Michel Koning

Michel Koning

Country (sports)	Netherlands
Residence	Oosthuizen, Netherlands
Born	(1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 39) Purmerend, Netherlands
Height	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$87,210
Singles
Career record	0–1
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 229 (15 June 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2009)
French Open	Q2 (2009)
Wimbledon	Q1 (2009)
Doubles
Career record	1–3
Career titles	0 0 Challenger, 15 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 320 (18 August 2008)
Last updated on: 23 April 2021.

Michel Koning (born 1 May 1984) is a Dutch tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 229 achieved on 15 June 2009, and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 320 achieved on 18 August 2008.

As a junior, Koning reached a career high singles ranking of world No. 14, which he achieved on 8 July 2002 and a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on 9 September 2002. He won the 2002 US Open boys' doubles title alongside compatriot Bas van der Valk where they defeated Brian Baker and Chris Guccione in straight sets 6–4, 6–4.

Koning made his ATP Tour debut at the 2002 Ordina Open where he was given a wild card entry into the doubles draw alongside Bas van der Valk. They pulled off an upset victory by defeating fourth seeds Michael Hill and Daniel Vacek in the first round 6–7^(8–10), 6–2, 7–6^(7–5). They were defeated in the second round by Andrei Olhovskiy and David Adams in straight sets 3–6, 5–7. ^[1] In June 2007, Koning made his ATP Tour singles debut when he prevailed through the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw of the 2007 Ordina Open played on grass courts in 's-Hertogenbosch. In qualifying he defeated Franko Škugor 7–5, 6–4, Philipp Petzschner 4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4) and Lukáš Dlouhý 6–4, 7–6^(7–3) to reach his first and what would become his only tour-level main draw. He would go on to lose in the first round to first seed Tommy Robredo in straight sets 4–6, 6–7^(4–7). ^[2]

Koning has reached 7 career singles finals, posting a tally of 5 wins and 2 losses, all coming on the ITF Futures Tour. Additionally, he has reached 19 career doubles finals with a record of 15 wins and 4 losses similarly all coming on the ITF Futures Tour.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (5–2)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay (0–1) Grass (2–0) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2005	Spain F25, Madrid	Futures	Hard	David Marrero	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss	1–1	Dec 2006	Tunisia F6, Hammam Sousse	Futures	Hard	Franko Škugor	3–6, 1–6
Win	2–1	Jun 2008	Ireland F1, Dublin	Futures	Carpet	Colin O'Brien	6–3, 7–5
Win	3–1	Jul 2008	Great Britain F9, Felixstowe	Futures	Grass	Brydan Klein	7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Win	4–1	Jul 2008	Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-Sea	Futures	Grass	Greg Jones	6–4, 6–3
Loss	4–2	Aug 2008	Netherlands F5, Vlaardingen	Futures	Clay	Gero Kretschmer	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–2	Oct 2009	France F16, Sarreguemines	Futures	Carpet	Ludovic Walter	7–6(7–5), 6–3

Doubles: 19 (15–4)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF Futures (15–4)

Finals by surface Hard (7–1) Clay (5–2) Grass (0–0) Carpet (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2001	Netherlands F1, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Bart De Gier	Stefan Wauters Kristof Vliegen	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win	1–1	Nov 2003	Netherlands Antillies F1, Curaçao	Futures	Hard	Steven Korteling	Alessandro Motti Stéphane Robert	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jul 2004	Netherlands F2, Heerhugowaard	Futures	Clay	Bart De Gier	Marc Ijzermann Alexander Nonnekes	6–4, 7–5
Win	3–1	Jul 2004	Germany F11, Trier	Futures	Clay	Steven Korteling	Felipe Parada Esteban Zanetti	6–1, 7–5
Loss	3–2	Oct 2004	Belgium F1, Waterloo	Futures	Carpet	Martijn van Haasteren	Darko Mađarovski Igor Zelenay	4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win	4–2	Sep 2005	Spain F24, Madrid	Futures	Hard	Jasper Smit	Massimo Ocera Marco Pedrini	3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win	5–2	Sep 2005	Spain F25, Madrid	Futures	Hard	Jasper Smit	Rasmus Nørby Joseph Schmulian	5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win	6–2	Oct 2005	Spain F26, Martos	Futures	Hard	Jasper Smit	Óscar Burrieza López Nikolai Nesterov	6–1, 7–5
Loss	6–3	Mar 2006	USA F6, McAllen	Futures	Hard	Steven Korteling	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Wesley Whitehouse	3–6, 4–6
Win	7–3	Aug 2006	Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen	Futures	Clay	Martijn van Haasteren	Romano Frantzen Matwé Middelkoop	7–5, 7–5
Loss	7–4	Sep 2006	Netherlands F5, Alphen aan den Rijn	Futures	Clay	Nick van der Meer	Petar Popović Daniel Köllerer	2–6, 3–6
Win	8–4	Sep 2006	Netherlands F6, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Felipe Parada	Romano Frantzen Nick van der Meer	6–2, 6–4
Win	9–4	Nov 2006	Tunisia F5, Monastir	Futures	Hard	Matwé Middelkoop	Adrian Cruciat Adrian Gavrilă	6–1, 6–1
Win	10–4	Sep 2007	Netherlands F5, Enschede	Futures	Clay	Matwé Middelkoop	Chris Wettengel Augustin Gensse	6–3, 6–2
Win	11–4	Jan 2008	Germany F1, Nussloch	Futures	Carpet	Fred Hemmes	Philipp Marx Lars Uebel	7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win	12–4	Mar 2008	Portugal F4, Faro	Futures	Hard	Fred Hemmes	Sergey Bubka Vladyslav Klymenko	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win	13–4	Jun 2008	Ireland F2, Limerick	Futures	Carpet	Frederik Nielsen	Alberto Francis Nima Roshan	6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Win	14–4	Mar 2009	France F5, Poitiers	Futures	Hard	Robert Smeets	Deniss Pavlovs Andis Juška	6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win	15–4	Oct 2009	France F16, Sarreguemines	Futures	Carpet	Martijn van Haasteren	Vladimir Obradović César Ramírez	6–3, 6–4

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2002	US Open	Hard	Bas van der Valk	Brian Baker Chris Guccione	6–4, 6–4

References

1. "Michel Koning Activity". ITF Tennis. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
2. "Tommy Robredo advances at Ordina Open". NDTV Sports. Retrieved 23 April 2021.

External links

• Michel Koning at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Michel Koning at the International Tennis Federation
• Official website Michel Koning