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 Tournament2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAQ1Q2Q1Q1Q2Q2Q2Q3Q21RQ1Q10 / 10–1French OpenAQ1Q3Q1Q1Q1Q3Q1AQ2Q1AA0 / 00–0WimbledonQ1Q1Q1Q2Q11RQ3Q11R2RQ1Q1A0 / 31–3US OpenAAQ1Q3Q22R1RQ21RQ1Q3Q3A0 / 31–3Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–01–20–10–00–21–10–10–00–00 / 72–7ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsAAAAQ2Q22R1RQ12R1RQ2A0 / 42–4MiamiAAAAQ2Q2Q1Q2AQ1Q1AA0 / 00–0Canada MastersAAQ1AAAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0CincinnatiAAAA1RAAAAQ2AAA0 / 10–-1ShanghaiNot HeldAAQ2AAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–10–01–10–10–01–10–10–00–00 / 52–5
Doubles Tournament2003200420052006200720082009201020112012SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAA2R2R2RAA0 / 33–3French OpenAAAAA2R3R1RAA0 / 33–3WimbledonQ11RQ1Q1Q12R1R1RQ1Q20 / 41–4US OpenAAAAA3R2RAAA0 / 23–2Win–loss0–00–10–00–00–05–44–41–30–00–00 / 1210–12ATP Tour Masters 1000MiamiAAAAAA2RAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–01–10–00–00–00 / 11–1
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)ATP Masters Series (0–0)ATP 500 Series (1–0)ATP 250 Series (1–1)Finals by surfaceHard (2–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (2–1)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Beijing, China250 SeriesHard Ashley Fisher Chris Haggard Lu Yen-hsun6–7(3–7), 6–0, [10–6]Loss1–1Johannesburg, South Africa250 SeriesHard Ashley Fisher James Cerretani Dick Norman6–7(7–9), 6–2, [14–12]Win2–1Dubai, United Arab Emirates500 SeriesHard Dmitry Tursunov Martin Damm Robert Lindstedt4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 27 (14–13) LegendATP Challenger (6–8)ITF Futures (8–5)Finals by surfaceHard (14–13)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Indonesia F4, JakartaFuturesHard Yong-Il Yoon6–7, 5–7Win1–1South Africa F1, DurbanFuturesHard Willem-Petrus Meyer6–1, 6–1Win2–1South Africa F2, DurbanFuturesHard Raven Klaasen7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7), 6–3Loss2–2Italy F12, SelargiusFuturesHard Thomas Blake4–6, 4–6Loss2–3Australia F2, BurnieFuturesHard Jaymon Crabb4–6, 6–1, 3–6Loss2–4Uzbekistan F3, AndijanFuturesHard Rodolphe Cadart3–6, 6–3, 2–6Win3–4Tunisia F2, El MenzahFuturesHard Rodolphe Cadart6–2, 6–1Win4–4France F15, Bagnères-de-BigorreFuturesHard Rodolphe Cadart7–6(7–3), 5–7, 7–6(7–4)Loss4–5Puebla, MexicoChallengerHard Alex Bogomolov Jr.6–7(2–7), 3–6Win5–5Australia F2, DevonportFuturesHard Juan Pablo Brzezicki6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win6–5Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard Nicolas Mahut7–5, 6–2Win7–5Sacramento, United StatesChallengerHard Phillip Simmonds3–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss7–6Nouméa, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Gilles Simon2–6, 7–5, 2–6Win8–6Mexico City, MexicoChallengerHard Glenn Weiner7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–2)Win9–6Vancouver, CanadaChallengerHard Amer Delić7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss9–7Durban, South AfricaChallengerHard Mathieu Montcourt7–5, 3–6, 2–6Loss9–8Tallahassee, United StatesChallengerHard Jo-Wilfried Tsonga1–6, 4–6Loss9–9Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerHard Fabrice Santoro5–7, 4–6Win10–9Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard Tim Smyczek6–0, 7–5Win11–9India F5, New DelhiFuturesHard Karan Rastogi7–5, 6–2Loss11–10Johannesburg, South AfricaChallengerHard Izak van der Merwe7–6(7–2), 5–7, 3–6Loss11–11Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Alex Kuznetsov1–6, 3–6Loss11–12South Africa F1, PotchefstroomFuturesHard Simon Cauvard3–6, 4–6Win12–12USA F5, BrownsvilleFuturesHard James McGee7–6(8–6), 6–1Win13–12Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard Vasek Pospisil7–6(8–6), 6–4Win14–12USA F9, Oklahoma CityFuturesHard Alex Bogdanovic6–3, 6–2Loss14–13Kun-Ming, ChinaChallengerHard Alex Bogomolov Jr.2–6, 6–4, 6–7(2–7)
Doubles: 79 (47–32) LegendATP Challenger (37–21)ITF Futures (10–11)Finals by surfaceHard (40–30)Clay (4–1)Grass (1–1)Carpet (2–0)