Robert Lindstedt
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Country (sports) | Sweden |
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Residence | Stockholm, Sweden |
Born | Sundbyberg, Sweden | 19 March 1977
Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
Turned pro | 1998 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Pepperdine University |
Prize money | $3,717,876 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–4 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 309 (26 April 2004) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 438–369 |
Career titles | 23 |
Highest ranking | No. 3 (20 May 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 80 (16 March 2020) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2014) |
French Open | QF (2011, 2014) |
Wimbledon | F (2010, 2011, 2012) |
US Open | SF (2015) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2014) |
Olympic Games | 2R (2012) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 20–19 |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2015, 2016, 2017, 2019) |
French Open | QF (2015) |
Wimbledon | F (2019) |
US Open | QF (2008, 2009) |
Other mixed doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2012) |
Team competitions | |
Davis Cup | QF (2008, 2011) |
Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish professional tennis player who specialises in doubles.
He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He has also reached four finals at the Wimbledon Championships: in 2010, 2011 and 2012 alongside Horia Tecău in men's doubles, and in 2019 with Jeļena Ostapenko in mixed doubles.
Lindstedt has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including one at Masters 1000 level at the 2012 Western & Southern Open. He has represented Sweden in the Davis Cup since 2007, as well as at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Career[]
Early years[]
Lindstedt played college tennis in the United States, playing first at Fresno State University before following coach Peter Smith to Pepperdine University, where he completed his collegiate career. While at Pepperdine, he teamed with Kelly Gullett in doubles competition. They were runners-up at the 1998 NCAA individual competition at the University of Georgia, receiving all-America honors for the second year in a row.
2007–2008[]
Lindstedt won two doubles titles in 2007, the first in Mumbai with Jarkko Nieminen against Indian Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. The second came paired with Jordan Kerr in Tokyo, beating Frank Dancevic and Stephen Huss. In 2008. Lindstedt paired with Marc Gicquel to win the Washington tournament and was a semifinalist at the ATP Master Series event in Indian Wells with Richard Gasquet, in Tokyo with Jordan Kerr, and in Kitzbühel with Jürgen Melzer.
Robert was part of a team including Robin Söderling, Thomas Johansson, and coach Peter Carlsson who beat the Russian tennis team (of Dmitry Tursunov, Igor Andreev, and Mikhail Youzhny) 2–1 in the ARAG World Team Cup in Düsseldorf.
2010[]
Lindstedt reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, with long-time partner Horia Tecău.
2012[]
Robert and Horia Tecău of Romania reached their third Wimbledon final in a row. They also defeated Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil to win the Swedish Open.[1]
2013[]
Robert and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia partnered during the first three months; they won Rotterdam together. Later, Lindstedt played with Daniel Nestor and reached the final in Barcelona on clay at their second tournament together. Lindstedt scored his first win over the Bryan brothers with Nestor before they stopped playing together.
2014[]
Lindstedt and Łukasz Kubot of Poland won the Australian Open together, after failing to win a match before the Grand Slam event.
Significant finals[]
Grand Slam finals[]
Doubles: 4 (1–3)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2010 | Wimbledon | Grass | Horia Tecău | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |
1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Loss | 2011 | Wimbledon (2) | Grass | Horia Tecău | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Loss | 2012 | Wimbledon (3) | Grass | Horia Tecău | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Win | 2014 | Australian Open | Hard | Łukasz Kubot | Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen |
6–3, 6–3 |
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2019 | Wimbledon | Grass | Jeļena Ostapenko | Ivan Dodig Latisha Chan |
6–3, 6–2 |
Masters 1000 finals[]
Doubles: 2 (1–1)[]
Result | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 2012 | Madrid | Clay (blue) | Horia Tecău | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2012 | Cincinnati | Hard | Horia Tecău | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6–4, 6–4 |
ATP career finals[]
Doubles: 48 (23 titles, 25 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2005 | Vietnam Open | International | Carpet (i) | Ashley Fisher | Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber |
6–5(7–3), 4–6, 2–6 [a] |
Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2006 | Las Vegas Open, United States | International | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Jul 2006 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Intl. Gold | Clay | Yves Allegro | Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi |
5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–12] |
Win | 1–3 | Sep 2007 | Mumbai Open, India | International | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 2–3 | Oct 2007 | Japan Open | Intl. Gold | Hard | Jordan Kerr | Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–3 | Aug 2008 | Washington Open, United States | International | Hard | Marc Gicquel | Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett |
7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Jan 2009 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Scott Lipsky Leander Paes |
7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 5–3 | Feb 2009 | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Martin Damm | Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen |
6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–4 | Feb 2009 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov |
6–4, 3–6, [5–10] |
Loss | 5–5 | May 2009 | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | Martin Damm | Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky |
3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–6 | Jul 2009 | Swedish Open | 250 Series | Clay | Robin Söderling | Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek |
6–1, 3–6, [7–10] |
Win | 6–6 | Aug 2009 | Washington Open, United States (2) | 500 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 6–7 | Feb 2010 | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Julian Knowle | Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra |
4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–7 | Apr 2010 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–2, 3–6, [10–7] |
Win | 8–7 | Jun 2010 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Horia Tecău | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes |
1–6, 7–5, [10–7] |
Loss | 8–8 | Jul 2010 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Horia Tecău | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner |
1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 9–8 | Jul 2010 | Swedish Open | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi |
6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 10–8 | Aug 2010 | New Haven Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 10–9 | Jan 2011 | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley |
4–6, ret. |
Win | 11–9 | Apr 2011 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay |
6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 11–10 | Jun 2011 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Horia Tecău | Daniele Bracciali František Čermák |
3–6, 6–2, [8–10] |
Loss | 11–11 | Jul 2011 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Horia Tecău | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan |
3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7) |
Win | 12–11 | Jul 2011 | Swedish Open (2) | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 12–12 | Aug 2011 | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10] |
Loss | 12–13 | Oct 2011 | China Open | 500 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 12–14 | Feb 2012 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Horia Tecău | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić |
6–4, 5–7, [14–16] |
Win | 13–14 | Apr 2012 | Romanian Open | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Loss | 13–15 | May 2012 | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Horia Tecău | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 14–15 | Jun 2012 | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2) | 250 Series | Grass | Horia Tecău | Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov |
6–3, 7–6(7–1) |
Loss | 14–16 | Jul 2012 | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Horia Tecău | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen |
6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6 |
Win | 15–16 | Jul 2012 | Swedish Open (3) | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
Win | 16–16 | Aug 2012 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Horia Tecău | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna |
6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 16–17 | Oct 2012 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares |
7–6(7–4), 5–7, [6–10] |
Win | 17–17 | Feb 2013 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Nenad Zimonjić | Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung |
5–7, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 17–18 | Mar 2013 | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra |
6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 17–19 | Apr 2013 | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares |
7–5, 6–7(7–9), [4–10] |
Loss | 17–20 | Oct 2013 | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Jonas Björkman | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer |
2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 18–20 | Jan 2014 | Australian Open | Grand Slam | Hard | Łukasz Kubot | Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 18–21 | May 2015 | Istanbul Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Radu Albot Dušan Lajović |
4–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 19–21 | Aug 2015 | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Dominic Inglot | Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky |
6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 20–21 | Oct 2016 | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin |
7–6(7–4), 6–3 |
Loss | 20–22 | Oct 2016 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard (i) | Michael Venus | Marcel Granollers Jack Sock |
3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 21–22 | Jun 2017 | Antalya Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Grass | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić |
7–5, 4–1 ret. |
Win | 22–22 | May 2018 | Istanbul Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Clay | Dominic Inglot | Ben McLachlan Nicholas Monroe |
3–6, 6–3, [10–8] |
Loss | 22–23 | Jun 2018 | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Marcin Matkowski | Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
Loss | 22–24 | Sep 2018 | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Loss | 22–25 | May 2019 | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Matthew Ebden | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić |
4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 23–25 | Sep 2019 | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Jan-Lennard Struff | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4] |
Doubles performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | P | NH |
Tournament | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | 2R | W | 2R | 3R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1 / 14 | 19–13 |
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 13 | 12–13 |
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | QF | 3R | F | F | F | QF | 2R | 2R | 3R | 3R | QF | 2R | 0 / 16 | 35–13 |
US Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 2R | QF | 3R | 3R | QF | 3R | 2R | 2R | SF | QF | 3R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 16 | 26–16 |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 2–4 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 5–4 | 7–4 | 11–4 | 11–4 | 6–4 | 11–3 | 7–4 | 7–3 | 7–4 | 4–4 | 1–5 | 1 / 54 | 91–54 |
Year-end championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Finals | Did Not Qualify | RR | RR | DNQ | SF | Did Not Qualify | 0 / 3 | 5–5 | ||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | QF | SF | 1R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 10 | 8–10 | |
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1R | QF | 1R | QF | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 12 | 8–12 | |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | 2R | QF | 2R | A | 2R | A | A | 0 / 7 | 2–7 | |
Madrid Open | NH | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 1R | F | QF | 2R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | ||
Italian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | QF | SF | QF | 2R | 1R | A | A | A | 0 / 6 | 5–6 | |
Canadian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | SF | SF | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 9 | 7–9 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 1R | 2R | W | 2R | QF | A | A | A | A | 1 / 8 | 9–7 | |
Shanghai Masters | Not Masters Series | 1R | 2R | QF | 2R | QF | 2R | 2R | 2R | A | QF | 0 / 9 | 8–9 | |||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | SF | A | A | A | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | |
German Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | 2R | A | 1R | Not Masters Series | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | ||||||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–5 | 2–4 | 4–5 | 3–7 | 3–8 | 5–9 | 12–8 | 9–9 | 6–9 | 6–5 | 2–5 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1 / 77 | 57–76 | |
National representation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Olympics | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | A | Not Held | 2R | Not Held | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 1–1 | ||||||||||
Davis Cup | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | QF | 1R | 1R | QF | 1R | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | Z1 | A | PO | 0 / 5 | 14–4 | |
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0 / 6 | 15–5 | |
Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | Career | ||
Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23 | ||
Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 46 | ||
Overall Win–Loss | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–7 | 10–13 | 19–27 | 22–22 | 29–27 | 38–28 | 36–29 | 42–25 | 50–23 | 32–26 | 28–25 | 36–26 | 28–26 | 15–18 | 27–17 | 417–340 | ||
Year-end ranking | 235 | 357 | 934 | 204 | 96 | 62 | 42 | 39 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 19 | 13 | 26 | 39 | 72 | 46 | 55% |
Footnotes[]
- ^ Tie-breaks were held at 5–5 and not 6–6 in this tournament.
World TeamTennis[]
Lindstedt enters his third season with World TeamTennis in 2020, after making his debut with the Washington Kastles in 2018, and playing a season with the Springfield Lasers in 2019. It was announced he will be returning to the Springfield Lasers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin 12 July.[2]
References[]
- ^ "David Ferrer wins second Swedish Open title". 15 July 2012.
- ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. 16 June 2020.
External links[]
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- Robert Lindstedt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Robert Lindstedt at the International Tennis Federation
- Robert Lindstedt at the Davis Cup
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Sundbyberg Municipality
- Swedish male tennis players
- Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic tennis players of Sweden
- Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles
- Australian Open (tennis) champions