Rik de Voest

Rik de Voest
Country	South Africa
Residence	Pretoria, South Africa
Born	June 5, 1980 (age 31); Milan, Italy
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	68 kilograms (150 lb)
Turned pro	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money	$797,045
Singles
Career record	29–46
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 110 (August 21, 2006)
Current ranking	No. 126 (December 26, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	1R (2012)
French Open	Q2 (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2007)
Doubles
Career record	28–23
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 39 (June 4, 2009)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2008, 2009)
French Open	3R (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2008)
US Open	3R (2008)
	Last updated on: June 14, 2010.

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Rik de Voest (born June 5, 1980 in Milan, Italy) is a professional South African tennis player. As of September 6, 2007, de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved on August 21, 2006.

De Voest qualified for the 2007 Wimbledon men's singles event, where he lost to Marat Safin in the first round. De Voest qualified for the U.S. 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. De Voest is 12–5 in Davis Cup matches; being 8–5 for singles and 4–0 for doubles.

Playing with Scott Lipsky of the U.S., he won the Levene Gouldin & Thompson Tennis Challenger in Binghamton, New York in 2009.

[edit] Doubles titles

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

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the Final	Score in the Final
1.	2007	Beijing, China	Hard	Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Yen-Hsun Lu	6–7, 6–0, [10–6]
2.	2009	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Dmitry Tursunov	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]