Frank Dancevic - Davis Cup

Davis Cup

In Davis Cup, Dancevic has a 13 and 12 win-lose record in 15 ties, 19–12 in singles play and 3–0 in doubles. His effort over Voltchkov was not enough to see Canada through to the World Group for 2006 as the Canadians fell 2–3 to Belarus in their September 2005 World Group play-off tie. In 2003 however, Dancevic's win over Flávio Saretta in the deciding 5th match saw Canada defeat Brazil and enter the World Group for only the second time. They subsequently lost to the Netherlands in the 2004 World Group as Dancevic went down to both Sjeng Schalken and Martin Verkerk, both matches going four sets.

In the 2007 Americas Group I semifinals Dancevic lost a close Round 1 match to Ricardo Mello 6–3, 7–6, 3–6, 3–6, 7–9 as Canada lost the tie, played away in Florianópolis, to Brazil, 1–3. He missed 2008 Davis Cup action due to injury and/or lack of fitness, as the team again lost in the Americas Group I semifinal stage.

Dancevic defeated Giovanni Lapentti in straight sets to level Canada at 1 with Ecuador in a 2009 first-round Americas Zone 1 tie played indoors at the Rexall Centre. He lost the fourth rubber to Nicolás Lapentti 3–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–7, 6–1 despite having two match points in the fourth set tie-break. Canada went on to lose the tie 2–3.

Dancevic was again named to the Davis Cup team, this time for a September, 2010, in a tie versus the Dominican Republic. The winner to stay in the Americas Group 1 for 2011. Canada won the tie 5–0 as Dancevic partnered Daniel Nestor to a victory in the doubles rubber. He also won a dead singles rubber.

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