Christian Meira Lindell (born 20 November 1991) is an inactive professional

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player from Brazil who plays for Sweden. He has played seven

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matches, with a 4–3 record.

Personal information

He has a Swedish father and a Brazilian mother. Although he has lived his entire life in Brazil, Lindell represents Sweden through a curious chain of events. Despite having been one of the best Brazilian juniors in his age group, he was not picked to play for Brazil in the South American Junior Championships in 2007. A few months later, while on holiday in Sweden, he decided to play in the Swedish Junior Championships. Lindell won the title and received an invitation to train with the Swedish Tennis Federation and to represent Sweden, which he accepted. On 15 May 2011 Lindell was invited to join Sweden's number one singles player Robin Söderling and the doubles pairing of

Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin (; born 11 May 1974) is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998. His success mainly came in doubles, winning 12 titles and reaching World No. 7 in March 2008. In men's doubles, Aspe ...

and Robert Lindstedt for the

2011 Power Horse World Team Cup The 2011 Power Horse World Team Cup was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 33rd edition of the World Team Cup, and was part of the 250 series of the 2011 ATP World Tour. It took place at the Rochusclub in Düsseldorf, Ge ...

. He faced the top-tier players

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and Juan Ignacio Chela, but lost his three matches. On 6 February 2012, Lindell announced via Twitter that he would be representing Brazil from then on.Revista TÊNIS – Christian Lindell e CBT chegam a final feliz e carioca voltará a jogar oficialmente pelo Brasil (in Portuguese)
/ref> Then, in June, it emerged that Lindell had again swapped allegiances. The Swedish tennis site ''tennissverige.se'' reported that because the Brazilian Tennis Confederation wouldn't fund him to train with his long-term Swedish coach Julius Demburg, Lindell had decided to return to the Swedish Federation, allegedly for good this time.tennissverige.se – Lindell blir svensk – igen (in Swedish)

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 31 (13-18)

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Doubles: 13 (7–6)

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Patrik Rosenholm , 6–1, 6–1 , - bgcolor="CFFCFF" , bgcolor="98FB98", Winner , 5. , , Sweden F3 Futures

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, Jesper Brunstrom
Markus Eriksson , 3–6, 6–3, 10–6 , - bgcolor="CFFCFF" , bgcolor="98FB98", Winner , 6. , , Argentina F12 Futures

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Alexander Tsuchiya , 7-5 6-3

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