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Jens Knippschild

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Jens Knippschild
Country (sports) Germany
ResidenceArolsen, Germany
Born (1975-02-15) 15 February 1975 (age 49)
Bad Arolsen, West Germany
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro1992
Retired2004
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,017,972
Singles
Career record48–69
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 76 (9 August 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1997)
French Open4R (1998)
Wimbledon3R (1999)
US Open3R (1997)
Doubles
Career record46–53
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 53 (9 June 1997)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2001)
French OpenQF (1997)
Wimbledon3R (1997)
US Open3R (2000)

Jens Knippschild (born 15 February 1975) is a former tennis player from Germany, who turned professional in 1992. In his career, he won two doubles titles (2001, Båstad and 2002, Bucharest). The right-hander reached his highest singles ranking by the ATP on 9 August 1999, when he became the No. 76 of the world.


ATP Tour finals

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Singles: 1 (runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
ATP Championship Series
ATP World Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2000 Newport,
United States
International Series Grass Netherlands Peter Wessels 6–7(3–7), 3–6

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
Grand Slam tournaments
ATP Championship Series
ATP World Series (2–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 1997 Munich, Germany World Series Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Argentina Pablo Albano
Spain Àlex Corretja
6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jul 2001 Båstad, Sweden International Series Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Sweden Simon Aspelin
Australia Andrew Kratzmann
7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win 2–1 Sep 2002 Bucharest, Romania International Series Clay Sweden Peter Nyborg Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

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Singles: 10 (5–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (5–4)
ITF Futures (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–4)
Carpet (3–0)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1994 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Sweden Mikael Tillström 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Feb 1996 Lübeck, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Nicolas Kiefer 7–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 1996 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Chile Gabriel Silberstein 6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Loss 2–2 Sep 1996 Bad Saarow, Germany Challenger Clay Sweden Magnus Norman 2–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Feb 1997 Wolfsburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Arne Thoms 6–4, 6–3
Loss 3–3 Sep 1998 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Morocco Younes El Aynaoui 3–6, 4–6
Win 4–3 Jun 1999 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Argentina Franco Squillari 7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win 5–3 Oct 2000 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet France Olivier Mutis 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss 5–4 Aug 2001 Mönchengladbach, Germany Challenger Clay Austria Jürgen Melzer 6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss 5–5 Oct 2002 France F20, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard Czech Republic Martin Štěpánek walkover

Doubles: 20 (15–5)

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Legend
ATP Challenger (14–5)
ITF Futures (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (12–3)
Carpet (2–2)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 1996 Eisenach, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch United States Donald Johnson
United States Francisco Montana
3–6, 2–6
Win 1–1 Jun 1996 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Italy Cristian Brandi
Italy Filippo Messori
6–3, 6–4
Win 2–1 Jul 1996 Ulm, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Soviet Union Ģirts Dzelde
North Macedonia Aleksandar Kitinov
7–5, 6–3
Win 3–1 Jul 1996 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch France Maxime Huard
France Guillaume Marx
6–2, 6–4
Win 4–1 Aug 1996 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Germany Patrick Baur Switzerland George Bastl
Switzerland Michel Kratochvil
6–1, 6–1
Win 5–1 Sep 1996 Alpirsbach, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Soviet Union Ģirts Dzelde
Sweden Tomas Nydahl
1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win 6–1 Sep 1996 Bad Saarow, Germany Challenger Clay South Africa Marcos Ondruska South Africa Paul Rosner
Netherlands Joost Winnink
6–3, 6–3
Loss 6–2 Nov 1996 Neumünster, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Patrick Baur Netherlands Stephen Noteboom
Netherlands Fernon Wibier
3–6, 4–6
Win 7–2 Apr 1998 Espinho, Portugal Challenger Clay Netherlands Stephen Noteboom Spain Alberto Martín
Czech Republic Tomas Anzari
7–6, 7–5
Win 8–2 Aug 1998 Geneva, Switzerland Challenger Clay Sweden Rikard Bergh Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Radomír Vašek
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss 8–3 Jul 1999 Oberstaufen, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Netherlands Edwin Kempes
Czech Republic Petr Luxa
5–7, 4–6
Win 9–3 Dec 1999 Numbrecht, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Dirk Dier Germany Andreas Tattermusch
Germany Andreas Weber
6–3, 7–5
Win 10–3 Jun 2000 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay United States Jeff Tarango Spain Álex López Morón
Spain Albert Portas
6–2, 6–2
Loss 10–4 Oct 2000 Barcelona, Spain Challenger Clay Germany Marcus Hilpert Spain Tomás Carbonell
Spain Albert Portas
7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Win 11–4 Oct 2000 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Karsten Braasch Switzerland Ivo Heuberger
Germany Michael Kohlmann
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 11–5 Feb 2001 Hamburg, Germany Challenger Carpet Germany Karsten Braasch Austria Julian Knowle
Switzerland Lorenzo Manta
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 12–5 Jun 2001 Braunschweig, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Karsten Braasch Spain Feliciano López
Spain Francisco Roig
6–1, 6–1
Win 13–5 Aug 2001 Mönchengladbach, Germany Challenger Clay Spain Jairo Velasco Belgium Wim Neefs
Netherlands Djalmar Sistermans
6–3, 6–3
Win 14–5 Jun 2002 Weiden, Germany Challenger Clay Serbia and Montenegro Dušan Vemić Argentina Sergio Roitman
Argentina Andrés Schneiter
7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win 15–5 Jan 2004 Germany F2, Stuttgart Futures Hard Sweden Robert Lindstedt Russia Dmitri Vlasov
Croatia Lovro Zovko
6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

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Key
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

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Tournament 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 3R 1R 2R 1R 1R A 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A A Q2 A 2R 4R 2R A 2R 2R 0 / 5 7–5 58%
Wimbledon A A A A 2R 1R 3R A 1R A 0 / 4 3–4 43%
US Open A A A A 3R A 1R 2R A A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–4 3–3 4–4 1–2 1–3 1–1 0 / 17 16–17 48%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Miami A A A A A A A Q1 A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Monte Carlo A A A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg Q1 Q2 Q1 A 1R 3R Q2 Q1 1R Q1 0 / 3 2–3 40%
Stuttgart A A A A A A A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 4 2–4 33%

Doubles

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Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 1R 1R 1R A 3R A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
French Open A A QF 3R A A 2R 1R 0 / 4 6–4 60%
Wimbledon A A 3R 2R A A 1R A 0 / 3 3–3 50%
US Open A A 2R A A 3R A A 0 / 2 3–2 60%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 6–4 3–3 0–1 2–1 3–3 0–1 0 / 13 14–13 52%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Monte Carlo A A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Hamburg 1R A 2R 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Stuttgart A A A A A 1R A NH 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–1 0 / 8 4–8 33%
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