Rik de Voest explained

Rik de Voest
Residence:	Pretoria, South Africa Vancouver, Canada
Birth Date:	1980 6, df=yes
Birth Place:	Milan, Italy
Turnedpro:	1999
Retired:	2014
Plays:	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:	$1,349,991
Singlesrecord:	33–54
Singlestitles:	0
Highestsinglesranking:	No. 110 (21 August 2006)
Australianopenresult:	1R (2012)
Frenchopenresult:	Q3 (2004, 2008)
Wimbledonresult:	2R (2011)
Usopenresult:	2R (2007)
Doublesrecord:	46–48
Doublestitles:	2
Highestdoublesranking:	No. 39 (6 April 2009)
Australianopendoublesresult:	2R (2008, 2009)
Frenchopendoublesresult:	3R (2009)
Wimbledondoublesresult:	2R (2008)
Usopendoublesresult:	3R (2008)
Australianopenmixedresult:	2R (2010)
Frenchopenmixedresult:	2R (2009)
Wimbledonmixedresult:	1R (2009)
Team:	yes
Daviscupresult:	27–19
Updated:	5 November 2021

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.

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).

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	Q1	Q2	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q2	Q2	Q3	Q2	1R	Q1	Q1	0 / 1	0–1
French Open	A	Q1	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q3	Q1	A	Q2	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	Q1	Q1	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	Q3	Q1	1R	2R	Q1	Q1	A	0 / 3	1–3
US Open	A	A	Q1	Q3	Q2	2R	1R	Q2	1R	Q1	Q3	Q3	A	0 / 3	1–3
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 7	2–7
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	2R	1R	Q1	2R	1R	Q2	A	0 / 4	2–4
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami	A	A	A	A	Q2	Q2	Q1	Q2	A	Q1	Q1	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Canada Masters	A	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–-1
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Shanghai	Not Held							A	A	Q2	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 5	2–5

Doubles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	Q1	Q1	Q1	2R	1R	1R	Q1	Q2	0 / 4	1–4
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	3–2
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	5–4	4–4	1–3	0–0	0–0	0 / 12	10–12
ATP Tour Masters 1000
bgcolor=efefef align=left	Miami	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 1	1–1
style=text-align:left	Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 1	1–1

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP Masters Series (0–0) ATP 500 Series (1–0) ATP 250 Series (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (2–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting Outdoor (2–1) Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0		Beijing, China	250 Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Lu Yen-hsun	6–7^(3–7), 6–0, [10–6]
Loss	1–1		Johannesburg, South Africa	250 Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	James Cerretani Dick Norman	6–7^(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]
Win	2–1		Dubai, United Arab Emirates	500 Series	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 27 (14–13)

Legend ATP Challenger (6–8) ITF Futures (8–5)

Finals by surface Hard (14–13) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1		Indonesia F4, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Yong-Il Yoon	6–7, 5–7
Win	1–1		South Africa F1, Durban	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–1		South Africa F2, Durban	Futures	Hard	Raven Klaasen	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(3–7), 6–3
Loss	2–2		Italy F12, Selargius	Futures	Hard	Thomas Blake	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3		Australia F2, Burnie	Futures	Hard	Jaymon Crabb	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	2–4		Uzbekistan F3, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3–4		Tunisia F2, El Menzah	Futures	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–4		France F15, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	7–6^(7–3), 5–7, 7–6^(7–4)
Loss	4–5		Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6–7^(2–7), 3–6
Win	5–5		Australia F2, Devonport	Futures	Hard	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
Win	6–5		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 6–2
Win	7–5		Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Phillip Simmonds	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–6		Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Simon	2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	8–6		Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–2)
Win	9–6		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Amer Delić	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Loss	9–7		Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Mathieu Montcourt	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–8		Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1–6, 4–6
Loss	9–9		Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	5–7, 4–6
Win	10–9		Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Tim Smyczek	6–0, 7–5
Win	11–9		India F5, New Delhi	Futures	Hard	Karan Rastogi	7–5, 6–2
Loss	11–10		Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	7–6^(7–2), 5–7, 3–6
Loss	11–11		Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alex Kuznetsov	1–6, 3–6
Loss	11–12		South Africa F1, Potchefstroom	Futures	Hard	Simon Cauvard	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–12		USA F5, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	James McGee	7–6^(8–6), 6–1
Win	13–12		Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	7–6^(8–6), 6–4
Win	14–12		USA F9, Oklahoma City	Futures	Hard	Alex Bogdanovic	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14–13		Kun-Ming, China	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	2–6, 6–4, 6–7^(2–7)

Doubles: 79 (47–32)

Legend ATP Challenger (37–21) ITF Futures (10–11)

Finals by surface Hard (40–30) Clay (4–1) Grass (1–1) Carpet (2–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1		Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	J-M Bourgault Du Coudray	Sulistyo Wibowo Bonit Wiryawan	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2		Bangladesh F2, Dhaka	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Ashley Fisher Minh Le	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3		China F2, Chengdu	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Doug Bohaboy Alex Witt	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4		Luxembourg F1, Luxembourg	Futures	Clay	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Christopher Kas Dick Norman	1–6, 6–7^(2–7)
Win	1–4		France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Frédéric Niemeyer	David Abelson Jerry Turek	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–4		Italy F12, Selargius	Futures	Hard	Luben Pampoulov	Keith Pollak Jeff Williams	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(5–7), 6–4
Win	3–4		Philippines F1, Manila	Futures	Hard	Andrew Anderson	Domenic Marafiote Lee Radovanovich	7–5, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
Loss	3–5		New Zealand F1, Ashburton	Futures	Hard	Andrew Anderson	Ashley Ford Jordan Kerr	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6		Uzbekistan F2, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Tuomas Ketola Jordan Kerr	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win	4–6		Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Simon Larose Michael Tebbutt	6–1, 6–7^(4–7), 6–3
Win	5–6		France F18, Nevers	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	Josh Goffi Nick Rainey	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–7		Thailand F2, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Lu Yen-hsun Frank Moser	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–7		Vietnam F1, Hanoi	Futures	Hard	Lior Dahan	Lu Yen-hsun Frank Moser	walkover
Loss	6–8		Australia F1, Devonport	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Johan Du Randt Dirk Stegmann	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	6–9		Uzbekistan F3, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam Qureshi	6–7^(0–7), 3–6
Win	7–9		Uzbekistan F4, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam Qureshi	7–5, 6–4
Win	8–9		Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam Qureshi	6–3, 7–5
Win	9–9		Tunisia F2, El Menzah	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Benoit Foucher Philip Gubenco	6–4, 6–1
Loss	9–10		France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Bernard Parun Frank Moser	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), 4–6
Win	10–10		France F17, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Cyril Baudin Jeroen Masson	7–6^(8–6), 6–3
Win	11–10		Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	Brandon Coupe Scott Humphries	6–7^(17–19), 7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(13–11)
Win	12–10		Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Fred Hemmes	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	12–11		France F7, Poitiers	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	Yves Allegro Daniele Bracciali	4–6, 0–6
Win	13–11		Great Britain F6, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Marcus Sarstrand	Stéphane Robert Slimane Saoudi	6–3, 6–1
Win	14–11		Andorra La Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Tuomas Ketola	Ricardo Mello Alexandre Simoni	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	15–11		Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	Carlos Berlocq Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–1, 7–5
Loss	15–12		Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Johan Landsberg	Paul Baccanello Harel Levy	7–5, 4–6, 6–7^(5–7)
Win	16–12		Tumkur, India	Challenger	Hard	Prakash Amritraj	Michal Mertiňák Branislav Sekáč	6–4, 6–3
Loss	16–13		Dharwad, India	Challenger	Hard	Prakash Amritraj	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	16–14		Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Taino	Jordan Kerr Todd Perry	5–7, 3–6
Win	17–14		Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Fred Hemmes	Vadim Kutsenko Yuri Schukin	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–14		Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Fred Hemmes	Lu Yen-hsun Jason Marshall	6–3, 6–7^(8–10), 6–4
Win	19–14		Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Leonardo Azzaro Oliver Marach	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Win	20–14		Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	Robert Lindstedt Michael Russell	6–3, 6–4
Loss	20–15		Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Nathan Healey	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips	6–7^(6–8), 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	20–16		Mauritius, Mauritius	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu	3–6, 4–6
Win	21–16		Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	Ramón Delgado André Sá	6–4, 6–4
Win	22–16		Joplin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Nicholas Monroe Jeremy Wurtzman	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Loss	22–17		Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	1–6, 7–6^(9–7), 6–7^(4–7)
Loss	22–18		Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Grass	Nathan Healey	Huntley Montgomery Richard Barker	6–3, 5–7, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	22–19		Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Roger Anderson	Scoville Jenkins Bobby Reynolds	4–6, 4–6
Loss	22–20		Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Scott Lipsky David Martin	0–6, 2–6
Loss	22–21		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Alexander Peya Björn Phau	6–0, 4–6, [7–10]
Win	23–21		Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Bobby Reynolds Tripp Phillips	3–6, 6–3, [10–0]
Loss	23–22		Valencia, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	John Paul Fruttero Sam Warburg	5–7, 3–6
Loss	23–23		Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos André Ghem	4–6, 6–0, [3–10]
Loss	23–24		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Eric Butorac Travis Parrott	6–4, 3–6, [9–11]
Loss	23–25		Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Nunez	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–6^(9–7), 4–6, [6–10]
Win	24–25		Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Brian Wilson André Sá	6–3, 4–6, [10–7]
Win	25–25		Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Meffert	Stéphane Bohli Noam Okun	6–4, 6–2
Win	26–25		Lanzarote, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Luke Bourgeois	Dudi Sela Noam Okun	6–3, 6–1
Win	27–25		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Alex Kuznetsov Donald Young	6–1, 6–2
Loss	27–26		Lubbock, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Alex Kuznetsov Ryan Sweeting	3–6, 2–6
Win	28–26		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	6–3, 7–5
Loss	28–27		Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	0–6, 2–6
Loss	28–28		Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Stephen Amritraj Dudi Sela	4–6, 6–7^(4–7)
Win	29–28		New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Win	30–28		Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Igor Kunitsyn Aisam Qureshi	7–6^(7–2), 6–7^(5–7), [10–4]
Win	31–28		Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Adam Feeney Rameez Junaid	6–3, 6–3
Win	32–28		Lanzarote, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Gilles Müller Aisam Qureshi	6–2, 7–6^(7–2)
Win	33–28		Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Chris Haggard Nicolas Tourte	6–2, 6–2
Loss	33–29		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Eric Butorac Travis Parrott	4–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Win	34–29		Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 2–6, [10–6]
Win	35–29		Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Anderson	Ramón Delgado Kaes Van't Hof	6–4, 6–4
Win	36–29		Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Carsten Ball Kaes Van't Hof	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
Win	37–29		Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	7–6^(7–5), 3–6, [10–6]
Win	38–29		Athens, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Robin Haase Igor Sijsling	6–3, 6–4
Loss	38–30		Cremona, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Martin Slanar Alexander Peya	5–7, 5–7
Loss	38–31		Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Somdev Devvarman	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Ryler Deheart	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, [8–10]
Win	39–31		Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Nicholas Monroe Donald Young	4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Loss	39–32		Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Ryan Harrison Travis Rettenmaier	3–6, 3–6
Win	40–32		Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Alex Kuznetsov	6–1, 6–4
Win	41–32		Savannah, United States	Challenger	Clay	Izak van der Merwe	Sekou Bangoura Jesse Witten	6–3, 6–3
Win	42–32		Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Adil Shamasdin	Izak van der Merwe Treat Huey	6–3, 7–6^(9–7)
Win	43–32		Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	2–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win	44–32		Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Frank Moser Chris Guccione	6–7^(5–7), 6–1, [10–4]
Win	45–32		Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	Chris Guccione	Andreas Siljeström Jordan Kerr	6–1, 6–4
Win	46–32		Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Karol Beck	Rameez Junaid Michael Kohlmann	6–3, 6–4
Win	47–32		Canada F3, Richmond	Futures	Hard	Matthew Seeberger	Hans Hach Brayden Schnur	5–7, 7–5, [10–5]

External links

• • • • De Voest World ranking history