Robert Lindstedt

 ( 1977 Births ) 

Robert Lindstedt (born 19 March 1977) is a Swedish former professional tennis player who specialized in doubles. He turned professional in 1998, and reached a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 3 in May 2013. Lindstedt won his first Grand Slam title at the 2014 Australian Open with partner Łukasz Kubot. He has also reached four finals at the Wimbledon Championships: in 2010, 2011 and 2012 alongside Horia Tecău in men's doubles, and in 2019 with Jeļena Ostapenko in mixed doubles.

Lindstedt has won 23 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including one at Masters 1000 level at the 2012 Western & Southern Open. He represented Sweden in the Davis Cup from 2007 to 2021, as well as at the 2012 Olympic Games.

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Career

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Early years Lindstedt played college tennis in the United States, playing first at Fresno State University before following coach Peter Smith to Pepperdine University, where he completed his collegiate career. While at Pepperdine, he teamed with Kelly Gullett in doubles competition. They were runners-up at the 1998 NCAA individual competition at the University of Georgia, receiving all-America honors for the second year in a row.

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2007–2008 Lindstedt won two doubles titles in 2007, the first in Mumbai with Jarkko Nieminen against Indian Rohan Bopanna and Pakistani Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. The second came paired with Jordan Kerr in Tokyo, beating Frank Dancevic and Stephen Huss. In 2008. Lindstedt paired with Marc Gicquel to win the Washington tournament and was a semifinalist at the ATP Master Series event in Indian Wells with Richard Gasquet, in Tokyo with Jordan Kerr, and in Kitzbühel with Jürgen Melzer.

Robert was part of a team including Robin Söderling, Thomas Johansson, and coach Peter Carlsson who beat the Russian tennis team (of Dmitry Tursunov, Igor Andreev, and Mikhail Youzhny) 2–1 in the ARAG World Team Cup in Düsseldorf.

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2010: Four titles, First Wimbledon final with Tecău Lindstedt reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, with long-time partner Horia Tecău.

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2011: Second Wimbledon final with Tecău Lindstedt reached his second Grand Slam final again at Wimbledon with Horia Tecău.

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2012: Four titles including a Masters 1000, Third Wimbledon final in a row, Top 10 year-end ranking Lindstedt and Horia Tecău of Romania reached their third Wimbledon final in a row. They also defeated Alexander Peya of Austria and Bruno Soares of Brazil to win the Swedish Open.

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2013: World No. 3 in doubles Robert and Nenad Zimonjic of Serbia partnered during the first three months; they won the Rotterdam Open together. Later, Lindstedt played with Daniel Nestor and reached the final of the Barcelona Open (tennis) on clay at their second tournament together. Lindstedt scored his first win over the Bryan brothers with Nestor before they stopped playing together.

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2014: Australian Open doubles champion with Kubot Lindstedt and Łukasz Kubot of Poland won the Australian Open together, after failing to win a match before the Grand Slam event.

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2021: Retirement His last ATP tournament in his career was the 2021 Stockholm Open where he reached the quarterfinals with Swedish compatriot Andre Goransson. He also partnered Goransson in the Davis Cup.

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Doubles performance timeline

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open

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19–14

French Open

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Wimbledon

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US Open

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26–16

Win–loss

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2–3

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5–4

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93–60

Year-end championships

ATP Finals

Did not qualify

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DNQ

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5–5

National representation

Olympics

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1–1

Davis Cup

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16–6

ATP Tour Masters 1000

Indian Wells Masters

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QF

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8–10

Miami Open

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8–12

Monte-Carlo Masters

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Madrid Open

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Italian Open

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5–6

Canadian Open

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7–9

Cincinnati Masters

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9–7

Shanghai Masters

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Paris Masters

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4–8

German Open

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2R

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1–2

Win–loss

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0–0

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3–5

2–4

4–5

3–7

3–8

5–9

12–8

9–9

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Career statistics

Titles

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Finals

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48

Overall win–loss

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10–13

19–27

22–22

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36–26

28–26

15–18

28–19

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Year-end ranking

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357

934

204

96

62

42

39

26

27

21

16

8

19

13

26

39

72

46

70

87

184

54%

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Significant finals

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Grand Slam finals

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Doubles: 4 (1–3)

Loss	2010	Wimbledon	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Loss	2011	Wimbledon	Grass	Horia Tecău	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen
Win	2014	Australian Open	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3

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Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Jeļena Ostapenko	Ivan Dodig Latisha Chan	6–3, 6–2

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Masters 1000 finals

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Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Loss	2012	Madrid	Clay (blue)	Horia Tecău	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 4–6
Win	2012	Cincinnati	Hard	Horia Tecău	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–4, 6–4

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ATP career finals

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Doubles: 48 (23 titles, 25 runner-ups)

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Grand Slam tournaments (1–3)

ATP Masters Series / ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1)

ATP International Series Gold / ATP World Tour 500 Series (3–8)

ATP International Series / ATP World Tour 250 Series (18–13)

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Hard (13–12)

Clay (7–7)

Grass (3–5)

Carpet (0–1)

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Outdoor (20–19)

Indoor (3–6)

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Loss	0–1		Vietnam Open	International	Carpet (i)	Ashley Fisher	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–5(7–3), 4–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2		Las Vegas Open, United States	International	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3		Stuttgart Open, Germany	Intl. Gold	Clay	Yves Allegro	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	5–7, 7–6(7–4), 10–12
Win	1–3		Mumbai Open, India	International	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–3		Japan Open	Intl. Gold	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–3		Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Marc Gicquel	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	4–3		Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–3		Zagreb Indoors, Croatia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–4		Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 3–6, 5–10
Loss	5–5		Portugal Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Martin Damm	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6		Swedish Open	250 Series	Clay	Robin Söderling	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	6–1, 3–6, 7–10
Win	6–6		Washington Open, United States (2)	500 Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	6–7		Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–7		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–2, 3–6, 10–7
Win	8–7		Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	1–6, 7–5, 10–7
Loss	8–8		Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Win	9–8		Swedish Open	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–8		New Haven Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–5
Loss	10–9		Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	4–6, ret.
Win	11–9		Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (2)	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–1
Loss	11–10		Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Horia Tecău	Daniele Bracciali František Čermák	3–6, 6–2, 8–10
Loss	11–11		Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Horia Tecău	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	12–11		Swedish Open (2)	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–12		Washington Open, United States	500 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(9–7), 6–7(8–10), 7–10
Loss	12–13		China Open	500 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	12–14		Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 5–7, 14–16
Win	13–14		Romanian Open	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss	13–15		Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Horia Tecău	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–15		Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2)	250 Series	Grass	Horia Tecău	Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	14–16		Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen	6–4, 4–6, 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–5), 3–6
Win	15–16		Swedish Open (3)	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	16–16		Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Horia Tecău	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–4, 6–4
Loss	16–17		Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–10
Win	17–17		Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung	5–7, 6–3, 10–8
Loss	17–18		Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra	6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8)
Loss	17–19		Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–7(7–9), 4–10
Loss	17–20		Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	2–6, 2–6
Win	18–20		Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	18–21		Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	Radu Albot Dušan Lajović	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	19–21		Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Dominic Inglot	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	6–2, 6–4
Win	20–21		Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	20–22		Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	500 Series	Hard (i)	Michael Venus	Marcel Granollers Jack Sock	3–6, 4–6
Win	21–22		Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	7–5, 4–1 ret.
Win	22–22		Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Dominic Inglot	Ben McLachlan Nicholas Monroe	3–6, 6–3, 10–8
Loss	22–23		Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Marcin Matkowski	Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	22–24		Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	22–25		Geneva Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Matthew Ebden	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Win	23–25		Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 10–4

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Footnotes

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Wins over top 10 players

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Doubles

• He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

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2006
1.	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	4 3	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	QF	6–3, 4–6, 13–11	Jaroslav Levinský	50
2007
2.	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3 3	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	1R	6–4, 6–4	Jarkko Nieminen	49
3.	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	4 3	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	1R	2–6, 7–6(7–4), 7–5, 6–3	Jarkko Nieminen	51
2008
4.	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	8 6	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	1R	6–4, 4–6, 6–2	Jarkko Nieminen	42
5.	Michal Tabara Pavel Vízner
World Team Cup, Düsseldorf, Germany	Clay	RR	6–4, 7–5	Robin Söderling	35
6.	Simon Aspelin Julian Knowle	10 9	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	1R	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)	Kevin Anderson	41
7.	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	39 8	Washington, United States	Hard	F	7–6(8–6), 6–3	Marc Gicquel	32
8.	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	1 4	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 6–7(11–13), 6–2	Jarkko Nieminen	28
2009
9.	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	47 10	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	F	7–5, 6–4	Martin Damm	25
10.	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	9 7	Washington, United States	Hard	QF	3–6, 6–1, 16–14	Martin Damm	23
-	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4 3	Washington, United States	Hard	SF	Walkover	Martin Damm	23
2010
11.	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	5 6	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands	Grass	F	1–6, 7–5, 10–7	Horia Tecău	29
12.	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7 12	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	3R	3–6, 4–6, 6–3, 7–6(10–8), 8–6	Horia Tecău	27
2011
13.	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	11 10	Rome, Italy	Clay	2R	5–7, 7–6(9–7), 10–3	Horia Tecău	22
14.	Novak Djokovic Nenad Zimonjić	245 6	Davis Cup, Halmstad, Sweden	Hard (i)	QF	6–4, 7–6(7–5), 7–5	Simon Aspelin	14
15.	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	4 5	Beijing, China	Hard	QF	7–6(8–6), 2–6, 10–6	Horia Tecău	16
16.	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	7 8	ATP Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	RR	7–6(8–6), 6–1	Horia Tecău	14
2012
17.	Janko Tipsarević Nenad Zimonjić	83 6	Davis Cup, Niš, Serbia	Hard (i)	1R	3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 10–8	Johan Brunström	10
18.	Leander Paes Janko Tipsarević	7 83	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	1R	6–4, 7–5	Horia Tecău	8
19.	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	8 8	Rome, Italy	Clay	QF	6–2, 1–6, 12–10	Horia Tecău	10
20.	Marcel Granollers Marc López	18 10	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	QF	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–2)	Horia Tecău	8
21.	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3 3	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	SF	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 10–2	Horia Tecău	8
2013
22.	Marcel Granollers Marc López	5 3	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	Hard (i)	SF	6–2, 7–6(12–10)	Nenad Zimonjić	9
23.	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1 1	Montreal, Canada	Hard	QF	6–7(2–7), 6–3, 10–5	Daniel Nestor	11
24.	Daniel Nestor Leander Paes	15 7	Shanghai, China	Hard	2R	7–5, 3–6, 13–11	Vasek Pospisil	17
2014
25.	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7 5	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	3R	5–7, 6–4, 6–4	Łukasz Kubot	20
26.	Jonathan Erlich Marcelo Melo	84 5	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	3R	6–4, 7–6(7–5)	Łukasz Kubot	14
27.	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	8 6	Cincinnati, United States	Hard	2R	6–2, 6–4	Marcin Matkowski	18
28.	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	1 1	ATP Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	RR	7–6(7–3), 6–3	Łukasz Kubot	17
29.	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	8 8	ATP Finals, London, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	RR	6–4, 3–6, 10–6	Łukasz Kubot	17
2015
30.	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Nenad Zimonjić	37 3	Sydney, Australia	Hard	QF	6–4, 6–3	Marcin Matkowski	13
31.	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	4 3	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	1R	7–6(7–3), 5–7, 6–4	Dominic Inglot	32
32.	Rohan Bopanna Florin Mergea	10 12	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	QF	7–6(7–2), 6–3	Dominic Inglot	32
2016
33.	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	11 9	US Open, New York, United States	Hard	3R	6–3, 7–6(7–4)	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	32
34.	Ivan Dodig Nenad Zimonjić	8 54	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	Hard (i)	1R	7–6(7–3), 6–3	Michael Venus	37
35.	Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău	10 9	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	SF	1–6, 6–3, 10–8	Michael Venus	37
2017
36.	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6 6	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	2R	7–6(7–4), 6–3	Sam Groth	46
37.	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	5 6	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	2R	4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 7–5, 7–5	Sam Groth	35
2019
38.	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	14 1	Brisbane, Australia	Hard	1R	3–6, 6–4, 10–7	Milos Raonic	46
39.	Jamie Murray Bruno Soares	5 6	Acapulco, Mexico	Hard	1R	6–2, 7–6(7–4)	Frances Tiafoe	52
40.	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7 27	Moselle Open, France	Hard (i)	F	2–6, 7–6(7–1), 10–4	Jan-Lennard Struff	70

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World TeamTennis Lindstedt enters his third season with World TeamTennis in 2020, after making his debut with the Washington Kastles in 2018, and playing a season with the Springfield Lasers in 2019. It was announced he will be returning to the Springfield Lasers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin 12 July.

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