Christian Lindell

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 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. 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.

Career

2008

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

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

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

2015

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

Singles: 31 (13–18)

Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (13–17)

Titles by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (13–18)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)

Doubles: 13 (7–6) Legend Challengers (0–2) Futures (7–4)

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