Biography
Frank Dancevic (born September 26, 1984 in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian professional tennis player. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 65 in September 2007. 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 Roger Cup in Montréal. In August 2011, Dancevic became the first men's singles player, in one calendar year, to enter the main draw of all four Grand Slams by playing the qualifying competition for each event. He is currently the captain of the Canada Davis Cup team .
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.
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runners-up)
Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–2)
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
250 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)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)
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
250 Series
Hard
Stephen Huss (AUS)
Jordan Kerr (AUS) Robert Lindstedt (SWE)
4–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 29 (15 titles, 14 runners-up)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (8–9)
ITF Futures (7–5)
Result
W–L
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Opponent
Score
Loss
0–1
May 2002
USA F12, Tampa
Futures
Clay
José de Armas (VEN)
6–7(6–8) , 7–5, 4–6
Win
1–1
Jan 2003
USA F1, Tampa
Futures
Hard
Wolfgang Schranz (AUT)
7–6(7–3) , 6–4
Loss
1–2
Jan 2003
USA F2, Kissimmee
Futures
Hard
Matias Boeker (USA)
2–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss
1–3
Jun 2003
Canada F1, Mississauga
Futures
Hard
Rameez Junaid (AUS)
2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win
2–3
Jun 2003
Canada F2, Montréal
Futures
Hard
Huntley Montgomery (USA)
6–4, 4–6, 6–3
Win
3–3
Jul 2003
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Eric Taino (USA)
7–6(12–10) , 6–1
Win
4–3
Jul 2003
Lexington, United States
Challenger
Hard
Petr Kralert (CZE)
7–5, 6–4
Loss
4–4
Mar 2004
France F5, Poitiers
Futures
Hard (i)
Uros Vico (ITA)
6–7(6–8) , 4–6
Loss
4–5
Jul 2004
Aptos, United States
Challenger
Hard
Kevin Kim (USA)
6–7(2–7) , 3–6
Loss
4–6
Nov 2005
Boston, United States
Challenger
Hard (i)
Paul Goldstein (USA)
7–5, 5–7, 3–6
Win
5–6
Jan 2006
Waikoloa, United States
Challenger
Hard
Yen-Hsun Lu (TPE)
6–7(15–17) , 6–2, 6–2
Loss
5–7
Feb 2006
Besançon, France
Challenger
Hard (i)
Nicolas Mahut (FRA)
3–6, 4–6
Loss
5–8
May 2006
Atlanta, United States
Challenger
Clay
Diego Hartfield (ARG)
5–7, 0–6
Win
6–8
Jul 2006
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Tobias Clemens (GER)
6–7(2–7) , 7–6(8–6) , 6–3
Loss
6–9
Apr 2007
Paget, Bermuda
Challenger
Clay
Mariano Zabaleta (ARG)
5–7, 7–5, 3–6
Win
7–9
Jun 2008
Surbiton, United Kingdom
Challenger
Grass
Kevin Anderson (RSA)
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss
7–10
Sep 2008
Lubbock, United States
Challenger
Hard
John Isner (USA)
6–7(2–7) , 6–4, 2–6
Win
8–10
Mar 2012
Dallas, United States
Challenger
Hard
Igor Andreev (RUS)
7–6(7–4) , 6–3
Loss
8–11
Apr 2012
Tallahassee, United States
Challenger
Hard
Tim Smyczek (USA)
5–7, retired
Win
9–11
Jul 2013
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Lukáš Lacko (SVK)
6–4, 6–7(4–7) , 6–3
Loss
9–12
May 2014
Tallahassee, United States
Challenger
Clay
Robby Ginepri (USA)
3–6, 4–6
Win
10–12
Jun 2014
Košice, Slovakia
Challenger
Clay
Norbert Gombos (SVK)
6–2, 3–6, 6–2
Loss
10–13
Mar 2015
Drummondville , Canada
Challenger
Hard (i)
John-Patrick Smith (AUS)
7–6(13–11) , 6–7(3–7) , 5–7
Win
11–13
Sep 2015
Canada F8, Calgary
Futures
Hard
Gonzalo Escobar (ECU)
6–4, 6–3
Win
12–13
Sep 2015
Canada F9, Toronto
Futures
Clay
Tennys Sandgren (USA)
7–5, 6–3
Win
13–13
Sep 2015
Canada F10, Toronto
Futures
Hard
Sanam Singh (IND)
6–3, 6–2
Loss
13–14
Sep 2015
Canada F11, Markham
Futures
Hard
Sanam Singh (IND)
4–6, 2–6
Win
14–14
May 2016
Bosnia and Herzegovina F2, Brčko
Futures
Clay
Kristijan Mesaroš (CRO)
6–4, 3–6, 6–0
Win
15–14
Sep 2016
Canada F7, Toronto
Futures
Clay
Ivan Endara (ECU)
7–6(7–5) , 7–6(7–3)
ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Futures doubles titles (3)
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2)
ITF Futures (1)
No.
Date
Tournament
Tier
Surface
Partner
Opponents
Score
1.
Jan 2003
USA F1, Tampa
Futures
Hard
Simon Larose (CAN)
Benjamin Cassaigne (FRA) Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi (PAK)
6–3, 6–4
2.
Jul 2004
Granby , Canada
Challenger
Hard
Brian Baker (USA)
Harel Levy (ISR) Davide Sanguinetti (ITA)
6–2, 7–6(7–5)
3.
Jul 2013
Lexington, United States
Challenger
Hard
Peter Polansky (CAN)
Bradley Klahn (USA) Michael Venus (NZL)
7–5, 6–3
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) Luciano Vitullo (ARG)
4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win
2001
Wimbledon
Grass
Giovanni Lapentti (ECU)
Bruno Echagaray (MEX) Santiago González (MEX)
6–1, 6–4
Singles performance timeline
This table is current through the 2018 French Open.
Tournament
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
SR
W–L
Win %
Australian Open
A
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
A
Q1
Q1
1R
Q1
A
1R
1R
Q3
Q3
Q1
A
A
A
0 / 3
0–3
0%
Wimbledon
A
A
Q1
Q2
1R
2R
2R
1R
Q1
1R
A
Q2
2R
Q1
A
Q1
0 / 6
3–6
33%
US Open
A
Q2
Q2
Q2
Q2
1R
1R
Q1
Q3
1R
Q1
2R
1R
A
Q2
Q3
0 / 5
1–5
17%
Win–Loss
0–0
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%
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
Total
Wins
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
No.
Opponent
Rank
Event
Surface
Round
Score
Dancevic Rank
2007
1.
Andy Roddick (USA)
5
Indianapolis, United States
Hard
SF
6–4, 7–6(7–1)
109
2008
2.
David Nalbandian (ARG)
7
Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
Grass
1R
6–4, 6–2, 6–4
95