Philip Bester
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| Country (sports) |
 Canada
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| Residence | North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | ||||||||||||
| Born |
October 6, 1988 Sonthofen, West Germany |
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| Height | 1.88 m (6.2 ft) | ||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) | ||||||||||||
| Prize money | $252,407 | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 2–8 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 225 (July 27, 2015) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 333 (16 January, 2017) | ||||||||||||
| Grand Slam Singles results | |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 (2011) | ||||||||||||
| US Open | Q1 (2015) | ||||||||||||
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| Career record | 1–7 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) | ||||||||||||
| Career titles | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Highest ranking | No. 140 (October 3, 2016) | ||||||||||||
| Current ranking | No. 154 (16 January, 2017) | ||||||||||||
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| Last updated on: January 17, 2017. | |||||||||||||
Philip Bester (born October 6, 1988) is a Canadian professional tennis player of polish descent from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open. In doing so he became the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam final in singles.
Bester was coached by his dad Alek Bester from age 5 when he started. Alek, a long time P.E. teacher at York House School in Vancouver, was the core of Philip's physical and tennis development till around the age of 16. Rufus Nel a high performance coach from South Africa was also a big part of Philip's early development, contributing his tennis knowledge and expertise on the game of tennis. At age 13, still coached by his dad, Philip moved down to Florida to attend the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy. There he spent 4 years, before teaming up with Jon Sorbo for the 2006 year. He was a member of the 2005 Canadian Davis Cup team as a 17-year-old. He was also voted British Columbia's junior male athlete for 2005 and reached a career-high No. 8 on the International Tennis Federation Junior Boys rankings on January 2, 2006.
Bester's best junior result was in the Boys' Singles section of the 2006 French Open. He had a remarkable run for a natural serve-and-volleyer in becoming the first Canadian male junior to play in a Grand Slam final. (Later that year at the U.S. Open, Peter Polansky duplicated the feat.) Bester lost his final to Martin Kližan, 3-6, 1-6.
While still a junior, Bester competed in Canada F1 and F2 Futures tournaments in 2004, losing handily in the first round of each. In 2005, he won he first tour match 6-2, 6-4, over compatriot Rob Steckley, in the Granby Challenger. He lost convincingly in the first round of the Vancouver Challenger and Canada Masters tournaments during the same summer before reaching the semi-finals of Canada F1 in Toronto in October.
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