Xenia Knoll Explained

Xenia Knoll
Birth Date:2 September 1992
Birth Place:Biel, Switzerland
Height:1.75 m
Plays:Left (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:US$ 330,461
Singlestitles:4 ITF
Highestsinglesranking:No. 254 (23 March 2015)
Doublestitles:2 WTA, 1 WTA Challenger
Highestdoublesranking:No. 40 (17 April 2017)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 259 (6 March 2023)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (2018)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (2019)
Wimbledondoublesresult:2R (2016)
Usopendoublesresult:1R (2016, 2017, 2018)
Wimbledonmixedresult:1R (2017)
Team:yes
Fedcupresult:0–1
Updated:27 September 2023

Xenia Knoll (Serbian: Ксенија Кнол|Ksenija Knol; born 2 September 1992) is a Swiss tennis player.

Knoll has won two doubles titles on the WTA Tour and one WTA 125 doubles title, as well as four singles and 30 doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 23 March 2015, she reached her career-high singles ranking of world No. 254. On 17 April 2017, she peaked at No. 40 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Knoll made her WTA Tour debut at the 2013 Budapest Grand Prix with a direct entry into the main draw,[1] losing in straight sets to the former world-ranked No. 11, Shahar Pe'er of Israel.[2]

Knoll made her debut for the Switzerland Fed Cup team in 2015.

Personal life

She is of Serbian descent on her mother's side who is from Belgrade.[3]

Performance timeline

Doubles

Tournament2016201720182019202020212022Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAA1RAAAA0 / 10–1
French Open1R1R1R2R1RA0 / 51–5
Wimbledon2R1R1R1Rstyle=color:#767676NHA0 / 41–4
US Open1R1R1RAAA0 / 30–3
Win–loss1–30–30–41–20–10–00–00 / 132–13
align=left colspan=11WTA 1000
Miami OpenA1RAAstyle=color:#767676NHAA0 / 10–1
Madrid OpenA1RAAstyle=color:#767676NHA0 / 10–1
align=left colspan=11Career statistics
Year-end ranking5360718689256$317,156

WTA Tour finals

Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam
WTA 1000
Premier / WTA 500 (0–1)
International / WTA 250 (2–6)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Apr 2016İstanbul Cup, TurkeyInternationalClay Danka Kovinić Andreea Mitu
İpek Soylu
w/o
Win1–1Apr 2016Morocco Open, MoroccoInternationalClay Aleksandra Krunić Tatjana Maria
Raluca Olaru
6–3, 6–0
Loss1–2Jun 2016Rosmalen Open, NetherlandsInternationalGrass Aleksandra Krunić Oksana Kalashnikova
Yaroslava Shvedova
1–6, 1–6
Win2–2Jul 2016Swiss Open, SwitzerlandInternationalClay Lara Arruabarrena Annika Beck
Evgeniya Rodina
6–1, 3–6, [10–8]
Loss2–3Feb 2017St. Petersburg Trophy, RussiaPremierHard Darija Jurak Jeļena Ostapenko
Alicja Rosolska
6–3, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss2–4Oct 2017Linz Open, AustriaInternationalHard (i) Natela Dzalamidze Kiki Bertens
Johanna Larsson
6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
Loss2–5Apr 2018İstanbul Cup, TurkeyInternationalClay Anna Smith Liang Chen
Zhang Shuai
4–6, 4–6
Loss2–6Sep 2018Tournoi de Québec, CanadaInternationalCarpet (i) Darija Jurak Asia Muhammad
Maria Sanchez
4–6, 3–6
Loss2–7Oct 2019Linz Open, AustriaInternationalHard (i) Barbara Haas Barbora Krejčíková
Kateřina Siniaková
4–6, 3–6

WTA 125 finals

Doubles: 1 (title)

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 9 (4 titles, 5 runner–ups)

Legend
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (1–2)
Clay (3–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2009ITF Cremona, Italy10,000Clay Lisa Sabino4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss0–2May 2011ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Hard Lucía Cervera Vázquez4–6, 5–7
Win1–2May 2013ITF Timișoara, Romania10,000Clay Bianca Hîncu3–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss1–3Jul 2013ITF Prokuplje, Serbia10,000Clay Viktoriya Tomova6–7(2–7), 2–6
Win2–3Sep 2013ITF Belgrade, Serbia10,000Clay Natalija Kostić6–3, 6–3
Loss2–4Mar 2014ITF Heraklion, Greece10,000Hard Anna Smith1–6, 3–6
Loss2–5Sep 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Clay Evgeniya Rodina6–7(2–7), 1–6
Win3–5Nov 2018ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000Clay Ani Vangelova6–2, 7–5
Win4–5Oct 2019Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France15,000Hard (i) Manon Léonard6–0, 7–5

Doubles: 54 (32 titles, 22 runner–ups)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$80,000 tournaments
$50/60,000 tournaments
$40,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10/15,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (8–3)
Clay (17–19)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (6–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jun 2009ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland10,000Clay Amra Sadiković Michelle Gerards
Marcella Koek
3–6, 3–6
Win1–1Jun 2009ITF Davos, Switzerland10,000Clay Amra Sadiković Marcella Koek
Lisa Sabino
7–5, 6–1
Win2–1Mar 2010ITF Wetzikon, Switzerland10,000Carpet (i) Amra Sadiković Simona Dobrá
Tereza Hladíková
6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss2–2Aug 2010ITF Innsbruck, Austria10,000Clay Amra Sadiković Victoria Larrière
Elixane Lechemia
w/o
Win3–2Nov 2010ITF Stockholm, Sweden10,000Hard (i) Lara Michel Karen Barbat
Anna Brazhnikova
6–3, 6–3
Win4–2Mar 2011ITF Fällanden, Switzerland10,000Carpet (i) Amra Sadiković Dalila Jakupović
Anja Prislan
6–3, 6–3
Loss4–3Jun 2011ITF Madrid, Spain10,000Clay Benedetta Davato Lisa Sabino
Andreea Văideanu
4–6, 1–6
Win5–3Aug 2011ITF Trimbach, Switzerland10,000Clay Christina Shakovets Marisa Gianotti
Kateřina Kramperová
6–3, 7–6(7–5)
Win6–3Mar 2012ITF Fällanden, Switzerland10,000Carpet (i) Amra Sadiković Lara Michel
Emily Webley-Smith
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [12–10]
Loss6–4Jun 2012ITF Breda, Netherlands10,000Clay Carolin Daniels Ysaline Bonaventure
Isabella Shinikova
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win7–4Feb 2013ITF Kreuzlingen, Switzerland10,000Carpet (i) Timea Bacsinszky Matea Mezak
Silvia Njirić
6–3, 6–2
Loss7–5Sep 2013ITF Belgrade, Serbia10,000Clay Tamara Čurović Lina Gjorcheska
Camelia Hristea
0–6, 1–6
Win8–5Sep 2013ITF Dobrich, Bulgaria25,000Clay Teodora Mirčić Isabella Shinikova
Dalia Zafirova
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Win9–5Sep 2013ITF Budapest, Hungary25,000Clay Timea Bacsinszky Réka Luca Jani
Veronika Kapshay
7–6(7–3), 6–2
Win10–5May 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Clay Anna Danilina Ekaterina Bychkova
Evgeniya Rodina
6–3, 6–2
Loss10–6Jun 2014ITF La Marsa, Tunisia25,000Clay Pemra Özgen Andrea Gámiz
Valeria Savinykh
6–1, 6–7(6–8), [9–11]
Loss10–7Jun 2014ITF Ystad, Sweden25,000Clay Anna Danilina Nastja Kolar
Yvonne Neuwirth
6–7(3–7), 6–3, [6–10]
Loss10–8Jul 2014ITF Aschaffenburg, Germany25,000Clay Lesley Kerkhove Rika Fujiwara
Yuuki Tanaka
1–6, 4–6
Win11–8Sep 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Clay Anna Danilina Valentyna Ivakhnenko
Yuliya Kalabina
6–1, 4–6, [10–6]
Win12–8Sep 2014ITF Moscow, Russia25,000Clay Veronika Kudermetova Alexandra Artamonova
Polina Monova
7–6(12–10), 7–5
Loss12–9Sep 2014Royal Cup, Montenegro25,000Clay Arantxa Rus Alexandra Cadanțu
Stephanie Vogt
1–6, 6–3, [2–10]
Win13–9Oct 2014ITF Istanbul, Turkey25,000Hard (i) İpek Soylu Ayla Aksu
Müge Topsel
6–2, 6–4
Win14–9Nov 2014GB Pro-Series Bath, UK25,000Hard (i) Lesley Kerkhove Barbara Bonić
Pemra Özgen
6–3, 6–1
Loss14–10Feb 2015ITF Beinasco, Italy25,000Clay (i) Alice Matteucci Demi Schuurs
Daniela Seguel
4–6, 6–4, [9–11]
Win15–10Jun 2015Surbiton Trophy, UK50,000Grass Lyudmyla Kichenok Tara Moore
Nicola Slater
7–6(8–6), 6–3
Win16–10Jun 2015ITF Ystad, Sweden25,000Clay Cornelia Lister Conny Perrin
Chanel Simmonds
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss16–11Jun 2015ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland25,000Clay Antonia Lottner Yvonne Cavallé Reimers
Karin Kennel
w/o
Loss16–12Jun 2015Open Porte du Hainaut, France25,000Clay Florencia Molinero Elise Mertens
İpek Soylu
6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win17–12Jul 2015ITF Turin, Italy25,000Clay Alice Matteucci Susanne Celik
Diāna Marcinkēviča
6–2, 7–5
Win18–12Jul 2015ITF Imola, Italy25,000Carpet Claudia Giovine Despina Papamichail
Bernarda Pera
7–5, 6–2
Loss18–13Aug 2015ITF Mamaia, Romania25,000Clay Amra Sadiković Anastasiya Komardina
Sofia Shapatava
3–6, 7–5, [8–10]
Win19–13Nov 2015GB Pro-Series Shrewsbury, UK25,000Hard (i) Alice Matteucci Lesley Kerkhove
Quirine Lemoine
3–6, 6–3, [10–3]
Loss19–14Jan 2016Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon, France50,000Hard (i) Viktorija Golubic Elise Mertens
An-Sophie Mestach
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win20–14Feb 2016AK Ladies Open, Germany25,000Carpet (i) Ysaline Bonaventure Deniz Khazaniuk
Maria Marfutina
6–1, 6–4
Loss20–15May 2016Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France100,000Clay Aleksandra Krunić Andreea Mitu
Demi Schuurs
4–6, 5–7
Loss20–16Sep 2016ITF Podgorica, Montenegro25,000Clay Ivana Jorović Anita Husarić
Quirine Lemoine
6–3, 4–6, [4–10]
Win21–16Aug 2017Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland25,000Clay Amra Sadiković Michaela Hončová
Isabella Shinikova
6–2, 7–5
Win22–16Mar 2018ITF Antalya, Turkey15,000Clay Cornelia Lister Amina Anshba
Ksenia Palkina
6–0, 5–7, [10–8]
Loss22–17May 2018Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia100,000Clay Anna Smith Jessica Moore
Galina Voskoboeva
6–0, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss22–18Nov 2018ITF Heraklion, Greece15,000Clay Anna Hertel Oana Gavrilă
Maya Tahan
3–6, 6–1, [3–10]
Win23–18May 2019Open de Cagnes-sur-Mer, France80,000Clay Anna Blinkova Beatriz Haddad Maia
Luisa Stefani
4–6, 6–2, [14–12]
Win24–18May 2019Empire Slovak Open, Slovakia100,000Clay Anna Blinkova Cornelia Lister
Renata Voráčová
7–5, 7–5
Win25–18Sep 2019Verbier Open, Switzerland25,000Clay Simona Waltert İpek Soylu
Kathinka von Deichmann
6–4, 6–3
Win26–18Sep 2019Montreux Ladies Open, Switzerland (2)60,000Clay Mandy Minella Ylena In-Albon
Conny Perrin
6–3, 6–4
Loss26–19May 2021ITF Prague, Czech Republic25,000Clay Elena-Gabriela Ruse Anna Bondár
Kimberley Zimmermann
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win27–19Sep 2021ITF Dijon, France 15,000Clay Naïma Karamoko Amarissa Kiara Tóth
Lucie Wargnier
6–2, 6–2
Win28–19Nov 2021ITF Pétange, Luxembourg25,000Hard (i) Joanne Züger Julie Belgraver
Lucie Nguyen Tan
6–3, 6–3
Win29–19Feb 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Mâcon, Francebgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Andreea Mitu Emily Appleton
Ali Collins
6–1, 6–1
Loss29–20Apr 2022Bellinzona Ladies Open, Switzerland60,000Clay Oksana Selekhmeteva Alicia Barnett
Olivia Nicholls
7–6(9–7), 4–6, [7–10]
Win30–20May 2022Koper Open, Slovenia60,000Clay Samantha Murray Sharan Conny Perrin
Joanne Züger
6–3, 6–2
Win31–20Nov 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Pétange, Luxembourgbgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Magali Kempen Bibiane Schoofs
Rosalie van der Hoek
6–0, 6–4
Loss31–21Dec 2022bgcolor=lightblueITF Sëlva, Italy bgcolor=lightblue25,000Hard (i) Angelica Moratelli Katarina Jokić
Taylor Ng
3–6, 2–6
Win32–21Feb 2023ITF Mâcon, France40,000Hard (i) Magali Kempen Darya Astakhova
Prarthana Thombare
6–3, 6–4
Loss32–22Mar 2023ITF Murska Sobota, Slovenia40,000Hard Magali Kempenw/o

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hungarian Grand Prix. Women's Tennis Association. 7 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Xenia Knoll verliert WTA-Premiere. SRF. 9 July 2013. 15 July 2013. de.
  3. https://bolopen.com/en/petra-martic-paired-with-a-swiss-xenia-knoll-won-in-the-final-of-pairs-at-wta-bol-open/ Petra Martic paired with a Swiss Xenia Knoll won in the final of pairs at WTA Bol Open.