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{{Infobox player
|image = PhilipBester.png
|birthdate = October 6, 1988
|birthplace = Sonthofen, Germany
|dateofdeath =
|placeofdeath =
|from = North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
|residence =
|height = 6’2” (1,88m)
|styleofplay = Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
|turnedpro = 2006
|retired = 2017
|bestatpsinglesranking = No. 225 (July 27, 2015)
|bestatpdoublesranking = No. 140 (October 3, 2016)
|bestitfjuniorranking =
|canadiantennishalloffame =
|cdntennisprofile = [http://www.cdntennis.ca/philipbester Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
}}
 
==Biography==
'''Philip Bester''' (born October 6, 1988 in Sonthofen, Germany) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He is of Polish descent from and now resides in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 225 on July 27, 2015 and a career-high juniorATP doubles ranking of No. 8140 on JanuaryOctober 23, 2006. Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open and in doing so, he became the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam final in singles. At the 2015 Pan American Games, he won a silver medal in mixed doubles with [[Gabriela Dabrowski]]. Also in 2015, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final, losing to Vincent Millot in [[Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby|Granby]]. He retired in 20172016.
 
Bester was a finalist at the 2006 junior French Open and in doing so, he became the first Canadian male to reach a Grand Slam final in singles. At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, he won a silver medal in mixed doubles with [[Gabriela Dabrowski]]. Also in 2015, he reached his first ATP Challenger singles final, losing to Vincent Millot in [[Championnats de Granby|Granby]]. He retired in August 2017. Bester made a brief return in March 2018 at an ITF 25K in Calabasas, United States, but lost in the second round of qualifying.
 
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, PhilipBester 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.
 
==ATP Challenger Tour finals==
===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
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|<small>0–1</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
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===Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up)===
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|<small>0–1</small>
|Jul 2005
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
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|<small>1–1</small>
|Jul 2008
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
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|<small>3–1</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
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|<small>4–1</small>
|Mar 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville|Drummondville]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard (i)
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|<small>5–1</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque NationaleChampionnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada <small>(3)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
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==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runners-up)===
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|- style="background:#ccccff;"
|ITF $15,000 tournaments (5–7)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (8–73–0)
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|<small>1–1</small>
|Jun 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|France F9, Toulon
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Augustin Gensse (FRA)
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|<small>2–1</small>
|Jul 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|France F12, Saint-Gervais
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Augustin Gensse (FRA)
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|<small>2–2</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Spain F33, Móstoles
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)
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|<small>5–2</small>
|Jun 2011
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F14, Chico
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Blake Strode (USA)
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|<small>6–2</small>
|Jul 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F3, Kelowna
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
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|<small>6–3</small>
|Aug 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F5, Calgary
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
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|<small>6–4</small>
|Sep 2013
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F9, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Filip Peliwo]] (CAN)
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|<small>6–5</small>
|Sep 2014
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F11, Markham
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Farris Fathi Gosea (GBR)
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|<small>6–6</small>
|Dec 2014
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Mexico F15, Mérida
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Dennis Novikov (USA)
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|<small>7–6</small>
|Mar 2015
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Italy F2, Trento
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Carpet (i)
|Quentin Halys (FRA)
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|<small>7–7</small>
|Mar 2015
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F1, Gatineau
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Tennys Sandgren (USA)
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|<small>8–7</small>
|Jun 2015
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F3, Richmond
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
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===Doubles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runners-up)===
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|ITF $25,000 tournaments (2–2)
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|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 / $15,000 tournaments (11–114–4)
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|<small>2–2</small>
|Apr 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F7, Mobile
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|[[Milos Raonic]] (CAN)
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|<small>2–4</small>
|Jun 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F14, Chico
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Greg Ouellette (USA)
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|<small>3–4</small>
|Oct 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F26, Mansfield
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
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|<small>4–4</small>
|Jun 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|France F9, Toulon
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
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|<small>5–4</small>
|Jul 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|France F10, Montauban
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
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|<small>5–5</small>
|Jul 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|France F12, Saint-Gervais
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Laurent Rochette (FRA)
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|<small>5–6</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Spain F32, Oviedo
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
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|<small>6–6</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Spain F33, Móstoles
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
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|<small>8–7</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F3, Kelowna
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
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|<small>8–8</small>
|Jul 2014
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F4, Kelowna
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Matt Seeberger (USA)
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|<small>8–9</small>
|Aug 2014
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F8, Winnipeg
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Marcus Daniell (NZL)
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|<small>10–10</small>
|Dec 2014
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Mexico F15, Mérida
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Eric Quigley (USA)
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|<small>10–11</small>
|Apr 2015
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|USA F12, Harlingen
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL)
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|<small>11–11</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|Canada F4, Kelowna
|style="background:#f0f8ffccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Matt Seeberger (USA)
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!Tournament!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
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|colspan=9 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam Tournamentstournaments'''
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|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
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|–
|}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/philipbester Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
 
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