Tucker Vorster
Tucker Vorster 
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| Nation: |
 South Africa
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| Birthday: | 3rd September 1988 |
| Size: | 196 cm |
| Weight: | 90 kg |
| Playing hand: | Right, two-handed backhand |
| Trainer: | Riaan Venter |
| Prize money: | $ 60,836 |
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| Career record: | 5: 2 |
| Highest ranking: | 278 (September 14, 2015) |
| Current placement: | 1435 |
| Double | |
| Career record: | 0: 1 |
| Highest ranking: | 258 (August 15, 2016) |
| Current placement: | 1462 |
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Last update of the info box: August 20, 2018 |
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| Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links ) | |
Tucker Vorster (born September 3, 1988 in Pretoria ) is a South African tennis player .
Career
Tucker Vorster already played tennis on the ITF Junior Tour and was the best-placed junior player in South Africa at the time and the South African junior winner. He studied at the University of Mississippi , where he played college tennis for the Rebels . He and his team won the SEC Tournament Championships and the SEC West title.
On the professional tour, Vorster mainly competes in the third and second class ITF Future Tour and ATP Challenger Tour . So far, he has won six singles and ten doubles titles on the Future Tour. In singles, he once made it into a quarter-finals on the Challenger Tour. In doubles, he was more successful as a serve-and-volley player with high service . He won his first title on the Challenger Tour alongside his compatriot Nicolaas Scholtz in 2016 in Aptos . They prevailed in the final against the duo Mackenzie McDonald and Ben McLachlan in three sets. With this success he achieved his best position in the world rankings with the 258th place . He is now no longer in the top 1000 in both singles and doubles.
Vorster made his debut for the South African Davis Cup team against Russia in 2013 . He lost with Raven Klaasen the double against Konstantin Kravchuk and Andrei Kuznetsov . He has a single balance of 5: 2 and a double balance of 0: 1.
After he played his last tournament in December 2017, the national umbrella organization for tennis in South Africa announced that Vorster would get to know the administrative processes of the association for a few months. According to Vorster, however, this is not a withdrawal from active tennis, but just an opportunity to be involved in a new side of tennis. Vorster has been playing for the South African beach tennis team since mid-2018. He started with the national team of South Africa at the ITF Beach Tennis World Team Championship and finished 18th.
successes
| Legend (number of victories) |
| Grand Slam |
| ATP World Tour Finals |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 |
| ATP World Tour 500 |
| ATP World Tour 250 |
| ATP Challenger Tour (1) |
Double
Tournament victories
| No. | date | competition | Topping | partner | Final opponent | Result |
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| 1. | August 14, 2016 |
 Aptos
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Hard court |
Nicolaas Scholtz
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Mackenzie McDonald Ben McLachlan
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6: 7 5 , 6: 3, [10: 8] |
Web links
- ATP profile of Tucker Vorster (English)
- ITF profile of Tucker Vorster (English)
- ITF junior profile Tucker Vorster (English)
- Davis Cup stats by Tucker Vorster (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tucker Vorster's Profile. In: collegetennisonline.com. Accessed August 20, 2018 .
- ^ Tucker Vorster slots in at Tennis South Africa. In: tennissa.co.za. Accessed August 20, 2018 .
- ^ Tucker Vorster: From the court to the sand. In: fedcup.com. Accessed August 20, 2018 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Vorster, Tucker |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | South African tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd September 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pretoria , South Africa |