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)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponent in the finalScore in the final
Runner-up1. Uberlandia Brazil F17Clay Rafael Camilo4–6, 2–6
Runner-up2. São José dos Campos Brazil F19Clay André Miele4–6, 6–1, 4–6
Runner-up3. Itu Brazil F26Clay Fernando Romboli4–6, 5–7
Winner1. Fernandopolis Brazil F28Clay André Miele7–6, 6–2
Runner-up4. Aracaju Brazil F3Clay Andre Begemann4–6, 2–6
Runner-up5. Bergamo Italy F12Clay Stefano Travaglia2–6, 2–6
Runner-up6. Manaus Brazil F19Clay Fabiano de Paula1–6, 6–1, 3–6
Winner2. Goiania Brazil F9Clay Thales Turini6–7, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up7. Santa Maria Brazil F20Clay Jose Pereira5-7, 7–6, 2–6
Winner3. Cascavel Brazil F21Clay Patricio Heras7-6, 6–3
Winner4. Karlskrona Sweden F1Clay Nicolas Reissig6-2, 6–3
Winner5. Båstad Sweden F3Clay Patrik Rosenholm6-3, 7–6
Winner6. Tallinn Estonia F1Clay Markus Eriksson3-6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner7. Aarhus Denmark F1Clay Matteo Donati6-2, RET
Winner8. Plantation USA F1Clay Julian Lenz7-5, 6-0
Runner-up8. Santiago Chile F4Clay Juan Carlos Sáez6-0, 6-7, 3-6
Runner-up1. São Paulo BrazilClay Guido Pella5-7, 6-7
Runner-up9. Boca Raton USA F9Clay Patricio Heras4-6, 1-6
Runner-up10. San Juan Argentina F11Clay Federico Coria6-4, 6-7, 6-7
Runner-up11. Sunrise USA F4Clay Miomir Kecmanović2-6, 2-6
Winner9. Santa Margherita Di Pula Italy F10Clay Lloyd Harris6-4, 6-1
Runner-up12. Montauban France F13Clay Fabien Reboul6-4, 4-6, 6-7
Winner10. São Carlos Brazil F4Clay João Souza7-6, 7-6

Doubles: 13 (7–6)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponents in the finalScore in final
Runner-up1.Brazil F19 Futures Sorocaba, BrazilClay Fabiano de Paula Thiago Augusto Bitencourt Pinheiro
Idio Escobar
2–6, 6–1, 10–5
Runner-up2.Belo Horizonte Challenger, BrazilClay João Souza Leonardo Kirche
Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
6–3, 6–3
Winner1.Brazil F28 Futures Fernandopolis, BrazilClay Fabricio Neis Tiago Fernandes
Bruno Semenzato
w/o
Winner2.Brazil F19 Futures Manaus, BrazilClay Tiago Lopes André Miele
Diego Matos
7–5, 6–1
Runner-up3.Belo Horizonte Challenger, BrazilClay Ricardo Hocevar Guido Andreozzi
Eduardo Schwank
6–2, 6–4
Winner3.USA F4 Futures Palm Coast, FloridaClay Pedro Sousa Vahid Mirzadeh
Michael Shabaz
6–7, 6–3, 10–8
Runner-up4.Brazil F11 Futures Bauru, BrazilClay Fabiano De Paula Rodrigo-Antonio Grilli
Diego Matos
6–3, 6–3
Winner4.Brazil F12 Futures Teresina, BrazilClay Fabiano De Paula Wilson Leite
Carlos Eduardo Severino
6–4, 7–6
Runner-up5.Sweden F1 Futures Karlskrona, SwedenClay Stefan Milenkovic Erik Chvojka
Patrik Rosenholm
6–1, 6–1
Winner5.Sweden F3 Futures Bastad, SwedenClay Milos Sekulic Jesper Brunstrom
Markus Eriksson
3-6, 6–3, 10-6
Winner6.Argentina F12 Futures La Rioja, ArgentinaClay Daniel Dutra Da Silva Eduardo Agustin Torre
Stefano Travaglia
6–2, 4–6, 10-7
Winner7.Brazil F18 Futures Foz Do Iguacu, BrazilClay Wilson Leite Joaquin-Jesus Monteferrario
Facundo Mena
4-6, 6–4, 12-10
Runner-up6.Brazil F20 Futures Santa Maria, BrazilClay Guillermo Duran Jose Pereira
Alexander Tsuchiya
7-5 6-3