Nick Lindahl

Nick Lindahl

Lindahl 2010 in Australia

Nation:

Australia 2006–2010, 2011–2013 Sweden 2010–2011

Birthday:

31st July 1988 (age 32)

Size:

183 cm

Weight:

77 kg

1st professional season:

2006

Resignation:

2013

Playing hand:

Right

Trainer:

Shannon Bluhm

Prize money:

$ 217,220

singles

Career record:

1: 8

Highest ranking:

187 (May 17, 2010)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	1R (2008, 2010)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Double

Career record:

0: 2

Highest ranking:

585 (July 29, 2013)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	1R (2008, 2010)
French Open	-
Wimbledon	-
US Open	-

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Nick Lindahl (born July 31, 1988 in Malmö , Sweden ) is an Australian - Swedish tennis player .

Career

Lindahl was born to two Swedish parents in Malmö , Sweden, and moved with his family to Australia before his first birthday.

In the juniors he played only a few matches. He got more attention when he entered the finals of the junior edition of the Australian Open in 2006, started with a wildcard , where he was defeated by Frenchman Alexandre Sidorenko . It was his last tournament as a junior. Shortly afterwards, he reached his best position in the junior ranking with 114th place.

Among the pros, Lindahl first played on the third-class ITF Future Tour in 2005 . At the Challenger in Caloundra , he also came to his first use or victory in the next higher category. In 2006 he won his first future title and reached another final. In 2007 he won two more titles and stood in three more finals. In addition, he was in three Challenger quarter-finals and made his debut on the ATP World Tour in Bangkok , where he won his only match at this level against the top 100 player Sam Querrey after qualifying before he beat Wang in the second round Yeu-tzuoo lost. His most successful year to date, he finished 263 in the world rankings .

The year 2008 was just as successful as the previous year. He played mainly Challenger tournaments in the first half of the year, where he once reached a quarter-finals. He also won two futures in Australia. His highlight of the year came at the beginning when he received a wildcard at the Australian Open . In his Grand Slam premiere, he lost to the French Richard Gasquet . In 2009, after a few attempts at a Challenger, Lindahl managed to advance further by losing to fellow countryman Chris Guccione in Aptos in the final . In autumn he was also in the semi-finals in Tiburon . At the beginning of 2010 Lindahl qualified in three ATP tournaments. He also received two wildcards for the Australian Open, among others . Each time he failed on his opening hurdle. He also lost in July 2010 after successfully qualifying in the Atlanta main draw . In the middle of the year he was at his career high with rank 187. However, by the end of the year it fell back to position 239. He played under the Swedish flag from November 2010 to July 2011 before returning to the Australian flag. From 2011, the Australian won fewer matches and fell back in the world rankings, so that he could only play futures. He reached a future final before playing a tournament for the last time in September 2013.

In December 2014, Lindahl's friend Matthew Fox was convicted of match fixing. Fox stated that Lindahl told him about the plan to intentionally lose a game at Future in Toowoomba in September 2013. Lindahl was also accused of asking Adam Feeney about losing a game at the Challenger in Traralgon . In 2017 he was found guilty of match-fixing charges and a lack of cooperation with the Tennis Integrity Unit . He was given a seven-year ban and a $ 49,000 fine.

Web links

Commons : Nick Lindahl - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Nick Hoult: Former top-200 tennis player Nick Lindahl allegedly threw a match. In: The Telegraph. December 9, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .
↑ Ex-professional punished for manipulation. In: sport1.de. January 10, 2017, accessed January 17, 2019 .
↑ Emily Benammar: Australian tennis player Nick Lindahl handed seven-year ban for involvement in match fixing. In: Herald Sun. January 10, 2017, accessed January 19, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Lindahl, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Australian-Swedish tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	July 31, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH	Malmo , Sweden

[1] Nick Hoult: Former top-200 tennis player Nick Lindahl allegedly threw a match. In: The Telegraph. December 9, 2014, accessed January 19, 2019 .

[2] Ex-professional punished for manipulation. In: sport1.de. January 10, 2017, accessed January 17, 2019 .

[3] Emily Benammar: Australian tennis player Nick Lindahl handed seven-year ban for involvement in match fixing. In: Herald Sun. January 10, 2017, accessed January 19, 2019 .