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'''Julian Knowle''' (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian former
==Tennis career==
Knowle was a successful player on the [[ATP Challenger Series]], winning the Challenger tournaments in Kyoto (1999), Caracas (2001), Graz (2001)
[[File:Knowle US16 (10) (29236558983).jpg|thumb|Knowle, 2016]]
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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.
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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.
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===2020-2021===
In November 2020, he 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>
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