Jens Knippschild Explained

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)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Pablo Albano Àlex Corretja	6–3, 5–7, 2–6
Win	1–1		Båstad, Sweden	International Series	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Simon Aspelin Andrew Kratzmann	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–5)
Win	2–1		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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Mikael Tillström	2–6, 4–6
Win	1–1		Lübeck, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Nicolas Kiefer	7–6, 6–1
Win	2–1		Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Gabriel Silberstein	6–3, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	2–2		Bad Saarow, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Norman	2–6, 2–6
Win	3–2		Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Arne Thoms	6–4, 6–3
Loss	3–3		Szczecin, Poland	Challenger	Clay	Younes El Aynaoui	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–3		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Franco Squillari	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win	5–3		Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Olivier Mutis	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Loss	5–4		Mönchengladbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	6–4, 1–6, 3–6
Loss	5–5		France F20, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Martin Štěpánek	walkover

Doubles: 20 (15–5)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Eisenach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Donald Johnson Francisco Montana	3–6, 2–6
Win	1–1		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Cristian Brandi Filippo Messori	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–1		Ulm, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Ģirts Dzelde Aleksandar Kitinov	7–5, 6–3
Win	3–1		Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Maxime Huard Guillaume Marx	6–2, 6–4
Win	4–1		Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Patrick Baur	George Bastl Michel Kratochvil	6–1, 6–1
Win	5–1		Alpirsbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Ģirts Dzelde Tomas Nydahl	1–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	6–1		Bad Saarow, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Marcos Ondruska	Paul Rosner Joost Winnink	6–3, 6–3
Loss	6–2		Neumünster, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Patrick Baur	Stephen Noteboom Fernon Wibier	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–2		Espinho, Portugal	Challenger	Clay	Stephen Noteboom	Alberto Martín Tomas Anzari	7–6, 7–5
Win	8–2		Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Rikard Bergh	Michal Tabara Radomír Vašek	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
Loss	8–3		Oberstaufen, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Edwin Kempes Petr Luxa	5–7, 4–6
Win	9–3		Numbrecht, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Dirk Dier	Andreas Tattermusch Andreas Weber	6–3, 7–5
Win	10–3		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jeff Tarango	Álex López Morón Albert Portas	6–2, 6–2
Loss	10–4		Barcelona, Spain	Challenger	Clay	Marcus Hilpert	Tomás Carbonell Albert Portas	7–5, 1–6, 4–6
Win	11–4		Eckental, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Ivo Heuberger Michael Kohlmann	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss	11–5		Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Karsten Braasch	Julian Knowle Lorenzo Manta	3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	12–5		Braunschweig, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Karsten Braasch	Feliciano López Francisco Roig	6–1, 6–1
Win	13–5		Mönchengladbach, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Jairo Velasco	Wim Neefs Djalmar Sistermans	6–3, 6–3
Win	14–5		Weiden, Germany	Challenger	Clay	Dušan Vemić	Sergio Roitman Andrés Schneiter	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Win	15–5		Germany F2, Stuttgart	Futures	Hard	Robert Lindstedt	Dmitri Vlasov Lovro Zovko	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–3

Performance timelines

Singles

Doubles

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