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. 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).
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) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (5–2)Finals by surfaceHard (1–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (2–0)Carpet (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Spain F25, MadridFuturesHard David Marrero4–6, 6–3, 6–2Loss1–1Tunisia F6, Hammam SousseFuturesHard Franko Škugor3–6, 1–6Win2–1Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Colin O'Brien6–3, 7–5Win3–1Great Britain F9, FelixstoweFuturesGrass Brydan Klein7–6(8–6), 7–6(7–4)Win4–1Great Britain F10, Frinton-on-SeaFuturesGrass Greg Jones6–4, 6–3Loss4–2Netherlands F5, VlaardingenFuturesClay Gero Kretschmer4–6, 3–6Win5–2France F16, SarregueminesFuturesCarpet Ludovic Walter7–6(7–5), 6–3
Doubles: 19 (15–4) LegendATP Challenger (0–0)ITF Futures (15–4)Finals by surfaceHard (7–1)Clay (5–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Netherlands F1, EnschedeFuturesClay Bart De Gier Stefan Wauters Kristof Vliegen6–7(4–7), 1–6Win1–1Netherlands Antillies F1, CuraçaoFuturesHard Steven Korteling Alessandro Motti Stéphane Robert6–3, 3–6, 6–1Win2–1Netherlands F2, HeerhugowaardFuturesClay Bart De Gier Marc Ijzermann Alexander Nonnekes6–4, 7–5Win3–1Germany F11, TrierFuturesClay Steven Korteling Felipe Parada Esteban Zanetti6–1, 7–5Loss3–2Belgium F1, WaterlooFuturesCarpet Martijn van Haasteren Darko Mađarovski Igor Zelenay4–6, 6–7(3–7)Win4–2Spain F24, MadridFuturesHard Jasper Smit Massimo Ocera Marco Pedrini3–6, 6–4, 6–3Win5–2Spain F25, MadridFuturesHard Jasper Smit Rasmus Nørby Joseph Schmulian5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)Win6–2Spain F26, MartosFuturesHard Jasper Smit Óscar Burrieza López Nikolai Nesterov6–1, 7–5Loss6–3USA F6, McAllenFuturesHard Steven Korteling Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Wesley Whitehouse3–6, 4–6Win7–3Netherlands F4, VlaardingenFuturesClay Martijn van Haasteren Romano Frantzen Matwé Middelkoop7–5, 7–5Loss7–4Netherlands F5, Alphen aan den RijnFuturesClay Nick van der Meer Petar Popović Daniel Köllerer2–6, 3–6Win8–4Netherlands F6, EnschedeFuturesClay Felipe Parada Romano Frantzen Nick van der Meer6–2, 6–4Win9–4Tunisia F5, MonastirFuturesHard Matwé Middelkoop Adrian Cruciat Adrian Gavrilă6–1, 6–1Win10–4Netherlands F5, EnschedeFuturesClay Matwé Middelkoop Chris Wettengel Augustin Gensse6–3, 6–2Win11–4Germany F1, NusslochFuturesCarpet Fred Hemmes Philipp Marx Lars Uebel7–6(9–7), 6–3Win12–4Portugal F4, FaroFuturesHard Fred Hemmes Sergey Bubka Vladyslav Klymenko6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–8]Win13–4Ireland F2, LimerickFuturesCarpet Frederik Nielsen Alberto Francis Nima Roshan6–1, 7–6(9–7)Win14–4France F5, PoitiersFuturesHard Robert Smeets Deniss Pavlovs Andis Juška6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–8]Win15–4France F16, SarregueminesFuturesCarpet Martijn van Haasteren Vladimir Obradović César Ramírez6–3, 6–4
Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 1 (1 title) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2002US OpenHard Bas van der Valk Brian Baker Chris Guccione6–4, 6–4
References
External links
Official website Michel Koning