Christian Lindell
Christian Meira Lindell 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. 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.
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. 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.
Futures and Challenger finals: 36 (17–19)
Singles: 23 (10–13)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score in the final |
Runner-up | 1. | Uberlandia Brazil F17 | Clay | Rafael Camilo | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 2. | São José dos Campos Brazil F19 | Clay | André Miele | 4–6, 6–1, 4–6 | |
Runner-up | 3. | Itu Brazil F26 | Clay | Fernando Romboli | 4–6, 5–7 | |
Winner | 1. | Fernandopolis Brazil F28 | Clay | André Miele | 7–6, 6–2 | |
Runner-up | 4. | Aracaju Brazil F3 | Clay | Andre Begemann | 4–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 5. | Bergamo Italy F12 | Clay | Stefano Travaglia | 2–6, 2–6 | |
Runner-up | 6. | Manaus Brazil F19 | Clay | Fabiano de Paula | 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 | |
Winner | 2. | Goiania Brazil F9 | Clay | Thales Turini | 6–7, 6–4, 7–5 | |
Runner-up | 7. | Santa Maria Brazil F20 | Clay | Jose Pereira | 5-7, 7–6, 2–6 | |
Winner | 3. | Cascavel Brazil F21 | Clay | Patricio Heras | 7-6, 6–3 | |
Winner | 4. | Karlskrona Sweden F1 | Clay | Nicolas Reissig | 6-2, 6–3 | |
Winner | 5. | Båstad Sweden F3 | Clay | Patrik Rosenholm | 6-3, 7–6 | |
Winner | 6. | Tallinn Estonia F1 | Clay | Markus Eriksson | 3-6, 6–2, 6–2 | |
Winner | 7. | Aarhus Denmark F1 | Clay | Matteo Donati | 6-2, RET | |
Winner | 8. | Plantation USA F1 | Clay | Julian Lenz | 7-5, 6-0 | |
Runner-up | 8. | Santiago Chile F4 | Clay | Juan Carlos Sáez | 6-0, 6-7, 3-6 | |
Runner-up | 1. | São Paulo Brazil | Clay | Guido Pella | 5-7, 6-7 | |
Runner-up | 9. | Boca Raton USA F9 | Clay | Patricio Heras | 4-6, 1-6 | |
Runner-up | 10. | San Juan Argentina F11 | Clay | Federico Coria | 6-4, 6-7, 6-7 | |
Runner-up | 11. | Sunrise USA F4 | Clay | Miomir Kecmanović | 2-6, 2-6 | |
Winner | 9. | Santa Margherita Di Pula Italy F10 | Clay | Lloyd Harris | 6-4, 6-1 | |
Runner-up | 12. | Montauban France F13 | Clay | Fabien Reboul | 6-4, 4-6, 6-7 | |
Winner | 10. | São Carlos Brazil F4 | Clay | João Souza | 7-6, 7-6 |
Doubles: 13 (7–6)
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in final |
Runner-up | 1. | Brazil F19 Futures Sorocaba, Brazil | Clay | Fabiano de Paula | Thiago Augusto Bitencourt Pinheiro Idio Escobar | 2–6, 6–1, 10–5 | |
Runner-up | 2. | Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil | Clay | João Souza | Leonardo Kirche Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Winner | 1. | Brazil F28 Futures Fernandopolis, Brazil | Clay | Fabricio Neis | Tiago Fernandes Bruno Semenzato | w/o | |
Winner | 2. | Brazil F19 Futures Manaus, Brazil | Clay | Tiago Lopes | André Miele Diego Matos | 7–5, 6–1 | |
Runner-up | 3. | Belo Horizonte Challenger, Brazil | Clay | Ricardo Hocevar | Guido Andreozzi Eduardo Schwank | 6–2, 6–4 | |
Winner | 3. | USA F4 Futures Palm Coast, Florida | Clay | Pedro Sousa | Vahid Mirzadeh Michael Shabaz | 6–7, 6–3, 10–8 | |
Runner-up | 4. | Brazil F11 Futures Bauru, Brazil | Clay | Fabiano De Paula | Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli Diego Matos | 6–3, 6–3 | |
Winner | 4. | Brazil F12 Futures Teresina, Brazil | Clay | Fabiano De Paula | Wilson Leite Carlos Eduardo Severino | 6–4, 7–6 | |
Runner-up | 5. | Sweden F1 Futures Karlskrona, Sweden | Clay | Stefan Milenkovic | Erik Chvojka Patrik Rosenholm | 6–1, 6–1 | |
Winner | 5. | Sweden F3 Futures Bastad, Sweden | Clay | Milos Sekulic | Jesper Brunstrom Markus Eriksson | 3-6, 6–3, 10-6 | |
Winner | 6. | Argentina F12 Futures La Rioja, Argentina | Clay | Daniel Dutra Da Silva | Eduardo Agustin Torre Stefano Travaglia | 6–2, 4–6, 10-7 | |
Winner | 7. | Brazil F18 Futures Foz Do Iguacu, Brazil | Clay | Wilson Leite | Joaquin-Jesus Monteferrario Facundo Mena | 4-6, 6–4, 12-10 | |
Runner-up | 6. | Brazil F20 Futures Santa Maria, Brazil | Clay | Guillermo Duran | Jose Pereira Alexander Tsuchiya | 7-5 6-3 |