Julian Knowle

Julian Knowle

Knowle at the 2007 Australian Open.
Country (sports)	Austria
Residence	Hard, Austria
Height	187cm (6ft 2in)
Turned pro	1992
Plays	Left; Two-handed backhand, Two-handed forehand
Prize money	$1,272,896
Singles
Career record	10-32
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 86 (July 05, 2002)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2nd (2003)
French Open	1st (2002)
Wimbledon	3rd (2002)
US Open	1st (2002)
Doubles
Career record	164-140
Career titles	10
Highest ranking	No. 15 (May 28, 2007)

Julian Knowle is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander Knowle is one of now only few players on the ATP tour who plays his forehand, backhand and even volleys two-handed. Knowle is known for his safe returns and dangerous volleys. He is currently Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching no. 15 in the ATP doubles ranking in May 2007.

Julian Knowle was a successful player on the ATP Challenger Tour, winning the Challenger tournaments in Kyoto (1999), Caracas (2001), Graz (2001) and Andrezieux (2002) and reaching the finals in Yokohama (2000), Bristol (2000), Besancon (2000) and Graz (2003). Knowle's best ATP singles ranking was no. 86 in July 2002. Knowle played his last singles tournament in Graz in 2005 where he reached the quarter final before focusing entirely on doubles.

Julian Knowle has two Grand Slam finals under his belt in doubles, reaching his first final at Wimbledon with Nenad Zimonjić of Serbia in 2004 where the team lost in four sets to Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge.

In 2005 Knowle teamed up with Czech Petr Pála for several months without being able to continue his successful run with Zimonjić. This changed when he formed a team with fellow Austrian player and left-hander Jürgen Melzer, joining him throughout most of 2005 and 2006. Together they won two tournaments in doubles and reached another five finals.

Following Jürgen Melzer's hand injury in early 2007 Knowle found a new partner in Simon Aspelin of Sweden. Together they played a successful year with three doubles titles, topping it by reaching the final of the US Open in Flushing Meadows.

Doubles Titles (10)

Legend Grand Slam (0) Tennis Masters Cup (0) ATP Masters Series (0) ATP Tour (10)

Titles by Surface Hard (3) Clay (5) Grass (1) Carpet (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	18 February, 2002	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Jiří Novák Radek Štěpánek	7-6(8), 7-5
2.	22 July, 2002	Umag, Croatia	Clay	František Čermák	Albert Portas Fernando Vicente	6-4, 6-4
3.	6 January, 2003	Chennai, India	Hard	Michael Kohlmann	František Čermák Leos Friedl	7-6(1), 7-6(3)
4.	27 October, 2003	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Nenad Zimonjić	Michael Kohlmann Rainer Schüttler	7-6(1), 6-3
5.	2 May, 2005	Munich, Germany	Clay	Mario Ančić	Florian Mayer Alexander Waske	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
6.	31 October, 2005	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jürgen Melzer	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	4-6, 7-5, 7-5
7.	1 May, 2006	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	6-3, 6-4
8.	28 May, 2007	Poertschach, Austria	Clay	Simon Aspelin	Leos Friedl David Skoch	7-6(6), 5-7, 10-5
9.	June 17, 2007	Halle, Germany	Grass	Simon Aspelin	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6-4, 7-6(5)
10.	July 15, 2007	Bastad, Sweden	Clay	Simon Aspelin	Martin Garcia Sebastian Prieto	6-2 6-4

Doubles runner-ups (10)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	6 May, 2002	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Michael Kohlmann	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6-2, 6-4
2.	3 March, 2003	Copenhagen, Denmark	Hard (i)	Michael Kohlmann	Tomas Cibulec Pavel Vizner	7-5, 5-7, 6-2
3.	14 July, 2003	Newport, USA	Grass	Jürgen Melzer	Jordan Kerr David Macpherson	7-6(4), 6-3
4.	3 May, 2004	Munich, Germany	Clay	Nenad Zimonjić	James Blake Mark Merklein	6-2, 6-4
5.	5 July, 2004	Wimbledon, London	Grass	Nenad Zimonjić	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	6-1, 6-4, 4-6, 6-4
6.	17 April, 2006	Houston, USA	Clay	Jürgen Melzer	Michael Kohlmann Alexander Waske	5-7, 6-4, 10-5
7.	9 October, 2006	Metz, France	Hard (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Richard Gasquet Fabrice Santoro	3-6, 6-1, 11-9
8.	16 October, 2006	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Petr Pála Pavel Vizner	6-4, 3-6, 12-10
9.	30 October, 2006	St. Petersburg, Russia	Carpet	Jürgen Melzer	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6-1, 7-6(3)
10.	26 February, 2007	Memphis, USA	Hard (i)	Jürgen Melzer	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray	7-5, 6-3

External links

• Julian Knowle at the Association of Tennis Professionals