Rik de Voest

Rik de Voest
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa/ Vancouver, Canada
Born	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	$1,349,991
Singles
Career record	33–54
Career titles	0; 6 Challenger, 8 Futures
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	46–48
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)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	27–19

Rik de Voest (born 5 June 1980) is a former professional South African tennis player. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of world No. 110 in August 2006. Rik resides in Vancouver, Canada where he pursues a career in real estate specializing in North Vancouver and West Vancouver properties.

De Voest qualified for the 2007 Wimbledon Championships where he lost to Marat Safin in the first round. He also qualified for the US 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.

Playing with Scott Lipsky in men's doubles, he won the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in Binghamton, New York in 2009.

In Davis Cup matches for South Africa, de Voest has a win/loss record of 27–19 (18–16 in singles, 9–3 in doubles).

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

Legend (Doubles)
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (1–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)

Result	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	Sep 2007	China Open, Beijing	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Lu Yen-hsun	6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
Loss	Feb 2010	SA Tennis Open, Johannesburg	Hard	Ashley Fisher	James Cerretani Dick Norman	6–7^(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]
Win	Mar 2009	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	P	Z#	PO	G	F-S	SF-B	NMS	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

Tournament	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	W–L
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
Year-end ranking	129	151	239	181	126	269	164

External links

Rik de Voest at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Rik de Voest at the International Tennis Federation
Rik de Voest at the Davis Cup
De Voest World ranking history

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