- Rik de Voest
Infobox Tennis player
playername = Rik de Voest
country = RSA
residence =Pretoria ,South Africa
datebirth = birth date and age|1980|6|5
placebirth =Milan ,Italy
height = height|m=1.80
weight = convert|68|kg|lb
turnedpro = 1999
retired =
plays =
careerprizemoney = $648,975
singlesrecord = 17–26
singlestitles = 0
highestsinglesranking = No. 110 (August 21 ,2006 )
AustralianOpenresult = -
FrenchOpenresult = -
Wimbledonresult = -
USOpenresult = -
doublesrecord = 17–17
doublestitles = 1
highestdoublesranking = No. 43 (July 21 ,2008 )
updated =September 2 ,2008 Rik de Voest (born
June 5 ,1980 inMilan ,Italy ) is a professionalSouth Africa ntennis player . As ofSeptember 6 ,2007 , de Voest's career-high ranking was World Number 110, which he achieved onAugust 21 ,2006 . De Voest qualified for the 2007 Wimbledon men's singles event, where he lost toMarat Safin in the first round, as seen onESPN2 . Rik qualified for the U.S. Open later on in 2007, and was lucky enough to be given a match with another qualifier. He defeatedThierry Ascione 6–2, 3–0 before Ascione retired. De Voest went on to lose toJohn Isner in the following round. Should he have won, he would have playedRoger Federer , the world number one, in the next round. De Voest is 12–5 inDavis Cup matches; being 8–5 for singles and 4–0 for doubles. He won his first ATP doubles title inBeijing alongsideAshley Fisher overChris Haggard andYen-Hsun Lu in the final.External links
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* [http://steveghelper.com/MatchResults.php?players=Voest&weeks=12 de Voest Recent Match Results]
* [http://steveghelper.com/RankingHistory.php?player=Voest de Voest World Ranking History]
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