Rik de Voest

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Rik de Voest
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidencePretoria, South Africa/ Vancouver, Canada
Born (1980-06-05) 5 June 1980 (age 44)
Milan, Italy
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro1999
Retired2014
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,344,871
Singles
Career record32–54
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 110 (21 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2012)
French OpenQ3 (2008)
Wimbledon2R (2011)
US Open2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record45–48
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 39 (4 June 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2008, 2009)
French Open3R (2009)
Wimbledon2R (2008)
US Open3R (2008)
Last updated on: 5 May 2014.

Rik de Voest (born 5 June 1980 in Milan, Italy) is a former professional South African tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 110, which he achieved in August 2006. Rik currently resides in Vancouver, Canada where he pursues an active career in real estate specializing in North Vancouver and West Vancouver properties.

De Voest qualified for the 2007 Wimbledon men's singles event, where he lost to Marat Safin in the first round. De Voest qualified for the U.S. Open later on in 2007, where he defeated Thierry Ascione 6–2, 3–0 before Ascione retired. De Voest went on to lose to John Isner in the following round. De Voest is 12–5 in Davis Cup matches; being 8–5 for singles and 4–0 for doubles.

Playing with Scott Lipsky of the U.S., he won the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in Binghamton, New York in 2009.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent Score
Winner 1. 10 September 2007 China Open, Beijing, China Hard Australia Ashley Fisher South Africa Chris Haggard
Taiwan Yen-Hsun Lu
6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
Runner-up 1. 8 February 2010 SA Tennis Open, Johannesburg, South Africa Hard Australia Ashley Fisher United States James Cerretani
Belgium Dick Norman
6–7(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]
Winner 2. 1 March 2009 Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Russia Dmitry Tursunov Czech Republic Martin Damm
Sweden Robert Lindstedt
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current till 2013 US Open.

Tournament 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open Q2 Q2 Q2 Q3 Q2 1R Q1 0-1
French Open Q1 Q3 Q1 A Q2 Q1 A 0-0
Wimbledon 1R Q3 Q1 1R 2R Q1 Q1 1-3
US Open 2R 1R Q2 1R Q1 Q3 Q3 1-3
Win–Loss 1–2 0-1 0-0 0–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–7
Career statistics
Titles–Finals
Year-End Ranking 129 151 239 181 126 269 164

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