Frank Russell Dancevic is a retired Canadian professional tennis player.
80 Facts About Frank Dancevic
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Frank Dancevic first became the country's top singles player, according to ATP rankings, on February 10,2003, as an 18-year-old, and remained so from January 30,2006, until June 20,2010.
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Frank Dancevic has been the captain of Canada's Davis Cup team since 2017.
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Frank Dancevic's mother is Quebecoise, from Rouyn-Noranda, and his father is Serbian who originates from Apatin, Serbia.
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Frank Dancevic is married to a Serbian model Nikolina Bojic; in September, 2013 they married in a Serbian Orthodox church in his father's hometown of Apatin.
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The right-handed Frank Dancevic turned pro in 2003 and reached his career-high singles ranking in September 2007, at world No 65.
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Frank Dancevic became Canada's top ATP-ranked singles player on February 10,2003, replacing Simon Larose.
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Frank Dancevic held the position until May 19,2003, when he was surpassed by Larose.
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Frank Dancevic regained the Canada-number-one ranking on July 28,2003, replacing Fred Niemeyer, and held it until August 11.
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Frank Dancevic next was Canada's top-ranked player on August 16,2004, and remained so this time until July 18,2005, when he was replaced again by Niemeyer.
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Frank Dancevic regained the ranking once more, nevertheless, from August 1 to October 17,2005, only to lose it once more to Niemeyer.
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Frank Dancevic was coached by former tour player Leo Lavalle from sometime in 2008 until June 2009, when he returned to former mentor and Canadian Davis Cup captain, Martin Laurendeau.
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From May 2008 until hiring Lavalle, Frank Dancevic worked with Frenchman Boris Vallejo.
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Frank Dancevic played his professional tour event in July 2000, the Granby Challenger, and lost in the first round to the world No 381 player, Phillip King, in three sets.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the first round in the same event a year later in straight sets to the world No 157 player, Axel Pretzsch.
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Frank Dancevic ended the year however losing two singles matches in a Davis Cup tie with Brazil and in the first round of a Tyler, Texas Challenger.
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Frank Dancevic finished 2002 ranked world No 434 in singles and No 414 in doubles.
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Frank Dancevic began 2003 on a roll, winning the first two tournaments he entered and reaching the semifinals of a third, all Futures played in consecutive weeks in January in Florida.
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Frank Dancevic finished the year however losing five of seven matches, and his first five of 2004.
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Frank Dancevic lost in qualifying for the 2004 Australian Open in the second round.
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In March 2004 Frank Dancevic's fortunes changed as he reached the final of France F5.
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Frank Dancevic reached the second round in the next two challengers, the quarters in the next, and then the semifinals in Surbiton on grass.
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Frank Dancevic attempted to qualify for Wimbledon but lost in the first round.
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Frank Dancevic followed this up though by reaching the semifinals at the Binghamton, New York Challenger and the second round in US Open qualifying.
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Frank Dancevic had a better autumn playing the American Challenger Tour, posting 11 match-wins against five losses.
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Frank Dancevic finished 2004 ranked world No 171 in singles and No 462 in doubles.
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Frank Dancevic began 2005 playing four consecutive International Series or higher events, going two wins, four losses.
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Frank Dancevic went one step better in Grand Slam play too, reaching the third round of qualifying for the Australian Open.
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Frank Dancevic improved at Wimbledon too, reaching the second round in qualifying.
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Frank Dancevic finished 2005 ranked world No 188 in singles and No 403 in doubles.
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Frank Dancevic began the year with a bang in winning the first event that he entered, the Waikoloa Challenger, reaching finals of his next event, the Besancon Challenger, and then the semifinals of the Cherbourg Challenger.
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Frank Dancevic was defeated in the first round by Radek Stepanek in straight sets, however.
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Frank Dancevic's singles ranking cracked the top 100 for the first time with his title victory in Granby.
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Frank Dancevic retired from his final match of the year, in the first round of the Champaign Challenger.
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Frank Dancevic finished the year ranked world No 88 in singles and No 479 in doubles.
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Frank Dancevic opened the Australian Open with a straight sets win over Victor Hanescu and lost in the second round to No 19 seed Lleyton Hewitt in four sets.
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Frank Dancevic then lost in the second round of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors to Marcos Baghdatis after a straight sets win over Alexander Waske.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the first round of the next three International Series events he appeared in San Jose, Memphis, and Las Vegas, losing to Andy Roddick, Andy Murray, and Igor Kunitsyn respectively.
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Frank Dancevic then reached the second round at the ATP Masters Series Indian Wells, defeating Waske again and losing to Fernando Gonzalez.
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Frank Dancevic then dropped down to the challenger circuit, reaching the finals in Bermuda, the second round in Naples, Florida, and losing in the first round at Tunica Resorts and Forest Hills.
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Frank Dancevic defeated Sergio Roitman, reaching the second round at Queen's Club.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the final round of qualifying in Wimbledon but reached the main draw as a lucky loser.
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Frank Dancevic has become the first Canadian to reach the semifinals of a top-level ATP tournament since Sebastien Lareau did so in February 2001.
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Frank Dancevic became the first Canadian to reach an ATP final since Greg Rusedski did so in 1995.
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Frank Dancevic played his first US Open in 2007, and lost a hard-fought three-set match to former world No 1 and 2000 US Open champion Marat Safin, the 25th seed.
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Frank Dancevic's ranking was good enough however to allow him to gain entry into the main draw of the French Open, which marked the first time a Canadian had done so since Daniel Nestor in 1999.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the first round in four sets to unheralded Miguel Angel Lopez Jaen.
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Frank Dancevic then lost in the first round of Swanston Challenger, to Filipino-American veteran Cecil Mamiit before reaching the semifinals at the Mercedes Benz of Calabasas Challenger, beating Michael McClune, Alex Bogomolov Jr.
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Frank Dancevic next lost in the first round of the next two Challengers, in Louisville and Nashville.
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Frank Dancevic opened 2009 failing to qualify for the main draw of the Brisbane International, in the first week of the schedule.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the final qualifying round of the Australian Open as the No 14 seed but has been entered into the main draw as a lucky loser, where he lost in the first round to No 9 seed James Blake in straight sets.
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Two weeks later Frank Dancevic lost in the first round of qualifying of the Cellular South Cup.
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Frank Dancevic then returned to poor form, losing in the first round of three consecutive Challenger events.
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Frank Dancevic then lost in the first round of the Aegon Trophy Challenger and second round of qualifying for the Aegon Championships as the top seed.
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Frank Dancevic has rebounded in a big way on the eve of Wimbledon, having reached the final of an ATP Tour event for only his second time, the Aegon International.
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Frank Dancevic has attributed his turnaround with returning to work with his former coach, Martin Laurendeau.
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Forturnately for him, despite this lose, Frank Dancevic only dropped one place in the ATP rankings.
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Frank Dancevic had not beaten the Russian No 2 in 3 previous attempts.
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Frank Dancevic has not played in a tour event since the US Open.
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Frank Dancevic used one of these to be a regular entrant in the main draw of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, a tournament with an entry cut-off ranking of world No 140.
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Frank Dancevic next received a wild card into the main draw of the Granby Challenger and reached the semifinals.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the first round in doubles, partnering Adil Shamasdin.
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Two weeks ago, Frank Dancevic was part of the Canadian Davis Cup team in a play-off series versus the Dominican Republic.
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Frank Dancevic joined Daniel Nestor to win the doubles rubber in straight sets and he won a dead rubber in singles.
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Frank Dancevic played doubles partnering compatriot Vasek Pospisil and the duo reached the semifinals, having upset the No 1 seeds, Pierre-Ludovic Duclos and Nicholas Monroe, in the second round.
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Against Kunitsyn, Frank Dancevic broke the Russian's serve three times out of four chances while saving 3 of 4 break points against.
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Frank Dancevic ended 2010 ranked world No 269 in singles and No 1299 in doubles.
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Early March saw Canada win their 2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I tie away to Mexico, despite Frank Dancevic squandering a two-set lead to loss to the in-form Daniel Garza in the opening rubber.
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The next two weeks saw Frank Dancevic reach the second round of qualifying for the month's two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the US.
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Frank Dancevic has had likely his best clay court season ever, culminating in qualifying for the main draw of the French Open for the first time ever.
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Frank Dancevic began by reaching the third qualifying round for the US Clay Court Championships.
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Frank Dancevic then took out clay-courter Eduardo Schwank in two tie breaks.
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Frank Dancevic played well to qualify for the main draw of the Wimbledon Championships, not dropping more than four games in a set over three matches.
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Frank Dancevic lost in the first round of qualifying as an alternate entry in the 2019 China Open and the 2020 ASB Classic, but his last planned-upon tournament appearance in singles was a loss in first round of qualifying at the 2018 Rogers Cup.
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Frank Dancevic debuted in 2002, when he played a dead rubber in each of the early season ties before losing the opening singles match versus Brazil in World Group qualifying.
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In 2004, Frank Dancevic was Davis Cup hero as he defeated Flavio Saretta in the deciding rubber that saw Canada join the World Group for 2005.
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Frank Dancevic defeated Giovanni Lapentti in straight sets to level Canada at 1 with Ecuador in a 2009 first-round Americas Zone 1 tie played indoors at the Rexall Centre.
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Frank Dancevic was again named to the Davis Cup team, this time for a September, 2010, in a tie versus the Dominican Republic.
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Canada went on, with Frank Dancevic either electing not to play or not being selected, to win promotion to the World Group for 2012.
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Frank Dancevic was a late scratch in the quarterfinals versus Italy due to a swollen knee.