Rik de Voest

Rik de Voest
Country  South Africa
Residence Pretoria, South Africa
Born June 5, 1980 (1980-06-05) (age 31)
Milan, Italy
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro 1999
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money $797,045
Singles
Career record 29–46
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 110 (August 21, 2006)
Current ranking No. 126 (December 26, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open
French Open Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon 2R (2011)
US Open 2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record 28–23
Career titles 2
Highest ranking No. 39 (June 4, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 2R (2008, 2009)
French Open 3R (2009)
Wimbledon 2R (2008)
US Open 3R (2008)
Last updated on: June 14, 2010.

Rik de Voest (born June 5, 1980 in Milan, Italy) is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006.

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.

Doubles titles

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup /
ATP World Tour Finals (0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0)
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1)
ATP International Series /
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponent in the Final Score in the Final
1. 2007 Beijing, China Hard Ashley Fisher Chris Haggard
Yen-Hsun Lu
6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
2. 2009 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Hard Dmitry Tursunov Martin Damm
Robert Lindstedt
4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

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