Gabriela Knutson

Gabriela Andrea Knutson (; born 21 April 1997)

Early life Knutson is the daughter of an American father and Czech mother. At the age of 12, she moved from California to the Czech Republic. She later accepted an offer from a tennis academy in Prostějov and moved there.

Knutson left mainstream schooling after the fifth grade and completed the rest of her education online.

Career Junior As a junior, Knutson reached her highest ranking of 272 on 5 May 2014. Her sole singles title on the ITF Junior Circuit was the 2014 Safina Cup, a Grade 4 event.

College Knutson played college tennis at Syracuse University, where she majored in broadcast journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications. 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. In 2018, Knutson was named a singles All-American, the first Syracuse player to do so since 1995. 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.

Professional Knutson made her WTA Tour main-draw debut at the 2023 Prague Open, after defeating Greet Minnen and Naiktha Bains in qualifying, before losing in the first round to Tereza Martincová, in three sets.

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.

Knutson played her second WTA Tour main draw at the 2026 ASB Classic in Auckland, after defeating Leyre Romero Gormaz and Maja Chwalinska in qualifying, before losing in the first round to third seed Iva Jovic, in three sets.

Performance timeline Only main-draw results in WTA Tour and Grand Slam tournaments, Billie Jean King Cup, United Cup, Hopman Cup and Olympic Games are included in win–loss records.

Singles Current through 2026 US Open.

WTA 125 finals Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Doubles: 1 (title) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Oeiras Indoors, Portugal Hard (i) Viktória Hrunčáková Carmen Corley Ivana Corley 7–6(9–7), 6–3

ITF Circuit finals Singles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (1–2)W50 tournaments (2–1)W25 tournaments (3–1)Finals by surfaceHard (6–4)

Doubles: 10 (6 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendW60/75 tournaments (3–3)W50 tournaments (1–0)W25 tournaments (2–1)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–1)