{"id":103237,"date":"2015-06-08T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T21:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olympique.ca\/?post_type=athletes&#038;p=103237"},"modified":"2015-06-19T12:00:37","modified_gmt":"2015-06-19T16:00:37","slug":"philip-bester","status":"publish","type":"athletes","link":"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/philip-bester\/","title":{"rendered":"Philip Bester"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?quality=100\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-103944 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=267\" alt=\"Philip Bester (1)\" width=\"160\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?resize=114,158 114w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?resize=267,371 267w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?resize=768,1065 768w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?resize=544,754 544w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?resize=1107,1536 1107w, https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?resize=1477,2048 1477w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>Ayant joint les rangs professionnels en 2006, Philip Bester est class\u00e9 au 229<sup>e<\/sup> rang du circuit de l\u2019ATP World Tour, un sommet en carri\u00e8re r\u00e9alis\u00e9 en juillet 2011. Il a remport\u00e9 sept tournois du circuit ITF Futures. Philip a connu une carri\u00e8re exceptionnelle sur le circuit junior, o\u00f9 il a gagn\u00e9 des titres canadiens des moins de 14, de 16 et de 18 ans. Il a aussi atteint la finale des Internationaux juniors de France en 2006 pour ainsi devenir le premier Canadien \u00e0 se rendre en finale d\u2019un tournoi du Grand Chelem. Il s\u2019est class\u00e9 au 8<sup>e<\/sup>\u00a0rang du circuit junior mondial, un jalon personnel depuis le d\u00e9but de sa carri\u00e8re. Philip ne s\u2019est pas encore qualifi\u00e9 pour une s\u00e9lection au tableau principal des tournois du Grand Chelem, mais a figur\u00e9 trois fois au tableau principal du circuit ATP Masters 1000 Canada, le plus r\u00e9cemment en 2007. La derni\u00e8re fois qu\u2019il a repr\u00e9sent\u00e9 le Canada, il a remport\u00e9 le match d\u00e9cisif contre l\u2019\u00c9quateur dans une comp\u00e9tition du Groupe\u00a01 des Am\u00e9riques \u00e0 l\u2019occasion de la Coupe Davis 2011. Cette victoire a permis au Canada d\u2019acc\u00e9der aux \u00e9liminatoires du Groupe du monde. Ensuite, apr\u00e8s avoir subi une blessure, il s\u2019est vu forcer de rester \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9cart de la comp\u00e9tition pendant un an. En 2012, Philip a effectu\u00e9 un retour pour subir une blessure \u00e0 la hanche qui a n\u00e9cessit\u00e9 une op\u00e9ration chirurgicale en novembre 2013. Sept mois plus tard, il est retourn\u00e9 \u00e0 la comp\u00e9tition et a pass\u00e9 la saison 2014 \u00e0 essayer de r\u00e9tablir sa position au sein du classement.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>\u00c0 PROPOS DE L\u2019ATHL\u00c8TE<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>D\u00e9buts\u00a0: <\/strong>Son p\u00e8re est son entra\u00eeneur depuis qu\u2019il a 5\u00a0ans. Lorsqu\u2019il \u00e9tait en 9<sup>e<\/sup> ann\u00e9e, Philip s\u2019est r\u00e9install\u00e9 en Floride pour s\u2019entra\u00eener \u00e0 la Bollettieri Tennis Academy.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>PALMAR\u00c8S INTERNATIONAL<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1\u00a0000\u00a0simple ATP\u00a0: <strong>2007<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada); <strong>2006<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada); <strong>2005<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada)<\/p>\n<p>1\u00a0000\u00a0double ATP\u00a0: <strong>2012<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada); <strong>2007<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada); <strong>2006<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada); <strong>2005<\/strong> \u2013 1<sup>er<\/sup> tour (Canada)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ayant joint les rangs professionnels en 2006, Philip Bester est class\u00e9 au 229e rang du circuit de l\u2019ATP World Tour,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"hof-categories":[],"year-inducted":[],"gender":[42123],"season":[],"sport":[1999],"game":[334881982],"team":[415982994],"event":[78340856,362820317,181823524],"province":[],"class_list":["post-103237","athletes","type-athletes","status-publish","hentry","gender-masculin","sport-tennis","game-2015-toronto","team-toronto-2015-tennis","event-double-mixte","event-doubles-hommes","event-simple-hommes"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Philip Bester - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/philip-bester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Philip Bester - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ayant joint les rangs professionnels en 2006, Philip Bester est class\u00e9 au 229e rang du circuit de l\u2019ATP World Tour,...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/olympique\/team-canada\/philip-bester\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"\u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2015-06-19T16:00:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/preprod.olympic.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/06\/philip-bester-1.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=267\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"joshsu\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/philip-bester\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/philip-bester\\\/\",\"name\":\"Philip Bester - \u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/philip-bester\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/philip-bester\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/philip-bester-1.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=267\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-06-08T21:32:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-06-19T16:00:37+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/philip-bester\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"fr-FR\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/team-canada\\\/philip-bester\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/philip-bester-1.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=267\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2015\\\/06\\\/philip-bester-1.jpg?quality=100&amp;w=267\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/preprod.olympic.ca\\\/olympique\\\/\",\"name\":\"\u00c9quipe Canada | Site officiel de l&#039;\u00e9quipe olympique\",\"description\":\"Votre source pour l\u2019\u00c9quipe olympique canadienne. 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