Honors & Awards
- 2026 CAA Champion
- 2026 All-CAA First Team - Singles
- 2026 All-CAA Third Team - Doubles
- 2025-26 Team MVP (Team Award)
- CAA Player of the Week (Jan. 27, 2026)
- 2025 All-CAA First Team - Singles
- 2025 All-CAA Second Team - Doubles
- CAA Player of the Week (March 11, 2025)
Sophomore (2025-26)
Helped Elon win its first CAA championship since 2019 • Named to the All-CAA First Team for singles and Third Team for doubles • Clinched Elon's CAA title with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-1 victory at No. 2 singles against UNCW's Alex de Gabriele (4/19) • Also clinched Elon's CAA semifinal victory against William & Mary (4/18) with a 6-4, 6-3 triumph on Court 2 against Oliver Hague • Led the Phoenix with 16 singles wins, with 15 coming at the No. 2 spot • Entered the NCAA Tournament on a nine-match singles winning streak • Won regular season conference matches against William & Mary (3/20) and Campbell (4/1) • Defeated Alex Frusina, the No. 73 player in the ITA singles rankings, of No. 11 Texas A&M 6-4, 6-4 (1/21) and also won 7-6 (8), 6-3 against Ainius Sabaliauskas of No. 23 NC State (2/21) • Won in a third set against Sergej Zivkovic of St. John's, the Big East Tournament champion, coming through in a 6-2, 4-6, 6-1 decision (4/13) • Named CAA Player of the Week on Jan. 27 following the victory over the Aggies • Went 6-1 in the spring in third sets and 2-0 in match tiebreaks • Also led Elon with 10 dual doubles victories, winning six with Jack Curtis and four with Oskar Antinheimo • Won at the No. 2 spot alongside Curtis in Elon's CAA semifinal victory against William & Mary • Won regular season CAA doubles contests with Antinheimo against William & Mary and Campbell, with the duo clinching the doubles point for Elon against the Camels with a tiebreak victory • Also won with Curtis against St. John's at the No. 2 spot • Appeared at No. 2 doubles and singles in Elon's first round NCAA Tournament match at No. 12 Georgia (5/1) • Won six singles matches during the fall season to go along with one doubles victory • Went 2-1 in singles at the Liberty Dual before a 3-1 effort at the Wake Forest Invite to close the fall • Won two singles matches in full final sets and one in a match tiebreak at the Elon Invitational • Defeated two ACC opponents in singles during the fall, beating Virginia's Mans Dahlberg at the Liberty Dual and NC State's Charlie Camus at the Wake Forest Invite
Freshman (2024-25)
Earned All-CAA First Team honors in singles and All-CAA Second Team recognition in doubles • Joined Elon prior to the start of the spring season • Paced Elon with 11 singles victories in the spring, all coming at the No. 2 position • Earned the first dual singles win of his career in his first match against VCU (2/2), prevailing in a third set • Won three consecutive singles matches in three sets against Coastal Carolina (2/28), Campbell (3/9) and Gadner-Webb (3/17) • Named CAA Player of the Week on March 11 following the victories over Coastal Carolina and Campbell, in which he came from a set down to win both • His win over Gardner-Webb kicked off a six-match winning streak in completed singles contests that also included victories against UNC Asheville (3/21), Liberty (3/25), William & Mary in a match tiebreak (3/30), Presbyterian (4/5) and College of Charleston (4/17) • Played No. 2 singles in both of Elon's CAA Tournament matches versus Monmouth (4/26) and UNCW (4/27) • Won 10 matches at No. 2 doubles with partner Jack Curtis • Earned the first dual doubles win of his career with Curtis against Penn (2/9) • Won his final six completed doubles matches on the season alongside Curtis, including regular season CAA matches against William & Mary and College of Charleston, along with the CAA Tournament semifinal against Monmouth • His 10 doubles victories were tied with Curtis for the most on the PhoenixÂ
Prior to Elon
Career-high ITF ranking of No. 349 • 11.90 UTR with three ATP points, placing him among the top 1500 in the ATP world rankings
Personal
Full name is Rafael Lucas Emanuel Wondwosen Ymer • Son of Wondwosen and Kelemework • Brothers Elias and Mikael both play professional tennis
Career Stats (Dual Match Only - Spring Season)
| Year (Match-By-Match Link) |
Singles |
Doubles |
| 2025 |
11-6 |
10-6 |
| 2026 |
16-4 |
10-6 |
| Overall |
27-10 |
20-14 |
