Christian Lindell

Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian mother.

Christian Lindell
Country (sports) Sweden (2007 to January 2012; June 2012 – present)
Brazil (February 2012 – June 2012)
ResidenceRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Born (1991-11-20) 20 November 1991
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money$257,395
Singles
Career record7–14
Career titles0 ATP, 0 Challenger, 10 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 177 (20 July 2015)
Current rankingNo. 512 (13 August 2018)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open1R (2015)
WimbledonQ1 (2015)
US OpenQ1 (2015)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0 ATP, 0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 293 (7 March 2016)
Current rankingNo. 755 (13 August 2018)
Team competitions
Davis Cup4–3
Last updated on: 13 August 2018.

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.

He has played three Davis Cup matches, with a 2-1 record.

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]

Futures and Challenger finals: 36 (17–19)

Singles: 23 (10–13)
Legend
Challengers (0–1)
Futures (10–12)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 1. 26 July 2010 Uberlandia Brazil F17 Clay Rafael Camilo 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 2. 22 August 2010 São José dos Campos Brazil F19 Clay André Miele 4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 27 September 2010 Itu Brazil F26 Clay Fernando Romboli 4–6, 5–7
Winner 1. 17 October 2010 Fernandopolis Brazil F28 Clay André Miele 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Runner-up 4. 16 January 2011 Aracaju Brazil F3 Clay Andre Begemann 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 4 June 2011 Bergamo Italy F12 Clay Stefano Travaglia 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 6. 3 July 2011 Manaus Brazil F19 Clay Fabiano de Paula 1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner 2. 7 May 2012 Goiania Brazil F9 Clay Thales Turini 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 7. 9 December 2013 Santa Maria Brazil F20 Clay Jose Pereira 5-7, 7–6(7–5), 2–6
Winner 3. 16 December 2013 Cascavel Brazil F21 Clay Patricio Heras 7-6(3), 6–3
Winner 4. 3 May 2014 Karlskrona Sweden F1 Clay Nicolas Reissig 6-2, 6–3
Winner 5. 17 May 2014 Båstad Sweden F3 Clay Patrik Rosenholm 6-3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner 6. 19 July 2014 Tallinn Estonia F1 Clay Markus Eriksson 3-6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 27 July 2014 Aarhus Denmark F1 Clay Matteo Donati 6-2, RET
Winner 8. 11 January 2015 Plantation USA F1 Clay Julian Lenz 7-5, 6-0
Runner-up 8. 18 April 2015 Santiago Chile F4 Clay Juan Carlos Sáez 6-0, 6-7(6–8), 3-6
Runner-up 1. 3 May 2015 São Paulo Brazil Clay Guido Pella 5-7, 6-7(1–7)
Runner-up 9. 6 March 2016 Boca Raton USA F9 Clay Patricio Heras 4-6, 1-6
Runner-up 10. 29 October 2016 San Juan Argentina F11 Clay Federico Coria 6-4, 6-7(1–7), 6-7(0–7)
Runner-up 11. 22 January 2017 Sunrise USA F4 Clay Miomir Kecmanović 2-6, 2-6
Winner 9. 29 April 2017 Santa Margherita Di Pula Italy F10 Clay Lloyd Harris 6-4, 6-1
Runner-up 12. 2 July 2017 Montauban France F13 Clay Fabien Reboul 6-4, 4-6, 6-7(5–7)
Winner 10. 3 December 2017 São Carlos Brazil F4 Clay João Souza 7-6(12–10), 7-6(9–7)

Doubles: 13 (7–6)
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) Fabiano de Paula Thiago Augusto Bitencourt Pinheiro
Idio Escobar		 2–6, 6–1, 10–5
Runner-up 2. 19 September 2010 Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil Clay (Red) João Souza Leonardo Kirche
Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 1. 17 October 2010 Brazil F28 Futures Fernandopolis, Brazil Clay (Red) Fabricio Neis Tiago Fernandes
Bruno Semenzato		 w/o
Winner 2. 3 July 2011 Brazil F19 Futures Manaus, Brazil Clay (Red) Tiago Lopes André Miele
Diego Matos		 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 3. 12 September 2011 Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil Clay (Red) Ricardo Hocevar Guido Andreozzi
Eduardo Schwank		 6–2, 6–4
Winner 3. 30 January 2012 USA F4 Futures Palm Coast, Florida Clay (Red) Pedro Sousa Vahid Mirzadeh
Michael Shabaz		 6–7(7), 6–3, 10–8
Runner-up 4. 21 May 2012 Brazil F11 Futures Bauru, Brazil Clay (Red) Fabiano De Paula Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
Diego Matos		 6–3, 6–3
Winner 4. 28 May 2012 Brazil F12 Futures Teresina, Brazil Clay (Red) Fabiano De Paula Wilson Leite
Carlos Eduardo Severino		 6–4, 7–6(4)
Runner-up 5. 29 April 2013 Sweden F1 Futures Karlskrona, Sweden Clay (Red) Stefan Milenkovic Erik Chvojka
Patrik Rosenholm		 6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. 13 May 2013 Sweden F3 Futures Bastad, Sweden Clay (Red) Milos Sekulic Jesper Brunstrom
Markus Eriksson		 3-6, 6–3, 10-6
Winner 6. 2 September 2013 Argentina F12 Futures La Rioja, Argentina Clay (Red) Daniel Dutra Da Silva Eduardo Agustin Torre
Stefano Travaglia		 6–2, 4–6, 10-7
Winner 7. 25 November 2013 Brazil F18 Futures Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil Clay (Red) Wilson Leite Joaquin-Jesus Monteferrario
Facundo Mena		 4-6, 6–4, 12-10
Runner-up 6. 9 December 2013 Brazil F20 Futures Santa Maria, Brazil Clay (Red) Guillermo Duran Jose Pereira
Alexander Tsuchiya		 7-5 6-3

References
  1. Revista TÊNIS – Christian Lindell e CBT chegam a final feliz e carioca voltará a jogar oficialmente pelo Brasil (in Portuguese)
  2. tennissverige.se – Lindell blir svensk – igen (in Swedish) Archived 30 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
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