Frank Russell Dancevic (born September 26, 1984) is a Canadian professional
tennis player. He first became the country's top
singles player, according to
ATP rankings, on February 10, 2003, as an eighteen-year old, and remained so from January 30, 2006 until June 20, 2010. He is the current Canada No. 2.
Professional tour career
The right-handed Dancevic turned pro in 2003 and reached his career high singles ranking in September 2007 at
World No. 65. A native of
Niagara Falls, Ontario, he was the highest ranked men's Canadian singles player since
Daniel Nestor, who was ranked World No. 61 in September 1999. (The highest ranking ever achieved by a Canadian is World No. 25, by
Milos Raonic in May 2011.) It was
Fred Niemeyer whom Dancevic overtook to become, in early 2006, Canada's top-ranked singles player.
Dancevic's best tournament results to date, all in singles, have been reaching the final of the
2007 Indianapolis Tennis Championships, the final of the
2009 AEGON International, the quarter-finals of the
2007 Rogers Cup, the semi-finals again in Indianapolis in
2009, the semi-finals of the
2008 Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, and winning the 2003 and 2006
Granby and 2003
Lexington, 2006
Waikoloa, and 2008
Surbiton Challenger Series events. His best doubles result has been reaching the final of the 2007
Japan Open, partnering
Stephen Huss and winning Granby in 2004 while playing with
Brian Baker.
Dancevic became Canada's top ATP-ranked singles player on February...
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