Josef Knottenbelt

{{Short description|Dutch tennis player (1910–1998)}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

| name = Josef Knottenbelt

| image =

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| country = Netherlands

| fullname = Joannes Henricus Knottenbelt

| native_name = Joop Knottenbelt

| birth_date = 25 October 1910

| birth_place = Lhokseumawe, Sumatra[https://www.wiewaswie.nl/personen-zoeken/zoeken/document/a2apersonid/421962668/srcid/47561985/oid/3 Military registration]

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|02|26|1910|10|25|df=y}}

| death_place = Altea, SpainObiturary, NRC Handelsblad, February 1998

| plays =

| Wimbledonresult = 2R (1931)

| WimbledonDoublesresult = 2R (1931)

| WimbledonMixedresult = 4R (1932)

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Joannes Henricus "Joop" Knottenbelt internationally known as Josef Knottenbelt (1910 – 1998) was a Dutch tennis player. He was a member of the Netherlands Davis Cup team with among others Henk Timmer.

In 1927 he won the Dutch youth (under 18) championships.[http://www.knltb.nl/siteassets/1.-knltb.nl/downloads/tennissers/kampioenschappen/njk/winnaars-njk.pdf Winners Dutch Youth Championships Tennis] In 1931, Knottenbelt reached the second round of the men's singles at Wimbledon, losing to Eberhard Nourney of Germany, 8–10 6–2, 0–6 9–11.[http://scoreshelf.com/en/tennis/cbbb/Wimbledon/1931 Wimbledon 1931 (Gentlemen)], Scoreshelf.com, retrieved 23 October 2012. In the 1932 Wimbledon mixed doubles, he and Madzy Rollin Couquerque lost in the fourth round to Ellsworth Vines and Helen Wills-Moody.[https://archive.today/20130131161322/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/2020171952.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+29,+1932&author=&pub=Daily+Boston+Globe+(1928-1960)&desc=VINES+WINS,+WOOD+AND+SHIELDS+LOSE&pqatl=google "Vines Wins, Wood and Shields Lose: Sarah Palfrey and Mangin Out at Wimbledon"], Boston Globe, 29 June 1932 (payment required).Utrechts Nieuwsblad, 29 June 1932 ([http://www.hetutrechtsarchief.nl/collectie/kranten/un/1932/0629 pdf]) {{in lang|nl}}

In the quarterfinals of the 1934 Davis Cup, he lost to Swedes Curt Östberg (1–6, 1–6, 4–6) and Kalle Schröder (1–6, 5–7, 0–6) although the Netherlands won the round.[http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=10003807 Josef KNOTTENBELT], Davis Cup, retrieved 21 October 2012.

Knottenbelt was born in the Dutch East Indies but grew up in Bussum. His younger brother Anthony Knottenbelt was also a promising tennis player, but died at the age of 19 after an accident.[http://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LC/1932-11-21/edition/0/page/8 A. Knottenbelt overladen], Leidsche Courant, 21 November 1932 In September 1937 Knottenbelt left again for the Dutch East Indies.[http://leiden.courant.nu/issue/LD/1937-09-16/edition/0/page/11 Knottenbelt and Rinkel naar Indië], Leidsch Dagblad, 16 September 1937, p. 11