Julian Knowle
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| Country (sports) |
 Austria
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|---|---|
| Residence | Hard, Austria |
| Born |
29 April 1974 Lauterach, Austria |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 1992 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed both sides) |
| Prize money | $ 2,906,525 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 10–33 |
| Career titles | 0 4 Challengers, 5 Futures |
| Highest ranking | No. 86 (15 July 2002) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2003) |
| French Open | 1R (2002) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2002) |
| US Open | 1R (2002) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 396–351 |
| Career titles | 18 |
| Highest ranking | No. 6 (7 January 2008) |
| Current ranking | No. 62 (23 May 2016) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2006, 2007) |
| French Open | SF (2010) |
| Wimbledon | F (2004) |
| US Open | W (2007) |
| Other doubles tournaments | |
| Tour Finals | F (2007) |
| Olympic Games | 2R (2008) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | QF (2007) |
| French Open | F (2010) |
| Wimbledon | QF (2010) |
| US Open | 2R (2006, 2010) |
| Last updated on: 27 May 2016. | |
Julian Knowle (born 29 April 1974) is an Austrian male professional tennis player. Being a born left-hander, Knowle is now one of the few on the ATP Tour who plays his forehand, backhand, and even volleys double-handed. He was Austria's most successful doubles player in history by reaching world no. 6 in the ATP doubles rankings in January 2008, before being matched by Jürgen Melzer, who reached no. 6 in September 2010, and overtaken by Alexander Peya, who reached no. 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 mo. 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.
Knowle reached his first of two Grand Slam finals at Wimbledon in 2004 with Nenad Zimonjić of Serbia. Eventually, the team was defeated in four sets by Jonas Björkman and Todd Woodbridge. The only Austrian to reach a final at Wimbledon before was Georg von Metaxa in doubles in 1938, where he too lost.
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 Melzer's hand injury in early 2007, Knowle found a new partner in Simon Aspelin of Sweden.
At the 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.
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