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Karin Knapp

ITA Age 39 180 cm / 5'11" Plays: Right-Handed, Two-Handed Backhand WTA Tour years active: 2006–2017

Karin Knapp represented Italy on the WTA Tour and reached a career high of No. 33. TennisDB's records show a singles record of 103–118 and 2 singles titles.

Peak singles rank

33 (Aug 24, 2015)

Elo peak

1711 (61st percentile)

Singles record

103–118 (46.6%)

Singles titles

Prize money

$2,283,203

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

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WTA Matches full match log →

Karin Knapp's recent, live, and scheduled WTA matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Su-Wei Hsieh #91	3-6 0-2 (ret.)	L	H2H	Match data	Jan 18, 2017*	R128	Australian Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Johanna Larsson #47	4-6 2-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 31, 2016*	R128	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Kurumi Nara #88	1-6 5-7	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 14, 2016	Q2 Q	Cincinnati Open	Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Camila Giorgi #67	7-6 3-6 5-4	W	H2H	Match data	Aug 13, 2016	Q1 Q	Cincinnati Open	Premier 5 → modern equivalent WTA 1000	Hard
Lucie Safarova #29	6-4 1-6 1-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 8, 2016*	R64	Rio de Janeiro Olympics	Olympics	Hard

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

Rivals all rivalries →

Karin Knapp's most-played WTA rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Roberta Vinci	4	3	7	Aug 12, 2015	H2H
Caroline Garcia	2	2	4	Mar 5, 2015	H2H
Johanna Larsson	2	1	3	Aug 31, 2016	H2H
Lucie Safarova	1	2	3	Aug 8, 2016	H2H
Julia Goerges	1	2	3	Jul 23, 2016	H2H

Singles Titles (2)

Karin Knapp singles titles by season and category
Season	Age	Singles titles	GS	WTA 1000 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 500 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA 250 including documented historical predecessor categories	WTA Finals	Tournaments
2014	27	1	—	—	—	1	—	Tashkent
2015	28	1	—	—	—	1	—	Nuremberg
Total		2	—	—	—	2	—

Asterisked totals include editions mapped from documented historical predecessor categories. Mapping details.

Olympic Singles Results (1)

Karin Knapp Olympic singles results
Edition	Event	Result	W	L	Last Match	H2H	Match Data
2016	Rio de Janeiro Olympics	First Round	0	1	Lucie Safarova #29 def. Karin Knapp #114 4-6 6-1 6-1	H2H	Match data

Career Results

Karin Knapp career results by season
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
2006	19	WTA	3	4	7	42.9%	310	122
2007	20	WTA	14	14	28	50.0%	122	50
2008	21	WTA	11	14	25	44.0%	50	80
2009	22	WTA	3	6	9	33.3%	80	205
2011	24	WTA	0	3	3	0.0%	439	164
2012	25	WTA	7	7	14	50.0%	164	120
2013	26	WTA	20	15	35	57.1%	120	41
2014	27	WTA	18	24	42	42.9%	42	54
2015	28	WTA	22	20	42	52.4%	53	51
2016	29	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—
2016	29	WTA	5	10	15	33.3%	51	147
2017	30	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	145	966
Career		—	103	118	221	46.6%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Karin Knapp 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 %
2006	19	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	2	2	4	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	4	7	42.9%
2007	20	WTA	3	5	8	37.5%	11	7	18	61.1%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	14	14	28	50.0%
2008	21	WTA	7	8	15	46.7%	4	5	9	44.4%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	11	14	25	44.0%
2009	22	WTA	3	4	7	42.9%	0	2	2	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	3	6	9	33.3%
2011	24	WTA	0	2	2	0.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2012	25	WTA	1	2	3	33.3%	6	4	10	60.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	7	7	14	50.0%
2013	26	WTA	6	6	12	50.0%	11	8	19	57.9%	3	1	4	75.0%	—	—	—	—	20	15	35	57.1%
2014	27	WTA	13	15	28	46.4%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	1	1	2	50.0%	18	24	42	42.9%
2015	28	WTA	10	13	23	43.5%	12	4	16	75.0%	0	3	3	0.0%	—	—	—	—	22	20	42	52.4%
2016	29	Qualifying Q	1	1	2	50.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%
2016	29	WTA	0	4	4	0.0%	5	5	10	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	5	10	15	33.3%
2017	30	WTA	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	44	62	106	41.5%	55	45	100	55.0%	3	9	12	25.0%	1	2	3	33.3%	103	118	221	46.6%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Karin Knapp 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 %
2006	19	0	0	—	—	1	1	2	50.0%	1	3	4	25.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	4	7	42.9%
2007	20	0	1	1	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	6	6	12	50.0%	6	3	9	66.7%	13	14	27	48.1%
2008	21	0	5	5	0.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	5	8	13	38.5%	5	1	6	83.3%	11	14	25	44.0%
2009	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	2	6	8	25.0%	1	0	1	100.0%	3	6	9	33.3%
2011	24	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	3	3	0.0%
2012	25	0	0	—	—	2	2	4	50.0%	4	1	5	80.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	7	7	14	50.0%
2013	26	0	2	2	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	10	7	17	58.8%	7	1	8	87.5%	19	15	34	55.9%
2014	27	0	4	4	0.0%	1	4	5	20.0%	12	11	23	52.2%	5	5	10	50.0%	18	24	42	42.9%
2015	28	0	5	5	0.0%	2	5	7	28.6%	12	8	20	60.0%	7	2	9	77.8%	21	20	41	51.2%
2016	29	1	1	2	50.0%	0	1	1	0.0%	4	7	11	36.4%	0	1	1	0.0%	5	10	15	33.3%
2017	30	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		1	18	19	5.3%	10	22	32	31.2%	56	61	117	47.9%	33	17	50	66.0%	100	118	218	45.9%

Opponent ranking data available for 218/221 (98.6%) of Karin Knapp's WTA main draw matches.

Performance Stats

Karin Knapp 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%
2006	19	2/7	2.5	4.5	56.9%	69.2%	46.9%	37.5%	67.9%	60.1%	43.1%
2007	20	19/28	3.0	6.3	54.6%	65.6%	42.6%	50.6%	36.5%	55.0%	44.6%
2008	21	21/25	2.1	5.0	60.9%	60.3%	40.5%	48.7%	51.3%	52.6%	43.1%
2009	22	8/9	0.8	5.3	50.2%	59.7%	41.0%	49.3%	44.6%	49.7%	43.9%
2011	24	3/3	1.0	10.7	59.1%	60.2%	39.8%	51.3%	49.7%	51.6%	41.5%
2012	25	14/14	1.6	6.0	59.3%	60.0%	40.5%	49.9%	43.5%	52.0%	44.1%
2013	26	29/35	2.9	5.0	56.6%	67.7%	43.8%	54.9%	50.9%	57.4%	46.7%
2014	27	39/42	3.6	4.7	57.7%	65.5%	43.2%	50.6%	51.2%	55.9%	41.9%
2015	28	41/42	2.5	4.2	64.1%	61.4%	48.0%	52.5%	49.5%	56.7%	43.8%
2016	29	14/15	2.7	4.9	56.1%	61.7%	41.1%	46.8%	45.0%	52.8%	40.7%
2017	30	1/1	3.0	5.0	48.1%	60.0%	29.6%	58.3%	50.0%	44.2%	44.7%
Career		191/221	2.6	5.1	58.6%	63.4%	43.5%	51.0%	48.2%	55.0%	43.6%

Detailed serve and return statistics available for 191/221 (86.4%) of Karin Knapp's WTA main draw matches.

Advanced Stats

Karin Knapp 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
2006	19	1513	108.6	-0.12	-2.10	1.081	52.1%	-5	+47	—	47.1%	+0.47	1–2 (33%)	2–4 (33%)	98.3	+0.25
2007	20	1587	121.4	-0.55	-0.12	0.990	49.7%	-69	+90	—	49.3%	0.00	6–7 (46%)	6–3 (67%)	101.3	+0.69
2008	21	1603	120.1	-1.76	-0.63	0.909	48.0%	-25	+27	—	46.6%	-0.74	3–5 (38%)	5–3 (63%)	99.5	+1.04
2009	22	1556	96.3	-3.79	-1.88	0.874	46.7%	+5	—	—	25.0%	-1.75	—	1–1	—	+1.05
2011	24	1531	107.5	+1.01	-0.38	0.858	47.0%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.11	0–3 (0%)	2–1 (67%)	—	-0.47
2012	25	1562	108.4	-2.46	-0.27	0.918	48.2%	-36	+93	—	45.7%	-0.69	5–2 (71%)	1–1	—	+0.13
2013	26	1681	127.7	+1.14	+1.48	1.097	52.0%	-86	-9	-89	57.3%	+0.40	5–7 (42%)	5–1 (83%)	103.3	+0.66
2014	27	1645	120.9	-0.61	-1.24	0.951	49.0%	-13	-18	—	45.7%	-0.48	4–8 (33%)	6–5 (55%)	97.7	+0.92
2015	28	1704	130.8	-0.82	+1.99	1.010	50.4%	-81	+81	-160	53.8%	+0.27	6–5 (55%)	7–7 (50%)	102.7	-0.73
2016	29	1637	105.2	-1.99	-0.46	0.862	46.9%	-62	+121	—	36.4%	-1.42	1–4 (20%)	2–0	—	-0.47
2017	30	1618	—	-0.56	-4.07	0.802	44.4%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	+0.14
Career		1711	124.9	-0.85	+0.14	0.969	49.4%	-43	+53	-119	48.2%	-0.26	31–43 (42%)	37–26 (59%)	103.3	+1.45

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Karin Knapp Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	AO	RG	W	USO	W-L Win %
2007	20	—	R32	R128	R64	3–3 (50%)
2008	21	R128	R32	—	R128	2–3 (40%)
2009	22	R64	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2011	24	—	—	—	R128	0–1 (0%)
2012	25	—	—	R128	—	0–1 (0%)
2013	26	R128	R128	R16	R32	5–4 (56%)
2014	27	R64	R128	R128	R128	1–4 (20%)
2015	28	R128	R128	R128	R64	1–4 (20%)
2016	29	—	R32	R128	R128	2–3 (40%)
2017	30	R128	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
W-L		2–6 (25%)	6–6 (50%)	3–6 (33%)	4–7 (36%)	15–25 (38%)

WTA 1000

Karin Knapp WTA 1000 results by season
Season	Age	CIN	DOH	DUB	IW	MAD	MIA	ITA	BER	CAN	WUH	ZUR	W-L Win %
2007	20	—	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	R32	0–2 (0%)
2008	21	—	R32	—	R64	—	R64	R64	R64	—	—	—	1–5 (17%)
2009	22	—	—	—	R32	—	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
2012	25	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2013	26	R64	—	—	—	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2014	27	R32	R32	—	R128	R64	R128	R64	—	R64	R32	—	3–8 (27%)
2015	28	R16	—	R64	R128	—	R64	R32	—	R64	—	—	4–6 (40%)
2016	29	Q2	—	—	—	R32	R128	R64	—	—	—	—	2–4 (33%)
W-L		4–4 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	2–4 (33%)	1–2 (33%)	1–5 (17%)	2–8 (20%)	0–1 (0%)	0–2 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	13–31 (30%)

WTA 500

Karin Knapp WTA 500 results by season
Season	Age	ANT	PAR	POR	BIR	LIN	LUX	NEW	SYD	W-L Win %
2006	19	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2007	20	—	—	R32	—	R16	—	—	—	1–2 (33%)
2008	21	F	R32	—	—	—	—	—	R32	4–3 (57%)
2009	22	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	0–1 (0%)
2013	26	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	1–1 (50%)
2014	27	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	1–1 (50%)
2015	28	R32	—	—	R64	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
W-L		4–2 (67%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	8–11 (42%)

WTA 250

Karin Knapp WTA 250 results by season
Season	Age	ACO	ASB	BAD	BAR	BUC	EST	LIB	MRK	WAS	BAD	BAK	BOG	BUD	MOR	GUA	HOB	IST	KAT	LIN	LUX	MON	NOT	NUR	OEI	PAL	POR	PRA	SHE	STR	TAS	W-L Win %
2006	19	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	R32	—	—	R32	—	2–3 (40%)
2007	20	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	—	—	SF	—	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	SF	R16	—	—	R32	—	10–7 (59%)
2008	21	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	4–3 (57%)
2009	22	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0–1 (0%)
2011	24	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	—	0–2 (0%)
2012	25	—	—	—	—	—	SF	—	—	R32	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	—	—	R16	6–5 (55%)
2013	26	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	—	SF	—	SF	—	—	—	—	—	—	R16	QF	—	—	R16	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	14–8 (64%)
2014	27	—	R32	—	—	R16	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	R16	—	SF	R32	R32	—	SF	R32	—	—	—	—	—	W	13–11 (54%)
2015	28	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	F	SF	—	—	QF	—	QF	—	R32	—	—	R32	R32	W	—	—	—	—	R16	—	—	17–8 (68%)
2016	29	—	—	QF	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	R32	R32	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	2–3 (40%)
W-L		2–1 (67%)	0–1 (0%)	2–2 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	5–2 (71%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–1 (0%)	10–3 (77%)	3–1 (75%)	5–3 (62%)	3–1 (75%)	2–1 (67%)	2–2 (50%)	2–2 (50%)	1–2 (33%)	0–2 (0%)	4–2 (67%)	2–3 (40%)	0–2 (0%)	0–1 (0%)	9–2 (82%)	0–1 (0%)	6–5 (55%)	1–2 (33%)	0–1 (0%)	1–1 (50%)	0–2 (0%)	6–1 (86%)	68–51 (57%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

WTA Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

Career-high date

Aug 24, 2015

First Top 100

Apr 16, 2007

First Top 50

Jul 30, 2007

First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Karin Knapp ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2003	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	738	755	756
2004	17	754	749	752	745	731	746	664	591	575	599	601	612
2005	18	609	585	583	593	616	588	376	377	342	309	308	310
2006	19	322	323	318	311	246	234	202	158	134	126	122	122
2007	20	121	124	123	81	85	65	46	57	54	49	50	50
2008	21	49	35	35	40	38	40	61	61	69	78	81	80
2009	22	81	137	119	128	129	173	161	157	198	206	205	205
2010	23	207	291	501	528	566	576	582	592	586	541	442	439
2011	24	431	387	383	390	339	251	210	193	159	160	161	164
2012	25	155	137	135	133	96	112	121	129	123	122	122	120
2013	26	116	104	100	90	111	104	59	55	49	41	41	41
2014	27	45	45	50	49	49	47	75	71	58	56	54	54
2015	28	50	57	55	53	42	43	38	34	46	51	51	51
2016	29	59	66	70	72	118	90	106	130	148	145	145	147
2017	30	144	142	143	141	163	346	591	775	964	967	966	—
2018	31	971	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

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

Karin Knapp's most statistically similar WTA players
Player	Country	Peak ranking	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Prize money	Titles	Years	Rivalries	Match log
Bojana Jovanovski Petrovic	SRB	#32	1,735	222	97	125	43.7%	$2,195,549	2	2010–2018	Rivalries	Match log
Annika Beck	GER	#37	1,730	205	90	115	43.9%	$2,254,932	2	2012–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Tsvetana Pironkova	BUL	#31	1,774	398	172	226	43.2%	$5,321,439	1	2005–2021	Rivalries	Match log
Melanie Oudin	USA	#31	1,711	131	53	78	40.5%	$1,535,204	1	2008–2014	Rivalries	Match log
Ksenia Pervak	RUS	#37	1,702	116	53	63	45.7%	$1,024,792	1	2009–2014	Rivalries	Match log
Kateryna Volodko	UKR	#29	1,802	328	138	190	42.1%	$4,321,117	2	2003–2024	Rivalries	Match log
Polona Hercog (active player)	SLO	#35	1,767	384	170	214	44.3%	$4,586,736	3	2007–2026	Rivalries	Match log
Michaella Krajicek	NED	#30	1,802	187	89	98	47.6%	$2,084,849	3	2003–2015	Rivalries	Match log
Marina Erakovic	NZL	#39	1,695	237	104	133	43.9%	$2,605,983	1	2005–2017	Rivalries	Match log
Bethanie Mattek-Sands	USA	#30	1,779	303	132	171	43.6%	$8,913,872	0	2001–2023	Rivalries	Match log
Olga Puchkova	RUS	#32	1,703	106	43	63	40.6%	$846,870	0	2006–2014	Rivalries	Match log
Kristyna Pliskova	CZE	#35	1,755	231	92	139	39.8%	$3,517,903	1	2007–2021	Rivalries	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Karin Knapp?: Karin Knapp is 39 years old, born on June 28, 1987.
Which country does Karin Knapp represent?: Karin Knapp represents Italy in TennisDB's WTA records.
How tall is Karin Knapp?: Karin Knapp is 180 cm / 5'11".
Does Karin Knapp use a one-handed or two-handed backhand?: Karin Knapp uses a two-handed backhand.
Is Karin Knapp left-handed or right-handed?: Karin Knapp plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slam singles titles has Karin Knapp won?: Karin Knapp has not won a Grand Slam singles title.
How many WTA 1000 titles has Karin Knapp won?: TennisDB does not group any of Karin Knapp's titles under the modern WTA 1000 category.
How many WTA titles has Karin Knapp won?: Karin Knapp has won 2 WTA singles titles across all categories. The most recent was Nuremberg in 2015.
What is Karin Knapp's highest WTA ranking?: Karin Knapp's career-high WTA singles ranking is world No. 33, first achieved on August 24, 2015.
What is Karin Knapp's career win-loss record?: Karin Knapp has a career WTA singles record of 103 wins and 118 losses (46.6%).
How much career prize money has Karin Knapp earned?: Karin Knapp has earned at least $2,283,203 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Karin Knapp's career appear in TennisDB?: Karin Knapp appears in TennisDB's WTA main-tour match records from 2006 through 2017.
On which surface does Karin Knapp have the highest recorded win rate?: Among surfaces with at least 20 recorded matches, Karin Knapp's highest WTA main-draw win rate is on clay: 55.0% (55–45).
Who has Karin Knapp faced most often?: Karin Knapp's most frequent opponent is Roberta Vinci, with a head-to-head record of 4–3 across 7 meetings.