Early career

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

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.

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.

Singles: 16 (6–10)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 2006	USA F18, Joplin	Futures	Hard	Shannon Nettle	7–6(7–4), 6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2006	Thailand F5, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Chung Hee-Seok	1–6, 1–6
Win	1–2	Sep 2006	Australia F6, Mackay	Futures	Hard	Sadik Kadir	2–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Mar 2007	New Zealand F1, Wellington	Futures	Hard	Im Kyu-Tae	4–6, 1–6
Loss	1–4	Mar 2007	New Zealand F2, Hamilton	Futures	Hard	Simon Rea	5–7, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	1–5	Jul 2007	USA F17, Peoria	Futures	Clay	Michael Yani	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 2–6
Win	2–5	Sep 2007	Indonesia F4, Manado	Futures	Hard	Colin Ebelthite	6–4, ret.
Win	3–5	Oct 2007	Australia F8, Traralgon	Futures	Hard	Vjekoslav Skenderovic	6–1, 7–5
Win	4–5	Sep 2008	Australia F5, Rockhampton	Futures	Hard	Brendan McKenzie	6–1, 6–2
Loss	4–6	Sep 2008	Australia F7, Gympie	Futures	Hard	Andrew Coelho	3–6, 4–6
Win	5–6	Oct 2008	Australia F9, Sale	Futures	Clay	Marinko Matosevic	6–4, 6–0
Loss	5–7	Jul 2009	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Chris Guccione	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–8	Oct 2010	Australia F8, Port Pirie	Futures	Hard	Colin Ebelthite	6–3, 5–7, 3–6
Win	6–8	Oct 2010	Australia F9, Happy Valley	Futures	Hard	Brydan Klein	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	6–9	Sep 2011	Australia F7, Darwin	Futures	Hard	Isaac Frost	1–6, 6–4, 4–6
Loss	6–10	Apr 2012	Vietnam F1, Ho Chi Minh City	Futures	Hard	Jose Statham	2–5 ret.

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2007	New Zealand F1, Wellington	Futures	Hard	Colin Ebelthite	Carsten Ball Adam Feeney	6–4, 2–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss	0–2	Oct 2007	Australia F6, Sawtell	Futures	Clay	Marinko Matosevic	Miles Armstrong Strahinja Bobusic	walkover
Win	1–2	Sep 2012	Australia F5, Cairns	Futures	Hard	Adam Feeney	Jay Andrijic Andrew Whittington	6–3, 7–5
Win	2–2	Sep 2012	Australia F6, Alice Springs	Futures	Hard	Adam Feeney	Sam Groth Michael Venus	4–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win	3–2	May 2013	Greece F8, Athens	Futures	Hard	Colin Ebelthite	Joseph Gill Bruce Strachan	4–6, 6–2, [10–5]

Singles

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Alexandre Sidorenko	3–6, 6–7(4–7)