Karin Kennel
{{Short description|Swiss tennis player}}
{{Infobox tennis biography
| name = Karin Kennel
| image = Karin Kennel, Cagnes 2015.JPG
| caption = Karin at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2015
| country = {{SUI}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|07|05|df=yes}}
| birth_place =
| height =
| plays = Right-handed
| careerprizemoney = US$ 71,632
| singlesrecord = {{tennis record|won=233|lost=160}}
| singlestitles = 4 ITF
| highestsinglesranking = No. 409 (7 April 2014)
| doublesrecord = {{tennis record|won=136|lost=80}}
| doublestitles = 10 ITF
| highestdoublesranking = No. 307 (30 July 2018)
}}
Karin Kennel (born 5 July 1995) is a Swiss former tennis player. On 7 April 2014, she achieved her highest singles ranking of 409 by the WTA. On 30 July 2018, she peaked at No. 307 in the doubles rankings.
Career
Chala had a successful junior career; her career-high world ranking as a junior was world No. 10. In 2013, Kennel partnering Belgian Elise Mertens, won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the Abierto Juvenil Mexicano (Grade A){{Cite web|title=Mertens y Kennel campeonas del Abierto Juvenil Mexicano|url=https://www.elsiglodetorreon.com.mx/noticia/823240.mertens-y-kennel-campeonas-del-abierto-juvenil-mexicano.html|access-date=2021-11-27}}{{cite news|url=https://www.itftennis.com/en/tournament/abierto-juvenil-mexicano/mex/2013/j-ga-mex-01a-2013/draws-and-results/|title=2013 Abierto Juvenil Mexicano Draws|publisher=www.itftennis.com}} In 2012, she reached the final of the Osaka Mayor's Cup in Japan.{{cite news|url=http://www.gifu-tennis.jp/pdf/h24/kekka/12superJr.pdf|title=2012 Osaka Mayor's Cup Draws|publisher=www.gifu-tennis.jp}}
In 2013, she lost the final of the European Junior Championships to Czech player Barbora Krejčíková.{{cite news|url=https://www.bernerzeitung.ch/sport/tennis/nur-die-kroenung-fehlte-fuer-kennel/story/16822253|title=Nur die Krönung fehlte für Kennel|publisher=www.bernerzeitung.ch}}
ITF Junior results
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!Legend (Win/Loss) |
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|Category GA |
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|Category G1 |
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|Category G2 |
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|Category G3 |
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|Category G4 |
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|Category G5 |
= Singles (3–5) =
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!Result !No. !width="100" |Date !width="200" |Location !Grade !Surface !width="180" |Opponent !width="125" |Score |
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| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |1. |February 2011 |Oberentfelden, Switzerland |G4 |Carpet (i) |Corina Jaeger |6–7, 6–2, 6–7 |
| bgcolor="#66CCFF"
| bgcolor="#98fb98" |Win |2. |July 2011 |Oberentfelden, Switzerland |G4 |Clay |Imane Maëlle Kocher |6–3, 6–0 |
| bgcolor="#ffecb2"
| bgcolor="#98fb98" |Win |3. |September 2011 |Luzern, Switzerland |G5 |Clay |6–0, 6–0 |
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| bgcolor="#98fb98" |Win |4. |October 2011 |Perak, Malaysia |G4 |Hard |Pippa Horn |6–2, 6–1 |
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |5. |October 2011 |Sarawak, Malaysia |G3 |Hard |Pippa Horn |4–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor="#ccccff"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |6. |July 2012 |Castricum, Netherlands |G2 |Clay |6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| bgcolor="#FF6666"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |7. |October 2012 |Osaka Mayor's Cup, Japan |GA |Hard |4–6, 4–6 |
| bgcolor="#FF6666"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |8. |July 2013 |Klosters, Switzerland |GB1 |Clay |2–6, 4–6 |
= Doubles (3–4) =
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!Result !No. !width="100" |Date !width="200" |Location !Grade !Surface !width="180" |Partner !width="180" |Opponents !width="125" |Score |
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| bgcolor="#98fb98" |Win |1. |July 2011 |Oberentfelden, Switzerland |G4 |Clay |Imane Maëlle Kocher |Nina Stadler Jil Teichmann |6–2, 6–4 |
| bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |2. |October 2011 |Perak, Malaysia |G3 |Hard |Katie Boulter |Kamonwan Buayam Aldila Sutjiadi |3–6, 2–6 |
| bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| bgcolor="#98fb98" |Win |3. |November 2011 |Merida, Mexico |G1 |Hard |Megane Bianco |Gabrielle Andrews Irina Khromacheva |w/o |
| bgcolor="#ccccff"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |4. |March 2012 |Potchefstroom, South Africa |G2 |Hard |Megane Bianco |Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux |5–7, 6–3, [5–10] |
| bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |5. |April 2012 |Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France |G1 |Clay |Erin Routliffe |Francesca Gariglio Giorgia Marchetti |6–2, 2–6, [5–10] |
| bgcolor="#ccccff"
| bgcolor="#ffa07a" |Loss |6. |July 2012 |Castricum, Netherlands |G2 |Clay |Katrine Isabel Steffensen |Lizette Cabrera Paige Hourigan |5–7, 6–7(3) |
| bgcolor="#FF6666"
| bgcolor="#98fb98" |Win |7. |December 2012 |GA |Clay |Belinda Bencic |6–4, 7–6(3) |
ITF Circuit finals
= Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups) =
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!Result !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Opponent !class="unsortable" |Score |
| Win
|Apr 2013 |ITF Heraklion, Greece |10,000 |Carpet |Anna Floris |6–1, 3–6, 6–3 |
| Loss
|Feb 2014 |ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |10,000 |Hard |Gai Ao |7–5, 6–7(4), 2–6 |
| Win
|Mar 2014 |ITF Pula, Italy |10,000 |Clay |Tatiana Pieri |6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss
|Jan 2016 |ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |10,000 |Clay |Angelica Moratelli |3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss
|Sep 2016 |ITF Sion, Switzerland |10,000 |Clay |Lucia Bronzetti |3–6, 6–7(5) |
| Loss
|Aug 2017 |ITF Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |15,000 |Clay |Maryna Chernyshova |4–6, 6–3, 0–6 |
| Win
|Aug 2017 |ITF Caslano, Switzerland |15,000 |Clay |Alberta Brianti |6–3, 6–0 |
| Loss
|Sep 2019 |ITF Tabarka, Tunisia |15,000 |Clay |Seone Mendez |7–6(7), 1–6, 3–6 |
| Win
|Sep 2019 |ITF Tabarka, Tunisia |15,000 |Clay |Constance Sibille |6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss
|Feb 2020 |ITF Monastir, Tunisia |15,000 |Hard |Maria Timofeeva |5–7, 4–6 |
= Doubles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runner–ups) =
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!Result !Date !Tournament !Tier !Surface !Partner !Opponents !class="unsortable" |Score |
| Loss
|Jan 2014 |ITF Stuttgart, Germany |10,000 |Hard |Lisa Ponomar |Carolin Daniels Laura Schaeder |6–4, 1–6, [7–10] |
| Loss
|May 2015 |ITF Bol, Croatia |10,000 |Clay |Iva Primorac |Lina Gjorcheska Christina Shakovets |6–4, 2–6, [2–10] |
| Win
|Jun 2015 |ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland |25,000 |Clay |Yvonne Cavallé Reimers |Xenia Knoll Antonia Lottner |WALKOVER |
| Loss
|Aug 2015 |ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands |10,000 |Clay |Katharina Hering |Rosalie van der Hoek Kelly Versteeg |7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10] |
| Win
|Sep 2015 |ITF Engis, Belgium |10,000 |Clay |Lara Michel |Margaux Bovy Hélène Scholsen |6–0, 6–4 |
| Loss
|Sep 2015 |ITF Bol, Croatia |10,000 |Clay |Iva Primorac |Lenka Jara Julia Lohoff |3–6, 6–4, [6–10] |
| Loss
|Nov 2015 |ITF Heraklion, Greece |10,000 |Hard |Viktoriya Tomova |Eleni Christofi Vlada Katic |6–4, 3–6, [1–10] |
| Win
|Nov 2015 |ITF Heraklion, Greece |10,000 |Hard |Viktoriya Tomova |Helen de Cesare Vlada Katic |6–2, 6–4 |
| Win
|Dec 2015 |ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia |10,000 |Hard |Isabella Shinikova |Darya Chernetsova Yana Sizikova |4–6, 6–3, [10–7] |
| Loss
|Dec 2015 |ITF Antalya, Turkey |10,000 |Clay |Nastja Kolar |Aminat Kushkhova Julia Stamatova |5–7, 1–6 |
| Loss
|Mar 2016 |ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |10,000 |Hard |Veronika Kapshay |Anastasiya Komardina Yana Sizikova |6–3, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss
|Mar 2016 |ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |10,000 |Hard |Despina Papamichail |Veronika Kapshay Anastasiya Shoshyna |1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss
|Jul 2016 |ITF Brussels, Belgium |10,000 |Clay |Hélène Scholsen |Carolina Alves Ellen Perez |2–6, 3–6 |
| Win
|Jul 2016 |ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt |10,000 |Hard |Victoria Muntean |Ola Abou Zekry Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal |7–6(4), 2–6, [10–4] |
| Win
|Sep 2016 |ITF Sion, Switzerland |10,000 |Clay |Emily Arbuthnott |Leonie Kung Simona Waltert |6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss
|Sep 2016 |ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |10,000 |Clay |Cristina Adamescu |Catherine Chantraine Sviatlana Pirazhenka |4–6, 5–7 |
| Win
|Oct 2016 |ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |10,000 |Clay |Carolina Alves |Fernanda Brito Noelia Zeballos Melgar |6–2, 4–6, [11–9] |
| Loss
|Feb 2017 |ITF Antalya, Turkey |15,000 |Clay |Nastja Kolar |Başak Eraydın Valentyna Ivakhnenko |6–7(6), 2–6 |
| Win
|Feb 2017 |ITF Antalya, Turkey |15,000 |Clay |Başak Eraydın |Cristina Dinu Cristina Ene |6–3, 2–6, [10–5] |
| Loss
|Feb 2017 |ITF Antalya, Turkey |15,000 |Clay |Başak Eraydın |Ayla Aksu Ekaterine Gorgodze |3–6, 1–6 |
| Loss
|Jul 2017 |ITF Hua Hin, Thailand |25,000 |Hard |Naiktha Bains |Luksika Kumkhum Ksenia Palkina |3–6, 6–2, [12–14] |
| Win
|Jan 2018 |ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |15,000 |Clay |Maria Marfutina |Despina Papamichail Catalina Pella |7–5, 6–2 |
| Win
|Jan 2018 |ITF Hammamet, Tunisia |15,000 |Clay |Maria Marfutina |Natalija Stevanović Jelena Simic |6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss
|Jul 2018 |ITF Bastad, Sweden |25,000 |Clay |Anna Danilina |Chen Pei-hsuan Wu Fang-hsien |5–7, 6–1, [5–10] |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{WTA|318229|Karin Kennel}}
- {{ITF profile}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kennel, Karin}}