Rik De Voest

Rik De Voest
Rik De Voest at the 2008 US Open
Nation:	South Africa
Birthday:	5th June 1980
Size:	180 cm
Weight:	68 kg
1st professional season:	1999
Resignation:	2014
Playing hand:	Right, two-handed backhand
Prize money:	$ 1,349,991
singles
Career record:	32:54
Highest ranking:	110 (August 21, 2006)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	46:48
Career title:	2
Highest ranking:	39 (April 6, 2009)
Grand Slam record
Mixed
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Rik De Voest (born June 5, 1980 in Milan , Italy ) is a retired South African tennis player .

Career

In the first round of the US Open , De Voest defeated the French Thierry Ascione and thus moved into the second round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time . There he had no chance and lost in three straight sets against John Isner . Overall, he could only reach the second round in the individual one more time. He celebrated his greatest successes in doubles: in 2007 he won his first ATP title in Beijing alongside Ashley Fisher . Two years later he won his second title in Dubai , an ATP World Tour 500 tournament . At the side of Dmitri Tursunow he defeated Martin Damm and Robert Lindstedt in three sets in the final . His best performance in the Grand Slams was reaching the round of 16 in 2008 at Wimbledon . He also achieved success on the second-rate ATP Challenger Tour . He won six singles titles, and between 2001 and 2012 he collected 37 tournament titles in doubles. His highest placement in the double world rankings was 39th in April 2009, in singles he reached 110th in August 2006. On the occasion of the Challenger tournament in Vancouver in July 2014, he announced the end of his career. He played the last individual game on July 31.

Between 2002 and 2014, Rik De Voest played a total of 25 matches for the South African Davis Cup team . In singles he won just over half with 18 of his 34 games, in doubles his record is a bit more positive with 9: 3 wins.

successes

Legend (number of victories) Grand Slam Tennis Masters Cup ATP World Tour Finals ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000 ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500 Series (1) ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250 Series (1) ATP Challenger Tour (43)

ATP title by topping Hard Court (2) Sand (0) Lawn (0)

singles

Tournament victories

No.	date	competition	Topping	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 27, 2005	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Nicolas Mahut	7: 5, 6: 2
2.	October 16, 2005	Sacramento	Hard court	Phillip Simmonds	3: 6, 6: 3, 6: 4
3.	April 30, 2006	Mexico city	Hard court	Glenn Weiner	7: 6 2 , 7: 6 2
4th	August 5, 2006	Vancouver	Hard court	Amer Delic	7: 6 4 , 6: 2
5.	March 28, 2010	Rimouski (1)	Hard court (i)	Tim Smyczek	6-0, 7-5
6th	March 24, 2013	Rimouski (2)	Hard court (i)	Vasek Pospisil	7: 6 6 , 6: 4

Double

Tournament victories

ATP World Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	September 16, 2007	Beijing	Hard court	Ashley Fisher	Chris Haggard Lu Yen-hsun	6: 7 3 , 6: 0, [10: 6]
2.	March 1, 2009	Dubai	Hard court	Dmitri Tursunov	Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt	4: 6, 6: 3, [10: 5]

ATP Challenger Tour

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	May 11, 2001	Fargʻona (1)	Hard court	Igor Kunitsyn	Simon Larose Michael Tebbutt	6: 1, 6: 7 4 , 6: 3
2.	May 18, 2002	Fargʻona (2)	Hard court	Dirk Stegmann	Tuomas Ketola Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 3, 7: 5
3.	March 1, 2003	Cherbourg	Hard court (i)	Benjamin Cassaigne	Brandon Coupe Scott Humphries	6: 7 17 , 7: 6 5 , 7: 6 11
4th	March 15, 2003	Ho Chi Minh City (1)	Hard court	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Fred Hemmes	6: 3, 3: 6, 6: 3
5.	June 27, 2003	Andorra	Hard court (i)	Tuomas Ketola	Ricardo Mello Alexandre Simoni	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
6th	July 26, 2003	Campos do Jordão	Hard court	Giovanni Lapentti	Carlos Berlocq Miguel Gallardo Valles	6: 1, 7: 5
7th	October 4, 2003	Tumkur	Hard court	Prakash Amritraj	Michal Mertiňák Branislav Sekáč	6: 3, 6: 3
8th.	February 28, 2004	Ho Chi Minh City (2)	Hard court	Fred Hemmes	Vadim Kutsenko Yuri Shchukin	6: 3, 6: 3
9.	March 6, 2004	Kyoto	Carpet (i)	Fred Hemmes	Lu Yen-hsun Jason Marshall	6: 3, 6: 7 8 , 6: 4
10.	March 27, 2004	Burnie	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	Leonardo Azzaro Oliver Marach	6: 3, 1: 6, 7: 5
11.	May 29, 2004	Ljubljana	sand	Giovanni Lapentti	Robert Lindstedt Michael Craig Russell	6: 3, 6: 4
12.	February 11, 2005	Dallas	Hard court (i)	Giovanni Lapentti	Ramón Delgado André Sá	6: 4, 6: 4
13.	February 19, 2005	Joplin	Hard court (i)	Łukasz Kubot	Nicholas Monroe Jeremy Wurtzman	7: 6 4 , 6: 4
14th	April 7, 2006	Tallahassee	Hard court	Glenn Weiner	Tripp Phillips Bobby Reynolds	3: 6, 6: 3, [10: 0]
15th	November 17, 2006	Champaign (1)	Hard court (i)	Rajeev Ram	André Sá Brian Wilson	5: 7, 6: 4, [10: 7]
16.	January 27, 2007	Durban	Hard court	Dominik Meffert	Stéphane Bohli Noam Okun	6: 4, 6: 2
17th	May 3, 2007	Lanzarote (1)	Hard court	Luke Bourgeois	Noam Okun Dudi Sela	6: 3, 6: 1
18th	August 4, 2007	Vancouver (1)	Hard court	Ashley Fisher	Alex Kuznetsov Donald Young	6: 1, 6: 2
19th	October 31, 2007	Seoul (1)	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	6: 3, 7: 5
20th	November 30, 2007	New Delhi	Hard court	Wesley Moodie	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 4, 7: 6 4
21st	January 27, 2008	Heilbronn	Hard court (i)	Bobby Reynolds	Igor Kunitsyn Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7: 6 2 , 6: 7 5 , [10: 4]
22nd	April 20, 2008	Busan	Hard court	Łukasz Kubot	Adam Feeney Rameez Junaid	6: 3, 6: 3
23.	May 2, 2008	Lanzarote (2)	Hard court	Łukasz Kubot	Gilles Muller Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6: 2, 7: 6 2
24.	June 6, 2008	Prostějov	sand	Łukasz Kubot	Chris Haggard Nicolas Tourte	6: 2, 6: 2
25th	November 1, 2008	Busan	Hard court	Ashley Fisher	Johan Brunström Jean-Julien Rojer	6: 2, 2: 6, [10: 6]
26th	August 8, 2009	Vancouver (2)	Hard court	Kevin Anderson	Ramón Delgado Kaes Van't Hof	6: 4, 6: 4
27.	August 15, 2009	Binghamton	Hard court	Scott Lipsky	Carsten Ball Kaes Van't Hof	7: 6 2 , 6: 4
28.	October 31, 2009	Seoul (2)	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	7: 6 5 , 3: 6, [10: 6]
29	April 24, 2010	Athens	Hard court	Lu Yen-hsun	Robin Haase Igor Sijsling	6: 3, 6: 4
30th	October 9, 2010	Sacramento	Hard court	Izak van der Merwe	Nicholas Monroe Donald Young	4: 6, 6: 4, [10: 7]
31.	November 13, 2010	Knoxville	Hard court (i)	Izak van der Merwe	Alex Bogomolov junior Alex Kuznetsov	6: 1, 6: 4
32.	May 7, 2011	Savannah	sand	Izak van der Merwe	Sekou Bangoura Jesse Witten	6: 3, 6: 3
33.	June 11, 2011	Nottingham	race	Adil Shamasdin	Treat Conrad Huey Izak van der Merwe	6: 3, 7: 6 9
34.	November 18, 2011	Champaign (2)	Hard court (i)	Izak van der Merwe	Martin Emmrich Andreas Siljeström	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 4]
35.	August 11, 2012	Aptos	Hard court	John Peers	Chris Guccione Frank Moser	6: 7 5 , 6: 1, [10: 4]
36.	October 13, 2012	Tiburon	Hard court	Chris Guccione	Jordan Kerr Andreas Siljeström	6: 1, 6: 4
37.	November 10, 2012	Ortisei in Val Gardena	carpet	Karol Beck	Rameez Junaid Michael Kohlmann	6: 3, 6: 4

Final participation

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	February 8, 2009	Johannesburg	Hard court	Ashley Fisher	James Cerretani Dick Norman	7: 6 7 , 2: 6, [12:14]

Personal

Rik De Voest lives in Vancouver and is married. He has been the father of a son since March 2014.

Web links

Commons : Rik de Voest  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• ATP profile of Rik De Voest (English)
• ITF Profile of Rik De Voest (English)
• Davis Cup stats by Rik De Voest (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SA tennis stalwart De Voest retires. In: citizen.co.za. July 28, 2014, accessed December 16, 2017 .