Country (sports) | Czech Republic |
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Born | Fair Oaks, United States[1]) | 21 April 1997
Turned pro | 2022 |
Plays | Right-handed |
College | Syracuse Durham University |
Prize money | US$66,907 |
Singles | |
Career record | 91–46 (66.4%) |
Career titles | 4 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 155 (6 November 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 168 (15 January 2024) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q3 (2024) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 23–26 (46.9%) |
Career titles | 2 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 270 (17 April 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 648 (15 January 2024) |
Last updated on: 22 January 2024. |
Gabriela Andrea Knutson (Czech: Gabriela Andrea Knutsonová; born 21 April 1997, Fair Oaks[1]) is an American-born Czech tennis player.
Knutson has a career high singles WTA ranking of world No. 155 achieved on 6 November 2023 and a doubles ranking of No. 270 achieved on 17 April 2023.[2]
Knutson is the daughter of an American father and Czech mother. At the age of 12 she moved from California to the Czech Republic. [3] She later accepted an offer from a tennis academy in Prostějov and moved there.[4]
Knutson left mainstream schooling after the fifth grade and completed the rest of her education online.[3] Her childhood tennis idol was Caroline Wozniacki.[5]
As a junior, Knutson reached her highest ranking of 272 on 5 May 2014.[6] Her sole singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit was the 2014 Safina Cup, a Grade 4 event.[7]
Knutson played college tennis at Syracuse University, where she majored in broadcast journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications.[8] A blue chip recruit, she ranked as high as No. 4 in the college rankings and participated in the singles draw of the NCAA Division I Championships in both 2018 and 2019.[9][10] In 2018, Knutson was named a singles All-American, the first Syracuse player to do so since 1995.[10] She finished her college career with 179 combined wins, the second most in program history behind fellow Czech Jana Strnadová.[10]
From 2019, Knutson attended Durham University on a postgraduate scholarship, where she studied for a MSc in Marketing as a member of Hatfield College and represented the university in BUCS tennis.[10][11] She stayed on at Durham following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic to undertake a second postgraduate degree, migrating from Hatfield to Ustinov College. In 2022, she was named the Team Durham Sportswoman of the Year.[12]
Knutson made her WTA main draw debut at the 2023 Prague Open after defeating Greet Minnen and Naiktha Bains to qualify for the singles main draw. She was offered a wildcard for the main draw of the 2023 US Open, but declined, as it was conditional on switching her sporting nationality to the United States.[4]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Only main-draw results in WTA Tour, Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.
Current after the 2024 Australian Open.
Tournament | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||
Australian Open | A | Q3 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
French Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Wimbledon | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
US Open | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
Career statistics | |||||
Tournaments | 1 | 0 | Career total: 1 | ||
Overall win-loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2023 | ITF Rome, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Peyton Stearns | 6–3, 0–6, 2–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Mar 2023 | ITF Fredericton, Canada | 25,000 | Hard | Himeno Sakatsume | 6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 2–1 | May 2023 | ITF Monzón, Spain | 25,000 | Hard | Maddison Inglis | 6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 2–2 | May 2023 | ITF Monastir, Tunisia | 25,000 | Hard | Taylah Preston | 6–3, 6–7(5), 3–6 |
Win | 3–2 | Jun 2023 | ITF Guimarães, Portugal | 25,000 | Hard | Madison Sieg | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 4–2 | Oct 2023 | ITF Quinta do Lago, Portugal | 40,000 | Hard | Harriet Dart | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 4–3 | Nov 2023 | ITF Nantes, France | 60,000 | Hard (i) | Océane Dodin | 7–6(2), 3–6, 2–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Apr 2022 | ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | Katarína Strešnaková | Lauryn John-Baptiste Alice Robbe |
7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
Loss | 1–1 | Jun 2022 | ITF Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 25,000 | Hard | Katarína Strešnaková | Alicia Herrero Liñana Melany Krywoj |
2–6, 4–6 |
Win | 2–1 | Oct 2022 | ITF Loughborough, United Kingdom | 25,000 | Hard | Joanna Garland | Martyna Kubka Elena Malõgina |
6–3, 6–3 |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2023 | ITF Rome, United States | 60,000 | Hard | Mana Ayukawa | Fanny Stollár Lulu Sun |
4–6, 5–7 |