Rik de Voest

Rik de Voest

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa/ Vancouver, Canada
Born	(1980-06-05) 5 June 1980 Milan, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Turned pro	1999
Retired	2014
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,344,871
Singles
Career record	32–54
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 110 (21 August 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	Q3 (2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	45–48
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 39 (4 June 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	3R (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)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	10 September 2007	China Open, Beijing, China	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Yen-Hsun Lu	6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
Runner-up	1.	8 February 2010	SA Tennis Open, Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Ashley Fisher	James Cerretani Dick Norman	6–7(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]
Winner	2.	1 March 2009	Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships, Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Singles performance timeline

Key

Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current till 2013 US Open.

External links

• Rik de Voest at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Rik de Voest at the Davis Cup
• De Voest World Ranking History