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
Singles: 1 (runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsATP Championship SeriesATP World Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoors (0–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Newport, United StatesInternational SeriesGrass Peter Wessels6–7(3–7), 3–6
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournamentsATP Championship SeriesATP World Series (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–0)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (2–1)Indoors (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Munich, GermanyWorld SeriesClay Karsten Braasch Pablo Albano Àlex Corretja6–3, 5–7, 2–6Win1–1Båstad, SwedenInternational SeriesClay Karsten Braasch Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)Win2–1Bucharest, RomaniaInternational SeriesClay Peter Nyborg Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter6–3, 6–3
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 10 (5–5) LegendATP Challenger (5–4)ITF Futures (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (2–4)Carpet (3–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Mikael Tillström2–6, 4–6Win1–1Lübeck, GermanyChallengerCarpet Nicolas Kiefer7–6, 6–1Win2–1Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Gabriel Silberstein6–3, 5–7, 7–6Loss2–2Bad Saarow, GermanyChallengerClay Magnus Norman2–6, 2–6Win3–2Wolfsburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Arne Thoms6–4, 6–3Loss3–3Szczecin, PolandChallengerClay Younes El Aynaoui3–6, 4–6Win4–3Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Franco Squillari7–5, 7–6(8–6)Win5–3Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Olivier Mutis6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5Loss5–4Mönchengladbach, GermanyChallengerClay Jürgen Melzer6–4, 1–6, 3–6Loss5–5France F20, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Martin Štěpánekwalkover
Doubles: 20 (15–5) LegendATP Challenger (14–5)ITF Futures (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)Clay (12–3)Carpet (2–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Eisenach, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Donald Johnson Francisco Montana3–6, 2–6Win1–1Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori6–3, 6–4Win2–1Ulm, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Ģirts Dzelde Aleksandar Kitinov7–5, 6–3Win3–1Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Maxime Huard Guillaume Marx6–2, 6–4Win4–1Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Patrick Baur George Bastl Michel Kratochvil6–1, 6–1Win5–1Alpirsbach, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Ģirts Dzelde Tomas Nydahl1–6, 6–3, 7–5Win6–1Bad Saarow, GermanyChallengerClay Marcos Ondruska Paul Rosner Joost Winnink6–3, 6–3Loss6–2Neumünster, GermanyChallengerCarpet Patrick Baur Stephen Noteboom Fernon Wibier3–6, 4–6Win7–2Espinho, PortugalChallengerClay Stephen Noteboom Alberto Martín Tomas Anzari7–6, 7–5Win8–2Geneva, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Rikard Bergh Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek6–2, 3–6, 6–4Loss8–3Oberstaufen, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Edwin Kempes Petr Luxa5–7, 4–6Win9–3Numbrecht, GermanyChallengerCarpet Dirk Dier Andreas Tattermusch Andreas Weber6–3, 7–5Win10–3Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Jeff Tarango Álex López Morón Albert Portas6–2, 6–2Loss10–4Barcelona, SpainChallengerClay Marcus Hilpert Tomás Carbonell Albert Portas7–5, 1–6, 4–6Win11–4Eckental, GermanyChallengerCarpet Karsten Braasch Ivo Heuberger Michael Kohlmann7–6(7–5), 6–3Loss11–5Hamburg, GermanyChallengerCarpet Karsten Braasch Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win12–5Braunschweig, GermanyChallengerClay Karsten Braasch Feliciano López Francisco Roig6–1, 6–1Win13–5Mönchengladbach, GermanyChallengerClay Jairo Velasco Wim Neefs Djalmar Sistermans6–3, 6–3Win14–5Weiden, GermanyChallengerClay Dušan Vemić Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter7–6(7–5), 6–2Win15–5Germany F2, StuttgartFuturesHard Robert Lindstedt Dmitri Vlasov Lovro Zovko6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3
Performance timelines
Singles Tournament1993199419951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA3R1R2R1R1RA0 / 53–5French OpenAAQ2A2R4R2RA2R2R0 / 57–5WimbledonAAAA2R1R3RA1RA0 / 43–4US OpenAAAA3RA1R2RAA0 / 33–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–06–43–34–41–21–31–10 / 1716–17ATP World Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAAAAQ1AA0 / 00–0Monte CarloAAAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0HamburgQ1Q2Q1A1R3RQ2Q11RQ10 / 32–3StuttgartAAAAAAA1RANH0 / 10–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–12–10–00–10–10–00 / 42–4
Doubles Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA1R1R1RA3RA0 / 42–4French OpenAAQF3RAA2R1R0 / 46–4WimbledonAA3R2RAA1RA0 / 33–3US OpenAA2RAA3RAA0 / 23–2Win–loss0–00–06–43–30–12–13–30–10 / 1314–13ATP World Tour Masters 1000Monte CarloAAQ1AAAAA0 / 00–0Hamburg1RA2R2R2R2R1R1R0 / 74–7StuttgartAAAAA1RANH0 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–01–11–11–11–20–10–10 / 84–8
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