Rik de Voest


Rik de Voest 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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2–1)

ResultDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
WinSep 2007China Open, BeijingHard Ashley Fisher Chris Haggard
Lu Yen-hsun		6–7, 6–0,
LossFeb 2010SA Tennis Open, JohannesburgHard Ashley Fisher James Cerretani
Dick Norman		6–7, 6–2,
WinMar 2009Dubai Tennis Championships,
United Arab Emirates		Hard Dmitry Tursunov Martin Damm
Robert Lindstedt		4–6, 6–3,

Grand Slam singles performance timeline

Tournament2007200820092010201120122013W–L
Australian OpenQ2Q2Q2Q3Q21RQ10–1
French OpenQ1Q3Q1AQ2Q1A0–0
Wimbledon1RQ3Q11R2RQ1Q11–3
US Open2R1RQ21RQ1Q3Q31–3
Win–Loss1–20-10-00–21–11–10–02–7
Year-end ranking129151239181126269164