Christian Lindell
| Country (sports) |  Sweden (2007 to January 2012; June 2012 – present)  Brazil (February 2012 – June 2012) |
|---|---|
| Residence | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Born | 20 November 1991 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Turned pro | 2008 |
| Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $86,137 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 3–8 |
| Career titles | 0 ATP, 0 Challenger, 3 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 288 (11 July 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 349 (14 July 2014) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 ATP, 0 Challenger, 7 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 332 (18 June 2012) |
| Current ranking | No. 461 (7 July 2014) |
| Last updated on: 3 Jan 2015. | |
Christian Lindell (born 20 November 1991 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a professional tennis player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. 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. 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: 23 (10–13)
Singles: 10 (3–7)
| Legend |
| Challengers (–) |
| Futures (3–7) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
| Runner-up | 1. | 26 July 2010 | Brazil F17 Futures Uberlandia, Brazil | Clay (Red) | Rafael Camilo
|
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 2. | 22 August 2010 | Brazil F19 Futures, São José dos Campos, Brazil | Clay (Red) | André Miele
|
6–4, 1–6, 6–4 |
| Runner-up | 3. | 27 September 2010 | Brazil F26 Futures, Itu, Brazil | Clay (Red) | Fernando Romboli
|
6–4, 7–5 |
| Winner | 1. | 17 October 2010 | Brazil F28 Futures, Fernandopolis, Brazil | Clay (Red) | André Miele
|
7–6(6), 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 4. | 16 January 2011 | Brazil F3 Futures, Aracaju, Brazil | Clay (Red) |  Andre Begemann
|
6–4, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 5. | 4 June 2011 | Italy F12 Futures, Bergamo, Italy | Clay (Red) |  Stefano Travaglia
|
6–2, 6–2 |
| Runner-up | 6. | 3 July 2011 | Brazil F19 Futures, Manaus, Brazil | Clay (Red) | Fabiano de Paula
|
6–1, 1–6, 6–3 |
| Winner | 2. | 7 May 2012 | Brazil F9 Futures, Goiania, Brazil | Clay (Red) | Thales Turini
|
6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5 |
| Runner-up | 7. | 9 December 2013 | Brazil F20 Futures, Santa Maria, Brazil | Clay (Red) | Jose Pereira
|
5-7, 7–6 (5), 2–6 |
| Winner | 3. | 16 December 2013 | Brazil F21 Futures, Cascavel, Brazil | Clay (Red) |  Patricio Heras
|
7-6(3), 6–3 |
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
External links
- Christian Lindell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
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