Nick Lindahl (born 31 July 1988) is a former Australiantennis player. As a junior, he reached the final of the Boys' Singles at the 2006 Australian Open. 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.[1]
Lindahl reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 187, achieved on 17 May 2010. He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 585, achieved on 29 July 2013.
Lindahl was born in Sweden to Swedish parents but they emigrated to Australia when he was 3 months old.[2]
Tennis careerEdit
Early careerEdit
Lindahl 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, Lindahl won his first official tournament, winning the Futures event in Australia F6. He beat fellow Aussie Sadik Kadir 2–6, 6–4, 6–4.
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.[3]
He has won two more Futures events on the Australian Kia Pro Circuit.
Lindahl 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.
2010Edit
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.
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.
Match-fixing scandalEdit
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 Adam Feeney to lose in the first round of the Traralgon Challenger.[4]
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.[1]
^ ab"Australian tennis player Nick Lindahl handed seven-year ban for involvement in match fixing". Herald Sun. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
^Pearce, Linda (25 January 2010). "Stockholm syndrome: Swede talkers eye off our Davis Cup orange boy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^"Results Archive | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
^"Former top-200 tennis player Nick Lindahl allegedly threw a match that others won money betting on". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
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Nick Lindahl born 31 July 1988 is a former Australian tennis player As a junior he reached the final of the Boys Singles at the 2006 Australian Open 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 1 Nick LindahlCountry sports Australia 2006 2010 Sweden 2010 2011 Australia 2011 2013 ResidenceEleebana New South Wales AustraliaBorn 1988 07 31 31 July 1988 age 35 Malmo SwedenHeight1 83 m 6 ft 0 in Turned pro2006PlaysRight handed two handed backhand Prize money 217 220SinglesCareer record1 8 Grand Slam ATP Tour level and Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 187 17 May 2010 Grand Slam singles resultsAustralian Open1R 2008 2010 French OpenQ1 2010 WimbledonQ1 2007 US OpenQ1 2007 2009 2010 DoublesCareer record0 2 Grand Slam ATP Tour level and Davis Cup Career titles0Highest rankingNo 585 29 July 2013 Grand Slam doubles resultsAustralian Open1R 2008 2010 Last updated on 20 May 2021 Lindahl reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No 187 achieved on 17 May 2010 He also reached a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No 585 achieved on 29 July 2013 Contents 1 Personal life 2 Tennis career 2 1 Early career 2 2 2010 3 Match fixing scandal 4 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals 4 1 Singles 16 6 10 4 2 Doubles 5 3 2 5 Performance timeline 5 1 Singles 6 Junior Grand Slam finals 6 1 Singles 1 1 runner up 7 References 8 External linksPersonal life EditLindahl was born in Sweden to Swedish parents but they emigrated to Australia when he was 3 months old 2 Tennis career EditEarly career Edit Lindahl 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 Lindahl won his first official tournament winning the Futures event in Australia F6 He beat fellow Aussie Sadik Kadir 2 6 6 4 6 4 He 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 3 He has won two more Futures events on the Australian Kia Pro Circuit Lindahl 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 Edit 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 Tomas 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 Match fixing scandal EditIn 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 Adam Feeney to lose in the first round of the Traralgon Challenger 4 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 1 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals EditSingles 16 6 10 Edit LegendATP Challenger 0 1 ITF Futures 6 9 Finals by surfaceHard 5 9 Clay 1 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 0 1 Jul 2006 USA F18 Joplin Futures Hard nbsp Shannon Nettle 7 6 7 4 6 7 1 7 2 6Loss 0 2 Aug 2006 Thailand F5 Nonthaburi Futures Hard nbsp Chung Hee Seok 1 6 1 6Win 1 2 Sep 2006 Australia F6 Mackay Futures Hard nbsp Sadik Kadir 2 6 6 4 6 4Loss 1 3 Mar 2007 New Zealand F1 Wellington Futures Hard nbsp Im Kyu Tae 4 6 1 6Loss 1 4 Mar 2007 New Zealand F2 Hamilton Futures Hard nbsp Simon Rea 5 7 6 3 4 6Loss 1 5 Jul 2007 USA F17 Peoria Futures Clay nbsp Michael Yani 7 6 7 5 3 6 2 6Win 2 5 Sep 2007 Indonesia F4 Manado Futures Hard nbsp Colin Ebelthite 6 4 ret Win 3 5 Oct 2007 Australia F8 Traralgon Futures Hard nbsp Vjekoslav Skenderovic 6 1 7 5Win 4 5 Sep 2008 Australia F5 Rockhampton Futures Hard nbsp Brendan McKenzie 6 1 6 2Loss 4 6 Sep 2008 Australia F7 Gympie Futures Hard nbsp Andrew Coelho 3 6 4 6Win 5 6 Oct 2008 Australia F9 Sale Futures Clay nbsp Marinko Matosevic 6 4 6 0Loss 5 7 Jul 2009 Aptos United States Challenger Hard nbsp Chris Guccione 3 6 4 6Loss 5 8 Oct 2010 Australia F8 Port Pirie Futures Hard nbsp Colin Ebelthite 6 3 5 7 3 6Win 6 8 Oct 2010 Australia F9 Happy Valley Futures Hard nbsp Brydan Klein 7 6 7 5 6 3Loss 6 9 Sep 2011 Australia F7 Darwin Futures Hard nbsp Isaac Frost 1 6 6 4 4 6Loss 6 10 Apr 2012 Vietnam F1 Ho Chi Minh City Futures Hard nbsp Jose Statham 2 5 ret Doubles 5 3 2 Edit LegendATP Challenger 0 0 ITF Futures 3 2 Finals by surfaceHard 3 1 Clay 0 1 Grass 0 0 Carpet 0 0 Result W L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents ScoreLoss 0 1 Mar 2007 New Zealand F1 Wellington Futures Hard nbsp Colin Ebelthite nbsp Carsten Ball nbsp Adam Feeney 6 4 2 6 6 7 5 7 Loss 0 2 Oct 2007 Australia F6 Sawtell Futures Clay nbsp Marinko Matosevic nbsp Miles Armstrong nbsp Strahinja Bobusic walkoverWin 1 2 Sep 2012 Australia F5 Cairns Futures Hard nbsp Adam Feeney nbsp Jay Andrijic nbsp Andrew Whittington 6 3 7 5Win 2 2 Sep 2012 Australia F6 Alice Springs Futures Hard nbsp Adam Feeney nbsp Sam Groth nbsp Michael Venus 4 6 6 2 10 8 Win 3 2 May 2013 Greece F8 Athens Futures Hard nbsp Colin Ebelthite nbsp Joseph Gill nbsp Bruce Strachan 4 6 6 2 10 5 Performance timeline EditKey W F SF QF R RR Q DNQ A NH W winner F finalist SF semifinalist QF quarterfinalist R rounds 4 3 2 1 RR round robin stage Q qualification round DNQ did not qualify A absent NH not held SR strike rate events won competed W L win loss record Singles Edit Tournament 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 SR W L Win Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian Open Q1 Q1 1R Q1 1R Q1 0 2 0 2 0 French Open A A A A Q1 A 0 0 0 0 Wimbledon A Q1 A A A A 0 0 0 0 US Open A Q1 A Q1 Q1 A 0 0 0 0 Win loss 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 Junior Grand Slam finals EditSingles 1 1 runner up Edit Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent ScoreLoss 2006 Australian Open Hard nbsp Alexandre Sidorenko 3 6 6 7 4 7 References Edit a b Australian tennis player Nick Lindahl handed seven year ban for involvement in match fixing Herald Sun 10 January 2017 Retrieved 10 January 2017 Pearce Linda 25 January 2010 Stockholm syndrome Swede talkers eye off our Davis Cup orange boy The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 22 November 2021 Results Archive ATP Tour Tennis ATP Tour Retrieved 22 November 2021 Former top 200 tennis player Nick Lindahl allegedly threw a match that others won money betting on Telegraph co uk Retrieved 22 November 2021 External links EditNick Lindahl at the Association of Tennis Professionals nbsp Nick Lindahl at the International Tennis Federation nbsp Nick Lindahl at Tennis Australia Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nick Lindahl amp oldid 1136370687, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
