72 Facts About Karin Knapp

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Karin Knapp was born on 28 June 1987 and is a retired Italian tennis player.

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Karin Knapp was born 1987 in the northern Italian province of South Tyrol.

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Karin Knapp's father, Alois, is a fabric manufacturer and her mother, Marianne, is a retired school teacher.

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Karin Knapp was introduced to tennis at age seven by her parents.

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Karin Knapp reached her first WTA Tour final in 2008 in Antwerp.

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Karin Knapp lost there to world No 1 and home favorite, Justine Henin.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in the second round of qualifying by Vera Dushevina.

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At the Hobart International, Karin Knapp lost in the first round of qualifying to Irina Falconi.

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Karin Knapp began the year at the Brisbane International where she lost in the second round of qualifying to Australian wildcard Bojana Bobusic.

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At the Apia International Sydney, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Alexa Glatch.

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In Bogota at the Copa Colsanitas, Karin Knapp made it to the semifinals defeating Eva Birnerova, Lourdes Dominguez Lino, and Lara Arruabarrena Vecino.

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Karin Knapp lost in her semifinal match to top seed and eventual champion Jelena Jankovic.

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At the Abierto Mexicano Telcel, Karin Knapp was defeated in her quarterfinal match by Silvia Soler Espinosa.

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Karin Knapp began her clay-court season at the Rabat Grand Prix.

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At the Portugal Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round of qualifying by Shahar Pe'er.

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Karin Knapp played her final tournament before the French Open at the Italian Open.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by Christina McHale.

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At the French Open, Karin Knapp lost in the first round to 17th seed Sloane Stephens.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in the second round by eighth seed Annika Beck.

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Karin Knapp only played one grass-court tournament in the leadup to Wimbledon.

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Karin Knapp earned her best Grand Slam result at the Wimbledon Championships.

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Karin Knapp made it to the fourth round beating Lucie Hradecka, 27th seed Lucie Safarova, and qualifier Michelle Larcher de Brito.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in her fourth-round match by 15th seed and eventual champion, Marion Bartoli.

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Karin Knapp lost in the second round to fourth seed Klara Zakopalova.

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Karin Knapp played her final tournament before the US Open at the New Haven Open.

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Karin Knapp lost in the third round to tenth seed Roberta Vinci.

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Karin Knapp reached the quarterfinals where she lost to third seed Sabine Lisicki.

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At the Hobart International, Karin Knapp lost in the first round to qualifier Estrella Cabeza Candela.

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Karin Knapp took Sharapova to three sets, but she ended up losing the three hour and 28 minute match.

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In Paris at the Open GdF Suez, Karin Knapp lost in the second round to third seed, last year finalist, and eventual finalist Sara Errani.

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At the Qatar Open in Doha, Karin Knapp beat Caroline Garcia in the first round.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in the second round by fifth seed Jelena Jankovic.

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Karin Knapp lost in the second round of qualifying at the Dubai Championships to Annika Beck.

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In Indian Wells at the BNP Paribas Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in round one by American wildcard Taylor Townsend.

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In Estoril at the Portugal Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by Yaroslava Shvedova.

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At the Madrid Open, Karin Knapp lost in the first round to Bojana Jovanovski.

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In Rome at the Italian Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by 11th seed Ana Ivanovic.

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Karin Knapp played her final tournament before the French Open at the Nurnberger Versicherungscup.

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Karin Knapp lost in her semifinal match to second seed and eventual champion Eugenie Bouchard.

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Karin Knapp lost in a three-set thriller in the first round to Karolina Pliskova.

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At the Istanbul Cup, Karin Knapp was defeated in the second round by top seed and eventual champion Caroline Wozniacki.

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Qualifying for the Rogers Cup, Karin Knapp lost in round one to Caroline Garcia.

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Karin Knapp fell in the final round of qualifying at the Connecticut Open to Peng Shuai.

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Karin Knapp beat top seed and defending champion Bojana Jovanovski in the final to win her first WTA title.

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At the Guangzhou International Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by Monica Puig.

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Qualifying for the first edition of the Wuhan Open, Karin Knapp lost in the second round to third seed and eventual champion Petra Kvitova.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in her semifinal match by compatriot Camila Giorgi.

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Karin Knapp started her 2015 season off at the Shenzhen Open.

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Karin Knapp lost her quarterfinal match to qualifier and eventual finalist Madison Brengle.

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At the Dubai Championships, Karin Knapp lost in the first round to Belinda Bencic.

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In Monterrey, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by third seed and eventual finalist Caroline Garcia.

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At the Miami Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the second round by eighth seed Ekaterina Makarova.

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Karin Knapp reached the quarterfinals defeating Cagla Buyukakcay and sixth seed Roberta Vinci.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in her quarterfinal match by fourth seed and eventual champion Elina Svitolina.

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Karin Knapp lost in the second round to fourth seed Petra Kvitova.

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Karin Knapp began her grass-court season at the first edition of the Nottingham Open.

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In Birmingham at the Aegon Classic, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by 13th seed Svetlana Kuznetsova.

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At the Wimbledon Championships, Karin Knapp retired in the second set during her first-round match against Magdalena Rybarikova.

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In Toronto at the Rogers Cup, Karin Knapp lost in the first round to Roberta Vinci; this was the worst loss of her career.

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Karin Knapp was forced to end the season early due to a knee injury.

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In Poland at the Katowice Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the first round by Naomi Broady.

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Karin Knapp lost in the first round to Hsieh Su-wei.

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In Spain at the Madrid Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the second round by sixth seed and eventual champion Simona Halep.

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At the Italian Open, Karin Knapp lost in round one to Barbora Strycova.

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Karin Knapp was defeated in the third round by Yulia Putintseva.

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At the Swedish Open, Karin Knapp was defeated in the quarterfinals by Julia Gorges.

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Karin Knapp retired during her second-round match against Rebecca Peterson at the Prague Open.

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Karin Knapp lost in the first round to Lucie Safarova.

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At the US Open, Karin Knapp lost in the first round to Johanna Larsson.

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Karin Knapp did not play any more tournaments for the rest of the season.

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In Melbourne at the Australian Open, Karin Knapp retired during her first-round match versus Hsieh Su-wei due to injury.

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On 13 May 2018, Karin Knapp retired from tennis due to a chronic right knee injury.