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Christian Lindell

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Christian Lindell
Country (sports)Sweden Sweden (2007 to January 2012; June 2012 – present)
Brazil Brazil (February 2012 – June 2012)
ResidenceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991 (age 32)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money$306,766
Singles
Career record7–14
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 177 (20 July 2015)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open1R (2015)
WimbledonQ1 (2015)
US OpenQ1 (2015)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 293 (7 March 2016)
Team competitions
Davis Cup4–3
Last updated on: 31 October 2022.

Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is an inactive professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has played seven Davis Cup matches, with a 4–3 record.

Personal information

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He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian mother.

Although he has lived his entire life in Brazil, Lindell represents Sweden through a curious chain of events. Despite having been one of the best Brazilian juniors in his age group, he was not picked to play for Brazil in the South American Junior Championships in 2007. A few months later, while on holiday in Sweden, he decided to play in the Swedish Junior Championships. Lindell won the title and received an invitation to train with the Swedish Tennis Federation and to represent Sweden, which he accepted.

On 15 May 2011 Lindell was invited to join Sweden's number one singles player Robin Söderling and the doubles pairing of Simon Aspelin and Robert Lindstedt for the 2011 Power Horse World Team Cup. He faced the top-tier players John Isner, Mikhail Kukushkin and Juan Ignacio Chela, but lost his three matches.

On 6 February 2012, Lindell announced via Twitter that he would be representing Brazil from then on.[1] Then, in June, it emerged that Lindell had again swapped allegiances. The Swedish tennis site tennissverige.se reported that because the Brazilian Tennis Confederation wouldn't fund him to train with his long-term Swedish coach Julius Demburg, Lindell had decided to return to the Swedish Federation, allegedly for good this time.[2]

Career

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2008

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Lindell made his professional debut on the ITF Futures circuit. In his second tournament, he earned his first ranking points as he reached the quarter-finals before losing to Juan-Pablo Villar.

2010

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Lindell made his ATP Tour debut, receiving a wild card into the main draw in Bastad. With a ranking of 856, he performed admirably, winning the first set against #63 Jarkko Nieminen in a 6–4 0–6 4–6 defeat.

Later in the year, Lindell, having improved his ranking to 445, reached his first ATP Challenger semi-final, losing to #27 Thomaz Bellucci.

2014

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Won his first ever ATP Tour match in Bastad, defeating Inigo Cervantes before losing to Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round.

2015

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Reached his first ATP Challenger final in São Paulo, losing to Guido Pella.

Lindell qualified for his first Grand Slam at Roland Garros, defeating Aslan Karatsev, James Ward and Jan Hernych. He lost in the 1st round to home favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

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Singles: 31 (13–18)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13–17)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (13–18)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2010 Brazil F17, Uberlândia Futures Clay Brazil Rafael Camilo 4–6, 2–6
Loss 0–2 Aug 2010 Brazil F19, São José dos Campos Futures Clay Brazil André Miele 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Oct 2010 Brazil F26, Itu Futures Clay Brazil Fernando Romboli 4–6, 5–7
Win 1–3 Oct 2010 Brazil F28, Fernandópolis Futures Clay Brazil André Miele 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Loss 1–4 Jan 2011 Brazil F3, Aracaju Futures Clay Germany Andre Begemann 4–6, 2–6
Loss 1–5 Jun 2011 Italy F12, Bergamo Futures Clay Italy Stefano Travaglia 2–6, 2–6
Loss 1–6 Jul 2011 Brazil F19, Manaus Futures Clay Brazil Fabiano de Paula 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Win 2–6 May 2012 Brazil F9, Goiânia Futures Clay Brazil Thales Turini 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
Loss 2–7 Dec 2013 Brazil F20, Santa Maria Futures Clay Brazil José Pereira 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Win 3–7 Dec 2013 Brazil F21, Cascavel Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras 7–6(3), 6–3
Win 4–7 May 2014 Sweden F1, Karlskrona Futures Clay Austria Nicolas Reissig 6–2, 6–3
Win 5–7 May 2014 Sweden F3, Båstad Futures Clay Sweden Patrik Rosenholm 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–7 Jul 2014 Estonia F1, Tallinn Futures Clay Sweden Markus Eriksson 3–6, 6–2, 6–2
Win 7–7 Jul 2014 Denmark F1, Aarhus Futures Clay Italy Matteo Donati 6–2, RET
Win 8–7 Jan 2015 Usa F1, Plantation, Florida Futures Clay Germany Julian Lenz 7–5, 6–0
Loss 8–8 Apr 2015 Chile F4, Santiago Futures Clay Chile Juan Carlos Sáez 6–0, 6–7(6–8), 3–6
Loss 8–9 May 2015 São Paulo Brazil Challenger Clay Argentina Guido Pella 5–7, 6–7(1–7)
Loss 9–9 Mar 2016 Usa F9, Boca Raton, Florida Futures Clay Argentina Patricio Heras 4–6, 1–6
Loss 9–10 Oct 2016 Argentina F11, San Juan Futures Clay Argentina Federico Coria 6–4, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(0–7)
Loss 9–11 Jan 2017 Usa F4, Sunrise, Florida Futures Clay Serbia Miomir Kecmanović 2–6, 2–6
Win 10–11 Apr 2017 Italy F10, Santa Margherita Di Pula Futures Clay South Africa Lloyd Harris 6–4, 6–1
Loss 10–12 Jul 2017 France F13, Montauban Futures Clay France Fabien Reboul 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 10–13 Dec 2017 Brazil F4, São Carlos Futures Clay Brazil João Souza 7–6(12–10), 7–6(9–7)
Loss 10–14 Nov 2018 Brazil F8, São Paulo Futures Clay Brazil João Souza 1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 10–15 Nov 2018 Brazil F9, Ribeirão Preto Futures Clay Brazil João Souza 6–4, 4–6, 0–3 RET.
Loss 10–16 Apr 2019 M15 Tabarka, Tunisia World Tennis Tour Clay Republic of Ireland Simon Carr 1–6, 3–6
Win 11–16 Apr 2019 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay France Hugo Gaston 6–2, 6–0
Loss 11–17 Jun 2019 M15 Kaltenkirchen, Germany World Tennis Tour Clay Germany Daniel Altmaier 1–6, 3–6
Win 12–17 Jul 2019 M25 Casinalbo, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Australia Christopher O'Connell 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–3
Win 13–17 Apr 2019 M25 Appiano, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Riccardo Balzerani 6–2, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 13–18 Feb 2020 M25 Weston, Florida, Usa World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Gianluigi Quinzi 6–3, 5–7, 5–7

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

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Legend
Challengers (0–2)
Futures (7–4)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in final
Runner-up 1. 22 August 2010 Brazil F19 Futures Sorocaba, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Fabiano de Paula Brazil Thiago Augusto Bitencourt Pinheiro
Brazil Idio Escobar
2–6, 6–1, 10–5
Runner-up 2. 19 September 2010 Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil João Souza Brazil Leonardo Kirche
Brazil Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
6–3, 6–3
Winner 1. 17 October 2010 Brazil F28 Futures Fernandópolis, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Fabricio Neis Brazil Tiago Fernandes
Brazil Bruno Semenzato
w/o
Winner 2. 3 July 2011 Brazil F19 Futures Manaus, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Tiago Lopes Brazil André Miele
Brazil Diego Matos
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 September 2011 Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Ricardo Hocevar Argentina Guido Andreozzi
Argentina Eduardo Schwank
6–2, 6–4
Winner 3. 30 January 2012 USA F4 Futures Palm Coast, Florida Clay (red) Portugal Pedro Sousa United States Vahid Mirzadeh
United States Michael Shabaz
6–7(7), 6–3, 10–8
Runner-up 4. 21 May 2012 Brazil F11 Futures Bauru, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Fabiano De Paula Brazil Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
Brazil Diego Matos
6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 28 May 2012 Brazil F12 Futures Teresina, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Fabiano De Paula Brazil Wilson Leite
Brazil Carlos Eduardo Severino
6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 5. 29 April 2013 Sweden F1 Futures Karlskrona, Sweden Clay (red) Sweden Stefan Milenkovic Canada Érik Chvojka
Sweden Patrik Rosenholm
6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. 13 May 2013 Sweden F3 Futures Båstad, Sweden Clay (red) Sweden Milos Sekulic Sweden Jesper Brunstrom
Sweden Markus Eriksson
3–6, 6–3, 10–6
Winner 6. 2 September 2013 Argentina F12 Futures La Rioja, Argentina Clay (red) Brazil Daniel Dutra Da Silva Argentina Eduardo Agustin Torre
Italy Stefano Travaglia
6–2, 4–6, 10–7
Winner 7. 25 November 2013 Brazil F18 Futures Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil Clay (red) Brazil Wilson Leite Brazil Joaquin-Jesus Monteferrario
Brazil Facundo Mena
4–6, 6–4, 12–10
Runner-up 6. 9 December 2013 Brazil F20 Futures Santa Maria, Brazil Clay (red) Argentina Guillermo Duran Brazil José Pereira
Brazil Alexander Tsuchiya
7–5 6–3

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