# Jens Knippschild

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)

* 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)

* 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)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | May 1997 | Munich, Germany | World Series | Clay | Karsten Braasch | Pablo Albano Àlex Corretja | 6–3, 5–7, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Jul 2001 | Båstad, Sweden | International Series | Clay | Karsten Braasch | Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann | 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Win | 2–1 | Sep 2002 | Bucharest, Romania | International Series | Clay | Peter Nyborg | Emilio Benfele Álvarez Andrés Schneiter | 6–3, 6–3 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Singles: 10 (5–5)

* 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 |

### Doubles: 20 (15–5)

* 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 |

## Performance timelines

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |

### Singles

| Tournament | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 1R | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| French Open | A | A | Q2 | A | 2R | 4R | 2R | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 5 | 7–5 | 58% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | 2R | 1R | 3R | A | 1R | A | 0 / 4 | 3–4 | 43% |
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 3R | A | 1R | 2R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| 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 | 48% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||||
| Miami | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Monte Carlo | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | Q1 | Q2 | Q1 | A | 1R | 3R | Q2 | Q1 | 1R | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 2–3 | 40% |
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| 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 | 33% |

### Doubles

| Tournament | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments ||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 3R | A | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | QF | 3R | A | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 4 | 6–4 | 60% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | 3R | 2R | A | A | 1R | A | 0 / 3 | 3–3 | 50% |
| US Open | A | A | 2R | A | A | 3R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 3–2 | 60% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 6–4 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0 / 13 | 14–13 | 52% |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ||||||||||||
| Monte Carlo | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Hamburg | 1R | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | 0 / 7 | 4–7 | 36% |
| Stuttgart | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 8 | 4–8 | 33% |