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