Nick Lindahl

Nick Lindahl

Country	Australia (2006–2010)  Sweden (2010–2011)  Australia (2011-)
Residence	Eleebana, New South Wales, Australia
Born	(1988-07-31) 31 July 1988 Malmö, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2006
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 189,025
Singles
Career record	1-8 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	187 (17 May 2010)
Current ranking	576 (7 November 2011)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2008, 2010)
French Open	Q1 (2010)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2007)
US Open	Q1 (2007, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	0-1 (Grand Slam, ATP Tour level, and Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Current ranking	830 (2 August 2010)
Last updated on: 2 August 2010.

Nick Lindahl (born 31 July 1988 in Malmö, Sweden) is a professional Australian tennis player.

Personal life

Although he was born in Australia he has Swedish father and Indonesian mother. He has one older brother, David Lindahl.

Tennis career

Early career

Nick first gained recognition as a tennis player when he made the Australian Open Boy's Final in 2006. He lost to French teenager Alexandre Sidorenko 6–3 7–6 (7–4).

In August 2006, Nick won his first official tournament, winning the Futures event in Australia F6. He beat fellow Aussie Sadik Kadir 2–6 6–4 6–4.

Nick won his second Futures event in Indonesia F4 defeating Colin Ebelthite to retirement in the final.

Playing in his first official ATP match in the 2007 Thailand Open after qualifying and a ranking of 308 in the world, the Australian player caused a major upset defeating Sam Querrey of the United States, 59 in the world at the time, in the first round 2–6 6–4 6–3. Unfornately he couldn't replicate his form in the second round, losing to fellow qualifier Wang Yeu-Tzuoo 3–6 3–6. The event earned him $6,450 and 15 ATP points.^[1]

Nick has won 2 more Futures events on the Australian Kia Pro Circuit.

Nick won a wildcard into the 2008 Australian Open. His first round match was against Richard Gasquet on 14 January 2008, he lost the match 0–6 1–6 6–3 2–6.

After a successful 2009 campaign that had varied results on both the challenger and futures circuit Lindahl was able to raise his ranking to a career high of 229 but finished the year at 251. After the conclusion of the 2009 season Lindahl competed in an Australian Open Wildcard playoff tournament where he remained undefeated through the entire tournament and beat young gun Bernard Tomic in the final in five sets to claim a place in the main draw of the 2010 Australian Open.

2010

He entered the qualifying draw for the 2010 Brisbane International. He was seeded eighth for the qualifiers and defeated Tobias Kamke 7-6(6) 7-6(6), Joel Lindner 6-7(5) 6-3 6-4 and no. 1 seed Xavier Malisse 6-1 7-6(2) to qualify. In the main draw, he lost to eventual semifinalist and fourth seed Tomáš Berdych 2-6 4-6 in the first round.

He was given a wildcard to the 2010 Medibank International Sydney and was defeated by Marcos Baghdatis 2-6 5-7. He also fell in the first round of the 2010 Australian Open to Jarkko Nieminen 6-2 7-5 6-4

Lindahl's American spring of 2010 was fairly successful including two ATP qualifications in Del Ray Beach and Houston, however he fell in the opening round to Florian Mayer and Xavier Malisse respectively. In November 2010 he decided to play under the Swedish flag. In July 2011 he decided to play under the Australian flag again.

Career statistics

Singles Titles

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	2006	Australia F6	Hard	Sadik Kadir	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
2.	2007	Indonesia F4	Hard	Colin Ebelthite	6–4, ret.
3.	2007	Australia F8	Hard	Vjekoslav Skenderovic	6–1, 7–5
4.	2008	Australia F5	Hard	Brendan Mckenzie	6–1, 6–2
5.	2008	Australia F9	Hard	Marinko Matosevic	6–4, 6–0

References

External links

• Nick Lindahl at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lindahl Recent Match Results
• Lindahl World Ranking History
• (http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Li/N/Nick-Lindahl.aspx)