Gabriela Andrea Knutson (; born 21 April 1997) is a Czech tennis player.
Knutson has a career-high singles by the WTA of 155, achieved on 6 November 2023, and a best doubles ranking of world No. 197, reached on 20 April 2026.
Early life Knutson is the daughter of an American father and Czech mother. At the age of 12, she moved from California to the Czech Republic. She later accepted an offer from a tennis academy in Prostějov and moved there.
Knutson left mainstream schooling after the fifth grade and completed the rest of her education online. Her childhood tennis idol was Caroline Wozniacki.
Career Junior As a junior, Knutson reached her highest ranking of 272 on 5 May 2014. Her sole singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit was the 2014 Safina Cup, a Grade 4 event.
College Knutson played college tennis at Syracuse University, where she majored in broadcast journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications. A blue chip recruit, she ranked as high as No. 4 in the college rankings and participated in the singles draw of the NCAA Division I Championships in both 2018 and 2019. In 2018, Knutson was named a singles All-American, the first Syracuse player to do so since 1995. She finished her college career with 179 combined wins, the second most in program history behind fellow Czech Jana Strnadová.
From 2019, Knutson attended Durham University on a postgraduate scholarship, where she studied for a MSc in Marketing as a member of Hatfield College and represented the university in BUCS tennis. She stayed on at Durham following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic to undertake a second postgraduate degree, migrating from Hatfield to Ustinov College. In 2022, she was named the Team Durham Sportswoman of the Year.
Professional Knutson made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Prague Open, after defeating Greet Minnen and Naiktha Bains in qualifying, before losing in the first round to Tereza Martincová, in three sets.
She was offered a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 US Open but declined, as it was conditional on switching her sporting nationality to the United States.
Knutson played her second WTA Tour main draw at the 2026 ASB Classic in Auckland, after defeating Leyre Romero Gormaz and Maja Chwalinska in qualifying, before losing in the first round to third seed Iva Jovic, in three sets.
Performance timeline Only main-draw results in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Singles Current through 2026 US Open. Tournament2023202420252026Grand Slam tournaments Australian OpenAQ3AQ10 / 00–0 French OpenAQ1Q1Q10 / 00–0 WimbledonAQ2Q2Q10 / 00–0 US OpenAQ1A1R0 / 10–1Win–Loss0–00–00–00–10 / 10–1Career statisticsTournaments1001Career total: 2Overall Win–Loss0–10–00–00–10 / 20–2
WTA 125 finals Singles: 3 (runner-ups) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Sep 2025Caldas da Rainha Open, Portugal Hard Polina Iatcenko 2–6, 7–5, 2–6Loss 0–2 Aug 2026Polish Open, Poland Hard Carol Young Suh Lee 4–6, 5–7Loss0–3Sep 2026Caldas da Rainha Open, PortugalHard Lisa Pigato4–6, 2–6
Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oeiras Indoors, Portugal Hard (i) Viktória Hrunčáková Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 7–6(9–7), 6–3
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (1–2)W50 tournaments (2–1)W25 tournaments (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Feb 2023Georgia's Rome Open, USW60 Hard (i) Peyton Stearns 6–3, 0–6, 2–6Win 1–1 Mar 2023ITF Fredericton, CanadaW25 Hard Himeno Sakatsume 6–4, 6–4Win 2–1 May 2023ITF Monzón, SpainW25 Hard Maddison Inglis 6–2, 6–2Loss 2–2 May 2023ITF Monastir, TunisiaW25 Hard Taylah Preston 6–3, 6–7(5), 3–6Win 3–2 Jun 2023ITF Guimarães, PortugalW25 Hard Madison Sieg 6–3, 6–4Win 4–2 Oct 2023ITF Quinta do Lago, PortugalW40 Hard Harriet Dart 6–4, 6–1Loss 4–3 Nov 2023Open Nantes Atlantique, FranceW60 Hard (i) Océane Dodin 7–6(2), 3–6, 2–6Loss 4–4 Jun 2024ITF Montemor-o-Novo, PortugalW50 Hard Eudice Chong 6–3, 2–6, 1–6Win 5–4 Jul 2024ITF Corroios, PortugalW50 Hard Mariam Bolkvadze 6–1, 6–3Win 6–4 Feb 2025ITF Prague, Czech RepublicW75 Hard (i) Destanee Aiava 6–4, 3–6, 7–5
Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (3–3)W50 tournaments (1–0)W25 tournaments (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–1) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Apr 2022ITF Nottingham, UKW25 Hard Katarína Strešnaková Lauryn John-Baptiste Alice Robbe 7–6(5), 6–3Loss 1–1 Jun 2022ITF Santo Domingo, DRW25 Hard Katarína Strešnaková Alicia Herrero Liñana Melany Krywoj 2–6, 4–6Win 2–1 Oct 2022GB Pro-Series Loughborough, UKW25 Hard (i) Joanna Garland Martyna Kubka Elena Malõgina 6–3, 6–3Loss 2–2 Feb 2023Georgia's Rome Open, USW60 Hard (i) Mana Ayukawa Fanny Stollár Lulu Sun 4–6, 5–7Win 3–2 Feb 2024ITF Pretoria, South Africa W50 Hard Lina Glushko Sofia Costoulas Hanne Vandewinkel 7–6(5), 7–6(4)Win 4–2 Mar 2024Říčany Open, Czech RepublicW75 Hard (i) Tereza Valentová Fanny Stollár Lulu Sun 6–4, 3–6, [10–4]Win 5–2 Apr 2025Open Saint-Gaudens, FranceW75 Clay Anna Sisková Émeline Dartron TiantsoaRakotomanga Rajaonah 6–2, 6–2Loss 5–3 May 2025Internazionali di Brescia, ItalyW75 Clay Darja Semeņistaja Maja Chwalińska Sinja Kraus 0–6, 3–6Loss 5–4 Sep 2025ITF Évora, PortugalW50 Hard Malaika Rapolu Catherine Harrison Ashley Lahey 1–6, 6–1, [8–10]Win 6–4 Mar 2026Branik Maribor Open, SloveniaW75 Hard (i) Anna-Lena Friedsam Jessika Ponchet Anna Sisková 4–6, 6–4, [10–6]
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