Michel Koning

Michel Koning
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceOosthuizen, Netherlands
Born (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 39)
Purmerend, Netherlands
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2004
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$87,210
Singles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 5 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 229 (15 June 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2009)
French OpenQ2 (2009)
WimbledonQ1 (2009)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles0
0 Challenger, 15 Futures
Highest rankingNo. 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 Spain David Marrero 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Dec 2006 Tunisia F6, Hammam Sousse Futures Hard Croatia Franko Škugor 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Jun 2008 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet Republic of Ireland Colin O'Brien 6–3, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2008 Great Britain F9, Felixstowe Futures Grass Australia Brydan Klein 7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–1 Jul 2008 Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-Sea Futures Grass Australia Greg Jones 6–4, 6–3
Loss 4–2 Aug 2008 Netherlands F5, Vlaardingen Futures Clay Germany Gero Kretschmer 4–6, 3–6
Win 5–2 Oct 2009 France F16, Sarreguemines Futures Carpet France 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 Netherlands Bart De Gier Belgium Stefan Wauters
Belgium Kristof Vliegen
6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2003 Netherlands Antillies F1, Curaçao Futures Hard Netherlands Steven Korteling Italy Alessandro Motti
France Stéphane Robert
6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Win 2–1 Jul 2004 Netherlands F2, Heerhugowaard Futures Clay Netherlands Bart De Gier Netherlands Marc Ijzermann
Netherlands Alexander Nonnekes
6–4, 7–5
Win 3–1 Jul 2004 Germany F11, Trier Futures Clay Netherlands Steven Korteling Chile Felipe Parada
Argentina Esteban Zanetti
6–1, 7–5
Loss 3–2 Oct 2004 Belgium F1, Waterloo Futures Carpet Netherlands Martijn van Haasteren Serbia and Montenegro Darko Mađarovski
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
4–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 4–2 Sep 2005 Spain F24, Madrid Futures Hard Netherlands Jasper Smit Italy Massimo Ocera
Italy Marco Pedrini
3–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 5–2 Sep 2005 Spain F25, Madrid Futures Hard Netherlands Jasper Smit Denmark Rasmus Nørby
United States Joseph Schmulian
5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–2 Oct 2005 Spain F26, Martos Futures Hard Netherlands Jasper Smit Spain Óscar Burrieza López
Russia Nikolai Nesterov
6–1, 7–5
Loss 6–3 Mar 2006 USA F6, McAllen Futures Hard Netherlands Steven Korteling Canada Pierre-Ludovic Duclos
South Africa Wesley Whitehouse
3–6, 4–6
Win 7–3 Aug 2006 Netherlands F4, Vlaardingen Futures Clay Netherlands Martijn van Haasteren Netherlands Romano Frantzen
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
7–5, 7–5
Loss 7–4 Sep 2006 Netherlands F5, Alphen aan den Rijn Futures Clay Netherlands Nick van der Meer Serbia and Montenegro Petar Popović
Austria Daniel Köllerer
2–6, 3–6
Win 8–4 Sep 2006 Netherlands F6, Enschede Futures Clay Chile Felipe Parada Netherlands Romano Frantzen
Netherlands Nick van der Meer
6–2, 6–4
Win 9–4 Nov 2006 Tunisia F5, Monastir Futures Hard Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop Romania Adrian Cruciat
Romania Adrian Gavrilă
6–1, 6–1
Win 10–4 Sep 2007 Netherlands F5, Enschede Futures Clay Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop United States Chris Wettengel
France Augustin Gensse
6–3, 6–2
Win 11–4 Jan 2008 Germany F1, Nussloch Futures Carpet Netherlands Fred Hemmes Germany Philipp Marx
Germany Lars Uebel
7–6(9–7), 6–3
Win 12–4 Mar 2008 Portugal F4, Faro Futures Hard Netherlands Fred Hemmes Ukraine Sergey Bubka
Ukraine Vladyslav Klymenko
6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]
Win 13–4 Jun 2008 Ireland F2, Limerick Futures Carpet Denmark Frederik Nielsen United States Alberto Francis
United States Nima Roshan
6–1, 7–6(9–7)
Win 14–4 Mar 2009 France F5, Poitiers Futures Hard Australia Robert Smeets Latvia Deniss Pavlovs
Latvia Andis Juška
6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]
Win 15–4 Oct 2009 France F16, Sarreguemines Futures Carpet Netherlands Antilles Martijn van Haasteren Serbia Vladimir Obradović
Mexico 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 Netherlands Bas van der Valk United States Brian Baker
Australia 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.

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