Lindsey Nelson (born November 18, 1985) is an American former professional tennis player.

A right-handed player from California, Nelson attended Villa Park High School in Orange County, before going on to play college tennis for the USC Trojans.

Nelson won her first professional title in 2006, when she teamed up with Anne Yelsey to win the doubles at College Park, a top category $75,000 ITF tournament.

As a singles player, Nelson had a win that year over top 100 ranked Meng Yuan in Stanford qualifying.

She was beaten in the first round at Indian Wells by Croatian wildcard Mirjana Lučić.