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Rik de Voest (born 5 June 1980 in Milan, Italy) is a former professional South African tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was World No. 110, which he achieved in August 2006. Rik currently resides in Vancouver, Canada where he pursues an active career in real estate specializing in North Vancouver and West Vancouver properties.
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.
Won tournament; reached the Finals; Semifinals; Quarterfinals; Rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; reached a Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup or Fed Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a Bronze, Silver (F or S) or Gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.
Masters 1000 de Indian Wells 2011.
Rafael Serving baseline view against Rik De Voest 3/12/2011
In a rain interrupted day, top seeded South African Rik de Voest was called off court leading 5-1 in the opening set against Evan Song of USA. De Voest returned to court to serve out the first set and complete an easy second set winning 6-1 6-2.
Końcówka 2. seta pomiędzy Ł. Kubotem a R. De Voestem. Zielona Góra, 05.04.2013
Rik De Voest has helped South Africa to a 3-2 win over Monaco in the Davis Cup Euro-Africa Group Two tie. De Voest defeated Benjamin Balleret in the reverse singles earlier, at the Irene Country Club in Centurion.
South Africa's top seed Rik de Voest continued his winning streak with a 6-4 6-4 win over France's Elie Rousset. De Voest hoped to step up his game on the following day when he hoped to be more aggressive in attacking plays playing the seventh seeded Simon Cauvard of France in the finals of the TSA NWU-PUKKE Futures tournament in Potchefstroom in December 2012.
Great match between these two guys. Ball has been having a good summer and ended up winning it in the 3rd set tie break. Lots of fun to watch. August 27th 2009
De laatste twee punten uit de wedstrijd tussen Robin Haase en Rik de Voest in Potchefstroom, Zuid-Afrika. Bekijk alle video's over de Davis Cup-ontmoeting op http://www.tennistv.nl.
Watch this interview with Rik De Voest of the Springfield Lasers as he talks about the "team performance" of the Lasers to clinch a win against the Sportimes on July 15, 2011. De Voest describes his feelings as this suspenseful match was unvealing itself and Martina Hingis of the New York Sportimes won her singles match 5/0 to bring the Sportimes back in the game. De Voest stepped on the court with Jean Andersen for the fifth and final event of men's doubles as the Lasers were leading by only one game 15/14. De Voest and Andersen won this last event 5/3 and gave the win 20/17 to the Lasers.
Interview met Robin Haase na zijn zege op Rik de Voest in Potchefstroom, Zuid-Afrika. Bekijk alle Davis Cup-video's op http://www.tennistv.nl.
Rik De Voest plays his final match in the Davis Cup tie against Lithuania.
South Africa slumped to a heartbreaking 3-2 defeat against Lithuania in the Euro-Africa Group Two Davis Cup tie at the Irene Country Club, this after entering the final day's play with a 2-1 lead. Davis cup veteran Rik de Voest admits that he paid the price for his slow start and he could not recover from then after going down 6-2 6-4 5-7 7-5 to Ricardas Berankis.... Rik De Voest was presented with a special International Tennis Federation (ITF) commitment award by ITF representative, Gerry Armstrong. De Voest also got a trophy for his 20th Davis Cup tie for South Africa and now joins an elite group of only four players (Cliff Drysdale, Frew McMillan and Wayne Ferreira) who have played 20 or more ties for the country. De Voest said it was a special moment for him to receive the award at h...
The South African Davis Cup team's preparations are on track as they get ready to face Lithuania in a crucial Group Two tie at Irene in Centurion this weekend. The South Africans must win the tie to keep their hopes of advancing to Group One of the tournament alive. Meanwhile, South African Davis Cup stalwart, Rik de Voest, has announced that the tie against Lithuania will be his last...http://owl.li/vjVfm
http://OffCourtOnCourt.com Steven Diez vs Rik De Voest ATP Challenger Pekao Open Szczecin 2013
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Final del Open Ciudad de Pozoblanco con Andrés Artuñedo y David Pérez en el Polideportivo Municipal de Pozoblanco
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Deuxième partie sur 4 de la Finale des Internationaux de Corse de Tennis, Corsica Tennis Open Marc Gicquel face à Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy
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