Robert Lindstedt at the 2013 French Open
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Country (sports) | Sweden |
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Residence | Båstad, Sweden |
Born |
Sundbyberg, Sweden |
19 March 1977
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, 2017) |
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.
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.
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.