Frank Dancevic

Frank Russell Dancevic ( Френк Расел Данчевић, Frenk Rasel Dančević, ; born September 26, 1984) is a retired Canadian professional tennis player.

Monika, born in 1986, completed her NCAA tennis career at the University of Georgia in 2009.

Sonja and Kristina are twins born in 1989.

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.

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.

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.

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.

He 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.

The right-handed Dancevic turned pro in 2003 and reached his career-high singles ranking in September 2007, at world No. 65.

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.

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.

It was Fred Niemeyer whom Dancevic overtook to become, in early 2006, Canada's top-ranked singles player.

Dancevic has reached two ATP singles finals (Indianapolis and Eastbourne), the quarterfinals of the 2007 Montreal Masters and achieved a career-high singles ranking of world No. 65 in September 2007.

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 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.

In August 2011, Dancevic became the first men's singles player, in one calendar year, to enter the main draw of all four Grand Slam tournaments by playing the qualifying competition for each event.

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.

Frank is married to a Serbian model Nikolina Bojić; in September, 2013 they married in a Serbian Orthodox church in his father's hometown of Apatin.

He has been the captain of Canada's Davis Cup team since 2017.

Dancevic's father is John and mother Doris.

His mother is Québécoise, from Rouyn-Noranda, and his father is Serbian who originates from Apatin, Serbia.

Dancevic has three younger sisters.