# Karin Kennel

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) In 2012, she reached the final of the Osaka Mayor's Cup in Japan.
In 2013, she lost the final of the European Junior Championships to Czech player Barbora Krejčíková.

## ITF Junior results

* Legend (Win/Loss)
* Category GA
* Category G1
* Category G2
* Category G3
* Category G4
* Category G5

### Singles (3–5)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Grade | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 1. | February 2011 | Oberentfelden, Switzerland | G4 | Carpet (i) | Corina Jaeger | 6–7, 6–2, 6–7 |
| Win | 2. | July 2011 | Oberentfelden, Switzerland | G4 | Clay | Imane Maëlle Kocher | 6–3, 6–0 |
| Win | 3. | September 2011 | Luzern, Switzerland | G5 | Clay | Jil Teichmann | 6–0, 6–0 |
| Win | 4. | October 2011 | Perak, Malaysia | G4 | Hard | Pippa Horn | 6–2, 6–1 |
| Loss | 5. | October 2011 | Sarawak, Malaysia | G3 | Hard | Pippa Horn | 4–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 6. | July 2012 | Castricum, Netherlands | G2 | Clay | Fiona Ferro | 6–4, 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 7. | October 2012 | Osaka Mayor's Cup, Japan | GA | Hard | Kateřina Siniaková | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 8. | July 2013 | Klosters, Switzerland | GB1 | Clay | Barbora Krejčíková | 2–6, 4–6 |

### Doubles (3–4)

| Result | No. | Date | Location | Grade | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1. | July 2011 | Oberentfelden, Switzerland | G4 | Clay | Imane Maëlle Kocher | Nina Stadler Jil Teichmann | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Loss | 2. | October 2011 | Perak, Malaysia | G3 | Hard | Katie Boulter | Kamonwan Buayam Aldila Sutjiadi | 3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 3. | November 2011 | Merida, Mexico | G1 | Hard | Megane Bianco | Gabrielle Andrews Irina Khromacheva | w/o |
| Loss | 4. | March 2012 | Potchefstroom, South Africa | G2 | Hard | Megane Bianco | Ilze Hattingh Madrie Le Roux | 5–7, 6–3, [5–10] |
| Loss | 5. | April 2012 | Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France | G1 | Clay | Erin Routliffe | Francesca Gariglio Giorgia Marchetti | 6–2, 2–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 6. | July 2012 | Castricum, Netherlands | G2 | Clay | Katrine Isabel Steffensen | Lizette Cabrera Paige Hourigan | 5–7, 6–7$^{(3)}$ |
| Win | 7. | December 2012 | Abierto Juvenil Mexicano | GA | Clay | Elise Mertens | Belinda Bencic Veronika Kudermetova | 6–4, 7–6$^{(3)}$ |

## ITF Circuit finals
### Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | 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)

| Result | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | 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] |