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.

Michel Koning
Country (sports) Netherlands
ResidenceOosthuizen, Netherlands
Born (1984-05-01) 1 May 1984 (age 40)
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.

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

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Singles: 7 (5–2)

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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)

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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

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Doubles: 1 (1 title)

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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

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  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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