| Christian Lindell | |
| Country: |  Sweden (2007 to January 2012; June 2012 – present)  Brazil (February 2012 – June 2012) |
| Residence: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Birth Date: | 1991 11, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Turnedpro: | 2008 |
| Plays: | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
| Careerprizemoney: | $306,766 |
| Singlesrecord: | 7–14 |
| Singlestitles: | 0 |
| Highestsinglesranking: | No. 177 (20 July 2015) |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R (2015) |
| Wimbledonresult: | Q1 (2015) |
| Usopenresult: | Q1 (2015) |
| Doublesrecord: | 0–1 |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Highestdoublesranking: | No. 293 (7 March 2016) |
| Team: | yes |
| Daviscupresult: | 4–3 |
| Updated: | 31 October 2022 |
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.
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]
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.
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.
Won his first ever ATP Tour match in Bastad, defeating Inigo Cervantes before losing to Pablo Cuevas in the 2nd round.
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.
| 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 | Brazil F17, Uberlândia | Futures | Clay | Rafael Camilo | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 0–2 | Futures | Clay | André Miele | 4–6, 6–1, 4–6 | |||
| Loss | 0–3 | Futures | Clay | Fernando Romboli | 4–6, 5–7 | |||
| Win | 1–3 | Futures | Clay | André Miele | 7–6(8–6), 6–2 | |||
| Loss | 1–4 | Brazil F3, Aracaju | Futures | Clay | Andre Begemann | 4–6, 2–6 | ||
| Loss | 1–5 | Futures | Clay |  Stefano Travaglia | 2–6, 2–6 | |||
| Loss | 1–6 | Futures | Clay | Fabiano de Paula | 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 | |||
| Win | 2–6 | Futures | Clay | Thales Turini | 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5 | |||
| Loss | 2–7 | Futures | Clay | José Pereira | 5–7, 7–6(7–5), 2–6 | |||
| Win | 3–7 | Futures | Clay |  Patricio Heras | 7–6(3), 6–3 | |||
| Win | 4–7 | Sweden F1, Karlskrona | Futures | Clay |  Nicolas Reissig | 6–2, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 5–7 | Futures | Clay | Patrik Rosenholm | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) | |||
| Win | 6–7 | Futures | Clay | Markus Eriksson | 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 | |||
| Win | 7–7 | Futures | Clay | Matteo Donati | 6–2, RET | |||
| Win | 8–7 | Futures | Clay | Julian Lenz | 7–5, 6–0 | |||
| Loss | 8–8 | Futures | Clay | Juan Carlos Sáez | 6–0, 6–7(6–8), 3–6 | |||
| Loss | 8–9 | São Paulo Brazil | Challenger | Clay | Guido Pella | 5–7, 6–7(1–7) | ||
| Loss | 9–9 | Futures | Clay | Patricio Heras | 4–6, 1–6 | |||
| Loss | 9–10 | Futures | Clay | Federico Coria | 6–4, 6–7(1–7), 6–7(0–7) | |||
| Loss | 9–11 | Futures | Clay |  Miomir Kecmanović | 2–6, 2–6 | |||
| Win | 10–11 | Futures | Clay | Lloyd Harris | 6–4, 6–1 | |||
| Loss | 10–12 | Futures | Clay |  Fabien Reboul | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7) | |||
| Win | 10–13 | Futures | Clay | João Souza | 7–6(12–10), 7–6(9–7) | |||
| Loss | 10–14 | Futures | Clay | João Souza | 1–6, 6–7(4–7) | |||
| Loss | 10–15 | Futures | Clay | João Souza | 6–4, 4–6, 0–3 RET. | |||
| Loss | 10–16 | M15 Tabarka, Tunisia | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Simon Carr | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 11–16 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Hugo Gaston | 6–2, 6–0 | ||
| Loss | 11–17 | M15 Kaltenkirchen, Germany | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniel Altmaier | 1–6, 3–6 | ||
| Win | 12–17 | M25 Casinalbo, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Christopher O'Connell | 7–6(7–5), 5–7, 6–3 | ||
| Win | 13–17 | M25 Appiano, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Riccardo Balzerani | 6–2, 4–6, 6–3 | ||
| Loss | 13–18 | M25 Weston, Florida, Usa | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Gianluigi Quinzi | 6–3, 5–7, 5–7 |
| Legend | |
|---|---|
| Challengers (0–2) | |
| Futures (7–4) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runner-up | 1. | 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. | Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil | Clay (red) | João Souza | Leonardo Kirche Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Winner | 1. | Brazil F28 Futures Fernandópolis, Brazil | Clay (red) | Fabricio Neis | Tiago Fernandes Bruno Semenzato | w/o | ||
| Winner | 2. | Brazil F19 Futures Manaus, Brazil | Clay (red) | Tiago Lopes | André Miele Diego Matos | 7–5, 6–1 | ||
| Runner-up | 3. | Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil | Clay (red) | Ricardo Hocevar | Guido Andreozzi Eduardo Schwank | 6–2, 6–4 | ||
| Winner | 3. | USA F4 Futures Palm Coast, Florida | Clay (red) | Pedro Sousa |  Vahid Mirzadeh Michael Shabaz | 6–7(7), 6–3, 10–8 | ||
| Runner-up | 4. | Brazil F11 Futures Bauru, Brazil | Clay (red) | Fabiano De Paula | Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli Diego Matos | 6–3, 6–3 | ||
| Winner | 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, 6–1 | ||
| Winner | 5. | Sweden F3 Futures Båstad, Sweden | Clay (red) | Milos Sekulic | Jesper Brunstrom Markus Eriksson | 3–6, 6–3, 10–6 | ||
| Winner | 6. | 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. | 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. | Brazil F20 Futures Santa Maria, Brazil | Clay (red) | Guillermo Duran | José Pereira Alexander Tsuchiya | 7–5 6–3 |