Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized 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 represented Sweden in the Davis Cup from 2007 to 2021, 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 1667 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: Four titles, First Wimbledon final with Tecău Lindstedt reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, with long-time partner Horia Tecău.
2011: Second Wimbledon final with Tecău Lindstedt reached his second Grand Slam final again at Wimbledon with Horia Tecău.
2012: Four titles including a Masters 1000, Third Wimbledon final in a row, Top 10 year-end ranking Lindstedt 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: World No. 3 in doubles Robert and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia partnered during the first three months; they won the Rotterdam Open together. Later, Lindstedt played with Daniel Nestor and reached the final of the Barcelona Open (tennis) on clay at their second tournament together. Lindstedt scored his first win over the Bryan brothers with Nestor before they stopped playing together.
2014: Australian Open doubles champion with Kubot Lindstedt and Łukasz Kubot of Poland won the Australian Open together, after failing to win a match before the Grand Slam event.
2021: Retirement His last ATP tournament in his career was the 2021 Stockholm Open where he reached the quarterfinals with Swedish compatriot Andre Goransson. He also partnered Goransson in the Davis Cup.
Doubles performance timeline
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Significant finals Grand Slam finals Doubles: 4 (1–3) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2010Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner 1–6, 5–7, 5–7Loss 2011Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)Loss 2012Wimbledon Grass Horia Tecău Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen Win 2014Australian Open Hard Łukasz Kubot Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen 6–3, 6–3
Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1) ResultYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2019Wimbledon Grass Jeļena Ostapenko Ivan Dodig Latisha Chan 6–3, 6–2
Masters 1000 finals Doubles: 2 (1–1) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 2012Madrid Clay (blue) Horia Tecău Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski 3–6, 4–6Win 2012Cincinnati Hard Horia Tecău Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna 6–4, 6–4
ATP career finals Doubles: 48 (23 titles, 25 runner-ups) Legend (pre/post 2009)Grand Slam tournaments (1–3)ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–8)ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (18–13)Finals by surfaceHard (13–12)Clay (7–7)Grass (3–5)Carpet (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (20–19)Indoor (3–6)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Vietnam OpenInternationalCarpet (i) Ashley Fisher Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber6–5(7–3), 4–6, 2–6Loss0–2Las Vegas Open, United StatesInternationalHard Jaroslav Levinský Bob Bryan Mike Bryan3–6, 2–6Loss0–3Stuttgart Open, GermanyIntl. GoldClay Yves Allegro Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]Win1–3Mumbai Open, IndiaInternationalHard Jarkko Nieminen Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)Win2–3Japan OpenIntl. GoldHard Jordan Kerr Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss6–4, 6–4Win3–3Washington Open, United StatesInternationalHard Marc Gicquel Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett7–6(8–6), 6–3Win4–3Auckland Open, New Zealand250 SeriesHard Martin Damm Scott Lipsky Leander Paes7–5, 6–4Win5–3Zagreb Indoors, Croatia250 SeriesHard (i) Martin Damm Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen6–4, 6–3Loss5–4Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE500 SeriesHard Martin Damm Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov6–4, 3–6, [5–10]Loss5–5Estoril Open, Portugal250 SeriesClay Martin Damm Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky3–6, 2–6Loss5–6Swedish Open250 SeriesClay Robin Söderling Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek6–1, 3–6, [7–10]Win6–6Washington Open, United States (2)500 SeriesHard Martin Damm Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski7–5, 7–6(7–3)Loss6–7Open 13, France250 SeriesHard (i) Julian Knowle Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra4–6, 3–6Win7–7Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco250 SeriesClay Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–2, 3–6, [10–7]Win8–7Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands250 SeriesGrass Horia Tecău Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes1–6, 7–5, [10–7]Loss8–8Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Horia Tecău Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner1–6, 5–7, 5–7Win9–8Swedish Open250 SeriesClay Horia Tecău Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi6–4, 7–5Win10–8New Haven Open, United States250 SeriesHard Horia Tecău Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi6–4, 7–5Loss10–9Brisbane International, Australia250 SeriesHard Horia Tecău Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley4–6, ret.Win11–9Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (2)250 SeriesClay Horia Tecău Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay6–2, 6–1Loss11–10Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands250 SeriesGrass Horia Tecău Daniele Bracciali František Čermák3–6, 6–2, [8–10]Loss11–11Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Horia Tecău Bob Bryan Mike Bryan3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win12–11Swedish Open (2)250 SeriesClay Horia Tecău Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström6–3, 6–3Loss12–12Washington Open, United States500 SeriesHard Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), [7–10]Loss12–13China Open500 SeriesHard Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)Loss12–14Rotterdam Open, Netherlands500 SeriesHard (i) Horia Tecău Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić6–4, 5–7, [14–16]Win13–14Romanian Open250 SeriesClay Horia Tecău Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot7–6(7–2), 6–3Loss13–15Madrid Open, SpainMasters 1000Clay Horia Tecău Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski3–6, 4–6Win14–15Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2)250 SeriesGrass Horia Tecău Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov6–3, 7–6(7–1)Loss14–16Wimbledon, United KingdomGrand SlamGrass Horia Tecău Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6Win15–16Swedish Open (3)250 SeriesClay Horia Tecău Alexander Peya Bruno Soares6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win16–16Cincinnati Masters, United StatesMasters 1000Hard Horia Tecău Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna6–4, 6–4Loss16–17Stockholm Open, Sweden250 SeriesHard (i) Nenad Zimonjić Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares7–6(7–4), 5–7, [6–10]Win17–17Rotterdam Open, Netherlands500 SeriesHard (i) Nenad Zimonjić Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung5–7, 6–3, [10–8]Loss17–18Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE500 SeriesHard Nenad Zimonjić Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8)Loss17–19Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Daniel Nestor Alexander Peya Bruno Soares7–5, 6–7(7–9), [4–10]Loss17–20Stockholm Open, Sweden250 SeriesHard (i) Jonas Björkman Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer2–6, 2–6Win18–20Australian OpenGrand SlamHard Łukasz Kubot Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen6–3, 6–3Loss18–21Istanbul Open, Turkey250 SeriesClay Jürgen Melzer Radu Albot Dušan Lajović4–6, 6–7(2–7)Win19–21Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHard Dominic Inglot Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky6–2, 6–4Win20–21Shenzhen Open, China250 SeriesHard Fabio Fognini Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss20–22Swiss Indoors, Switzerland500 SeriesHard (i) Michael Venus Marcel Granollers Jack Sock3–6, 4–6Win21–22Antalya Open, Turkey250 SeriesGrass Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Oliver Marach Mate Pavić7–5, 4–1 ret.Win22–22Istanbul Open, Turkey250 SeriesClay Dominic Inglot Ben McLachlan Nicholas Monroe3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss22–23Stuttgart Open, Germany250 SeriesGrass Marcin Matkowski Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss22–24Shenzhen Open, China250 SeriesHard Rajeev Ram Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)Loss22–25Geneva Open, Switzerland250 SeriesClay Matthew Ebden Oliver Marach Mate Pavić4–6, 4–6Win23–25Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]
Wins over top 10 players
Doubles He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Type20062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Total Wins 1 2 5 2 2 4 5 3 5 3 3 2 0 3 40