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