Robbie Koenig

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Robert Louis Koenig (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell;[1][2][3] born 5 July 1971) is a retired professional tennis player from South Africa who is now a tennis commentator and analyst. He won five doubles titles and reached the semifinals of the 1998 US Open men's doubles competition. Koenig works as a tennis broadcaster for a host of TV channels around the world, covering most notably the ATP Masters 1000 events, the Australian Open, US Open and Wimbledon (Radio) as well as the premier online tennis channel of TennisTV.com

Playing career

Koenig achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 262, notably reaching the third round of Washington in 1992. He had wins early on in his singles career over the likes of Tim Henman, Pat Rafter, Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Felix Mantilla. Most of his success, however, came in doubles. He won 5 titles (with 6 further finals), reaching a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 28 in May 2003. As well as his US Open doubles semi-finals appearance in 1998, Koenig reached the round-of-16 twice at Wimbledon in 1998 and 1999. He was also a quarter-finalist on 3 other occasions at the US Open in 1997, 2001 and 2004. In Mixed Doubles he reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2001 and the US Open in 2002. He also represented South Africa in Davis Cup on four occasions and was captained by 1985 Wimbledon finalist, Kevin Curren.

Commentating career

Koenig is known for his commentary on the ATP World Tour at their Masters 1000 events matches broadcast on Tennis Channel as well as the online tennis broadcast site TennisTV, often as part of a commentating duo alongside Jason Goodall. Often regarded as “the voice of tennis”, he is a regular at both the Australian Open and US Open. He can also be heard on Amazon Prime UK, Fox Sports in Australia, Star Sports in Asia, ESPN International as well as SuperSport in South Africa where he co-hosts during the Grand Slam events. He started commentating in 2007 for ATP Media. Koenig co-hosted and commentated on ‘The Match in Africa’ where Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal played in front of the biggest live tennis audience ever at the time. Netflix used a good deal of his commentary for their “Break Point” docu-series.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (1–1)
ATP World Series (4–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (1–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–5)
Indoors (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 [[Hypo Group Tennis International|Template:Dts]] St. Pölten, Austria International Series Clay Template:Flagicon Brent Haygarth Template:Flagicon Andrew Florent
Template:Flagicon Andrei Olhovskiy 		7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Loss 0–2 [[2000 Dubai Tennis Championships – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Dubai, United Arab Emirates International Series Hard Template:Flagicon Peter Tramacchi Template:Flagicon Jiří Novák
Template:Flagicon David Rikl 		2–6, 5–7
Loss 0–3 [[2000 President's Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Tashkent, Uzbekistan International Series Hard Template:Flagicon Marius Barnard Template:Flagicon Justin Gimelstob
Template:Flagicon Scott Humphries 		3–6, 2–6
Loss 0–4 [[2001 Heineken Open Shanghai – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Shanghai, China International Series Hard Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager Template:Flagicon Byron Black
Template:Flagicon Thomas Shimada 		2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Loss 0–5 [[2002 Siebel Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] San Jose, United States International Series Hard Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie de Jager Template:Flagicon Wayne Black
Template:Flagicon Kevin Ullyett 		3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Win 1–5 [[2002 Generali Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Kitzbühel, Austria Championship Series Clay Template:Flagicon Thomas Shimada Template:Flagicon Lucas Arnold Ker
Template:Flagicon Álex Corretja 		7–6(7–3), 6–4
Win 2–5 [[2002 President's Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Tashkent, Uzbekistan International Series Hard Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Raemon Sluiter
Template:Flagicon Martin Verkerk 		6–2, 7–5
Win 3–5 [[2003 Heineken Open – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Auckland, New Zealand International Series Hard Template:Flagicon David Adams Template:Flagicon Tomáš Cibulec
Template:Flagicon Leoš Friedl 		7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Loss 3–6 [[2003 Torneo Godó – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Barcelona, Spain Championship Series Clay Template:Flagicon Chris Haggard Template:Flagicon Bob Bryan
Template:Flagicon Mike Bryan 		4–6, 3–6
Win 4–6 [[2003 TD Waterhouse Cup – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Long Island, United States International Series Hard Template:Flagicon Martín Rodríguez Template:Flagicon Martin Damm
Template:Flagicon Cyril Suk 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 5–6 [[2004 Legg Mason Tennis Classic – Doubles|Template:Dts]] Washington, United States International Series Hard Template:Flagicon Chris Haggard Template:Flagicon Travis Parrott
Template:Flagicon Dmitry Tursunov 		7–6(7–3), 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (3–2)
ITF Futures (0–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)
Result W–L Date Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Template:Dts Dublin, Ireland Challenger Carpet Template:Flagicon Douglas Geiwald Template:Flagicon Sander Groen
Template:Flagicon Arne Thoms 		7–5, 4–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Template:Dts Aachen, Germany Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon Oleg Ogorodov Template:Flagicon Dave Randall
Template:Flagicon Chris Woodruff 		6–4, 3–6, 6–3
Win 2–1 Template:Dts Sedona, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie De Jager Template:Flagicon Eric Taino
Template:Flagicon Adam Peterson 		6–2, 6–2
Loss 2–2 Template:Dts Brest, France Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie De Jager Template:Flagicon Dave Randall
Template:Flagicon Jack Waite 		6–3, 6–7, 4–6
Win 3–2 Template:Dts Lexington, United States Challenger Hard Template:Flagicon John-Laffnie De Jager Template:Flagicon Paul Kilderry
Template:Flagicon Jack Waite 		7–6(7–1), 7–5

Performance timelines

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Singles

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon Q3 Q1 A A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open Q1 A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Masters Series
Miami A Q2 A A 1R A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A A Q1 A 0 / 0 0–0 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati 1R A Q1 A Q3 Q1 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 Template:Tennis win percentage

Doubles

Tournament 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A 3R A 2R 1R 1R 2R 3R 2R 0 / 7 7–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open A A A A A A 2R 1R A 2R 1R 2R 2R 2R 0 / 7 5–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon Q2 Q1 A A A 1R 3R 3R 2R 1R 2R 1R 1R 1R 0 / 9 6–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open A A A A A QF SF 1R 3R QF 3R 2R QF 3R 0 / 9 20–9 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 9–4 2–3 4–3 4–4 3–4 3–4 6–4 4–4 0 / 32 38–32 Template:Tennis win percentage
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells A A A A A A 1R 2R 2R A A 1R 1R A 0 / 5 2–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Miami A A A A A Q1 1R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 2R A 0 / 7 2–7 Template:Tennis win percentage
Monte Carlo A A A A A A A 1R 1R 1R 2R 2R 2R A 0 / 6 3–6 Template:Tennis win percentage
Hamburg A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R Q2 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 1–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Rome A A A A A A Q1 2R 1R A 1R 2R A A 0 / 4 2–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
Canada A A A A A A 1R QF 2R A 1R A A A 0 / 4 3–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
Cincinnati A A A A Q2 A 2R QF 1R A 1R 1R A A 0 / 5 3–5 Template:Tennis win percentage
Paris A A A A A A 1R A 1R A 2R A A A 0 / 3 1–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Madrid Not Held 1R A A A 0 / 1 0–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Stuttgart A A A A A A 2R A Q1 A A A A A 0 / 1 1–1 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–7 6–7 2–8 0–2 3–8 2–6 2–3 0–0 0 / 41 18–41 Template:Tennis win percentage

Mixed doubles

Tournament 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A 2R SF A QF 1R A 0 / 4 6–4 Template:Tennis win percentage
French Open 1R 1R A A A 1R A A 0 / 3 0–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Wimbledon 3R 1R 1R 1R SF 3R 3R 1R 0 / 8 10–8 Template:Tennis win percentage
US Open 1R 2R A A SF A A A 0 / 3 4–3 Template:Tennis win percentage
Win–loss 2–3 1–3 1–2 3–2 7–2 4–3 2–2 0–1 0 / 18 20–18 Template:Tennis win percentage

References

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