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Jens Knippschild

GER Age 51 190 cm / 6'3" Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1994–2002

Jens Knippschild represented Germany on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 76. In TennisDB's records, Jens Knippschild finished with a career record of 47–69 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

76 (Aug 9, 1999)

Elo peak

1702 (54th percentile)

Career record

47–69 (40.5%)

Career titles

Prize money

$1,017,972

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Jens Knippschild's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Felix Mantilla #50	3-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Jul 18, 2002*	R32	Stuttgart Open	ATP 250	Clay
Jiri Novak #15	1-6 2-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	May 31, 2002*	R64	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Hyung-Taik Lee #120	6-4 1-6 3-6 7-6(3) 6-1	W	H2H	Match data	May 29, 2002*	R128	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo #154	6-4 7-6(5)	W	H2H	Match data	May 28, 2002*	Q3 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay
John Van Lottum	7-6(5) 3-6 6-3	W	—	Match data	May 28, 2002*	Q2 Q	Roland Garros	Grand Slam	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Jens Knippschild's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Marat Safin	0	3	3	Jun 14, 2001	H2H
Alex Corretja	0	3	3	Jun 1, 2001	H2H
Arnaud Di Pasquale	1	2	3	Apr 12, 2001	H2H
Tim Henman	1	2	3	Feb 22, 2001	H2H
Marcelo Rios	0	3	3	Sep 1, 2000	H2H

Career Results

Jens Knippschild career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1994	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	325	247
1996	21	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	374	137
1997	22	ATP	10	9	19	52.6%	137	105
1998	23	ATP	8	15	23	34.8%	105	101
1999	24	ATP	15	15	30	50.0%	101	91
2000	25	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
2000	25	ATP	7	13	20	35.0%	83	108
2001	26	ATP	6	13	19	31.6%	108	166
2002	27	Qualifying Q	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—
2002	27	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	165	274
Career		—	47	69	116	40.5%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Jens Knippschild career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Carpet				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	19	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	21	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	22	ATP	4	2	6	66.7%	2	5	7	28.6%	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—	—	—	10	9	19	52.6%
1998	23	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	8	15	23	34.8%
1999	24	ATP	4	5	9	44.4%	8	7	15	53.3%	2	1	3	66.7%	1	2	3	33.3%	15	15	30	50.0%
2000	25	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%
2000	25	ATP	1	6	7	14.3%	1	5	6	16.7%	5	2	7	71.4%	—	—	—	—	7	13	20	35.0%
2001	26	ATP	0	3	3	0.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	6	13	19	31.6%
2002	27	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%
2002	27	ATP	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	2	3	33.3%
Career	—	—	10	19	29	34.5%	23	35	58	39.7%	12	10	22	54.5%	2	5	7	28.6%	47	69	116	40.5%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Jens Knippschild career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1994	19	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1996	21	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1997	22	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	4	3	7	57.1%	4	0	4	100.0%	9	9	18	50.0%
1998	23	0	1	1	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	4	6	10	40.0%	2	3	5	40.0%	7	15	22	31.8%
1999	24	0	2	2	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	5	11	54.5%	7	1	8	87.5%	14	12	26	53.8%
2000	25	0	1	1	0.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	1	5	6	16.7%	6	4	10	60.0%	7	13	20	35.0%
2001	26	0	4	4	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%	2	4	6	33.3%	3	3	6	50.0%	5	13	18	27.8%
2002	27	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
Career		0	11	11	0.0%	3	19	22	13.6%	17	25	42	40.5%	23	11	34	67.6%	43	66	109	39.4%

Opponent ranking data available for 109/116 (94.0%) of Jens Knippschild's ATP main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Jens Knippschild performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1994	19	1/1	1.0	3.0	51.0%	57.7%	36.0%	16.7%	40.0%	47.1%	36.4%
1996	21	1/1	9.0	4.0	43.6%	65.9%	49.1%	75.0%	40.0%	56.4%	38.7%
1997	22	17/19	8.5	4.1	51.4%	74.3%	49.5%	58.0%	40.9%	62.3%	36.5%
1998	23	21/23	6.2	3.2	51.1%	71.0%	49.5%	61.1%	42.4%	60.6%	35.8%
1999	24	24/30	7.6	4.5	49.7%	77.9%	51.3%	58.6%	37.9%	64.6%	38.2%
2000	25	18/20	7.6	3.0	51.6%	79.3%	49.8%	55.7%	47.9%	63.9%	31.4%
2001	26	16/19	4.7	3.6	48.9%	69.0%	46.4%	52.2%	43.5%	57.6%	35.9%
2002	27	2/3	2.5	3.0	46.0%	57.3%	34.3%	45.0%	66.7%	44.9%	34.4%
Career		100/116	6.8	3.7	50.4%	73.9%	49.1%	57.0%	42.7%	61.5%	35.7%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 100/116 (86.2%) of Jens Knippschild's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Jens Knippschild advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1994	19	1497	104.8	+4.58	+0.37	0.687	41.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.23
1996	21	1487	98.2	-2.22	-3.07	0.887	48.5%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	-0.04
1997	22	1657	120.4	+0.12	-0.57	0.966	49.3%	-36	-141	+25	51.7%	-0.23	4–3 (57%)	6–5 (55%)	104.2	-0.43
1998	23	1614	126.3	-0.69	-1.57	0.906	48.0%	-40	+12	+6	42.9%	-0.60	4–6 (40%)	3–4 (43%)	97.5	+0.14
1999	24	1666	135.0	+1.64	+0.37	1.080	50.8%	-56	-3	-18	53.9%	+0.12	4–4 (50%)	9–4 (69%)	106.9	-0.22
2000	25	1589	121.6	+0.61	-3.74	0.870	47.3%	-13	-6	+121	42.9%	-0.55	2–4 (33%)	5–6 (45%)	98.0	+0.97
2001	26	1559	118.3	-2.38	-1.32	0.846	47.1%	-2	+9	+77	37.7%	-0.89	3–6 (33%)	1–5 (17%)	93.4	-0.72
2002	27	1607	109.6	+0.04	+0.24	0.625	39.6%	—	+22	—	30.0%	-1.90	1–0	1–0	—	-0.19
Career		1702	130.0	+0.02	-1.24	0.927	48.4%	-36	-13	+54	45.4%	-0.46	18–23 (44%)	25–25 (50%)	101.3	-0.62

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Jens Knippschild Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
1997	22	R32	R64	R64	R32	6–4 (60%)
1998	23	R128	R16	R128	—	3–3 (50%)
1999	24	R64	R64	R32	R128	4–4 (50%)
2000	25	R128	—	—	R64	3–3 (50%)
2001	26	R128	R64	R128	—	1–3 (25%)
2002	27	—	R64	—	—	4–1 (80%)
W-L		3–5 (38%)	10–5 (67%)	3–4 (43%)	5–4 (56%)	21–18 (54%)

Masters 1000

Jens Knippschild Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	STU	W-L Win %
1997	22	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1998	23	R16	—	2–1 (67%)
2000	25	—	R64	0–1 (0%)
2001	26	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–3 (40%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)

ATP 500

Jens Knippschild ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	AUS	ROT	STU	TKY	W-L Win %
1996	21	—	—	R64	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	22	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1998	23	—	—	R32	—	1–1 (50%)
1999	24	—	—	R16	R16	4–2 (67%)
2001	26	R64	R32	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	4–4 (50%)	2–1 (67%)	6–7 (46%)

ATP 250

Jens Knippschild ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	ADE	ATL	SWE	BUC	CHN	HAL	LIB	MTP	MAL	MRS	MUN	NWP	QUE	SPB	STO	STU	UMA	CAS	COP	DUT	PAL	PRA	SAN	GEN	ST.	W-L Win %
1994	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1997	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	3–3 (50%)
1998	23	R16	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R16	R32	—	R32	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	2–10 (17%)
1999	24	—	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	R64	R16	—	—	—	—	R16	R16	—	—	QF	—	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	7–9 (44%)
2000	25	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	F	R32	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	R32	6–10 (38%)
2001	26	—	R16	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	R32	R16	—	—	—	—	—	5–7 (42%)
2002	27	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–4 (0%)	4–1 (80%)	5–3 (62%)	2–2 (50%)	1–3 (25%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	3–3 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	23–41 (36%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 9, 1999

First Top 100

Jun 16, 1997

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Jens Knippschild ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1991	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	858	863	874
1992	17	869	776	767	708	698	699	623	497	495	512	418	400
1993	18	401	402	411	383	383	373	387	468	474	357	432	325
1994	19	325	305	311	338	321	260	217	222	214	233	209	247
1995	20	243	253	262	262	255	306	309	303	331	334	374	374
1996	21	372	220	221	215	228	215	163	166	141	136	134	137
1997	22	117	116	118	117	113	93	99	100	99	96	102	105
1998	23	97	123	125	122	111	111	117	115	108	100	101	101
1999	24	111	107	104	93	103	104	81	78	90	100	89	91
2000	25	91	94	95	108	109	132	126	126	115	104	108	108
2001	26	110	99	100	96	95	96	126	118	132	152	171	166
2002	27	171	202	208	251	277	261	266	325	307	278	270	274
2003	28	282	258	244	241	241	359	462	461	478	532	536	541
2004	29	540	601	631	777	786	1049	1068	1060	1250	1260	1297	1304
2005	30	1302	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Jens Knippschild's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	Titles	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Laurence Tieleman	ITA	76	1,653	0	103	41	62	39.8%	1993–2000	Match log
Lucas Arnold Ker	ARG	77	1,637	0	49	19	30	38.8%	1996–2000	Match log
Steve Campbell	USA	78	1,725	0	86	32	54	37.2%	1994–1999	Match log
Sebastien Lareau	CAN	76	1,720	0	205	83	122	40.5%	1989–2001	Match log
Leander Paes	IND	73	1,737	1	130	53	77	40.8%	1991–2005	Match log
Dennis van Scheppingen	NED	72	1,640	0	115	42	73	36.5%	1992–2007	Match log
Emilio Benfele Alvarez	ESP	81	1,670	0	112	45	67	40.2%	1993–2001	Match log
Wayne Black	ZIM	69	1,721	0	136	53	83	39.0%	1993–2003	Match log
Oscar Martinez	ESP	68	1,643	0	46	19	27	41.3%	1994–1996	Match log
Alexander Popp	GER	74	1,709	0	110	45	65	40.9%	1999–2005	Match log
Lars Rehmann	GER	87	1,636	0	37	16	21	43.2%	1994–1998	Match log
Jiri Vanek	CZE	74	1,646	0	190	68	122	35.8%	1995–2009	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Jens Knippschild?: Jens Knippschild is 51 years old, born on February 15, 1975.
Which country does Jens Knippschild represent?: Jens Knippschild represents Germany in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Jens Knippschild?: Jens Knippschild is 190 cm / 6'3".
Is Jens Knippschild left-handed or right-handed?: Jens Knippschild plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Jens Knippschild won?: Jens Knippschild has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Jens Knippschild won?: TennisDB does not group any of Jens Knippschild's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Jens Knippschild's highest ATP ranking?: Jens Knippschild's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 76, first achieved on August 9, 1999.
What is Jens Knippschild's career win-loss record?: Jens Knippschild has a career ATP singles record of 47 wins and 69 losses (40.5%).
How much career prize money has Jens Knippschild earned?: Jens Knippschild has earned at least $1,017,972 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Jens Knippschild's career appear in TennisDB?: Jens Knippschild appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1994 through 2002.
On which surface does Jens Knippschild have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Jens Knippschild's highest ATP main-draw win rate is on grass: 54.5% (12–10).
Who has Jens Knippschild faced most often?: Jens Knippschild's most frequent opponent is Marat Safin, with a head-to-head record of 0–3 across 3 meetings.