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Julian Knowle

AUT Age 52 188 cm / 6'2" Plays: Left-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand ATP Tour years active: 1992–2012

Julian Knowle represented Austria on the ATP Tour and reached a career high of No. 86. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 9–33 and no singles titles.

Peak singles rank

86 (Jul 15, 2002)

Elo peak

1552 (18th percentile)

Singles record

9–33 (21.4%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$3,067,776

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 →

Julian Knowle's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Albert Ramos-Vinolas #48	1-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Sep 27, 2012*	R32	Kuala Lumpur	ATP 250	Hard
Toshihide Matsui #450	3-6 6-3 6-4	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 25, 2012*	Q3 Q	Kuala Lumpur	ATP 250	Hard
Christopher Rungkat #294	6-3 6-2	W	H2H	Match data	Sep 24, 2012	Q2 Q	Kuala Lumpur	ATP 250	Hard
Alex Bogdanovic #189	5-7 7-6(6) 6-7(1)	L	H2H	Match data	Jun 15, 2009*	Q3 Q	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass
Horacio Zeballos #119	7-6(1) 6-3	W	H2H	Match data	Jun 14, 2009	Q2 Q	Eastbourne Open	ATP 250	Grass

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Julian Knowle's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Guillermo Canas	2	2	Oct 14, 2004	H2H
Albert Ramos-Vinolas	1	1	Sep 27, 2012	H2H
Carlos Moya	1	1	Jan 6, 2005	H2H
Alejandro Falla	1	1	Jun 23, 2004	H2H
Olivier Rochus	1	1	May 21, 2004	H2H

Career Results

Julian Knowle career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1992	18	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	875	661
1993	19	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	661	347
1994	20	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	347	534
2000	26	Qualifying Q	4	4	8	50.0%	—	—
2001	27	Qualifying Q	6	3	9	66.7%	—	—
2001	27	ATP	0	2	2	0.0%	147	134
2002	28	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2002	28	ATP	4	14	18	22.2%	122	121
2003	29	Qualifying Q	1	3	4	25.0%	—	—
2003	29	ATP	2	6	8	25.0%	132	164
2004	30	Qualifying Q	4	2	6	66.7%	—	—
2004	30	ATP	3	6	9	33.3%	164	257
2005	31	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—
2005	31	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	257	636
2007	33	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—
2009	35	Qualifying Q	2	1	3	66.7%	—	—
2012	38	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—
2012	38	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	889	892
Career		—	9	33	42	21.4%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Julian Knowle career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1992	18	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	19	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	20	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2000	26	Qualifying Q	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	4	4	8	50.0%
2001	27	Qualifying Q	3	2	5	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	0	3	100.0%	6	3	9	66.7%
2001	27	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	28	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2002	28	ATP	1	5	6	16.7%	0	5	5	0.0%	3	4	7	42.9%	4	14	18	22.2%
2003	29	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	3	4	25.0%
2003	29	ATP	1	2	3	33.3%	0	2	2	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	2	6	8	25.0%
2004	30	Qualifying Q	1	2	3	33.3%	—	—	—	—	3	0	3	100.0%	4	2	6	66.7%
2004	30	ATP	1	3	4	25.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
2005	31	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	1	2	3	33.3%
2005	31	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2007	33	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2009	35	Qualifying Q	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	1	3	66.7%	2	1	3	66.7%
2012	38	Qualifying Q	2	0	2	100.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2	0	2	100.0%
2012	38	ATP	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	3	13	16	18.8%	2	12	14	14.3%	4	8	12	33.3%	9	33	42	21.4%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Julian Knowle 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 %
1992	18	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1993	19	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
1994	20	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	27	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	2	2	0.0%
2002	28	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	1	10	11	9.1%	2	2	4	50.0%	4	14	18	22.2%
2003	29	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	5	5	0.0%	2	1	3	66.7%	2	6	8	25.0%
2004	30	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	2	2	4	50.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
2005	31	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2012	38	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	3	3	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	3	18	21	14.3%	5	8	13	38.5%	9	33	42	21.4%

Performance Stats

Julian Knowle 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%
1993	19	1/1	3.0	8.0	55.4%	53.7%	45.5%	60.0%	12.5%	50.0%	36.8%
1994	20	1/1	3.0	1.0	50.8%	53.1%	41.9%	28.6%	40.0%	47.6%	37.0%
2001	27	2/2	6.0	13.5	60.6%	67.2%	36.1%	58.6%	28.2%	54.9%	38.9%
2002	28	14/18	4.1	7.4	54.3%	67.4%	41.1%	58.3%	39.0%	55.6%	34.1%
2003	29	8/8	1.6	5.0	54.9%	70.3%	44.2%	43.7%	42.8%	58.4%	32.7%
2004	30	9/9	2.9	5.0	61.2%	65.7%	47.2%	55.8%	35.6%	58.5%	37.1%
2005	31	1/1	4.0	3.0	61.4%	72.1%	51.9%	50.0%	100.0%	64.3%	21.7%
2012	38	1/1	6.0	0.0	69.6%	59.0%	29.4%	42.9%	50.0%	50.0%	26.1%
Career		37/42	3.4	6.1	57.0%	66.7%	43.1%	53.2%	39.7%	56.6%	34.4%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 37/42 (88.1%) of Julian Knowle's ATP main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Julian Knowle 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
1992	18	1488	99.5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	33.3%	-0.33	0–1	0–1	—	-0.06
1993	19	1475	98.5	-2.13	-0.61	0.735	43.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-2.50	—	—	—	-0.05
1994	20	1459	96.5	-1.49	-3.51	0.707	42.7%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	+0.09
2000	26	1465	103.0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2001	27	1523	109.5	-1.41	+1.80	0.863	46.6%	—	—	—	25.0%	-1.75	—	—	—	-0.07
2002	28	1480	101.9	-4.32	-2.26	0.768	45.0%	+5	-109	+141	31.1%	-1.27	2–3 (40%)	1–4 (20%)	95.6	-0.12
2003	29	1445	96.5	-1.71	-3.80	0.786	46.1%	+49	—	+120	38.9%	-0.89	0–2	—	—	+0.53
2004	30	1519	117.6	-1.78	-0.14	0.895	48.0%	-24	-116	—	39.1%	-0.57	1–2 (33%)	—	—	-0.14
2005	31	1500	101.8	+0.54	-0.30	0.607	44.6%	—	—	—	0.0%	-1.50	—	0–1	—	-0.20
2007	33	1484	100.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009	35	1500	100.7	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012	38	1523	102.8	+0.26	-3.01	0.522	39.2%	—	—	—	0.0%	-3.50	—	—	—	-0.02
Career		1552	107.2	-2.59	-1.81	0.792	45.8%	+6	-112	+135	31.7%	-1.15	3–8 (27%)	1–6 (14%)	92.0	-0.10

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Julian Knowle Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2000	26	Q3	Q1	Q3	Q1	4–4 (50%)
2001	27	Q2	Q1	R128	Q3	6–4 (60%)
2002	28	Q1	R128	R32	R128	2–4 (33%)
2003	29	R64	Q1	Q1	Q2	2–4 (33%)
2004	30	Q1	—	R128	Q2	4–3 (57%)
2005	31	Q2	—	Q1	—	1–2 (33%)
W-L		5–6 (45%)	0–4 (0%)	10–6 (62%)	4–5 (44%)	19–21 (48%)

Masters 1000

Julian Knowle Masters 1000 results by season
Season	Age	HAM	W-L Win %
2004	30	R32	1–1 (50%)
W-L		1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)

ATP 500

Julian Knowle ATP 500 results by season
Season	Age	AUS	TKY	VIE	W-L Win %
2001	27	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2002	28	R64	R64	—	0–2 (0%)
2004	30	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–4 (0%)

ATP 250

Julian Knowle ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	CHN	DOH	EAS	LIB	HKG	AUS	MRS	NWP	QUE	UMA	COS	KUA	SOP	ST.	U.S	W-L Win %
1992	18	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1993	19	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
1994	20	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2002	28	—	R16	—	R32	R32	—	—	R16	R64	R32	R32	—	—	R32	R32	2–9 (18%)
2003	29	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	R64	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	1–5 (17%)
2004	30	R16	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	2–3 (40%)
2005	31	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2007	33	—	Q1	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2009	35	—	—	Q3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
2012	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	2–1 (67%)
W-L		1–3 (25%)	1–2 (33%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	0–3 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	9–24 (27%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Jul 15, 2002

First Top 100

May 13, 2002

First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Julian Knowle ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1992	18	869	864	855	859	844	840	636	641	607	597	651	661
1993	19	665	669	640	655	662	480	514	526	545	400	342	347
1994	20	348	338	346	315	319	378	392	401	383	480	531	534
1995	21	491	499	509	462	456	445	414	406	423	423	436	430
1996	22	455	460	467	596	640	675	852	620	635	547	505	506
1997	23	509	483	457	451	417	422	382	432	423	322	346	359
1998	24	360	347	353	313	289	268	259	260	240	288	301	282
1999	25	280	256	211	225	208	222	250	232	237	230	231	211
2000	26	206	241	259	196	226	216	184	197	187	179	147	147
2001	27	150	129	136	165	161	164	170	145	141	136	128	134
2002	28	124	112	107	102	94	95	86	91	97	100	121	121
2003	29	116	126	135	140	138	135	173	170	164	164	164	164
2004	30	160	229	237	243	205	209	214	251	253	247	253	257
2005	31	267	284	284	280	420	428	543	538	578	605	652	636
2006	32	827	825	860	874	866	860	854	1325	1323	1418	1417	1424
2007	33	1421	1413	1399	1388	1395	1387	1512	1507	—	—	—	—
2012	38	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	886	878	892
2013	39	893	895	892	887	906	922	917	947	948	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Julian Knowle's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Zeljko Krajan	CRO	#88	1,539	34	8	26	23.5%	$284,128	1997–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Patrik Fredriksson	SWE	#84	1,551	39	9	30	23.1%	$331,508	1995–1998	Rivalries	Match log
Daniel Elsner	GER	#92	1,563	35	8	27	22.9%	$369,334	1997–2005	Rivalries	Match log
Roko Karanusic	CRO	#88	1,658	50	12	38	24.0%	$789,254	2003–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Thiago Alves	BRA	#88	1,632	30	7	23	23.3%	$739,459	2001–2012	Rivalries	Match log
Dick Norman	BEL	#85	1,629	93	27	66	29.0%	$2,019,581	1992–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Kris Goossens	BEL	#90	1,554	38	10	28	26.3%	$316,648	1995–1997	Rivalries	Match log
Alexander Peya	AUT	#92	1,692	63	18	45	28.6%	$4,428,635	2001–2011	Rivalries	Match log
Oliver Marach	AUT	#82	1,611	47	16	31	34.0%	$4,706,185	1999–2009	Rivalries	Match log
Orlin Stanoytchev	BUL	#96	1,540	62	15	47	24.2%	$484,515	1996–2001	Rivalries	Match log
Alexander Waske	GER	#89	1,629	89	27	62	30.3%	$1,339,987	2002–2007	Rivalries	Match log
Stephane Huet	FRA	#96	1,584	53	14	39	26.4%	$529,583	1993–2001	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Julian Knowle?: Julian Knowle is 52 years old, born on April 29, 1974.
Which country does Julian Knowle represent?: Julian Knowle represents Austria in TennisDB's ATP records.
How tall is Julian Knowle?: Julian Knowle is 188 cm / 6'2".
Does Julian Knowle use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Julian Knowle uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Julian Knowle left-handed or right-handed?: Julian Knowle plays left-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Julian Knowle won?: Julian Knowle has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Julian Knowle won?: TennisDB does not group any of Julian Knowle's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Julian Knowle's highest ATP ranking?: Julian Knowle's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 86, first achieved on July 15, 2002.
What is Julian Knowle's career win-loss record?: Julian Knowle has a career ATP singles record of 9 wins and 33 losses (21.4%).
How much career prize money has Julian Knowle earned?: Julian Knowle has earned at least $3,067,776 in career prize money from professional tennis.
What turned-professional year does TennisDB record for Julian Knowle?: TennisDB records 1992 as Julian Knowle's turned-professional year.
Which seasons of Julian Knowle's career appear in TennisDB?: Julian Knowle appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records from 1992 through 2012.
Who has Julian Knowle faced most often?: Julian Knowle's most frequent opponent is Guillermo Canas, with a head-to-head record of 0–2 across 2 meetings.