Elias Ymer mainly plays on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ITF Future Tour . He has already celebrated five individual titles on the Future Tour. He made his debut on the ATP World Tour in July 2013 at the SkiStar Swedish Open in Båstad , for which he received a wildcard ; In the first round of the main draw he lost the game against Grigor Dimitrov despite a strong performance and winning the first set 7: 5, 2: 6 and 4: 6. In October of the same year he made his debut for the Swedish Davis Cup team in the relegation game against Denmark . Thanks to his victory in the fifth game against Martin Pedersen , his team managed to stay in continental group I. A year later, it was Ymer again who secured his stay in continental group I with his win against Janis Podzus from Latvia .
In 2016 he won the double competition in Stockholm with his brother Mikael . The two were in the main field thanks to a wildcard.