Karin Knapp

**Karin Knapp**

Country	Italy
Residence	Luttach, Italy
Date of birth	June 28, 1987 (1987-06-28) (age 20)
Place of birth	Bruneck, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	72 kg (160 lb)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right
Career prize money	US$363,931
Singles
Career record:	157-99
Career titles:	0 WTA, 1 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 35 (February 25, 2008)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1r (2008)
French Open	3r (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	1r (2007)
US Open	2r (2007)
Doubles
Career record:	25-36
Career titles:	2 ITF
Highest ranking:	No. 145 (July 23, 2007)
Infobox last updated on: April 21, 2008.

Karin Knapp (born June 28, 1987 in Bruneck, Italy) is an Italian female tennis player. She was ranked world number 35 on February 25, 2008.

[edit] Career

At the 2007 French Open, her first ever Grand Slam tournament, she reached the third round in the singles event, beating 22nd seed Alona Bondarenko. In the 3rd round she lost to 14th seed Patty Schnyder of Switzerland 6–4, 1–6, 5–7.

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 at the 2008 Proximus Diamond Games. She lost there to world number 1 and home favorite Justine Henin, 6–3, 6–3.

She continued her impressive run to the French Open 3rd round in 2008, losing to top-ranked Maria Sharapova 7-6, 6-0.

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	17 February 2008	Antwerp, Belgium	Hard(i)	Justine Henin	6-3, 6-3

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Grand Slams
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	0 / 2	4–2
Wimbledon	A	A	1R		0 / 1	0–1
U.S. Open	A	A	2R		0 / 0	0–0
Grand Slam SR			0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 4	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss			3-3	0-1	N/A	3–4