Jens Knippschild

Jens Knippschild

Nation:

Germany

Birthday:

15th February 1975

Size:

190 cm

Weight:

82 kg

1st professional season:

1992

Playing hand:

Right

Trainer:

Martin Sinner

Prize money:

$ 1,017,972

singles

Career record:

48:69

Highest ranking:

76 (August 9, 1999)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	3R (1997)
French Open	AF (1998)
Wimbledon	3R (1999)
US Open	3R (1997)

Double

Career record:

46:53

Career title:

2

Highest ranking:

53 (June 9 1997)

Grand Slam record

Grand Slam title: 00000 0

Australian Open	AF (2001)
French Open	VF (1997)
Wimbledon	AF (1997)
US Open	AF (2000)

Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Jens Knippschild (born February 15, 1975 in Arolsen ) is a former German tennis player .

Life

In his career, Knippschild won two ATP tournaments in doubles, in 2001 the Swedish Open with Karsten Braasch and in 2002 the Romanian Open with Peter Nyborg . He reached his highest world ranking position in 1999 with rank 76. In the following year he achieved his best individual result on the ATP World Tour with the final of the Newport ATP tournament . On the ATP Challenger Tour he was able to win five individual titles.

His best individual result in a Grand Slam tournament was his entry into the 1998 round of 16 of the French Open . In Grand Slam tournaments, he played seven five-set games, all of which he won. In the doubles competition, he reached the quarter-finals of the French Open in 1997 and the second round of the other three Grand Slam tournaments once.

Knippschild was appointed to the German Davis Cup team twice, in 1997 and 2001. On his first appearance in the first round encounter against Mexico , he won both his singles and doubles alongside Marc-Kevin Goellner . In the quarter-finals against the Netherlands he lost with David Prinosil in doubles against Paul Haarhuis and Sjeng Schalken .

Tournament victories

Legend
Grand Slam
Tennis Masters Cup
ATP Masters Series
ATP International Series Gold
ATP International Series (2)
ATP Challenger Tour (5)

singles

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	1996	Germany Hambühren	carpet	Germany Nicolas Kiefer	7: 6, 6: 1
2.	1996	Germany Oberstaufen	sand	Chile Gabriel Silberstein	6: 3, 5: 7, 7: 6
3.	1997	Germany Wolfsburg	carpet	Germany Arne Thoms	6: 4, 6: 3
4th	1999	Germany Braunschweig	sand	Argentina Franco Squillari	7: 5, 7: 6
5.	2000	Germany Eckental	carpet	France Olivier Mutis	6: 7, 7: 6, 7: 5

Double

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	2001	Sweden Båstad	sand	Germany Karsten Braasch	Sweden Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann Australia	7: 6, 4: 6, 7: 6
2.	2002	Romania Bucharest	sand	Sweden Peter Nyborg	Spain Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter Argentina	6: 3, 6: 3

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ Tennis Abstract: Jens Knippschild ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Knippschild, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH	15th February 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH	Arolsen , Germany

[1] Tennis Abstract: Jens Knippschild ATP Match Results, Splits, and Analysis. Retrieved January 24, 2020 .