Jens Knippschild

{{short description|German tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name = Jens Knippschild

|country = {{GER}}

|image =

|residence = Arolsen, Germany

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|2|15}}

|birth_place = Bad Arolsen, West Germany

|height = {{height|m=1.91}}

|turnedpro = 1992

|retired = 2004

|plays = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney = $1,017,972

|singlesrecord = 48–69

|singlestitles = 0

|highestsinglesranking = No. 76 (9 August 1999)

|AustralianOpenresult = 3R (1997)

|FrenchOpenresult = 4R (1998)

|Wimbledonresult = 3R (1999)

|USOpenresult = 3R (1997)

|doublesrecord = 46–53

|doublestitles = 2

|highestdoublesranking = No. 53 (9 June 1997)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R (2001)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = QF (1997)

|WimbledonDoublesresult = 3R (1997)

|USOpenDoublesresult = 3R (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

=Singles: 1 (runner-up)=

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|Grand Slam tournaments

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|ATP Championship Series

ATP World Series (0–1)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)

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!Finals by setting

Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–0)

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class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|2000 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships – Singles

|Newport,
United States

|International Series

|Grass

|{{flagicon|NED}} Peter Wessels

|6–7(3–7), 3–6

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

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{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%

!Legend

style="background:#f3e6d7;"

|Grand Slam tournaments

style="background:#d4f1c5;"

|ATP Championship Series

ATP World Series (2–1)

|

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–0)
Clay (2–1)
Grass (0–0)

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!Finals by setting

Outdoors (2–1)
Indoors (0–0)

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|1997 BMW Open – Doubles

|Munich, Germany

|World Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Pablo Albano
{{flagicon|ESP}} Àlex Corretja

|6–3, 5–7, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|2001 Telenordia Swedish Open – Doubles

|Båstad, Sweden

|International Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Simon Aspelin
{{flagicon|AUS}} Andrew Kratzmann

|7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|2003 BCR Open Romania – Doubles

|Bucharest, Romania

|International Series

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Peter Nyborg

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Emilio Benfele Álvarez
{{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés Schneiter

|6–3, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

=Singles: 10 (5–5)=

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!Legend

bgcolor=moccasin

|ATP Challenger (5–4)

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|ITF Futures (0–1)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (0–1)
Clay (2–4)
Carpet (3–0)

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class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jun 1994}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Weiden, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Mikael Tillström

|2–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Feb 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Lübeck, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GER}} Nicolas Kiefer

|7–6, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|Jul 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Oberstaufen, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|CHI}} Gabriel Silberstein

|6–3, 5–7, 7–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|2–2

|{{dts|Sep 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bad Saarow, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Magnus Norman

|2–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–2

|{{dts|Feb 1997}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Wolfsburg, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GER}} Arne Thoms

|6–4, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|3–3

|{{dts|Sep 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Szczecin, Poland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|MAR}} Younes El Aynaoui

|3–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–3

|{{dts|Jun 1999}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Franco Squillari

|7–5, 7–6(8–6)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–3

|{{dts|Oct 2000}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Eckental, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Olivier Mutis

|6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–4

|{{dts|Aug 2001}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Mönchengladbach, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Jürgen Melzer

|6–4, 1–6, 3–6

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|5–5

|{{dts|Oct 2002}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|France F20, Saint-Dizier

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Martin Štěpánek

|walkover

=Doubles: 20 (15–5)=

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!Legend

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|ATP Challenger (14–5)

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|ITF Futures (1–0)

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!Finals by surface

Hard (1–0)
Clay (12–3)
Carpet (2–2)

|}

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!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!Date

!Tournament

!Tier

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Jun 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Eisenach, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|USA}} Donald Johnson
{{flagicon|USA}} Francisco Montana

|3–6, 2–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|1–1

|{{dts|Jun 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|ITA}} Cristian Brandi
{{flagicon|ITA}} Filippo Messori

|6–3, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|2–1

|{{dts|Jul 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Ulm, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|URS}} Ģirts Dzelde
{{flagicon|MKD}} Aleksandar Kitinov

|7–5, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|3–1

|{{dts|Jul 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Oberstaufen, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Maxime Huard
{{flagicon|FRA}} Guillaume Marx

|6–2, 6–4

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|4–1

|{{dts|Aug 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Geneva, Switzerland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Baur

|{{flagicon|SUI}} George Bastl
{{flagicon|SUI}} Michel Kratochvil

|6–1, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|5–1

|{{dts|Sep 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Alpirsbach, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|URS}} Ģirts Dzelde
{{flagicon|SWE}} Tomas Nydahl

|1–6, 6–3, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|6–1

|{{dts|Sep 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Bad Saarow, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Marcos Ondruska

|{{flagicon|RSA}} Paul Rosner
{{flagicon|NED}} Joost Winnink

|6–3, 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|6–2

|{{dts|Nov 1996}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Neumünster, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GER}} Patrick Baur

|{{flagicon|NED}} Stephen Noteboom
{{flagicon|NED}} Fernon Wibier

|3–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|7–2

|{{dts|Apr 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Espinho, Portugal

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|NED}} Stephen Noteboom

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Alberto Martín
{{flagicon|CZE}} Tomas Anzari

|7–6, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|8–2

|{{dts|Aug 1998}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Geneva, Switzerland

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Rikard Bergh

|{{flagicon|CZE}} Michal Tabara
{{flagicon|CZE}} Radomír Vašek

|6–2, 3–6, 6–4

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|8–3

|{{dts|Jul 1999}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Oberstaufen, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|NED}} Edwin Kempes
{{flagicon|CZE}} Petr Luxa

|5–7, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|9–3

|{{dts|Dec 1999}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Numbrecht, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GER}} Dirk Dier

|{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Tattermusch
{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Weber

|6–3, 7–5

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|10–3

|{{dts|Jun 2000}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Tarango

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Álex López Morón
{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Portas

|6–2, 6–2

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|10–4

|{{dts|Oct 2000}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Barcelona, Spain

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Marcus Hilpert

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Tomás Carbonell
{{flagicon|ESP}} Albert Portas

|7–5, 1–6, 4–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|11–4

|{{dts|Oct 2000}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Eckental, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Ivo Heuberger
{{flagicon|GER}} Michael Kohlmann

|7–6(7–5), 6–3

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

|11–5

|{{dts|Feb 2001}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Hamburg, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Carpet

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Julian Knowle
{{flagicon|SUI}} Lorenzo Manta

|3–6, 6–7(4–7)

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|12–5

|{{dts|Jun 2001}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Braunschweig, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Karsten Braasch

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Feliciano López
{{flagicon|ESP}} Francisco Roig

|6–1, 6–1

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|13–5

|{{dts|Aug 2001}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Mönchengladbach, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Jairo Velasco

|{{flagicon|BEL}} Wim Neefs
{{flagicon|NED}} Djalmar Sistermans

|6–3, 6–3

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|14–5

|{{dts|Jun 2002}}

|style="background:moccasin;"|Weiden, Germany

|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger

|Clay

|{{flagicon|SCG}} Dušan Vemić

|{{flagicon|ARG}} Sergio Roitman
{{flagicon|ARG}} Andrés Schneiter

|7–6(7–5), 6–2

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

|15–5

|{{dts|Jan 2004}}

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Germany F2, Stuttgart

|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures

|Hard

|{{flagicon|SWE}} Robert Lindstedt

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Dmitri Vlasov
{{flagicon|CRO}} Lovro Zovko

|6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

= Singles =

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!Tournament!!1993!!1994!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=20 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 5

!3–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|style=background:#ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|style=background:#afeeee|4R

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

!0 / 5

!7–5

!{{tennis win percentage|won=7|lost=5|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 4

!3–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|A

|A

!0 / 3

!3–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=3|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|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

!{{tennis win percentage|won=16|lost=17|integer=yes}}

colspan=20 align=left|ATP World Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left|Miami

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Hamburg

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|3R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

!0 / 3

!2–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=3|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Stuttgart

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|colspan=1 style=color:#767676|NH

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|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

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}

= Doubles =

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!Tournament!!1995!!1996!!1997!!1998!!1999!!2000!!2001!!2002!!SR!!W–L!!Win %

colspan=20 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|A

!0 / 4

!2–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=2|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|style=background:#ffebcd|QF

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

!0 / 4

!6–4

!{{tennis win percentage|won=6|lost=4|integer=yes}}

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|1R

|A

!0 / 3

!3–3

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=3|integer=yes}}

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|style=background:#afeeee|3R

|A

|A

!0 / 2

!3–2

!{{tennis win percentage|won=3|lost=2|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–0

!0–0

!6–4

!3–3

!0–1

!2–1

!3–3

!0–1

!0 / 13

!14–13

!{{tennis win percentage|won=14|lost=13|integer=yes}}

colspan=20 align=left|ATP World Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left|Monte Carlo

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

!0 / 0

!0–0

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=0|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Hamburg

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

!0 / 7

!4–7

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=7|integer=yes}}

bgcolor=efefef align=left|Stuttgart

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|colspan=1 style=color:#767676|NH

!0 / 1

!0–1

!{{tennis win percentage|won=0|lost=1|integer=yes}}

style=text-align:left|Win–loss

!0–1

!0–0

!1–1

!1–1

!1–1

!1–2

!0–1

!0–1

!0 / 8

!4–8

!{{tennis win percentage|won=4|lost=8|integer=yes}}