Robert Lindstedt

Robert Lindstedt

Robert Lindstedt at the 2013 French Open
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Båstad, Sweden
Born	(1977-03-19) 19 March 1977 Sundbyberg, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US $3,292,595
Singles
Career record	0–4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 309 (26 April 2004)
Doubles
Career record	375–305
Career titles	20
Highest ranking	No. 3 (20 May 2013)
Current ranking	No. 39 (7 November 2016)
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	15–18
Career titles	0
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2015, 2016)
French Open	QF (2015)
Wimbledon	SF (2015)
US Open	QF (2008, 2009)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Last updated on: 7 November 2016.

Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist. His biggest title has been the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He is also a three-time Wimbledon finalist with former partner Horia Tecău.

Career

Early career

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 Lukasz Kubot of Poland won the 2014 Australian Open together after failing to win a match before the Grand Slam.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Runner-up	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Horia Tecău	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Runner-up	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Winner	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	2012	Madrid	Clay (blue)	Horia Tecău	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 4–6
Winner	2012	Cincinnati	Hard	Horia Tecău	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–4, 6–4

ATP career finals

Doubles: 42 (20 titles, 22 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2005	Vietnam Open, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–5(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	6 March 2006	Tennis Channel Open, Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	24 July 2006	Mercedes Cup, Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Yves Allegro	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	5–7, 7–6, [10–12]
Winner	1.	24 September 2007	Chennai Open, Mumbai, India	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Winner	2.	7 October 2007	Japan Open Tennis Championships, Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Frank Dancevic Steven Huss	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	17 August 2008	Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, D.C., United States (1)	Hard	Marc Gicquel	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Winner	4.	12 January 2009	ATP Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martin Damm	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	8 February 2009	ATP Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 February 2009	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Martin Damm	Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Runner-up	5.	10 May 2009	Estoril Open, Estoril, Portugal	Clay	Martin Damm	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	19 July 2009	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Robin Söderling	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Winner	6.	9 August 2009	Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, D.C., United States (2)	Hard	Martin Damm	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	7.	21 February 2010	ATP Marseille, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	10 April 2010	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (1)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	21 June 2010	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Winner	8.	19 June 2010	UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (1)	Grass	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	9.	18 July 2010	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden (1)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 7–5
Winner	10.	28 August 2010	Pilot Pen Tennis, New Haven, United States	Hard	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	9 January 2011	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	4–6, ret.
Winner	11.	9 April 2011	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco (2)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	18 June 2011	UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Horia Tecău	Daniele Bracciali František Čermák	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	11.	2 July 2011	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Horia Tecău	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	12.	17 July 2011	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden (2)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	7 August 2011	Legg Mason Tennis Classic, Washington, D.C., United States	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10]
Runner-up	13.	9 October 2011	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Runner-up	14.	19 February 2012	Rotterdam Open, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 5–7, [14–16]
Winner	13.	28 April 2012	BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Horia Tecău	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Runner-up	15.	13 May 2012	Madrid Open, Madrid, Spain	Clay (blue)	Horia Tecău	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 4–6
Winner	14.	23 June 2012	UNICEF Open, 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands (2)	Grass	Horia Tecău	Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Runner-up	16.	8 July 2012	Wimbledon Championships, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Winner	15.	15 July 2012	Swedish Open, Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Horia Tecău	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	16.	19 August 2012	Western & Southern Open, Cincinnati, United States	Hard	Horia Tecău	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	21 October 2012	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7-6(7-4), 5-7, 6-10
Winner	17.	17 February 2013	ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung	5-7, 6-3, [10-8]
Runner-up	18.	2 March 2013	Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra	6-7(6-8), 6-7(6-8)
Runner-up	19.	28 April 2013	Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7-5, 6-7(7-9), [4-10]
Runner-up	20.	20 October 2013	If Stockholm Open, Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	2-6, 2-6
Winner	18.	25 January 2014	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	21.	3 May 2015	Istanbul Cup, Istanbul, Turkey	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	Radu Albot Dušan Lajović	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Winner	19.	29 August 2015	Winston-Salem Open, Winston-Salem, United States	Hard	Dominic Inglot	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	6–2, 6–4
Winner	20.	2 October 2016	Shenzhen Open, Shenzhen, China	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Olivier Marach Fabrice Martin	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Runner-up	22.	30 October 2016	Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Michael Venus	Marcel Granollers Jack Sock	3–6, 4–6

Doubles performance timeline

¹ Held as Hamburg Masters (outdoor clay) until 2008, Madrid Masters (outdoor clay) 2009–present.
² Held as Stuttgart Masters (indoor hard) until 2001, Madrid Masters (indoor hard) from 2002–08, and Shanghai Masters (outdoor hard) 2009–present.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Robert Lindstedt.

• Robert Lindstedt at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robert Lindstedt at the International Tennis Federation
• Robert Lindstedt at the Davis Cup