Karin Kennel

Karin Kennel
Karin at Cagnes-sur-Mer, 2015
Country (sports) Switzerland
Born (1995-07-05) 5 July 1995 (age 29)
PlaysRight-handed
Prize moneyUS$ 71,632
Singles
Career record233–160
Career titles4 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 409 (7 April 2014)
Doubles
Career record136–80
Career titles10 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 307 (30 July 2018)

Karin Kennel (born 05 July 1995) is a Swiss former tennis player. On 7 April 2014, she achieved her highest singles ranking of 409 by the WTA. On 30 July 2018, she peaked at No. 307 in the doubles rankings.

Career

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Chala had a successful junior career; her career-high world ranking as a junior was world No. 10. In 2013, Kennel partnering Belgian Elise Mertens, won a prestigious tournament for juniors, the Abierto Juvenil Mexicano (Grade A)[1][2] In 2012, she reached the final of the Osaka Mayor's Cup in Japan.[3]

In 2013, she lost the final of the European Junior Championships to Czech player Barbora Krejčíková.[4]

ITF Junior results

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Legend (Win/Loss)
Category GA
Category G1
Category G2
Category G3
Category G4
Category G5

Singles (3–5)

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Result No. Date Location Grade Surface Opponent Score
Loss 1. February 2011 Oberentfelden, Switzerland G4 Carpet (i) Corina Jaeger 6–7, 6–2, 6–7
Win 2. July 2011 Oberentfelden, Switzerland G4 Clay Imane Maëlle Kocher 6–3, 6–0
Win 3. September 2011 Luzern, Switzerland G5 Clay Jil Teichmann 6–0, 6–0
Win 4. October 2011 Perak, Malaysia G4 Hard Pippa Horn 6–2, 6–1
Loss 5. October 2011 Sarawak, Malaysia G3 Hard Pippa Horn 4–6, 2–6
Loss 6. July 2012 Castricum, Netherlands G2 Clay Fiona Ferro 6–4, 1–6, 4–6
Loss 7. October 2012 Osaka Mayor's Cup, Japan GA Hard Kateřina Siniaková 4–6, 4–6
Loss 8. July 2013 Klosters, Switzerland GB1 Clay Barbora Krejčíková 2–6, 4–6

Doubles (3–4)

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Result No. Date Location Grade Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1. July 2011 Oberentfelden, Switzerland G4 Clay Imane Maëlle Kocher Nina Stadler

Jil Teichmann

6–2, 6–4
Loss 2. October 2011 Perak, Malaysia G3 Hard Katie Boulter Kamonwan Buayam

Aldila Sutjiadi

3–6, 2–6
Win 3. November 2011 Merida, Mexico G1 Hard Megane Bianco Gabrielle Andrews

Irina Khromacheva

w/o
Loss 4. March 2012 Potchefstroom, South Africa G2 Hard Megane Bianco Ilze Hattingh

Madrie Le Roux

5–7, 6–3, [5–10]
Loss 5. April 2012 Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France G1 Clay Erin Routliffe Francesca Gariglio

Giorgia Marchetti

6–2, 2–6, [5–10]
Loss 6. July 2012 Castricum, Netherlands G2 Clay Katrine Isabel Steffensen Lizette Cabrera

Paige Hourigan

5–7, 6–7(3)
Win 7. December 2012 Abierto Juvenil Mexicano GA Clay Elise Mertens Belinda Bencic
Veronika Kudermetova
6–4, 7–6(3)

ITF Circuit finals

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Singles: 10 (4 titles, 6 runner–ups)

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Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win Apr 2013 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Carpet Anna Floris 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss Feb 2014 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Gai Ao 7–5, 6–7(4), 2–6
Win Mar 2014 ITF Pula, Italy 10,000 Clay Tatiana Pieri 6–2, 6–1
Loss Jan 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Angelica Moratelli 3–6, 3–6
Loss Sep 2016 ITF Sion, Switzerland 10,000 Clay Lucia Bronzetti 3–6, 6–7(5)
Loss Aug 2017 ITF Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine 15,000 Clay Maryna Chernyshova 4–6, 6–3, 0–6
Win Aug 2017 ITF Caslano, Switzerland 15,000 Clay Alberta Brianti 6–3, 6–0
Loss Sep 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Seone Mendez 7–6(7), 1–6, 3–6
Win Sep 2019 ITF Tabarka, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Constance Sibille 6–2, 6–4
Loss Feb 2020 ITF Monastir, Tunisia 15,000 Hard Maria Timofeeva 5–7, 4–6

Doubles: 24 (10 titles, 14 runner–ups)

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Result Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Jan 2014 ITF Stuttgart, Germany 10,000 Hard Lisa Ponomar Carolin Daniels

Laura Schaeder

6–4, 1–6, [7–10]
Loss May 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Iva Primorac Lina Gjorcheska

Christina Shakovets

6–4, 2–6, [2–10]
Win Jun 2015 ITF Lenzerheide, Switzerland 25,000 Clay Yvonne Cavallé Reimers Xenia Knoll

Antonia Lottner

WALKOVER
Loss Aug 2015 ITF Rotterdam, Netherlands 10,000 Clay Katharina Hering Rosalie van der Hoek

Kelly Versteeg

7–6(6), 1–6, [5–10]
Win Sep 2015 ITF Engis, Belgium 10,000 Clay Lara Michel Margaux Bovy

Hélène Scholsen

6–0, 6–4
Loss Sep 2015 ITF Bol, Croatia 10,000 Clay Iva Primorac Lenka Jara

Julia Lohoff

3–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Loss Nov 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Viktoriya Tomova Eleni Christofi

Vlada Katic

6–4, 3–6, [1–10]
Win Nov 2015 ITF Heraklion, Greece 10,000 Hard Viktoriya Tomova Helen de Cesare

Vlada Katic

6–2, 6–4
Win Dec 2015 ITF El Kantaoui, Tunisia 10,000 Hard Isabella Shinikova Darya Chernetsova

Yana Sizikova

4–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Loss Dec 2015 ITF Antalya, Turkey 10,000 Clay Nastja Kolar Aminat Kushkhova

Julia Stamatova

5–7, 1–6
Loss Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Veronika Kapshay Anastasiya Komardina

Yana Sizikova

6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Loss Mar 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Despina Papamichail Veronika Kapshay

Anastasiya Shoshyna

1–6, 2–6
Loss Jul 2016 ITF Brussels, Belgium 10,000 Clay Hélène Scholsen Carolina Alves

Ellen Perez

2–6, 3–6
Win Jul 2016 ITF Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt 10,000 Hard Victoria Muntean Ola Abou Zekry

Dhruthi Tatachar Venugopal

7–6(4), 2–6, [10–4]
Win Sep 2016 ITF Sion, Switzerland 10,000 Clay Emily Arbuthnott Leonie Kung

Simona Waltert

6–2, 6–1
Loss Sep 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Cristina Adamescu Catherine Chantraine

Sviatlana Pirazhenka

4–6, 5–7
Win Oct 2016 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 10,000 Clay Carolina Alves Fernanda Brito

Noelia Zeballos Melgar

6–2, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss Feb 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Nastja Kolar Başak Eraydın

Valentyna Ivakhnenko

6–7(6), 2–6
Win Feb 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Başak Eraydın Cristina Dinu

Cristina Ene

6–3, 2–6, [10–5]
Loss Feb 2017 ITF Antalya, Turkey 15,000 Clay Başak Eraydın Ayla Aksu

Ekaterine Gorgodze

3–6, 1–6
Loss Jul 2017 ITF Hua Hin, Thailand 25,000 Hard Naiktha Bains Luksika Kumkhum

Ksenia Palkina

3–6, 6–2, [12–14]
Win Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Maria Marfutina Despina Papamichail

Catalina Pella

7–5, 6–2
Win Jan 2018 ITF Hammamet, Tunisia 15,000 Clay Maria Marfutina Natalija Stevanović

Jelena Simic

6–4, 6–3
Loss Jul 2018 ITF Bastad, Sweden 25,000 Clay Anna Danilina Chen Pei-hsuan

Wu Fang-hsien

5–7, 6–1, [5–10]

References

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  1. ^ "Mertens y Kennel campeonas del Abierto Juvenil Mexicano". Retrieved 2021-11-27.
  2. ^ "2013 Abierto Juvenil Mexicano Draws". www.itftennis.com.
  3. ^ "2012 Osaka Mayor's Cup Draws" (PDF). www.gifu-tennis.jp.
  4. ^ "Nur die Krönung fehlte für Kennel". www.bernerzeitung.ch.
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