Christian Lindell

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
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2008
Plays	Right-handed (double-handed backhand)
Prize money	$177,220
Singles
Career record	3–11
Career titles	0 ATP, 0 Challenger, 3 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 177 (20 July 2015)
Current ranking	No. 194 (31 August 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	1R (2015)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2015)
US Open	Q1 (2015)
Doubles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 ATP, 0 Challenger, 7 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 332 (18 June 2012)
Current ranking	No. 535 (31 August 2015)
Last updated on: 10 September 2015.

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.

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

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)

External links

• Christian Lindell at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Christian Lindell at the International Tennis Federation