Karin Knapp

Karin Knapp (born 28 June 1987) is an Italian professional tennis player.
Knapp has won two titles on the WTA tour, as well as five singles and six doubles titles on the ITF tour in her career. On 24 August 2015, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 33. On 28 September 2015, she peaked at world number 49 in the doubles rankings.
As a member of the Italian Fed Cup team, Knapp was part of the winning squad in 2013 and has a win-loss record of 3–3.

At the 2007 French Open, her first Grand Slam tournament, she reached the third round in the singles event, beating 22nd-seeded Alona Bondarenko. In the third round, she lost to 14th-seeded Patty Schnyder of Switzerland.

At the 2007 US Open, she defeated Chan Yung-jan to reach the second round where she lost to American wildcard Ahsha Rolle.

Knapp reached her first WTA Tour final in 2008 in Antwerp. She lost there to world no. 1 and home favorite Justine Henin.

At the 2008 French Open, she lost in the third round to top-seeded Maria Sharapova.

Her biggest ITF Women's Circuit final came in 2007 in Biella, where she was beaten by Agnieszka Radwańska.

At the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, Knapp reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam event for the first time. but was defeated by Marion Bartoli, the eventual champion. She was on the winning Fed Cup team, winning her doubles match with partner Flavia Pennetta in the finals.

One of Knapp's biggest professional matches came at the 2014 Australian Open, where she lost in a tough second-round encounter with Maria Sharapova. Despite the loss, Knapp was praised for her determination and fighting spirit against the four-time Grand Slam champion.

Knapp won her first WTA title at the 2014 Tashkent Open, defeating Bojana Jovanovski in the final.

Like Andreas Seppi, Knapp comes from the largely German-speaking northern Italian province of South Tyrol. She maintains her residence in the German-speaking village of Luttach and speaks German, Italian and English. Her father, Alois, is a fabric manufacturer and her mother a retired school teacher. She has two brothers. She admires Kim Clijsters and she lives in Rome, where she trains

Singles: 4 (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner–up	1.	17 February 2008	Proximus Diamond Games, Antwerp, Belgium	Hard (i)	Justine Henin	3–6, 3–6
Winner	1.	13 September 2014	Tashkent Open, Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Bojana Jovanovski	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	2.	23 May 2015	Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Nürnberger, Germany	Clay	Roberta Vinci	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 6–1
Runner–up	2.	26 July 2015	Gastein Ladies, Bad Gastein, Austria	Clay	Samantha Stosur	6–3, 6–7(3–7), 2–6

Doubles: 3 (3 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner–up	1.	22 July 2007	Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Palermo, Italy	Clay	Alice Canepa	Mariya Koryttseva Darya Kustova	4–6, 1–6
Runner–up	2.	13 July 2014	BRD Bucharest Open, Bucharest, Romania	Clay	Çağla Büyükakçay	Elena Bogdan Alexandra Cadanțu	4–6, 6–3, [5–10]
Runner–up	3.	12 April 2015	Katowice Open, Katowice, Poland	Hard (i)	Gioia Barbieri	Ysaline Bonaventure Demi Schuurs	5-7, 6-4, [6–10]

Singles: 19 (6–13)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	6 October 2003	Bari, Italy	Clay	Bettina Pirker	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	14 June 2005	Lenzerheide, Switzerland	Clay	Danica Krstajić	6–2, 7–5
Runner-up	3.	1 May 2006	Catania, Italy	Clay	María José Martínez Sánchez	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Winner	1.	25 July 2006	Monteroni D'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Edina Gallovits-Hall	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	31 July 2006	Martina Franca, Italy	Clay	Margalita Chakhnashvili	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	5.	13 March 2007	Orange, USA	Hard	Naomi Cavaday	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	6.	3 April 2007	Dinan, France	Clay (i)	Maša Zec Peškirič	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	9 April 2007	Civitavecchia, Italy	Clay	Darya Kustova	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	9 July 2007	Biella, Italy	Clay	Agnieszka Radwańska	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	11 October 2010	Settimo San Pietro, Italy	Clay	Anastasia Grymalska	4–6, 6–2, 7–5
Winner	2.	18 October 2010	Seville, Spain	Clay	Andrea Gámiz	6–0, 6–1
Runner-up	10.	16 November 2010	Mallorca, Spain	Clay	Diana Enache	6–4, 6–2
Winner	3.	7 June 2011	Campobasso, Italy	Clay	Alizé Lim	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	14 June 2011	Padova, Italy	Clay	Kristina Mladenovic	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Winner	4.	20 June 2011	Rome, Italy	Clay	Laura Thorpe	6–3, 6–0
Runner-up	12.	27 August 2012	Bagnatica, Italy	Clay	Maria-Elena Camerin	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	5.	4 September 2012	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Estrella Cabeza Candela	6–1, 3–6, 6–1
Runner-up	13.	12 May 2013	Trnava, Slovakia	Clay	Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová	6–2, 6–4
Winner	6.	4 June 2016	Brescia, Italy	Clay	Jesika Malečková	6–1, 6–2

Doubles 7 (6–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
Winner	1.	27 September 2004	Benevento, Italy	Hard	Giulia Gabba	Martina Babáková Sandra Záhlavová	6–2, 0–1 ret.
Winner	2.	4 July 2006	Cuneo, Italy	Clay	Sara Errani	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Darya Kustova	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	3.	14 September 2010	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Claudia Giovine	Eva Birnerová Andreja Klepač	6–7(6–8), 7–5, [13–11]
Winner	4.	1 February 2011	Rabat, Morocco	Clay	Eva Hrdinová	Iveta Gerlová Lucie Kriegsmannová	6–4, 6–1
Winner	5.	11 April 2011	Pomezia, Italy	Clay	Diana Enache	Conny Perrin Marina Shamayko	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	6.	6 February 2012	Cali, Colombia	Clay	Mandy Minella	Alexandra Cadanțu Raluca Olaru	6–4, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	6 August 2012	Monteroni D'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Alice Balducci	Federica Di Sarra Anastasia Grymalska	6–4, 5–7, [10–7]