Nick Lindahl (born 31 July 1988) is a former

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player. As a junior, he reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the

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. He struggled to transition onto the men's circuit, and was later found guilty of match-fixing, for which he was given a seven-year ban. Lindahl reached a career high

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singles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 17 May 2010. He also reached a career high

doubles ranking of world No. 585, achieved on 29 July 2013.

Personal life

Lindahl was born in

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to Swedish parents but they emigrated to Australia when he was only 3 months old.

Tennis career

Early career

Lindahl first gained recognition as a tennis player when he made the

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Boy's Final in 2006. He lost to

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teenager Alexandre Sidorenko 6–3, 7–6 (7–4). In August 2006, Lindahl won his first official tournament, winning the

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event in Australia F6. He beat fellow Aussie

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2–6, 6–4, 6–4. He won his second

event in

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F4 defeating

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to retirement in the final. Playing in his first official

match in the

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after qualifying and a ranking of 308 in the world, the Australian player caused a major upset defeating Sam Querrey of the

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, 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

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3–6, 3–6. The event earned him $6,450 and 15 ATP points. He has won two more

events on the Australian Kia Pro Circuit. Lindahl won a wildcard into the

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. 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

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2010

He entered the qualifying draw for the

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. 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

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and was defeated by Marcos Baghdatis 2–6, 5–7. He also fell in the first round of the

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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

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and Xavier Malisse respectively. In November 2010 he decided to play under the

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flag. In July 2011 he decided to play under the

n flag again.

Match-fixing scandal

In December 2014, Lindahl's friend, Matthew Fox was convicted of using improper information to bet on matches. Fox alleged that Lindahl told him that he would throw a match in Toowoomba in September 2013. Lindahl retired from the sport shortly after the incident. It was also alleged that Lindahl asked

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to lose in the first round of the Traralgon Challenger. In January 2017, Lindahl was found guilty of charges of contriving or attempting to contrive the outcome of an event, and failing to cooperate with a Tennis Integrity Unit's investigation. He was given a seven-year ban and fined $49,000 for involvement that date back to an ITF Futures tournament in Toowoomba in September 2013.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 16 (6–10)

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Performance timeline

Singles

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

References

External links

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