[7] Knutson played college tennis at Syracuse University, where she majored in broadcast journalism at the Newhouse School of Public Communications.

[10] She finished her college career with 179 combined wins, the second most in program history behind fellow Czech Jana Strnadová.

[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.

[12] 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 Martincova in three sets.

[13] 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.