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Rik de Voest

Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa Vancouver, Canada
Born	(1980-06-05) 5 June 1980 (age 44) 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
Highest ranking	No. 110 (21 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	Q3 (2004, 2008)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	46–48
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 39 (6 April 2009)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	3R (2008)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2010)
French Open	2R (2009)
Wimbledon	1R (2009)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	27–19
Last updated on: 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

Doubles

ATP career finals

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Sep 2007	Beijing, China	250 Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Lu Yen-hsun	6–7, 6–0,
Loss	1–1	Feb 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	250 Series	Hard	Ashley Fisher	James Cerretani Dick Norman	6–7, 6–2,
Win	2–1	Mar 2009	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	500 Series	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 6–3,

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 27 (14–13)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1999	Indonesia F4, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	Yong-Il Yoon	6–7, 5–7
Win	1–1	Jun 2001	South Africa F1, Durban	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	6–1, 6–1
Win	2–1	Jun 2001	South Africa F2, Durban	Futures	Hard	Raven Klaasen	7–6, 6–7, 6–3
Loss	2–2	Sep 2001	Italy F12, Selargius	Futures	Hard	Thomas Blake	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2–3	Apr 2002	Australia F2, Burnie	Futures	Hard	Jaymon Crabb	4–6, 6–1, 3–6
Loss	2–4	May 2002	Uzbekistan F3, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Win	3–4	Sep 2002	Tunisia F2, El Menzah	Futures	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	6–2, 6–1
Win	4–4	Sep 2002	France F15, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Rodolphe Cadart	7–6, 5–7, 7–6
Loss	4–5	Nov 2002	Puebla, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	6–7, 3–6
Win	5–5	Mar 2004	Australia F2, Devonport	Futures	Hard	Juan Pablo Brzezicki	6–3, 7–6
Win	6–5	Feb 2005	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Nicolas Mahut	7–5, 6–2
Win	7–5	Oct 2005	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Phillip Simmonds	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	7–6	Jan 2006	Nouméa, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Gilles Simon	2–6, 7–5, 2–6
Win	8–6	Apr 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	7–6, 7–6
Win	9–6	Aug 2006	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Amer Delić	7–6, 6–2
Loss	9–7	Jan 2007	Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Mathieu Montcourt	7–5, 3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–8	Apr 2007	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	1–6, 4–6
Loss	9–9	Apr 2009	Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Fabrice Santoro	5–7, 4–6
Win	10–9	Mar 2010	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Tim Smyczek	6–0, 7–5
Win	11–9	May 2010	India F5, New Delhi	Futures	Hard	Karan Rastogi	7–5, 6–2
Loss	11–10	Apr 2011	Johannesburg, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	7–6, 5–7, 3–6
Loss	11–11	Nov 2011	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Alex Kuznetsov	1–6, 3–6
Loss	11–12	Dec 2012	South Africa F1, Potchefstroom	Futures	Hard	Simon Cauvard	3–6, 4–6
Win	12–12	Feb 2013	USA F5, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	James McGee	7–6, 6–1
Win	13–12	Mar 2013	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Vasek Pospisil	7–6, 6–4
Win	14–12	Apr 2013	USA F9, Oklahoma City	Futures	Hard	Alex Bogdanovic	6–3, 6–2
Loss	14–13	May 2013	Kun-Ming, China	Challenger	Hard	Alex Bogomolov Jr.	2–6, 6–4, 6–7

Doubles: 79 (47–32)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1999	Indonesia F3, Jakarta	Futures	Hard	J-M Bourgault Du Coudray	Sulistyo Wibowo Bonit Wiryawan	4–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Dec 1999	Bangladesh F2, Dhaka	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Ashley Fisher Minh Le	2–6, 4–6
Loss	0–3	May 2000	China F2, Chengdu	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Doug Bohaboy Alex Witt	6–3, 4–6, 5–7
Loss	0–4	Aug 2000	Luxembourg F1, Luxembourg	Futures	Clay	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Christopher Kas Dick Norman	1–6, 6–7
Win	1–4	Sep 2000	France F17, Bagnères-de-Bigorre	Futures	Hard	Frédéric Niemeyer	David Abelson Jerry Turek	6–3, 6–4
Win	2–4	Oct 2000	Italy F12, Selargius	Futures	Hard	Luben Pampoulov	Keith Pollak Jeff Williams	7–6, 6–7, 6–4
Win	3–4	Dec 2000	Philippines F1, Manila	Futures	Hard	Andrew Anderson	Domenic Marafiote Lee Radovanovich	7–5, 6–7, 6–2
Loss	3–5	Mar 2001	New Zealand F1, Ashburton	Futures	Hard	Andrew Anderson	Ashley Ford Jordan Kerr	3–6, 4–6
Loss	3–6	May 2001	Uzbekistan F2, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Tuomas Ketola Jordan Kerr	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Win	4–6	May 2001	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Igor Kunitsyn	Simon Larose Michael Tebbutt	6–1, 6–7, 6–3
Win	5–6	Oct 2001	France F18, Nevers	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	Josh Goffi Nick Rainey	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–7	Nov 2001	Thailand F2, Nonthaburi	Futures	Hard	Johan Du Randt	Lu Yen-hsun Frank Moser	2–6, 4–6
Win	6–7	Nov 2001	Vietnam F1, Hanoi	Futures	Hard	Lior Dahan	Lu Yen-hsun Frank Moser	walkover
Loss	6–8	Mar 2002	Australia F1, Devonport	Futures	Hard	Willem-Petrus Meyer	Johan Du Randt Dirk Stegmann	4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss	6–9	May 2002	Uzbekistan F3, Andijan	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam Qureshi	6–7, 3–6
Win	7–9	May 2002	Uzbekistan F4, Namangan	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam Qureshi	7–5, 6–4
Win	8–9	May 2002	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam Qureshi	6–3, 7–5
Win	9–9	Sep 2002	Tunisia F2, El Menzah	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Benoit Foucher Philip Gubenco	6–4, 6–1
Loss	9–10	Sep 2002	France F16, Mulhouse	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Bernard Parun Frank Moser	4–6, 7–6, 4–6
Win	10–10	Sep 2002	France F17, Plaisir	Futures	Hard	Dirk Stegmann	Cyril Baudin Jeroen Masson	7–6, 6–3
Win	11–10	Mar 2003	Cherbourg, France	Challenger	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	Brandon Coupe Scott Humphries	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
Win	12–10	Mar 2003	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Fred Hemmes	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	12–11	Mar 2003	France F7, Poitiers	Futures	Hard	Benjamin Cassaigne	Yves Allegro Daniele Bracciali	4–6, 0–6
Win	13–11	May 2003	Great Britain F6, Edinburgh	Futures	Clay	Marcus Sarstrand	Stéphane Robert Slimane Saoudi	6–3, 6–1
Win	14–11	Jun 2003	Andorra La Vella, Andorra	Challenger	Hard	Tuomas Ketola	Ricardo Mello Alexandre Simoni	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Win	15–11	Jul 2003	Campos do Jordão, Brazil	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	Carlos Berlocq Miguel Gallardo Valles	6–1, 7–5
Loss	15–12	Sep 2003	Grenoble, France	Challenger	Hard	Johan Landsberg	Paul Baccanello Harel Levy	7–5, 4–6, 6–7
Win	16–12	Oct 2003	Tumkur, India	Challenger	Hard	Prakash Amritraj	Michal Mertiňák Branislav Sekáč	6–4, 6–3
Loss	16–13	Oct 2003	Dharwad, India	Challenger	Hard	Prakash Amritraj	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	6–3, 3–6, 5–7
Loss	16–14	Feb 2004	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Taino	Jordan Kerr Todd Perry	5–7, 3–6
Win	17–14	Feb 2004	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	Challenger	Hard	Fred Hemmes	Vadim Kutsenko Yuri Schukin	6–3, 6–3
Win	18–14	Mar 2004	Kyoto, Japan	Challenger	Carpet	Fred Hemmes	Lu Yen-hsun Jason Marshall	6–3, 6–7, 6–4
Win	19–14	Mar 2004	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Leonardo Azzaro Oliver Marach	6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Win	20–14	May 2004	Ljubljana, Slovenia	Challenger	Clay	Giovanni Lapentti	Robert Lindstedt Michael Russell	6–3, 6–4
Loss	20–15	Aug 2004	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Nathan Healey	Huntley Montgomery Tripp Phillips	6–7, 6–7
Loss	20–16	Dec 2004	Mauritius, Mauritius	Challenger	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Andrei Pavel Gabriel Trifu	3–6, 4–6
Win	21–16	Feb 2005	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Giovanni Lapentti	Ramón Delgado André Sá	6–4, 6–4
Win	22–16	Feb 2005	Joplin, United States	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Nicholas Monroe Jeremy Wurtzman	7–6, 6–4
Loss	22–17	Apr 2005	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	1–6, 7–6, 6–7
Loss	22–18	Jul 2005	Forest Hills, United States	Challenger	Grass	Nathan Healey	Huntley Montgomery Richard Barker	6–3, 5–7, 6–7
Loss	22–19	Jul 2005	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Roger Anderson	Scoville Jenkins Bobby Reynolds	4–6, 4–6
Loss	22–20	Oct 2005	Tulsa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Harel Levy	Scott Lipsky David Martin	0–6, 2–6
Loss	22–21	Oct 2005	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Alexander Peya Björn Phau	6–0, 4–6,
Win	23–21	Apr 2006	Tallahassee, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Bobby Reynolds Tripp Phillips	3–6, 6–3,
Loss	23–22	Apr 2006	Valencia, United States	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	John Paul Fruttero Sam Warburg	5–7, 3–6
Loss	23–23	Apr 2006	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos André Ghem	4–6, 6–0,
Loss	23–24	Aug 2006	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Glenn Weiner	Eric Butorac Travis Parrott	6–4, 3–6,
Loss	23–25	Nov 2006	Nashville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Eric Nunez	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–6, 4–6,
Win	24–25	Nov 2006	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Rajeev Ram	Brian Wilson André Sá	6–3, 4–6,
Win	25–25	Jan 2007	Durban, South Africa	Challenger	Hard	Dominik Meffert	Stéphane Bohli Noam Okun	6–4, 6–2
Win	26–25	May 2007	Lanzarote, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Luke Bourgeois	Dudi Sela Noam Okun	6–3, 6–1
Win	27–25	Aug 2007	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Alex Kuznetsov Donald Young	6–1, 6–2
Loss	27–26	Sep 2007	Lubbock, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Alex Kuznetsov Ryan Sweeting	3–6, 2–6
Win	28–26	Oct 2007	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	6–3, 7–5
Loss	28–27	Nov 2007	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Rajeev Ram Bobby Reynolds	0–6, 2–6
Loss	28–28	Nov 2007	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Challenger	Hard	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos	Stephen Amritraj Dudi Sela	4–6, 6–7
Win	29–28	Dec 2007	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Aisam Qureshi	6–4, 7–6
Win	30–28	Jan 2008	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Igor Kunitsyn Aisam Qureshi	7–6, 6–7,
Win	31–28	Apr 2008	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Adam Feeney Rameez Junaid	6–3, 6–3
Win	32–28	May 2008	Lanzarote, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Łukasz Kubot	Gilles Müller Aisam Qureshi	6–2, 7–6
Win	33–28	Jun 2008	Prostějov, Czech Republic	Challenger	Clay	Łukasz Kubot	Chris Haggard Nicolas Tourte	6–2, 6–2
Loss	33–29	Aug 2008	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Eric Butorac Travis Parrott	4–6, 6–7
Win	34–29	Nov 2008	Busan, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6–2, 2–6,
Win	35–29	Aug 2009	Vancouver, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Kevin Anderson	Ramón Delgado Kaes Van't Hof	6–4, 6–4
Win	36–29	Aug 2009	Binghamton, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Carsten Ball Kaes Van't Hof	7–6, 6–4
Win	37–29	Nov 2009	Seoul, South Korea	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Sonchat Ratiwatana Sanchai Ratiwatana	7–6, 3–6,
Win	38–29	Apr 2010	Athens, Greece	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Robin Haase Igor Sijsling	6–3, 6–4
Loss	38–30	May 2010	Cremona, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Martin Slanar Alexander Peya	5–7, 5–7
Loss	38–31	Jul 2010	Winnetka, United States	Challenger	Hard	Somdev Devvarman	Pierre-Ludovic Duclos Ryler Deheart	6–7, 6–4,
Win	39–31	Oct 2010	Sacramento, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Nicholas Monroe Donald Young	4–6, 6–4,
Loss	39–32	Oct 2010	Calabasas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Bobby Reynolds	Ryan Harrison Travis Rettenmaier	3–6, 3–6
Win	40–32	Nov 2010	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Alex Bogomolov Jr. Alex Kuznetsov	6–1, 6–4
Win	41–32	May 2011	Savannah, United States	Challenger	Clay	Izak van der Merwe	Sekou Bangoura Jesse Witten	6–3, 6–3
Win	42–32	Jun 2011	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Adil Shamasdin	Izak van der Merwe Treat Huey	6–3, 7–6
Win	43–32	Nov 2011	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	2–6, 6–3,
Win	44–32	Aug 2012	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	John Peers	Frank Moser Chris Guccione	6–7, 6–1,
Win	45–32	Oct 2012	Tiburon, United States	Challenger	Hard	Chris Guccione	Andreas Siljeström Jordan Kerr	6–1, 6–4
Win	46–32	Nov 2012	Ortisei, Italy	Challenger	Carpet	Karol Beck	Rameez Junaid Michael Kohlmann	6–3, 6–4
Win	47–32	Jun 2014	Canada F3, Richmond	Futures	Hard	Matthew Seeberger	Hans Hach Brayden Schnur	5–7, 7–5,

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

• South African male tennis players
• Afrikaner people
• 1980 births
• Living people
• Italian emigrants to South Africa
• Alumni of Pretoria Boys High School
• South African emigrants to Canada
• 21st-century South African sportsmen