Frank Dancevic
Birthdate
September 26, 1984
Birthplace
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
From
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Height
6’1” (1,85m)
Style of play
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Turned pro
2003
Retired
2019
Best ATP singles ranking
No. 65 (September 10, 2007)
Best ATP doubles ranking
No. 175 (January 28, 2008)
Profile on CdnTennis.ca
Biography Frank Dancevic (born September 26, 1984 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He reached a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 65 on September 10, 2007 and a career-high ATP doubles ranking of No. 175 on January 28, 2008.
In 2001, on the junior circuit, he won the Wimbledon doubles title and reached the Australian Open doubles final. Dancevic has reached two ATP singles finals, in 2007 in Indianapolis and in 2009 in Eastbourne. Also in 2007, he reached the ATP doubles final in Tokyo. He advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2007 Rogers Cup in Montréal. He competed in singles at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, losing in the first round to the 9th seed Stan Wawrinka. In 2011, Dancevic became the first player, in one calendar year, to enter the main draw of all four Grand Slams by playing the qualifying competition for each event. He was named Male Player of the Year by Tennis Canada in 2006 and received the Davis Cup Commitment Award in 2014. He retired in 2019.
Dancevic's father is John and mother Doris. His mother is Québécoise, from Rouyn-Noranda, and his father is Serbian who originates from Apatin in Serbia. Dancevic has three younger sisters, Monika, born in 1986, who completed her NCAA tennis career at the University of Georgia in 2009. She was the NCAA number 35 ranked singles player as a sophomore for the Bulldogs in 2006–07 and has been ranked by the WTA as high as World No. 775. Also, Sonja and Kristina who are twins and born in 1989. Frank is married to Serbian model Nikolina Bojić. They married in September 2013 in a Serbian Orthodox church in his father's hometown of Apatin. In 2017, he was named captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team .
ATP career finals Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP International Series /
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
Jul 2007
Indianapolis Tennis Championships, United States
International Series
Hard
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
4–6, 5–7
Loss
0–2
Jun 2009
Eastbourne International, United Kingdom
250 Series
Grass
Dmitry Tursunov (RUS)
3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
Olympic Games (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series /
ATP International Series Gold /
ATP International Series /
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
0–1
Oct 2007
Japan Open Tennis Championships, Japan
International Series Gold
Hard
Stephen Huss (AUS)
Jordan Kerr (AUS)
4–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger Tour finals Singles: 17 (8 titles, 9 runners-up)
Titles by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2003
Granby , Canada
$50,000
Hard
Eric Taino (USA)
7–6(12–10) , 6–1
Win
2–0
Jul 2003
Lexington, United States
$50,000
Hard
Petr Kralert (CZE)
7–5, 6–4
Loss
2–1
Jul 2004
Aptos, United States
$50,000
Hard
Kevin Kim (USA)
6–7(2–7) , 3–6
Loss
2–2
Nov 2005
Boston, United States
$75,000
Hard (i)
Paul Goldstein (USA)
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win
3–2
Jan 2006
Waikoloa, United States
$50,000
Hard
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
6–7(15–17) , 6–2, 6–2
Loss
3–3
Feb 2006
Besançon, France
$100,000
Hard (i)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
3–6, 4–6
Loss
3–4
May 2006
Atlanta, United States
$25,000
Clay
Diego Hartfield (ARG)
5–7, 0–6
Win
4–4
Jul 2006
Granby , Canada (2)
$50,000
Hard
Tobias Clemens (GER)
6–7(2–7) , 7–6(8–6) , 6–3
Loss
4–5
Apr 2007
Paget, Bermuda
$100,000
Clay
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)
5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win
5–5
Jun 2008
Surbiton, United Kingdom
$50,000
Grass
Kevin Anderson (RSA)
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
5–6
Sep 2008
Lubbock, United States
$50,000
Hard
John Isner (USA)
6–7(2–7) , 6–4, 2–6
Win
6–6
Mar 2012
Dallas, United States
$125,000
Hard
Igor Andreev (RUS)
7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Loss
6–7
Apr 2012
Tallahassee, United States
$50,000
Hard
Tim Smyczek (USA)
5–7, retired
Win
7–7
Jul 2013
Granby , Canada (3)
$50,000
Hard
Lukáš Lacko (SVK)
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 6–3
Loss
7–8
May 2014
Tallahassee, United States
$50,000
Clay
Robby Ginepri (USA)
3–6, 4–6
Win
8–8
Jun 2014
Košice, Slovakia
$40,000
Clay
Norbert Gombos (SVK)
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss
8–9
Mar 2015
Drummondville , Canada
$50,000
Hard (i)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
7–6(13–11) , 6–7(3–7) , 5–7
Doubles: 9 (2 titles, 7 runners-up)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jul 2004
Granby , Canada
$50,000
Hard
Brian Baker (USA)
Harel Levy (ISR)
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
Loss
1–1
Jul 2005
Granby , Canada
$50,000
Hard
Philip Bester (CAN)
Johan Landsberg (SWE)
6–4, 6–7(5–7) , 5–7
Loss
1–2
Nov 2008
Louisville, United States
$50,000
Hard (i)
Dušan Vemić (SRB)
Prakash Amritraj (IND) Jesse Levine (USA)
3–6, 6–7(10–12)
Win
2–2
Jul 2013
Lexington, United States
$50,000
Hard
Peter Polansky (CAN)
Bradley Klahn (USA)
7–5, 6–3
Loss
2–3
Nov 2014
Champaign, United States
$50,000
Hard (i)
Adil Shamasdin (CAN)
Ross William Guignon (USA)
6–7(2–7) , 2–6
Loss
2–4
Feb 2015
Wrocław, Poland
$100,000
Hard (i)
Andriej Kapaś (POL)
Philipp Petzschner (GER)
6–7(4–7) , 3–6
Loss
2–5
Mar 2015
Drummondville , Canada
$50,000
Hard (i)
Frank Moser (GER)
Philip Bester (CAN) 4–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss
2–6
Jul 2015
Winnetka, United States
$50,000
Hard
Sekou Bangoura (USA)
Johan Brunström (SWE)
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss
2–7
Nov 2016
Ortisei, Italy
$75,000
Hard (i)
Marko Tepavac (SRB)
Kevin Krawietz (GER)
4–6, 4–6
ITF Circuit finals Singles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runners-up)
Legend
ITF $25,000 tournaments (1–0)
ITF $15,000 tournaments (3–3)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (3–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–4)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
May 2002
USA F12, Tampa
$15,000
Clay
José de Armas (VEN)
6–7(6–8) , 7–5, 4–6
Win
1–1
Jan 2003
USA F1, Tampa
$10,000
Hard
Wolfgang Schranz (AUT)
7–6(7–3) , 6–4
Loss
1–2
Jan 2003
USA F2, Kissimmee
$10,000
Hard
Matias Boeker (USA)
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss
1–3
Jun 2003
Canada F1, Mississauga
$10,000
Hard
Rameez Junaid (AUS)
2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win
2–3
Jun 2003
Canada F2, Montréal
$10,000
Hard
Huntley Montgomery (USA)
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Loss
2–4
Mar 2004
France F5, Poitiers
$15,000
Hard (i)
Uros Vico (ITA)
6–7(6–8) , 4–6
Win
3–4
Sep 2015
Canada F8, Calgary
$15,000
Hard
Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)
6–4, 6–3
Win
4–4
Sep 2015
Canada F9, Toronto
$15,000
Clay
Tennys Sandgren (USA)
7–5, 6–3
Win
5–4
Sep 2015
Canada F10, Toronto
$15,000
Hard
Sanam Singh (IND)
6–3, 6–2
Loss
5–5
Sep 2015
Canada F11, Markham
$15,000
Hard
Sanam Singh (IND)
4–6, 2–6
Win
6–5
May 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina F2, Brčko
$10,000
Clay
Kristijan Mesaroš (CRO)
6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Win
7–5
Sep 2016
Canada F7, Toronto (2)
$25,000
Clay
Ivan Endara (ECU)
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–3)
Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runners-up)
Legend
ITF $25,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $15,000 tournaments (0–0)
ITF $10,000 tournaments (1–2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Win
1–0
Jan 2003
USA F1, Tampa
$10,000
Hard
Simon Larose (CAN)
Benjamin Cassaigne (FRA)
6–3, 6–4
Loss
1–1
Jun 2003
Canada F1, Mississauga
$10,000
Hard
Ryan Russell (JAM)
Trace Fielding (USA)
4–6, 6–7(2–7)
Loss
1–2
May 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina F2, Brčko
$10,000
Clay
Nebojša Perić (SRB)
Lucas Miedler (AUT)
2–6, 6–4, [6–10]
Junior Grand Slam finals Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Result
Year
Tournament
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
Loss
2001
Australian Open
Hard
Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)
Ytai Abougzir (USA)
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
2001
Wimbledon
Grass
Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)
Bruno Echagaray (MEX)
6–1, 6–4
Singles performance timeline
Tournament
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
SR
W–L
Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
A
Q2
Q3
Q3
2R
1R
1R
A
1R
A
Q1
1R
Q1
Q1
A
Q2
0 / 5
1–5
17%
French Open
A
A
A
Q1
Q1
1R
Q1
A
1R
1R
Q3
Q3
Q1
A
A
A
0 / 3
0–3
0%
Wimbledon
A
Q1
Q2
1R
2R
2R
1R
Q1
1R
A
Q2
2R
Q1
A
Q1
A
0 / 6
3–6
33%
US Open
Q2
Q2
Q2
Q2
1R
1R
Q1
Q3
1R
Q1
2R
1R
A
Q2
Q3
A
0 / 5
1–5
17%
Win–Loss
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–1
2–3
1–4
0–2
0–0
0–4
0–1
1–1
1–3
0–0
0–0
0–0
0–0
0 / 19
5–19
21%
Doubles performance timeline
Tournament
2007
2008
2009
2010
SR
W–L
Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open
1R
1R
A
A
0 / 2
0–2
0%
French Open
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Wimbledon
A
A
A
Q1
0 / 0
0–0
–
US Open
A
A
A
A
0 / 0
0–0
–
Win–Loss
0–1
0–1
0–0
0–0
0 / 2
0–2
0%
Wins over top-10 opponents Dancevic has a 2–13 (13%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Wins over top-10 opponents per season
Season
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
Total
Wins
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
No.
Opponent
Rank
Event
Surface
Round
Score
Dancevic
2007
1.
Andy Roddick (USA)
5
Indianapolis Tennis Championships, United States
Hard
SF
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
109
2008
2.
David Nalbandian (ARG)
7
Wimbledon, United Kingdom
Grass
1R
6–4, 6–2, 6–4
95
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