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Mikael Ymer
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Ymer at the 2019 French Open
Full name	Mikael Wondwosen Yemer
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Stockholm, Sweden
Born	(1998-09-09) 9 September 1998 (age 26) Skara, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Frederik Nielsen, Kalle Norberg
Prize money	US$2,745,945
Career record	74–81 (47.74%) (ATP Tour, Grand Slam, Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 50 (17 April 2023)
Current ranking	Not ranked (12 August 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	3R (2021, 2022)
Wimbledon	3R (2023)
US Open	1R (2020, 2021, 2022)
Doubles
Career record	7–9 (43.75%)
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 187 (16 October 2017)
Current ranking	Not ranked (12 August 2024)

Mikael Ymer (born 9 September 1998) is a professional tennis player from Sweden. He reached his highest singles ranking of world No. 50 on April 17, 2023. This was his best position in the ATP rankings. He was also ranked No. 187 in doubles in October 2017. Mikael was the top-ranked Swedish tennis player until 2023.

Early Life and Family

Mikael Ymer was born in Skara, Sweden. His parents moved to Sweden from Ethiopia. He has two brothers who also play tennis. His older brother, Elias Ymer, is also a professional tennis player. His younger brother, Rafael, plays in junior tennis tournaments.

Junior Tennis Career

When Mikael was a junior player, he reached his first big final at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships. He played against American Reilly Opelka but did not win.

In 2015, Mikael won his second European Championships title for players under 18. He beat Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the final match.

Professional Tennis Journey

Starting Out: 2016–2018

Mikael began his professional career in 2015. He played in his first big Masters 1000 tournament at the 2017 Miami Open. He won his first match at this level in the 2018 tournament.

Reaching New Heights: 2019–2021

Mikael played in his first major tournament, the 2019 French Open, after winning qualifying matches. He won his first match at a major event there. He finished 2019 ranked No. 74 in the world.

He made his debut at the 2020 Australian Open and won his first match. His ranking then reached a new high of No. 67 in March 2020.

At the 2021 Australian Open, Mikael reached the third round of a major tournament for the first time. He beat Hubert Hurkacz and Carlos Alcaraz before losing to Stefanos Tsitsipas. He also reached the third round at a Masters 1000 event for the first time at the 2021 Miami Open.

At the 2021 French Open, Mikael had a big win against Gaël Monfils, who was ranked much higher. He reached the third round of this major tournament too.

In August 2021, Mikael reached his first ATP semi-final at the 2021 Winston-Salem Open. He then won his next match to reach his first ATP final. He was the first Swedish player to reach a tour-level final since 2011. Mikael lost the final match to Ilya Ivashka.

He finished 2021 ranked No. 93.

Continuing Progress: 2022

Mikael played in the 2022 Australian Open but lost in the first round. In February, he reached the semi-finals at the 2022 Open Sud de France. He beat three French players, including Gaël Monfils again.

At the 2022 French Open, he reached the third round for the second year in a row. He won against James Duckworth and Dan Evans.

Ymer playing at the Citi Open in August 2022

He reached the second round at 2022 Wimbledon Championships. At the 2022 Citi Open, he beat Andy Murray and Aslan Karatsev. He then reached the quarter-finals of an ATP 500 tournament for the first time. He continued to the semi-finals by beating Sebastian Korda. This helped his ranking move up to No. 77.

Mikael also reached the semi-finals at the 2022 Firenze Open. At his home tournament, the Stockholm Open, he reached the quarter-finals. He also qualified for the main draw of the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters and won his first match there.

Top 50 and Challenges: 2023

Mikael started 2023 by reaching the quarter-finals at the Adelaide International 2. He then reached the final of the BW Open tournament. These results helped him reach the top 60 in the world rankings.

He played for Sweden in the Davis Cup and won both his matches. Sweden won the tie and moved on to the Davis Cup Finals. He reached a new career high ranking of world No. 51 in April 2023, and then entered the top 50 a week later.

At the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, Mikael reached the third round for the first time. He had a big win against Taylor Fritz, who was ranked No. 9 in the world.

In July 2023, Mikael was suspended from playing tennis for 18 months. This was because he missed three out-of-competition drug tests within a year. He said he was innocent and appealed the decision, but the suspension was upheld.

Performance Timelines

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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

Tournament	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	0 / 4	3–4	43%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	3R	3R	1R	0 / 5	5–5	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q3	NH	2R	2R	3R	0 / 3	4–3	57%
US Open	A	A	A	A	Q3	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 3	0–3	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–3	5–4	3–4	2–3	0 / 15	12–15	44%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami Masters	A	A	1R	2R	1R	NH	3R	A	1R	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	A	A	A	A	NH	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	A	A	NH			A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	1R	2R	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0 / 8	4–8	33%
National representation
Davis Cup	Z1	Z1	Z2	Z1	Z1	QF		RR	QR	0 / 2	16–7	70%
Career statistics
	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Career
Tournaments	1	1	5	3	4	7	18	18	15	72
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Win–loss	2–1	1–3	2–5	5–4	6–7	6–7	18–20	23–19	11–15	74–81
Win Percentage	67%	25%	29%	56%	46%	46%	47%	55%	42%	48%
Year-end ranking	596	497	417	255	74	94	93	71

Doubles

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	Career
Career statistics
Tournaments	1	3	2	1	0	0	2	0	9
Titles	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Finals	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
Overall win–loss	4–0	2–3	0–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–0	7–9
Year-end ranking	276	496	N/A	1055	1108	1463	822		44%

ATP Career Finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2021	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Ilya Ivashka	0–6, 2–6

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Oct 2016	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Elias Ymer	Mate Pavić Michael Venus	6–1, 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures Finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (4–3)
ITF Futures (2–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	May 2015	Sweden F3, Båstad	Futures	Clay	Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș	2–6, 6–1, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Sep 2015	Sweden F5, Danderyd	Futures	Hard (i)	Joe Salisbury	6–7^(3–6), 6–3, 3–6
Win	2–1	Feb 2017	France F4, Lille	Futures	Hard (i)	Botic van de Zandschulp	6–2, 6–3
Win	3–1	Jan 2019	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Noah Rubin	6–3, 6–3
Loss	3–2	April 2019	Murcia, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Roberto Carballés Baena	6–2, 0–6, 2–6
Loss	3–3	May 2019	Bordeaux, France	Challenger	Clay	Lucas Pouille	3–6, 3–6
Win	4–3	July 2019	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Tallon Griekspoor	6–3, 5–7, 6–3
Win	5–3	Sep 2019	Orléans, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Grégoire Barrère	6–3, 7–5
Win	6–3	Oct 2019	Mouilleron-le-Captif, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Mathias Bourgue	6–1, 6–4
Loss	6–4	Jan 2023	Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium	Challenger	Hard (i)	David Goffin	4–6, 1–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2015	Sweden F2, Båstad	Futures	Clay	Daniel Appelgren	Jonathan Mridha Fred Simonsson	1–6, 7–6^(7–5), [7–10]

Junior Grand Slam Finals

Boys' Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2015	Wimbledon	Grass	Reilly Opelka	6–7^(5–7), 4–6

Record Against Top 10 Players

This section shows Mikael Ymer's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10. Players who are still active are shown in bold.

Player	Years	MP	Record	Win %	Hard	Clay	Grass	Last Match
Number 1 ranked players
Jannik Sinner	2019–22	5	2–3	40%	2–1	0–1	0–1	Win (6–4, 3–6, 6–3) at 2022 Davis Cup
Carlos Alcaraz	2021	2	2–0	100%	2–0	–	–	Win (7–5, 6–3) at 2021 Winston-Salem
Andy Murray	2022	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Win (7–6^(10–8), 4–6, 6–1) at 2022 Washington, D.C.
Daniil Medvedev	2021	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Loss (4–6, 4–6) at 2021 Davis Cup Finals
Novak Djokovic	2020	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Loss (0–6, 2–6, 3–6) at 2020 French Open
Number 2 ranked players
Casper Ruud	2021	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Loss (6–3, 6–7^(5–7), 1–6) at 2021 Kitzbühel
Alexander Zverev	2015–22	3	0–3	0%	0–2	0–1	–	Loss (1–6, 3–6) at 2022 Montpellier
Number 3 ranked players
Milos Raonic	2018	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Loss (3–6, 3–6) at 2018 Miami
Stan Wawrinka	2022	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Loss (4–6, 6–4, 6–7^(5–7)) at 2022 Metz
Stefanos Tsitsipas	2020–22	5	0–5	0%	0–4	0–1	–	Loss (5–7, 3–6) at 2022 Stockholm
Number 5 ranked players
Taylor Fritz	2023	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Win (3–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–2) at 2023 Wimbledon
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	2021	1	1–0	100%	–	–	1–0	Win (7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 5–7, 6–4, 6–3) at 2021 Wimbledon
Number 6 ranked players
Gaël Monfils	2021–22	2	2–0	100%	1–0	1–0	–	Win (6–1, 6–2) at 2022 Montpellier
Félix Auger-Aliassime	2021–22	2	0–2	0%	0–1	–	0–1	Loss (7–6^(8–6), 4–6, 6–7^(6–8)) at 2022 Paris Masters
Number 7 ranked players
Fernando Verdasco	2016	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Win (6–2, 6–1) at 2016 Stockholm
Richard Gasquet	2020–23	4	3–1	75%	2–1	1–0	–	Win (6–3, 7–5) at 2023 Lyon
Number 8 ranked players
Diego Schwartzman	2022	1	1–0	100%	1–0	–	–	Win (6–2, 6–2) at 2022 Davis Cup
Karen Khachanov	2020–21	2	0–2	0%	0–2	–	–	Loss (4–6, 5–7) at 2021 Paris Masters
Number 9 ranked players
Hubert Hurkacz	2020–23	3	1–2	33%	1–2	–	–	Loss (3–6, 6–3, 6–7^(6–8)) at 2023 Marseille
Fabio Fognini	2018	1	0–1	0%	–	0–1	–	Loss (6–1, 4–6, 2–6) at 2018 Båstad
Number 10 ranked players
Frances Tiafoe	2019–21	3	2–1	67%	2–1	–	–	Win (6–7^(2–7), 6–2, 6–3) at 2021 Winston-Salem
Pablo Carreño Busta	2021	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Loss (5–7, 2–6) at 2021 Metz
Ernests Gulbis	2018	1	0–1	0%	0–1	–	–	Loss (4–6, 3–6) at 2018 Stockholm
Total	2015–23	44	17–27	39%	13–19 (41%)	2–6 (25%)	2–2 (50%)	Statistics correct as of 6 July 2023 (2023 -07-06)^[update].