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German tennis player
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.
Singles: 1 (runner-up)[ edit ]
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
Peter Wessels
6–7(3–7) , 3–6
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)[ edit ]
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)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals [ edit ]
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
Mikael Tillström
2–6, 4–6
Win
1–1
Feb 1996
Lübeck , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Nicolas Kiefer
7–6, 6–1
Win
2–1
Jul 1996
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Gabriel Silberstein
6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Loss
2–2
Sep 1996
Bad Saarow , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Magnus Norman
2–6, 2–6
Win
3–2
Feb 1997
Wolfsburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Arne Thoms
6–4, 6–3
Loss
3–3
Sep 1998
Szczecin , Poland
Challenger
Clay
Younes El Aynaoui
3–6, 4–6
Win
4–3
Jun 1999
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Franco Squillari
7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win
5–3
Oct 2000
Eckental , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Olivier Mutis
6–7(5–7) , 7–6(7–4) , 7–5
Loss
5–4
Aug 2001
Mönchengladbach , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Jürgen Melzer
6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss
5–5
Oct 2002
France F20, Saint-Dizier
Futures
Hard
Martin Štěpánek
walkover
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
Karsten Braasch
Donald Johnson Francisco Montana
3–6, 2–6
Win
1–1
Jun 1996
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Karsten Braasch
Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori
6–3, 6–4
Win
2–1
Jul 1996
Ulm , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Karsten Braasch
Ģirts Dzelde Aleksandar Kitinov
7–5, 6–3
Win
3–1
Jul 1996
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Karsten Braasch
Maxime Huard Guillaume Marx
6–2, 6–4
Win
4–1
Aug 1996
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Patrick Baur
George Bastl Michel Kratochvil
6–1, 6–1
Win
5–1
Sep 1996
Alpirsbach , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Karsten Braasch
Ģirts Dzelde Tomas Nydahl
1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win
6–1
Sep 1996
Bad Saarow , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Marcos Ondruska
Paul Rosner Joost Winnink
6–3, 6–3
Loss
6–2
Nov 1996
Neumünster , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Patrick Baur
Stephen Noteboom Fernon Wibier
3–6, 4–6
Win
7–2
Apr 1998
Espinho , Portugal
Challenger
Clay
Stephen Noteboom
Alberto Martín Tomas Anzari
7–6, 7–5
Win
8–2
Aug 1998
Geneva , Switzerland
Challenger
Clay
Rikard Bergh
Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek
6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss
8–3
Jul 1999
Oberstaufen , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Karsten Braasch
Edwin Kempes Petr Luxa
5–7, 4–6
Win
9–3
Dec 1999
Numbrecht , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Dirk Dier
Andreas Tattermusch Andreas Weber
6–3, 7–5
Win
10–3
Jun 2000
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Jeff Tarango
Álex López Morón Albert Portas
6–2, 6–2
Loss
10–4
Oct 2000
Barcelona , Spain
Challenger
Clay
Marcus Hilpert
Tomás Carbonell Albert Portas
7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Win
11–4
Oct 2000
Eckental , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Karsten Braasch
Ivo Heuberger Michael Kohlmann
7–6(7–5) , 6–3
Loss
11–5
Feb 2001
Hamburg , Germany
Challenger
Carpet
Karsten Braasch
Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win
12–5
Jun 2001
Braunschweig , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Karsten Braasch
Feliciano López Francisco Roig
6–1, 6–1
Win
13–5
Aug 2001
Mönchengladbach , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Jairo Velasco
Wim Neefs Djalmar Sistermans
6–3, 6–3
Win
14–5
Jun 2002
Weiden , Germany
Challenger
Clay
Dušan Vemić
Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter
7–6(7–5) , 6–2
Win
15–5
Jan 2004
Germany F2, Stuttgart
Futures
Hard
Robert Lindstedt
Dmitri Vlasov Lovro Zovko
6–7(5–7) , 6–3, 6–3
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.