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Rik de Voest

South African tennis player

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).

Contents

  • 1 Performance timelines
    • 1.1 Singles
    • 1.2 Doubles
  • 2 ATP career finals
    • 2.1 Doubles: 3 (2 *les, 1 runner-up)
  • 3 ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
    • 3.1 Singles: 27 (14–13)
    • 3.2 Doubles: 79 (47–32)
  • 4 External links

Performance timelines

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Doubles

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 *les, 1 runner-up)

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 27 (14–13)

Doubles: 79 (47–32)

External links

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