Robert Lindstedt

Robert Lindstedt
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Båstad, Sweden
Born	19 March 1977 (age 47); Sundbyberg, Sweden
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	1998
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$907,770
Singles
Career record	0–2
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 309 (26 April 2004)
Doubles
Career record	139–143
Career titles	11
Highest ranking	No. 10 (January 2012)
Current ranking	No. 10 (January 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2012)
French Open	QF (2011)
Wimbledon	F (2010, 2011)
US Open	QF (2008, 2011)
	Last updated on: 30 january 2012.

Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977 in Sundbyberg, Stockholm County) is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist. Lindstedt is currently as of january 2012 ranked 10th in the doubles ranking.

Career

Early career

Lindstedt played college tennis in the United States, playing first at Fresno State University before moving 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

Lindstedt won two doubles titles in 2007. He won his first in Mumbai with Jarkko Nieminen against Indian Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Lindstedt's 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 event, and was a semi-finalist at the ATP Master Series event in Indian Wells with Richard Gasquet, in Tokyo with Jordan Kerr and in Kitzbühel with Jürgen Melzer.

2008

In 2008, 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.

Major Finals

Grand Slam Finals

Doubles: 2 (0-2)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in the final
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)

ATP Career Finals

Doubles: 26 (12–14)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–2)
Tennis Masters Cup (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–4)
ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–7)

Titles by Surface
Hard (7–7)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (1–3)
Carpet (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 September 2005	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–5(3), 4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	2.	6 March 2006	Las Vegas, USA	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	24 July 2006	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay	Yves Allegro	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	5–7, 7–6, [10–12]
Winner	1.	24 September 2007	Mumbai, India	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(7–5)
Winner	2.	7 October 2007	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Frank Dancevic Steven Huss	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	17 August 2008	Washington, D.C., USA (1)	Hard	Marc Gicquel	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Winner	4.	12 January 2009	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Martin Damm	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Winner	5.	8 February 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	4.	28 February 2009	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, Portugal	Clay	Martin Damm	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	6.	19 July 2009	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Robin Söderling	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Winner	6.	9 August 2009	Washington, D.C., USA (2)	Hard	Martin Damm	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6^(7–3)
Runner-up	7.	21 February 2010	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	3–6, 4–6
Winner	7.	10 April 2010	Casablanca, Morocco (1)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–2, 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	21 June 2010	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Winner	8.	19 June 2010	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	9.	18 July 2010	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Horia Tecău	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 7–5
Winner	10.	28 August 2010	New Haven, USA	Hard	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	9.	9 January 2011	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	4–6, ret.
Winner	11.	9 April 2011	Casablanca, Morocco (2)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	18 June 2011	S-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	Horia Tecău	Daniele Bracciali František Čermák	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Runner-up	11.	2 July 2011	London, United Kingdom	Grass	Horia Tecău	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Winner	12.	17 July 2011	Båstad, Sweden (2)	Clay	Horia Tecău	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	12.	7 August 2011	Washington, D.C., USA	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(8–10), [7–10]
Runner-up	13.	9 October 2011	Beijing, China	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–7^(2–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Runner-up	14.	19 February 2012	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Hard (i)	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 5–7, [14–16]