6–8)) at2022 Paris Masters
Number 7 ranked players
SpainFernando Verdasco201611–0100%1–0––Win (6–2, 6–1) at2016 Stockholm
FranceRichard Gasquet2020–2343–175%2–11–0–Win (6–3, 7–5) at2023 Lyon
Number 8 ranked players
ArgentinaDiego Schwartzman202211–0100%1–0––Win (6–2, 6–2) at2022 Davis Cup
RussiaKaren Khachanov2020–2120–20%0–2––Loss (4–6, 5–7) at2021 Paris Masters
Number 9 ranked players
PolandHubert Hurkacz2020–2331–233%1–2––Loss (3–6, 6–3, 6–7(6–8)) at2023 Marseille
ItalyFabio Fognini201810–10%–0–1–Loss (6–1, 4–6, 2–6) at2018 Båstad
Number 10 ranked players
United StatesFrances Tiafoe2019–2132–167%2–1––Win (6–7(2–7), 6–2, 6–3) at2021 Winston-Salem
SpainPablo Carreño Busta202110–10%0–1––Loss (5–7, 2–6) at2021 Metz
LatviaErnests Gulbis201810–10%0–1––Loss (4–6, 3–6) at2018 Stockholm
Total2015–234417–2739%13–19
(41%)		2–6
(25%)		2–2
(50%)		Statistics correct as of 6 July 2023[update].

Wins over top 10 players

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  • He has a 1–10 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season201520162017201820192020202120222023Total
Wins0000000011
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreMYR
2023
1.United StatesTaylor Fritz9Wimbledon, United KingdomGrass2R3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–259

References

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