Juniors As a junior, Dancevic reached as high as No. 20 in the world singles rankings in July 2001 (and No. 3 in doubles in 2002). His best grand-slam singles result came when he reached the quarterfinals of the
2001 Wimbledon Championships boys' singles. In doubles, he reached 2 junior boys' grand-slam finals with partner
Giovanni Lapentti of Venezuela. They lost in the championship match at the
2001 Australian Open, but they rebounded successfully to win the
2001 Wimbledon Championships title.
Pro tour 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 at that time the highest ranked men's Canadian singles player since
Daniel Nestor, who was ranked No. 61 in September 1999. 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 quarterfinals of the
2007 Rogers Cup, the semifinals again in Indianapolis in
2009, the semifinals of the
2008 Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, and winning the 2003 and 2006
Granby and 2003
Lexington, 2006
Waikoloa, 2008
Surbiton Challenger, and
2012 Dallas Tennis Classic 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 10, 2003, replacing
Simon Larose. He held the position until May 19, 2003, when he was surpassed by Larose. Dancevic regained the Canada-number-one ranking on July 28, 2003, replacing
Fred Niemeyer, and held it until August 11. He would not be so ranked again, however, until the following June 14, when he held the position for the week, and again for the week beginning July 12, 2004. 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. He regained the ranking once more, nevertheless, from August 1 to October 17, 2005, only to lose it once more to Niemeyer. 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. From May 2008 until hiring Lavalle, Dancevic worked with Frenchman Boris Vallejo. After being coached by his father John Dančević in 2012, Dancevic's ATP.com profile lists Canadian former player Dejan Cvetković as his current coach.
2000–2002 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. He lost in the first round in the same event a year later in straight sets to the world No. 157 player,
Axel Pretzsch. In February and April 2002, Dancevic played on Canada's
Davis Cup team, going 1–1 in two dead rubbers. In his first
Futures event, U.S. F10 in May, he won his first three matches in straight sets, reaching the semifinals. Losing in the first round of F11, he reached the finals of F12. Then in July, he reached the second round of the Granby Challenger (in his third appearance). Dancevic then lost his first full-fledged tour event match, at the
Canada Masters, to
Fabrice Santoro 5–7, 3–6. The following week Dancevic was entered into the
Legg Mason Tennis Classic as a wildcard and proceeded to defeat world No. 90 and future world No. 3,
Nikolay Davydenko, in the first round, 6–4, 6–7, 6–3. He 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. He finished 2002 ranked world No. 434 in singles and No. 414 in doubles.
2003–2004 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. Winning a Davis Cup match in a tie against
Peru in April, he reached the final of Canada F1 in June, then won Canada F2 and the Granby and
Lexington Challengers in July. This saw his singles ranking climb to world No. 198, allowing him to play in qualifying for the
US Open, in his circuit Grand Slam debut, where he reached the second round. He finished the year however losing five of seven matches, and his first five of 2004. He lost in qualifying for the
2004 Australian Open in the second round. In March 2004 Frank's fortunes changed as he reached the final of France F5. He reached the second round in the next two challengers, the quarters in the next, and then the semifinals in Surbiton on grass. The following week, again on grass at
Queen's Club, Dancevic reached the second round in just his third full-fledged ATP event. He attempted to qualify for
Wimbledon but lost in the first round. In summer play, he reached the semifinals at Granby and the finals at Aptos Challenger in July, but lost again in the first round at the Canada Masters. He followed this up though by reaching the semifinals at the Binghamton, New York Challenger and the second round in US Open qualifying. He had a better autumn playing the American Challenger Tour, posting 11 match-wins against five losses. Dancevic finished 2004 ranked world No. 171 in singles and No. 462 in doubles.
2005 Dancevic began 2005 playing four consecutive
International Series or higher events, going two wins, four losses. He went one step better in Grand Slam play too, reaching the third round of qualifying for the
Australian Open. He improved at
Wimbledon too, reaching the second round in qualifying. Dancevic did not get out of the second round of the main draw in any event, however, until reaching the quarters at the Granby Challenger in June. He lost in the first round at the
Canada Masters to
Xavier Malisse, 2–6, 2–6, and again reached the second round in qualifying for the US Open. Despite a disappointing year, in September Frank narrowly lost to
Max Mirnyi in the deciding rubber of a
Davis Cup World Group Play Off tie. In five American Challenger events in the fall, he only got past the second round once, when he reached finals of the Boston Challenger. He lost this match 7–5, 5–7, 3–6 to American
Paul Goldstein. Dancevic finished 2005 ranked world No. 188 in singles and No. 403 in doubles.
2006 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 Besançon Challenger, and then the semifinals of the Cherbourg Challenger. After moderate success on clay in four events in Mexico played around a tie against the
Mexico Davis Cup team, where he lost both of his singles matches, he reached the final of the Atlanta Challenger played on hardcourts. In June for the second time Dancevic reached the second round at Queen's. He then qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw, at the
2006 Wimbledon Championships. He was defeated in the first round by
Radek Štěpánek in straight sets, however. Dancevic's better year continued as he won the Granby Challenger in July and in August reached the second round of the
Canada Masters for the first time in five attempts. His singles ranking cracked the top 100 for the first time with his title victory in Granby. The top seed for qualifying for the US Open, he failed to make the main draw, nevertheless. In the autumn, Dancevic reached the second round in three straight
ATP Tour tournaments, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Stockholm. Following a first-round loss in St. Petersburg, he reached the quarter-finals in two straight challengers, Louisville and Nashville. He retired from his final match of the year, in the first round of the
Champaign Challenger. Frank finished the year ranked world No. 88 in singles and No. 479 in doubles.
2007 Dancevic began 2007 going 1–2 in round robin matches at the International Series event
Next Generation Adelaide International. He opened the
Australian Open with a straight sets win over
Victor Hănescu and lost in the second round to No. 19 seed
Lleyton Hewitt in four sets. He then lost in the second round of the
PBZ Zagreb Indoors to
Marcos Baghdatis after a straight sets win over
Alexander Waske. 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. He then reached the second round at the
ATP Masters Series Indian Wells, defeating Waske again and losing to
Fernando González. 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. Dancevic went 3–3 for the grass-court season. He defeated
Sergio Roitman, reaching the second round at Queen's Club. He lost in the final round of qualifying in
Wimbledon but reached the main draw as a
lucky loser (with the withdrawal of
Mario Ančić). He reached the second round defeating world No. 60,
Stefan Koubek, 6–2, 6–4, 6–2 and then losing to No. 25
David Nalbandian, 2–6, 3–6, 7–5, 3–6. He then reached the second round of the
Campbell's Hall of Fame Championships, defeating
Kevin Kim in the first round, 6–3, 6–3 (in 2006, he defeated the same player in the same round at this same tournament by almost the same score, 6–4, 6–3). He then lost to eventual champion
Fabrice Santoro, 7–6, 3–6, 4–6. In July at the
Indianapolis Tennis Championships, Dancevic defeated world No. 46 Benjamin Becker, 6–4, 6–3, marking Dancevic's first defeat of a top 50 player. He has followed that with a victory over No. 54
Juan Martín del Potro, 3–6, 7–6, 6–4. He then defeated
Igor Kunitsyn in a rain-delayed match that finished almost nine hours after it began, 6–4, 7–6. He has become the first Canadian to reach the semifinals of a top-level ATP tournament since
Sébastien Lareau did so in February 2001. He followed that up with the biggest win of his career to date, by far, beating world No. 5, Andy Roddick, 6–4, 7–6, to reach the finals. He became the first Canadian to reach an ATP final since
Greg Rusedski did so in 1995 (before Rusedski changed his citizenship to that of Great Britain). He then lost in the finals to No. 3 seed
Dmitry Tursunov, 4–6, 5–7. Dancevic has continued his elevated play into August, defeating del Potro again,
Wayne Odesnik, and world No. 35,
Fernando Verdasco, to reach the quarterfinals of the
Rogers Cup where he lost to world No. 2, Rafael Nadal, 6–4 2–6 3–6. This effort raised his ranking to world No. 65, a career-high. He 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. Having come through qualifying, whereas in 2006 he was the top seed but failed to make the main draw, Dancevic lost to Safin 5–7, 6–7, 6–7, despite serving for the second set up 5–3 and the third set, up 6–5 in the tiebreak. Dancevic's form took a slight dip in autumn, as he reached second round of the
Thailand Open, lost in the first round of
Japan Open, and in the second round of the
Stockholm Open to top seed
James Blake 2–6, 3–6.
2008 Dancevic's ranking allowed him to enter directly into the
Australian Open main draw, where in his first round match against 24th seed
Jarkko Nieminen he came back from being down two sets to love to level at two sets apiece before losing the fifth 1–6. He was out of action from January with a
facet joint strain of the
thoracic spine. After returning to play in May he struggled, going 1–1 twice in back-to-back Challenger tournaments in Morocco (on clay) before losing in the first round of the
Grand Prix Hassan II International Series tourney. 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. He lost, however, in the first round in four sets to unheralded
Miguel Ángel López Jaén. Dancevic began his 2008 grass-court tennis season in style, winning the Surbiton Challenger in late May – early June as he defeated
Kevin Anderson in the final in three sets. The 57 ATP points he gained saw his ranking jump from No. 111 to 90. At
Wimbledon, Dancevic was given a wild-card entry. In the first round, he pulled off an impressive upset in defeating the No. 7 seed and former finalist, David Nalbandian in straight sets, 6–4, 6–2, 6–4. After the match, Dancevic called it "one of the best matches of my career, if not the best". He was unable to sustain this level of play and fell to 102nd ranked
Bobby Reynolds in second round, 6–4, 6–7, 4–6, 4–6. In the final grass court event of the year, the
Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, Dancevic defeated
Taylor Dent,
Brendan Evans, and Igor Kunitsyn to reach the semifinals where he lost to
Prakash Amritraj. Dancevic, after losing in the first round at
Indianapolis, again to Reynolds, had a solid win over world No. 24
Mario Ančić, 6–3, 6–4, before falling to world No. 3,
Novak Djokovic, 4–6, 4–6 at the
Rogers Cup in Toronto. He was not ranked high enough to enter directly the main draw in
Cincinnati or
Los Angeles, but took part in the singles event the
Olympics as a late alternate replacement, losing in the first round to No. 9 seed,
Stan Wawrinka, 6–4, 3–6, 2–6. Despite being ranked outside the top 110 in the world since July 27, Dancevic received direct entry in the main singles draw of the
US Open where he lost in straight sets to No. 18 seed, Nicolás Almagro. On the American Challenger circuit in the autumn, injury once again flared up as Dancevic was forced to retire in his quarterfinal match at the Tulsa, Oklahoma event and skip Waco, Texas. However, he reached the finals of
Lubbock Challenger, defeating
Peter Polansky,
Tim Smyczek,
Rajeev Ram, and
Dušan Vemić before falling to
John Isner. He 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., and
Michael Russell before falling to
Vincent Spadea, 6–4, 5–7, 3–6. Dancevic next lost in the first round of the next two Challengers, in
Louisville and
Nashville. He then reached the quarterfinals of the
JSM Challenger, where he lost to
Wayne Odesnik, 4–6, 6–2, 4–6. He most recently, as the tournament No. 6 seed, lost to
Luka Gregorc, 4–6, 6–1, 3–6 in the semifinals of the Knoxville Challenger. His record for the autumn circuit has finished at 14 wins, eight losses.
2009 Dancevic opened 2009 failing to qualify for the main draw of the Brisbane International, in the first week of the schedule. He came through qualifying at the
Medibank International in Sydney but lost in the first round to No. 5 seed
Igor Andreev, 6–7, 3–6. 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. He then lost the following week 4–6, 1–6 to
Ramón Delgado in the first round of the
Carson Challenger. Two weeks later Dancevic lost in the first round of qualifying of the
Cellular South Cup. He followed this result by qualifying and losing in the first round of the
Delray Beach International, 5–7, 3–6 to top seed
Mardy Fish. After Canada's first
Davis Cup tie of the year (see section below), Dancevic took a week off. He next qualified for the main draw of the
Sony Ericsson Open, defeating
Nicolas Mahut and top seed
Dudi Sela, 6–2, 6–4. Dancevic then upset
Philipp Kohlschreiber, 6–4, 7–6 in the first round before losing to world No. 3,
Novak Djokovic, 3–6, 2–6. Dancevic then returned to poor form, losing in the first round of three consecutive Challenger events. After taking a few weeks off from competition, he lost in the first round of qualifying for the
French Open, to world No. 221
Jean-René Lisnard in straight sets, despite having been the No. 7 seed. He then lost in the first round of the
Aegon Trophy Challenger and second round of qualifying for the
Aegon Championships as the top seed. Both of these tournaments are played on grass which is arguably Dancevic's best surface, although at least his first match at Queen's Club was played indoors on a synthetic surface due to rain. 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. He first easily qualified for the grass court tourney, and then defeated top seed
Igor Andreev, 7–6, 6–2, in the first round. Dancevic then defeated British wild card
James Ward 7–6, 6–4 to advance to the quarterfinals where he faced
Leonardo Mayer. After a three set win, he beat veteran Frenchman
Fabrice Santoro 6–4, 6–4 to advance to his second ever ATP Tour final, which he lost to Dmitry Tursunov, 3–6, 6–7, who coincidentally defeated Dancevic in his first ATP final. Frank has attributed his turnaround with returning to work with his former coach,
Martin Laurendeau.
2010 Dancevic was first expected to return for either Indian Wells or Miami in March but did not. After then aiming to return at the
Serbia Open, he instead returned to action in June at the
Aegon Trophy where he has lost to fellow unseeded player and eventual champion
Ričardas Berankis in the first round, 5–7, 6–7. The week after Dancevic, as the No. 8 seed, defeated
Kaden Hensel,
André Sá, and
Daniel Cox to qualify for the main draw of the
Aegon Championships, where he lost in the first round to
Dustin Brown, 5–7, 7–6, 4–6. Unseeded Dancevic lost soundly his qualifying in singles opening 3–6, 0–6 to No. 27 seed and grass-court specialist
Nicolas Mahut. He and Canadian doubles specialist
Adil Shamasdin also lost in the first round of doubles qualifying, in three sets. For the first time since January 2006, Dancevic is not Canada's top-ranked singles player, having plummeted to world No. 316. This is the lowest he has been ranked by the ATP in singles since July 2003. Dancevic had a protected ranking of world No. 119 that he could use in nine tournaments before next February. He 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. Having defeated
Marc Gicquel in straight sets in the opening round and Nicolas Mahut in the second, Dancevic lost to Mardy Fish, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6. After a week off, Dancevic, unseeded, lost in qualifying for the inaugural
Atlanta Tennis Championships. He has defeated world No. 629, Mark Verryth, in the first round, 7–5, 7–6, but fell to No. 6 seed
Nick Lindahl in the second, 6–7, 6–4, 3–6. Dancevic next received a wild card into the main draw of the
Granby Challenger and reached the semifinals. He beat No. 6 seed
Igor Sijsling 7–5, 6–3,
Toshihide Matsui 6–4, 7–5, and veteran and two-time singles champion here
Takao Suzuki in the quarterfinals 7–6, 6–3, before retiring due to an injured thigh in his semifinal tie against No. 1 seed,
Tobias Kamke, while trailing 2–6, 0–1. He did not play doubles. The following week, Frank was given a special exempt place in the main draw of the
Vancouver Open where he has lost his opening match to
Harel Levy, 3–6, 4–6. Next he received a wild card into the singles main draw of the
Rogers Cup and lost to Stan Wawrinka in the first round, 1–6, 4–6. Dancevic also lost in the first round in doubles, partnering
Adil Shamasdin. After a week off, Dancevic lost in the qualifying round of the
US Open qualifying tournament. Having defeated
Ivo Minář 6–2, 6–3, and No. 12 seed
Stéphane Bohli 3–6, 7–5, 7–6, he lost to No. 24 seed
Kei Nishikori 4–6, 1–6. Two weeks ago, Dancevic was part of the
Canadian Davis Cup team in a play-off series versus
the Dominican Republic. With the winner to stay in the Americas Zone Group 1, Canada prevailed 5–0, at a tie played at home at the
Rexall Centre. Frank joined
Daniel Nestor to win the doubles rubber in straight sets and he also won a dead rubber in singles. Last week he is the No. 3 seed at Canada F5 and was upset in the quarterfinals to No. 5 seed
Nikolaus Moser, 6–2, 5–7, 6–7. It is the first time he has played in an
ITF Futures event since March, 2004. He also 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. After a week off, Dancevic again used one of his protected ranking allotments to reach the second round of the
Ethias Trophy in Belgium, knocking out No. 2 seed
Arnaud Clément in the first round. Playing doubles too as a PR entrant, he doubles specialist
Tomasz Bednarek lost in the first round. The following week playing just singles, Dancevic reached the semifinals of the
Open de Rennes, defeating again Clément, the No. 1 seed, in the quarterfinals, before falling to No. 5 seed
Stéphane Bohli 9–7 in a third set tie break. The very next week however Dancevic lost in the first round in both singles, to unseeded and eventual semifinalist
David Guez, 5–7, 1–6, and in doubles partnering
Ilija Bozoljac. The following week, the last of October, Frank lost in the first qualifying round of the
Open Sud de France World Tour event, to Belgian teenager David Goffin, 2–6, 3–6. After a couple of weeks off, last week, he used his protected ranking to compete in the main singles draw of the
Slovak Open, where he has lost to No. 5 seed and new Slovak No. 1
Lukáš Lacko, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6. This week Dancevic is once again using protected ranking to enter straight into the singles main draw of the
IPP Open. He defeated veteran Frenchman and former top-60 player
Antony Dupuis easily in the opening round, 6–1, 6–2, and veteran Russian and former top-40 player Igor Kunitsyn in the second round, 6–4, 6–4. Against Kunitsyn, Dancevic broke the Russian's serve three times out of four chances while saving 3 of 4 break points against. He has lost in the quarterfinals, however, to
Ričardas Berankis 4–6, 2–6, in a match where Dancevic's opponent won 79% of points on Frank's second serve, and Frank, just 11% on his opponent's. Dancevic ended 2010 ranked world No. 269 in singles and No. 1299 in doubles.
2011 Dancevic began 2011 by competing in the
Chennai Open, where he lost in the first round to No. 8 seed
Robin Haase 7–6, 4–6, 4–6. He next
qualified for the
Australian Open, winning his three matches without dropping a set. He lost in the first round of the main draw, however, to No. 28 seed
Richard Gasquet 3–6, 4–6, 4–6. At the
SA Tennis Open, Dancevic upset defending champion and No. 1 seed,
Feliciano López in the first round, 7–6, 2–6, 7–6, and defeated wild-card
Fritz Wolmarans to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to No. 6 seed
Adrian Mannarino in straight sets. Three weeks later he lost in the qualifying round of the
Delray Beach International, to
Alejandro Falla. Early March saw
Canada win their
2011 Davis Cup Americas Zone Group I tie away to Mexico, despite Dancevic squandering a two-set lead to loss to the in-form
Daniel Garza in the opening rubber. The next two weeks saw Frank reach the second round of qualifying for the month's two
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events in the US. At
Indian Wells, he fell in three sets to Alex Bogomolov while in
Miami, he bowed out to
Donald Young, 5–7 in the third. 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. He began by reaching the third qualifying round for the
U.S. Clay Court Championships. Following a first round exit at the
Tallahassee Challenger, he reached the semifinals of the
Sarasota Open. He next lost soundly, however, in the first round of the
Savannah Challenger to
Donald Young, 1–6, 2–6. Without any European clay match play, he opened
French Open qualifying with a convincing 6–2, 6–2 win over No. 15 seed Lukáš Lacko. He then took out clay-courter
Eduardo Schwank in two tie breaks. He qualified with a solid 6–1, 6–3 win over journeyman
Victor Crivoi. Despite a favourable draw for the first round Dancevic advanced no further however, falling to lucky loser entrant
Simone Bolelli in four sets. Perhaps buoyed by his French Open success, Dancevic opted to enter directly into the main draw of the smaller clay court
Rijeka Open rather than go through qualifying for the year's first grass court tourney, the
Aegon Trophy. He drew top seed
Blaž Kavčič, and lost 4–6, 5–7. 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. He began in the same vein in his main draw first round match, against veteran Brazilian
Ricardo Mello, winning the first two sets 6–3, 6–3, but failed twice to hold his own serve in a deciding game in the next two sets and then to convert two match points, in a tie break. Mello handily won the deciding set 6–2. This week Dancevic is playing neither Davis Cup nor defending ranking points for a quarterfinals appearance at the
Hall of Fame Championships, on grass. Rumour is that his back has been acting up for the past month and he has been advised to take time off. Dancevic qualified for the
US Open, setting a record in men's tennis by becoming the first person to qualify for all four majors in one year.
2018–2020 While he has not officially retired, his last doubles match came in April 2019 at the
2019 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger where he lost in the second round partnering
Peter Polansky. He 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. Im 2019, Dancevic began coaching compatriot
Vasek Pospisil.
World Team Tennis In July 2014, he played
World Team Tennis with the
Philadelphia Freedoms. ==Davis Cup==