Robbie Koenig

Robbie Koenig (/ˈkoʊnɪɡ/ KOH-nig;[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, 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

Robbie Koenig

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Durban, South Africa
Born	5 July 1971 Durban, South Africa
Turned pro	1992 (first senior event 1989)
Retired	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$944,191
Singles
Career record	3–11
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 262 (9 November 1992)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	Q1 (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1992)
US Open	Q1 (1992, 1996, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	176–210
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 28 (19 May 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1998, 2004)
French Open	2R (1998, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	3R (1998, 1999)
US Open	SF (1998)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2001)
French Open	1R (1998, 1999, 2003)
Wimbledon	SF (2001)
US Open	SF (2002)

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. He has been assigned to commentate at the Australian Open and US Open. He can also be heard on 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.

ATP Tour finals

Doubles (5 titles, 6 runners-up)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	17 May 1999	St. Pölten, Austria	Clay	Brent Haygarth	Andrew Florent Andrei Olhovskiy	7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	2.	7 February 2000	Dubai, UAE	Hard	Peter Tramacchi	Jiří Novák David Rikl	2–6, 5–7
Runner-up	3.	11 September 2000	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	Marius Barnard	Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries	3–6, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	17 September 2001	Shanghai, China	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Byron Black Thomas Shimada	2–6, 6–3, 5–7
Runner-up	5.	25 February 2002	San Jose, U.S.	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	3–6, 6–4, [5–10]
Winner	1.	22 July 2002	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Thomas Shimada	Lucas Arnold Ker Álex Corretja	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
Winner	2.	9 September 2002	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	Hard	David Adams	Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk	6–2, 7–5
Winner	3.	6 January 2003	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	David Adams	Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	21 April 2003	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Chris Haggard	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	18 August 2003	Long Island, U.S.	Hard	Martín Rodríguez	Martin Damm Cyril Suk	6–3, 7–6^(7–4)
Winner	5.	16 August 2004	Washington, U.S.	Hard	Chris Haggard	Travis Parrott Dmitry Tursunov	7–6^(7–3), 6–1

References

1. ATPWorldTour (30 March 2013). "Koenig, Goodall Preview 2013 Miami Final Murray Ferrer". Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via YouTube.
2. ATPWorldTour (27 November 2010). "Nadal Vs Federer in London Final Experts Preview". Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via YouTube.
3. ATPWorldTour (20 March 2011). "Experts Debate Nadal Vs Djokovic Indian Wells Final". Retrieved 24 January 2018 – via YouTube.

External links

• Robbie Koenig at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Robbie Koenig at the International Tennis Federation
• Robbie Koenig at the Davis Cup