Early years

Lindstedt at the 2010 US Open

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.

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.

2010: Four titles, First Wimbledon final with Tecău

Lindstedt reached his first Grand Slam final at Wimbledon, with long-time partner Horia Tecău.

2011: Second Wimbledon final with Tecău

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

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.^[1]

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.

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.

2021: Retirement

His last ATP tournament in his career was the 2021 Stockholm Open where he reached the quarterfinals with Swedish compatriot Andre Goransson.^[2] He also partnered Goransson in the Davis Cup.

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (1–3)

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

Mixed doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2019	Wimbledon	Grass	Jeļena Ostapenko	Ivan Dodig Latisha Chan	6–3, 6–2

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 2 (1–1)

Result	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Oct 2005	Vietnam Open	International	Carpet (i)	Ashley Fisher	Lars Burgsmüller Philipp Kohlschreiber	6–5(7–3), 4–6, 2–6 [lower-alpha 1]
Loss	0–2	Mar 2006	Las Vegas Open, United States	International	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–3	Jul 2006	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Intl. Gold	Clay	Yves Allegro	Gastón Gaudio Max Mirnyi	5–7, 7–6(7–4), [10–12]
Win	1–3	Sep 2007	Mumbai Open, India	International	Hard	Jarkko Nieminen	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–3	Oct 2007	Japan Open	Intl. Gold	Hard	Jordan Kerr	Frank Dancevic Stephen Huss	6–4, 6–4
Win	3–3	Aug 2008	Washington Open, United States	International	Hard	Marc Gicquel	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win	4–3	Jan 2009	Auckland Open, New Zealand	250 Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Scott Lipsky Leander Paes	7–5, 6–4
Win	5–3	Feb 2009	Zagreb Indoors, Croatia	250 Series	Hard (i)	Martin Damm	Christopher Kas Rogier Wassen	6–4, 6–3
Loss	5–4	Feb 2009	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Rik de Voest Dmitry Tursunov	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss	5–5	May 2009	Estoril Open, Portugal	250 Series	Clay	Martin Damm	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	3–6, 2–6
Loss	5–6	Jul 2009	Swedish Open	250 Series	Clay	Robin Söderling	Jaroslav Levinský Filip Polášek	6–1, 3–6, [7–10]
Win	6–6	Aug 2009	Washington Open, United States (2)	500 Series	Hard	Martin Damm	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	7–5, 7–6(7–3)
Loss	6–7	Feb 2010	Open 13, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Julian Knowle	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	4–6, 3–6
Win	7–7	Apr 2010	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	Jun 2010	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	1–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Loss	8–8	Jul 2010	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Horia Tecău	Jürgen Melzer Philipp Petzschner	1–6, 5–7, 5–7
Win	9–8	Jul 2010	Swedish Open	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Andreas Seppi Simone Vagnozzi	6–4, 7–5
Win	10–8	Aug 2010	New Haven Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 7–5
Loss	10–9	Jan 2011	Brisbane International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	4–6, ret.
Win	11–9	Apr 2011	Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco (2)	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Colin Fleming Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–1
Loss	11–10	Jun 2011	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands	250 Series	Grass	Horia Tecău	Daniele Bracciali František Čermák	3–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	11–11	Jul 2011	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Horia Tecău	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	12–11	Jul 2011	Swedish Open (2)	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Simon Aspelin Andreas Siljeström	6–3, 6–3
Loss	12–12	Aug 2011	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	Oct 2011	China Open	500 Series	Hard	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(2–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	12–14	Feb 2012	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Horia Tecău	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 5–7, [14–16]
Win	13–14	Apr 2012	Romanian Open	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Jérémy Chardy Łukasz Kubot	7–6(7–2), 6–3
Loss	13–15	May 2012	Madrid Open, Spain	Masters 1000	Clay	Horia Tecău	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	3–6, 4–6
Win	14–15	Jun 2012	Rosmalen Championships, Netherlands (2)	250 Series	Grass	Horia Tecău	Juan Sebastián Cabal Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 7–6(7–1)
Loss	14–16	Jul 2012	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	Jul 2012	Swedish Open (3)	250 Series	Clay	Horia Tecău	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win	16–16	Aug 2012	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Masters 1000	Hard	Horia Tecău	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–4, 6–4
Loss	16–17	Oct 2012	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	7–6(7–4), 5–7, [6–10]
Win	17–17	Feb 2013	Rotterdam Open, Netherlands	500 Series	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Thiemo de Bakker Jesse Huta Galung	5–7, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	17–18	Mar 2013	Dubai Tennis Championships, UAE	500 Series	Hard	Nenad Zimonjić	Mahesh Bhupathi Michaël Llodra	6–7(6–8), 6–7(6–8)
Loss	17–19	Apr 2013	Barcelona Open, Spain	500 Series	Clay	Daniel Nestor	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	7–5, 6–7(7–9), [4–10]
Loss	17–20	Oct 2013	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jonas Björkman	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Jean-Julien Rojer	2–6, 2–6
Win	18–20	Jan 2014	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	6–3, 6–3
Loss	18–21	May 2015	Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	Radu Albot Dušan Lajović	4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Win	19–21	Aug 2015	Winston-Salem Open, United States	250 Series	Hard	Dominic Inglot	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	6–2, 6–4
Win	20–21	Oct 2016	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Fabio Fognini	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	20–22	Oct 2016	Swiss Indoors, Switzerland	500 Series	Hard (i)	Michael Venus	Marcel Granollers Jack Sock	3–6, 4–6
Win	21–22	Jun 2017	Antalya Open, Turkey	250 Series	Grass	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	7–5, 4–1 ret.
Win	22–22	May 2018	Istanbul Open, Turkey	250 Series	Clay	Dominic Inglot	Ben McLachlan Nicholas Monroe	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	22–23	Jun 2018	Stuttgart Open, Germany	250 Series	Grass	Marcin Matkowski	Philipp Petzschner Tim Pütz	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Loss	22–24	Sep 2018	Shenzhen Open, China	250 Series	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Ben McLachlan Joe Salisbury	6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7)
Loss	22–25	May 2019	Geneva Open, Switzerland	250 Series	Clay	Matthew Ebden	Oliver Marach Mate Pavić	4–6, 4–6
Win	23–25	Sep 2019	Moselle Open, France	250 Series	Hard (i)	Jan-Lennard Struff	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]

Doubles

• He has a 40–78 (33.9%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Opponents	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Partner	RLR
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	- 5	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, 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	Basel, 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	Metz, France	Hard (i)	F	2–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–4]	Jan-Lennard Struff	70