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Line 41: }} '''Julian Knowle''' (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian former ~~male~~ professional [[tennis]] player. Being a born left-hander, Knowle was one of the few on the [[ATP Tour]] who played 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. ==Tennis career== 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. [[File:Knowle US16 (10) (29236558983).jpg\|thumb\|Knowle, 2016]] Line 58: At the [[2007 US Open – Men's doubles\|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<sup>(2)</sup>, 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 ~~three~~four 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 doubles]] and later the [[2011 US Open – Men's doubles]] 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. Their excellent first year as a team enabled Knowle and Aspelin to participate in the [[Tennis Masters Cup]] in Shanghai, China for the first time. They surprisingly made it all the way to the final, beating [[Pavel Vízner]] and [[Lukáš Dlouhý]], [[Arnaud Clément]] and [[Michaël Llodra]], and finally [[Martin Damm]] and [[Leander Paes]], before eventually falling in straight sets to [[Mark Knowles]] and [[Daniel Nestor]] 2–6, 3–6. Line 89: ===2020-2021=== In November 2020, he ~~began coaching~~accompanied [[Kevin Krawietz]] and [[Andreas Mies]] as a coach at the [[2020 ATP Finals]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/atp-julian-knowle-joins-the-krawietz-and-mies-team \| title=Julian Knowle joins the Krawietz and Mies team \| date=11 November 2020 }}</ref> In February 2021, Knowle competed in the [[2021 Australian Open – Men's doubles\|Australian Open]], marking his first Grand Slam appearance since 2017. Knowle and [[Lloyd Harris (tennis)\|Lloyd Harris]] lost in the first round to the pairing of [[Nick Kyrgios]] and [[Thanasi Kokkinakis]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.tennisnet.com/en/news/australian-open-kramies-coach-julian-knowle-makes-a-lightning-comeback \| title="KraMies" coach Julian Knowle makes a lightning comeback \| date=7 February 2021 }}</ref> His last ATP event was the [[2021 French Open]]. He officially retired in November 2021.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.atptour.com/en/news/retirees-honoured-nitto-atp-finals-2021\|title = Retirees Honoured at 2021 Nitto ATP Finals \| ATP Tour \| Tennis}}</ref> Line 346: \|- \|bgcolor=efefef align=left\|[[ATP Finals]] \|colspan=13\|Did ~~Not~~not ~~Qualify~~qualify \|bgcolor=thistle\|[[2007 Tennis Masters Cup – Doubles\|F]] \|colspan=14\|Did ~~Not~~not ~~Qualify~~qualify \|0 / 1 \|3–2 Line 1,364: [[Category:21st-century Austrian people]] [[Category:Austrian male tennis players]] [[Category:Olympic tennis players offor Austria]] [[Category:Tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:US Open (tennis) champions]]