) is an Italian

Italy

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 female tennis player. She was ranked World No. 35 on 25 February 2008.

Career

At the 2007 French Open

2007 French Open

The 2007 French Open was held in Paris, France from 27 May through to 10 June 2007. Followed two weeks later, as usual, by Wimbledon in London, United Kingdom. Rafael Nadal became the first man to win the tournament 3 times consecutively since Björn Borg, 1978–81; and maintained his unbeaten run...

, her first ever Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 tournament, she reached the third round

2007 French Open - Women's Singles

The two-time defending champion was Justine Henin. She captured her 4th and 3rd consecutive French Open title after defeating Ana Ivanović of Serbia 6-1, 6-2 in the championship match...

 in the singles event, beating 22nd-seeded Alona Bondarenko. In the third round, she lost to 14th-seeded Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder

Patty Schnyder is a retired Swiss professional tennis player. She played on the WTA tour from 1993 to 2011 and is a former World No. 7. She defeated several World No...

 of Switzerland

Switzerland

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 4–6, 6–1, 7–5.

At the 2007 US Open

2007 U.S. Open - Women's Singles

Maria Sharapova was the defending champion, but she was defeated in the third round to thirtieth seed Agnieszka Radwańska.Justine Henin claimed the title without dropping a set, and defeating 2004 champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final, 6–1, 6–3...

, she defeated Chan Yung-jan

Chan Yung-jan

Chan Yung-jan , Taiwan) is a professional female tennis player from Republic of China . She has won 13 ITF singles titles; and 7 WTA and 11 ITF doubles titles. Her career highlights include semifinals in the Japan Open in 2006 and finals in the PTT Bangkok Open in 2007 Chan Yung-jan , Taiwan) is a...

 to reach the second round where she lost to American

United States

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 wildcard

Wild card (sports)

The term wild card refers broadly to a tournament or playoff berth awarded to an individual or team that has not qualified through normal play.-International sports:...

 Ahsha Rolle

Ahsha Rolle

Ahsha Rolle is a professional American tennis player. She was born on March 21, 1985 in Miami Shores, Florida. She began playing tennis when she was nine years old.-2007:...

.

Knapp reached her first WTA Tour final at the 2008 Proximus Diamond Games

2008 Proximus Diamond Games

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. She lost there to World No. 1 and home favorite Justine Henin 6–3, 6–3.

At the 2008 French Open

2008 French Open - Women's Singles

Justine Henin was the defending champion, but retired from the sport on May 14, 2008.Ana Ivanović won in the final 6–4, 6–3, against Dinara Safina. This is Ivanovic's Third Grand Slam Final, Second French Open Final, and her First Grand Slam Singles Title...

, she lost in the third round to top-ranked Maria Sharapova

Maria Sharapova

Maria Yuryevna Sharapova ,. is a Russian professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. A US resident since 1994, Sharapova has won 24 WTA singles titles, including three Grand Slam singles titles at the 2004 Wimbledon, 2006 US Open and 2008 Australian Open...

 7–6, 6–0.

Singles runner-up (1)

Legend

Grand Slam tournaments (0)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (0)

Tier II (1)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	17 February 2008	Antwerp Proximus Diamond Games The Proximus Diamond Games was a professional tennis tournament held in Antwerp, Belgium. Held since 2002, the tournament takes place in the Sportpaleis, and was played at the beginning of February... , Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...	Hard(i)	Justine Henin	6–3, 6–3

Grans Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court...	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2
French Open	A	A	3R	3R	A	A		0 / 2	4–2
Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon , is the oldest tennis tournament in the world, considered by many to be the most prestigious. It has been held at the All England Club in Wimbledon, London since 1877. It is one of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, the other three Majors...	A	A	1R	A	LQ	A		0 / 1	0–1
US Open	A	A	2R	1R	A	A		0 / 2	1–2
SR			0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 1	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 7	N/A
Win-Loss			3–3	2–3	1–1	0–0	0–0	N/A	5–6

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