Robert Louis Koenig ( ; born 5 July 1971) is a tennis commentator and analyst and a former professional tennis player from South Africa. 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, French Open, US Open and Wimbledon as well as the premier online tennis channel of TennisTV.com. He has been part of some of the most epic Grand Slam finals in the last 18yrs, most notably, the 2025 French Open final between Jannik Sinner and Carlos Alcaraz.

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 in both the Australian Open, Roland Garros and the 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. Rolex has also used his commentary in their adverts for Alcaraz and Sinner in 2025.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (5 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendGrand 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 surfaceHard (4–4)Clay (1–2)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoors (5–5)Indoors (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1St. Pölten, AustriaInternational SeriesClay Brent Haygarth Andrew Florent Andrei Olhovskiy7–5, 4–6, 5–7Loss0–2Dubai, United Arab EmiratesInternational SeriesHard Peter Tramacchi Jiří Novák David Rikl2–6, 5–7Loss0–3Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard Marius Barnard Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries3–6, 2–6Loss0–4Shanghai, ChinaInternational SeriesHard John-Laffnie de Jager Byron Black Thomas Shimada2–6, 6–3, 5–7Loss0–5San Jose, United StatesInternational SeriesHard John-Laffnie de Jager Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett3–6, 6–4, [5–10]Win1–5Kitzbühel, AustriaChampionship SeriesClay Thomas Shimada Lucas Arnold Ker Álex Corretja7–6(7–3), 6–4Win2–5Tashkent, UzbekistanInternational SeriesHard David Adams Raemon Sluiter Martin Verkerk6–2, 7–5Win3–5Auckland, New ZealandInternational SeriesHard David Adams Tomáš Cibulec Leoš Friedl7–6(7–5), 3–6, 6–3Loss3–6Barcelona, SpainChampionship SeriesClay Chris Haggard Bob Bryan Mike Bryan4–6, 3–6Win4–6Long Island, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Martín Rodríguez Martin Damm Cyril Suk6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win5–6Washington, United StatesInternational SeriesHard Chris Haggard Travis Parrott Dmitry Tursunov7–6(7–3), 6–1

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 5 (3–2) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (0–0)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Dublin, IrelandChallengerCarpet Douglas Geiwald Sander Groen Arne Thoms7–5, 4–6, 3–6Win1–1Aachen, GermanyChallengerHard Oleg Ogorodov Dave Randall Chris Woodruff6–4, 3–6, 6–3Win2–1Sedona, United StatesChallengerHard John-Laffnie De Jager Eric Taino Adam Peterson6–2, 6–2Loss2–2Brest, FranceChallengerHard John-Laffnie De Jager Dave Randall Jack Waite6–3, 6–7, 4–6Win3–2Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard John-Laffnie De Jager Paul Kilderry Jack Waite7–6(7–1), 7–5

Performance timelines

Singles Tournament199219931994199519961997SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA0 / 00–0French OpenAAAAQ1Q10 / 00–0WimbledonQ3Q1AAAQ20 / 00–0US OpenQ1AAAQ1Q10 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0ATP Masters SeriesMiamiAQ2AA1RA0 / 10–1CanadaAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0Cincinnati1RAQ1AQ3Q10 / 10–1Win–loss0–10–00–00–00–10–00 / 20–2

Doubles Tournament19921993199419951996199719981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAA3RA2R1R1R2R3R2R0 / 77–7French OpenAAAAAA2R1RA2R1R2R2R2R0 / 75–7WimbledonQ2Q1AAA1R3R3R2R1R2R1R1R1R0 / 96–9US OpenAAAAAQFSF1R3RQF3R2RQF3R0 / 920–9Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–03–29–42–34–34–43–43–46–44–40 / 3238–32ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAAA1R2R2RAA1R1RA0 / 52–5MiamiAAAAAQ11R1R1R1R2R1R2RA0 / 72–7Monte CarloAAAAAAA1R1R1R2R2R2RA0 / 63–6HamburgAAAAAA2R1R1RQ21R1RAA0 / 51–5RomeAAAAAAQ12R1RA1R2RAA0 / 42–4CanadaAAAAAA1RQF2RA1RAAA0 / 43–4CincinnatiAAAAQ2A2RQF1RA1R1RAA0 / 53–5ParisAAAAAA1RA1RA2RAAA0 / 31–3MadridNot Held1RAAA0 / 10–1StuttgartAAAAAA2RAQ1AAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–03–76–72–80–23–82–62–30–00 / 4118–41

Mixed doubles Tournament19981999200020012002200320042005SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA2RSFAQF1RA0 / 46–4French Open1R1RAAA1RAA0 / 30–3Wimbledon3R1R1R1RSF3R3R1R0 / 810–8US Open1R2RAASFAAA0 / 34–3Win–loss2–31–31–23–27–24–32–20–10 / 1820–18

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