- Nick Lindahl
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Nick Lindahl 
Country 
Australia (2006–2010)
Sweden (2010–2011)
Australia (2011-)Residence Eleebana, New South Wales, Australia Born 31 July 1988
Malmö, SwedenHeight 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) Turned pro 2006 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Career 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 (07 November 2011) Grand Slam 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.
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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
Legend (Singles) Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (0) Challengers (0) Futures (5) No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score 1. 2006 Australia F6Hard Sadik Kadir2–6, 6–4, 6–4 2. 2007 
Indonesia F4Hard Colin Ebelthite6–4, ret. 3. 2007 Australia F8Hard 
Vjekoslav Skenderovic6–1, 7–5 4. 2008 Australia F5Hard Brendan Mckenzie6–1, 6–2 5. 2008 Australia F9Hard Marinko Matosevic6–4, 6–0 References
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Categories:- 1988 births
- Australian male tennis players
- Australian people of Indonesian descent
- Australian people of Swedish descent
- Living people
- People from Malmö
- Sportspeople from Newcastle, New South Wales
- Swedish emigrants to Australia
- Swedish male tennis players
- Swedish people of Australian descent
- Swedish people of Indonesian descent
- Tennis people from New South Wales
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