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Mikael Ymer was born September 9th, 1998 in Skara, he is a Swedish tennis player of Ethiopian descent. Ymer is the younger brother of fellow tennis player Elias Ymer. . Ymer is a competitive tennis player who rose to fame winning his second European championship in 2015 in the under-18 division. He is a both singles and doubles competitor. Mikael is really influenced by his older brother Elias, he thinks that if his brother was not doing as good he will not either. Mikael uses Elias as a way to push him and work harder to become an even better player. Rather than consider it a negative pressure to have a brother pursuing the same career, Ymer is extremely positive about the impact it has on his game.

Career
According to ATP, Ymer has a high singles ranking of World No. 337, achieved on 17 July 2017. He has a high ATP doubles ranking of 193 achieved on 24 July 2017.

Ymer made his first junior major final at 2015 Wimbledon, where he lost to Reilly Opelka in straight sets.

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

ATP Career Finals
Swedish brothers Elias Ymer and Mikael Ymer won the Stockholm Open doubles title on Sunday.

A day after beating second seeds Rohan Bopanna and Treat Huey in seven game, the Ymers played fourth seeds Mate Pavic and Michael Venus for their first ATP World Tour titles. They beat them (6-1,6-1) in 51 minutes. The two brothers are the first Swedish duo to claim victory in Stockholm since 1998, after Nicklas Kulti and Mikael Tillstrom.

For this win, the brothers earned 250 Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings points and split €30,620 in prize money.

Singles: 2 titles, 1 runner-up
Mikael Ymer won both the Båstad, Sweden tournament and the Lille, France tournament. He was a runner- up in the Danderyd, Sweden tournament to Joe Salisbury.

Junior Grand Slam Finals
At Wimbledon, in 2015, Ymer lost to Number 477, Reilly Opelka with a very close score, 6-7, 4-6.

Ymer does not use this loss negatively but rather in a way to make himself work harder, fight for what he wants and most importantly never give up.