Robert Lindstedt
Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player
He turned professional in 1998, and is a doubles specialist. His biggest title was the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. Lindstedt is also a three-time Wimbledon finalist with former partner Horia Tecău.
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 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.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)
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 48 (23 titles, 25 runner-ups)
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | 2005 Ho Chi Minh City Open| | Vietnam Open | International | Carpet | Ashley Fisher | Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber | 6–5, 4–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | 2006 Tennis Channel Open – Doubles| | Las Vegas Open, United States | International | Hard | Jaroslav Levinský | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | 2006 Mercedes Cup| | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Intl. Gold | Clay | Yves Allegro | Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi | 5–7, 7–6, |
Win | 1–3 | 2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open – Doubles| | Mumbai Open, India | International | Hard | Jarkko Nieminen | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 7–6, 7–6 |
Win | 2–3 | 2007 AIG Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles| | Japan Open | Intl. Gold | Hard | Jordan Kerr | Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 3–3 | 2008 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles| | Washington Open, United States | International | Hard | Marc Gicquel | Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett | 7–6, 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | 2009 Heineken Open – Doubles| | Auckland Open, New Zealand | 250 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Scott Lipsky Leander Paes | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 5–3 | 2009 PBZ Zagreb Indoors – Doubles| | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | 250 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen | 6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 5–4 | 2009 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles| | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov | 6–4, 3–6, |
Loss | 5–5 | 2009 Estoril Open – Men's Doubles| | Estoril Open, Portugal | 250 Series | Clay | Martin Damm | Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky | 3–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 5–6 | 2009 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles| | Swedish Open | 250 Series | Clay | Robin Söderling | Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek | 6–1, 3–6, |
Win | 6–6 | 2009 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles| | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Martin Damm | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 7–5, 7–6 |
Loss | 6–7 | 2010 Open 13 – Doubles| | Open 13, France | 250 Series | Hard | Julian Knowle | Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra | 4–6, 3–6 |
Win | 7–7 | 2010 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6–2, 3–6, |
Win | 8–7 | 2010 UNICEF Open – Men's Doubles| | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Horia Tecău | Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes | 1–6, 7–5, |
Loss | 8–8 | 2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles| | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Horia Tecău | Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner | 1–6, 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 9–8 | 2010 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles| | Swedish Open | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi | 6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 10–8 | 2010 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Doubles| | New Haven Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 6–4, 7–5 |
Loss | 10–9 | 2011 Brisbane International – Men's Doubles| | Brisbane International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley | 4–6, ret. |
Win | 11–9 | 2011 Grand Prix Hassan II – Doubles| | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay | 6–2, 6–1 |
Loss | 11–10 | 2011 UNICEF Open – Men's Doubles| | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Horia Tecău | Daniele Bracciali František Čermák | 3–6, 6–2, |
Loss | 11–11 | 2011 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles| | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Horia Tecău | Bob Bryan Mike Bryan | 3–6, 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 12–11 | 2011 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles| | Swedish Open | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 12–12 | 2011 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles| | Washington Open, United States | 500 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 7–6, 6–7, |
Loss | 12–13 | 2011 China Open – Men's Doubles| | China Open | 500 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 12–14 | 2012 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles| | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard | Horia Tecău | Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić | 6–4, 5–7, |
Win | 13–14 | 2012 BRD Năstase Țiriac Trophy – Doubles| | Romanian Open | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot | 7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 13–15 | 2012 Mutua Madrid Open – Men's Doubles| | Madrid Open, Spain | Masters 1000 | Clay | Horia Tecău | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 14–15 | 2012 UNICEF Open – Men's Doubles| | Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands | 250 Series | Grass | Horia Tecău | Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov | 6–3, 7–6 |
Loss | 14–16 | 2012 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles| | Wimbledon, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Horia Tecău | Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen | 6–4, 4–6, 6–7, 7–6, 3–6 |
Win | 15–16 | 2012 Swedish Open – Men's Doubles| | Swedish Open | 250 Series | Clay | Horia Tecău | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares | 6–3, 7–6 |
Win | 16–16 | 2012 Western & Southern Open – Men's Doubles| | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Masters 1000 | Hard | Horia Tecău | Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 16–17 | 2012 If Stockholm Open – Doubles| | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares | 7–6, 5–7, |
Win | 17–17 | 2013 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles| | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung | 5–7, 6–3, |
Loss | 17–18 | 2013 Dubai Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles| | Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE | 500 Series | Hard | Nenad Zimonjić | Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra | 6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 17–19 | 2013 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell – Doubles| | Barcelona Open, Spain | 500 Series | Clay | Daniel Nestor | Alexander Peya Bruno Soares | 7–5, 6–7, |
Loss | 17–20 | 2013 If Stockholm Open – Doubles| | Stockholm Open, Sweden | 250 Series | Hard | Jonas Björkman | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer | 2–6, 2–6 |
Win | 18–20 | 2014 Australian Open – Men's Doubles| | Australian Open | Grand Slam | Hard | Łukasz Kubot | Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen | 6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 18–21 | 2015 Istanbul Open – Doubles| | Istanbul Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Clay | Jürgen Melzer | Radu Albot Dušan Lajović | 4–6, 6–7 |
Win | 19–21 | 2015 Winston-Salem Open – Doubles| | Winston-Salem Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Dominic Inglot | Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 20–21 | 2016 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles| | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Fabio Fognini | Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin | 7–6, 6–3 |
Loss | 20–22 | 2016 Swiss Indoors – Doubles| | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | 500 Series | Hard | Michael Venus | Marcel Granollers Jack Sock | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 21–22 | 2017 Antalya Open – Doubles| | Antalya Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Grass | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 7–5, 4–1 ret. |
Win | 22–22 | 2018 Istanbul Open – Doubles| | Istanbul Open, Turkey | 250 Series | Clay | Dominic Inglot | Ben McLachlan Nicholas Monroe | 3–6, 6–3, |
Loss | 22–23 | 2018 MercedesCup – Doubles| | Stuttgart Open, Germany | 250 Series | Grass | Marcin Matkowski | Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz | 6–7, 3–6 |
Loss | 22–24 | 2018 ATP Shenzhen Open – Doubles| | Shenzhen Open, China | 250 Series | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury | 6–7, 6–7 |
Loss | 22–25 | 2019 Geneva Open – Doubles| | Geneva Open, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Matthew Ebden | Oliver Marach Mate Pavić | 4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 23–25 | 2019 Moselle Open – Doubles| | Moselle Open, France | 250 Series | Hard | Jan-Lennard Struff | Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin | 2–6, 7–6, |