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.

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.

Personal information edit

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 edit

2008 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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

2015 edit

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 edit

Singles: 31 (13–18) edit

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

Doubles: 13 (7–6) edit

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 Fernandópolis, 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   Érik Chvojka
  Patrik Rosenholm
6–1, 6–1
Winner 5. 13 May 2013 Sweden F3 Futures Båstad, 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 Iguaçu, 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   José Pereira
  Alexander Tsuchiya
7–5 6–3

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