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