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

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in straight sets ''6–4, 6–4''. Koning made his

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debut at the

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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

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in the first round ''6–7^(8–10), 6–2, 7–6^(7–5)''. They were defeated in the second round by

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and

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in straight sets ''3–6, 5–7''. In June 2007, Koning made his

singles debut when he prevailed through the qualifying rounds to reach the main draw of the

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played on grass courts in

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. In qualifying he defeated

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''7–5, 6–4'',

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''4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(7–4)'' and Lukas Dlouhy ''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

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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

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Tour. Additionally, he has reached 19 career doubles finals with a record of 15 wins and 4 losses similarly all coming on the

Tour.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 7 (5–2)

Doubles: 19 (15–4)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

References

External links

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Official website
Michel Koning {{DEFAULTSORT:Koning, Michel 1984 births Living people Dutch male tennis players US Open (tennis) junior champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles People from Purmerend Sportspeople from North Holland 21st-century Dutch people