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Following Melzer's hand injury in early 2007, Knowle found a new partner in [[Simon Aspelin]] of Sweden.
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 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]].
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Knowle and Aspelin were not able to continue their successful 2007 run, reaching five semifinals together in the 2008 season and reaching the third round of the French Open as their best Grand Slam result.
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]],
===2009===
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