Julian Knowle: Difference between revisions

|AustralianOpenresult= 2R ([[2003 Australian Open -– Men's Singlessingles|2003]])

|FrenchOpenresult= 1R ([[2002 French Open -– Men's Singlessingles|2002]])

|Wimbledonresult= 3R ([[2002 Wimbledon Championships -– Men's Singlessingles|2002]])

|USOpenresult= 1R ([[2002 US Open -– Men's Singlessingles|2002]])

|currentdoublesranking= No. – (6 August 2018)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = 3R ([[2006 Australian Open -– Men's Doublesdoubles|2006]], [[2007 Australian Open -– Men's Doublesdoubles|2007]])

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = SF ([[2010 French Open -– Men's Doublesdoubles|2010]])

|WimbledonDoublesresult = F ([[2004 Wimbledon Championships -– Men's Doublesdoubles|2004]])

|USOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' ([[2007 US Open -– Men's Doublesdoubles|2007]])

|updated= 61 AugustDecember 20182021

'''Julian Knowle''' (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian maleformer professional [[tennis]] player. Being a born left-hander, Knowle is nowwas one of the few on the [[ATP Tour]] who playsplayed his forehand, backhand, and even volleys double-handed. He was Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching world noNo. 6 in the ATP doubles rankings in January 2008, before being matched by [[Jürgen Melzer]], who reached noNo. 6 in September 2010, and overtaken only by [[Alexander Peya]], who reached noNo. 3 in August 2013.

Knowle was a successful player on the [[ATP Challenger Series]], winning the Challenger tournaments in Kyoto (1999), Caracas (2001), Graz (2001)n, and Andrezieux (2002)n, and reaching the finals in Yokohama (2000), Bristol (2000), Besançon (2000)n, and Graz (2003). He also won several [[Futures tournaments]]. Knowle's best ATP singles ranking was world no. 86 in July 2002. His final appearance in the main draw of a singles tournament was in the Graz Challenger in 2005 where he reached the quarterfinals.

At the [[2007 US Open -– Men's Doublesdoubles|2007 US Open]], seeded tenth with Aspelin, Knowle achieved the greatest triumph of his career by winning the tournament, his first Grand Slam. In the first two rounds, they won over Kubot/Skoch and got a walkover over Calleri/Horna. They went on to upset eighth seeds [[Jonathan Erlich]] and [[Andy Ram]] (who would go on to win the 2008 Australian Open men's doubles) in the third round. In the quarterfinals, they shocked the top seeds [[Bob and Mike Bryan]], having lost to them only weeks before. In the semifinals, they held off unseeded [[Julien Benneteau]] and [[Nicolas Mahut]], 7–6⁽²⁾, 1–6, 6–3, before winning the final 7–5, 6–4 over the ninth seeds, [[Pavel Vízner]] and [[Lukáš Dlouhý]]. They had previously won three tournaments together. This win put them into the no. 5 position in the ATP Doubles Race, and also gave Knowle his first top-10 ranking in doubles.

Knowle was the second of so-far threefour Austrian tennis players to win a Grand Slam tournament (the first in doubles). The first Austrian to win a Grand Slam tournament was [[Thomas Muster]] at the [[1995 French Open]]; the third was [[Jürgen Melzer]], who won the [[2010 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doublesdoubles]] and later the [[2011 US Open – Men's Doublesdoubles]] with his German partner [[Philipp Petzschner]] as well as the [[2011 Wimbledon Championships - Mixed doubles]] with his later wife [[Iveta Benešová]]; the fourth was [[Dominic Thiem]], who won the [[2020 US Open - Men's Singles]] tournament.

With [[Jürgen Melzer]], Knowle participated at the [[2008 Olympic Games]] in [[Beijing]]. They defeated the German duo of [[Nicolas Kiefer]] and [[Rainer Schüttler]] in three sets in the first round, before being knocked out of the tournament by [[Bryan twins|Bob and Mike Bryan]], 6-76–7⁽²⁾, 4-64–6.

Starting early 2009, Knowle formed a team with fellow Austrian [[Jürgen Melzer]] once more, though occasionally also teaming with other players. Knowle and Melzer enjoyed little success on the tour in the first half of 2009, before their performance improved significantly in the later weeks, winning titles in New Haven and Tokyo and reaching another final in Vienna. Unfortunately, theirTheir success came too late in the year for them to qualify for the Masters Cup.

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|[[2004 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doublesdoubles|{{dts|Jul 2004}}]]

|[[2007 US Open – Men's Doublesdoubles|{{dts|Sep 2007}}]]

|[[2009 Pilot Pen Tennis – Men's Doublesdoubles|{{dts|Aug 2009}}]]

|[[2012 Estoril Open – Men's Doublesdoubles|{{dts|May 2012}}]]

|[[ATP Qatar Open (tennis)|Qatar Open]], Qatar

|[[2016 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doublesdoubles|{{dts|Oct 2016}}]]

|[[2017 Swedish Open – Men's Doublesdoubles|{{dts|Jul 2017}}]]

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[[Category:Olympic tennis players offor Austria]]