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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, 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.
 
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, Bester 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 and ITF Futures finals==
 
===Singles: 19 (9 titles, 10 runners-up)===
==ATP Challenger Tour finals==
===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (0–1)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
|Vincent Millot (FRA)
|4–6, 4–6
|}
 
===Doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runners-up)===
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (7–2)
|-
|Clay (0–0)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
!Tier
!Surface
!Partner
!Opponents
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–1</small>
|Jul 2005
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Frank Dancevic]] (CAN)
|Johan Landsberg (SWE) <br /> Lu Yen-hsun (TPE)
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–1</small>
|Jul 2008
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Alberto Francis (USA) <br /> Nicholas Monroe (USA)
|2–6, 6–1, [10–5]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>2–1</small>
|Feb 2011
|style="background:moccasin;"|Burnie, Australia
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Marinko Matosevic (AUS) <br /> Jose Rubin Statham (NZL)
|6–4, 3–6, [14–12]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–1</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada <small>(2)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Vasek Pospisil]] (CAN)
|Yuichi Ito (JPN) <br /> Takuto Niki (JPN)
|6–1, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>4–1</small>
|Mar 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger de Drummondville|Drummondville]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard (i)
|Chris Guccione (AUS)
|[[Frank Dancevic]] (CAN) <br /> Frank Moser (GER)
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>5–1</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Championnats de Granby|Granby]], Canada <small>(3)</small>
|style="background:moccasin;"|$100,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Enzo Couacaud (FRA) <br /> Luke Saville (AUS)
|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, [10–7]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–1</small>
|Feb 2016
|style="background:moccasin;"|Cuernavaca, Mexico
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Marcelo Arévalo (ESA) <br /> Sergio Galdós (PER)
|6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>7–1</small>
|Sep 2016
|style="background:moccasin;"|Cary, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Stefan Kozlov (USA) <br /> Austin Krajicek (USA)
|6–2, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>7–2</small>
|Sep 2016
|style="background:moccasin;"|Columbus, United States
|style="background:moccasin;"|$50,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Miķelis Lībietis (LAT) <br /> Dennis Novikov (USA)
|5–7, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|}
 
==ITF Circuit finals==
===Singles: 18 (9 titles, 9 runners-up)===
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:moccasinlightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–2)
|ATP Challenger Tour (0–1)
|- style="background:#cffcffccccff;"
|ITF Futures$15,000 tournaments (9–95–7)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 tournaments (3–0)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (4–7)
|-
|Clay (4–2)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (1–0)
|}
|}
 
Line 27 ⟶ 215:
|<small>1–0</small>
|May 2009
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|USA F11, Tampa
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Haydn Lewis (BAR)
Line 36 ⟶ 224:
|<small>1–1</small>
|Jun 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|France F9, Toulon
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|Augustin Gensse (FRA)
Line 45 ⟶ 233:
|<small>2–1</small>
|Jul 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|France F12, Saint-Gervais
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|Augustin Gensse (FRA)
Line 54 ⟶ 242:
|<small>2–2</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Spain F33, Móstoles
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|Roberto Bautista-Agut (ESP)
Line 63 ⟶ 251:
|<small>3–2</small>
|Oct 2010
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|USA F28, Birmingham
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|James Lemke (AUS)
Line 72 ⟶ 260:
|<small>4–2</small>
|Nov 2010
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|USA F31, Amelia Island
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Ádám Kellner (HUN)
Line 81 ⟶ 269:
|<small>5–2</small>
|Jun 2011
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|USA F14, Chico
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Blake Strode (USA)
Line 90 ⟶ 278:
|<small>6–2</small>
|Jul 2013
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F3, Kelowna
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
Line 99 ⟶ 287:
|<small>6–3</small>
|Aug 2013
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F5, Calgary
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
Line 108 ⟶ 296:
|<small>6–4</small>
|Sep 2013
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F9, Markham
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard (i)
|[[Filip Peliwo]] (CAN)
Line 117 ⟶ 305:
|<small>6–5</small>
|Sep 2014
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F11, Markham
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Farris Fathi Gosea (GBR)
Line 126 ⟶ 314:
|<small>6–6</small>
|Dec 2014
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Mexico F15, Mérida
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Dennis Novikov (USA)
Line 135 ⟶ 323:
|<small>7–6</small>
|Mar 2015
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Italy F2, Trento
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Carpet (i)
|Quentin Halys (FRA)
Line 144 ⟶ 332:
|<small>7–7</small>
|Mar 2015
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F1, Gatineau
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Tennys Sandgren (USA)
Line 153 ⟶ 341:
|<small>8–7</small>
|Jun 2015
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F3, Richmond
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
Line 161 ⟶ 349:
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>8–8</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|Vincent Millot (FRA)
|4–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>8–9</small>
|Jan 2016
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|USA F1, Los Angeles
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Futures$25,000
|Hard
|Stefan Kozlov (USA)
Line 178 ⟶ 357:
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>9–99–8</small>
|Jul 2016
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Canada F5, Saskatoon
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Futures$25,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
Line 187 ⟶ 366:
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>9–109–9</small>
|Apr 2017
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|USA F13, Little Rock
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Futures$25,000
|Hard
|[[Brayden Schnur]] (CAN)
Line 196 ⟶ 375:
|}
 
===Doubles: 26 (13 titles, 13 runners-up)===
==ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (20)==
{|
|- valign="top"
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Legend
|- style="background:moccasinlightblue;"
|ITF $25,000 tournaments (2–2)
|ATP Challenger Tour (7)
|- style="background:#cffcffccccff;"
|ITF Futures$15,000 tournaments (137–7)
|- style="background:#f0f8ff;"
|ITF $10,000 tournaments (4–4)
|}
|
{|class="wikitable"
!Titles by surface
|-
|Hard (8–9)
|-
|Clay (5–4)
|-
|Grass (0–0)
|-
|Carpet (0–0)
|}
|}
 
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!Result
!class="unsortable"|No.
!class="unsortable"|W–L
!Date
!Tournament
Line 215 ⟶ 413:
!class="unsortable"|Score
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1.
|<small>0–1</small>
|Sep 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|USA F22, Claremont
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Glenn Weiner (USA)
|Nikita Kryvonos (USA) <br /> Michael McClune (USA)
|4–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>0–2</small>
|Sep 2007
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|USA F23, Costa Mesa
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Hard
|Glenn Weiner (USA)
|Brad Pomeroy (USA) <br /> Arnar Sigurdsson (ISL)
|6–3, 3–6, [4–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>1–2</small>
|Nov 2007
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Mexico F12, Mazatlán
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Hard
|Glenn Weiner (USA)
|Fernando Cabrera (MEX) <br /> Carlos Palencia (MEX)
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|2.
|<small>2–2</small>
|Jul 2008
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Alberto Francis (USA) <br /> Nicholas Monroe (USA)
|2–6, 6–1, [10–5]
|-
|3.
|Apr 2009
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|USA F7, Mobile
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|[[Milos Raonic]] (CAN)
Line 242 ⟶ 453:
|6–3, 1–6, [10–5]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|4.
|<small>2–3</small>
|May 2009
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|USA F10, Orange Park
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Greg Ouellette (USA)
|Marcus Fugate (USA) <br /> Todd Paul (USA)
|4–6, 1–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>2–4</small>
|Jun 2009
|style="background:#ccccff;"|USA F14, Chico
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Greg Ouellette (USA)
|Daniel Yoo (KOR) <br /> Denis Zivkovic (USA)
|1–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>3–4</small>
|Oct 2009
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|USA F26, Mansfield
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
Line 251 ⟶ 483:
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, [10–7]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|5.
|<small>4–4</small>
|Jun 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|France F9, Toulon
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
Line 260 ⟶ 493:
|6–3, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|6.
|<small>5–4</small>
|Jul 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|France F10, Montauban
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Clay
|Jonathan Eysseric (FRA)
Line 269 ⟶ 503:
|Walkover
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|7.
|<small>5–5</small>
|Jul 2010
|style="background:#ccccff;"|France F12, Saint-Gervais
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Laurent Rochette (FRA)
|Jérôme Inzerillo (FRA) <br /> Romain Jouan (FRA)
|6–2, 4–6, [7–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>5–6</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Spain F32, Oviedo
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Clay
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
|Pablo Carreño Busta (ESP) <br /> Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán (ESP)
|2–6, 6–4, [5–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>6–6</small>
|Sep 2010
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Spain F33, Móstoles
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
Line 278 ⟶ 533:
|7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6, [13–11]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|8.
|<small>7–6</small>
|Oct 2010
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|USA F28, Birmingham
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
Line 287 ⟶ 543:
|6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–4, [10–5]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|9.
|<small>8–6</small>
|Feb 2011
|style="background:moccasin;"|Burnie, Australia
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Marinko Matosevic (AUS) <br /> Rubin Jose Statham (NZL)
|6–4, 3–6, [14–12]
|-
|10.
|May 2012
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|USA F13, Tampa
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Kamil Pajkowski (CAN)
Line 305 ⟶ 553:
|7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–1
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|11.
|<small>8–7</small>
|Jul 2012
|style="background:moccasin#ccccff;"|[[ChallengerCanada Banque Nationale de Granby|Granby]]F3, CanadaKelowna
|style="background:moccasin#ccccff;"|Challenger$15,000
|Hard
|[[VasekKamil Pospisil]]Pajkowski (CAN)
|Yuichi[[Érik ItoChvojka]] (JPNCAN) <br /> TakutoGreg NikiOuellette (JPNUSA)
|7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>, 4–6, [8–10]
|6–1, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|12.
|<small>8–8</small>
|Jul 2014
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Canada F4, Kelowna
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Matt Seeberger (USA)
|Carl Eguez (USA) <br /> Anderson Reed (USA)
|6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>8–9</small>
|Aug 2014
|style="background:#ccccff;"|Canada F8, Winnipeg
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard
|Marcus Daniell (NZL)
|Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL) <br /> Saketh Myneni (IND)
|5–7, 5–7
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>8–10</small>
|Nov 2014
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|Italy F38, Santa Margherita di Pula
|style="background:#f0f8ff;"|$10,000
|Clay
|Matteo Volante (ITA)
|Gastón-Arturo Grimolizzi (ARG) <br /> Giorgio Portaluri (ITA)
|4–6, 6–0, [6–10]
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|<small>9–10</small>
|Nov 2014
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Italy F39, Santa Margherita di Pula
|style="background:#cffcfff0f8ff;"|Futures$10,000
|Clay
|Matteo Volante (ITA)
Line 323 ⟶ 603:
|6–2, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|13.
|<small>10–10</small>
|Dec 2014
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Mexico F15, Mérida
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Eric Quigley (USA)
Line 332 ⟶ 613:
|4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, [12–10]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|14.
|<small>10–11</small>
|Mar 2015
|Apr 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Drummondville|Drummondville]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin#ccccff;"|ChallengerUSA F12, Harlingen
|style="background:#ccccff;"|$15,000
|Hard (i)
|Hard
|Chris Guccione (AUS)
|Dimitar Kutrovsky (BUL)
|[[Frank Dancevic]] (CAN) <br /> Frank Moser (GER)
|Deiton Baughman (USA) <br /> Hunter Nicholas (USA)
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>
|3–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|15.
|<small>11–11</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Canada F4, Kelowna
|style="background:#cffcffccccff;"|Futures$15,000
|Hard
|Matt Seeberger (USA)
Line 350 ⟶ 633:
|7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|16.
|<small>12–11</small>
|Jul 2015
|style="background:moccasin;"|[[Challenger Banque Nationale de Granby|Granby]], Canada
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Enzo Couacaud (FRA) <br /> Luke Saville (AUS)
|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, [10–7]
|-
|17.
|Feb 2016
|style="background:moccasin;"|Cuernavaca, Mexico
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|Marcelo Arévalo (ESA) <br /> Sergio Galdós (PER)
|6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
|-
|18.
|Jun 2016
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Canada F3, Richmond
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Futures$25,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
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|7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|19.
|<small>13–11</small>
|Jul 2016
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Canada F5, Saskatoon
|style="background:#cffcfflightblue;"|Futures$25,000
|Hard
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
Line 386 ⟶ 653:
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|20.
|<small>13–12</small>
|Sep 2016
|Apr 2017
|style="background:moccasin;"|Cary, United States
|style="background:moccasinlightblue;"|ChallengerUSA F12, Memphis
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Alex Lawson (USA)
|[[Peter Polansky]] (CAN)
|StefanLloyd KozlovGlasspool (USAGBR) <br /> AustinMackenzie KrajicekMcDonald (USA)
|2–6, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>
|6–2, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|<small>13–13</small>
|Apr 2017
|style="background:lightblue;"|USA F13, Little Rock
|style="background:lightblue;"|$25,000
|Hard
|Ante Pavić (CRO)
|Luke Bambridge (GBR) <br /> Gavin van Peperzeel (AUS)
|6–2, 3–6, [9–11]
|}
 
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===Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)===
{|class="sortable wikitable"
!style="width:65px;"|Result
!style="width:40px;"|Year
!style="width:150px;"|Tournament
!style="width:50px;"|Surface
!style="width:150px225px;"|Opponent
!style="width:125px150px;" class="unsortable"|Score
|- style="background:#ebc2af;"
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||2006||French Open||Clay||Martin Kližan (SVK)||3–6, 1–6
|}
 
==Singles performance timeline==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!Tournament!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!SR!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=9 style="text-align:left;"|'''Grand Slam tournaments'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Australian Open
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|French Open
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|Wimbledon
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|US Open
|A
|A
|A
|A
|style="background:#ecf2ff;"|Q1
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|- style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"
|style="text-align:left;"|Win–Loss
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0–0
|0 / 0
|0–0
|–
|}
 
==External links==
*[http://www.cdntennis.ca/philipbester Profile on CdnTennis.ca]
 
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