in the first round, 5–7, 6–7. The week after Dancevic, as the No. 8 seed, defeated Kaden Hensel, André Sá, and Daniel Cox to qualify for the main draw of the Aegon Championships, where he lost in the first round to Dustin Brown, 5–7, 7–6, 4–6. Unseeded Dancevic lost soundly his qualifying in singles opening 3–6, 0–6 to No. 27 seed and grass-court specialist Nicolas Mahut. He and Canadian doubles specialist Adil Shamasdin also lost in the first round of doubles qualifying, in three sets. For the first time since January 2006, Dancevic is not Canada's top-ranked singles player, having plummeted to world No. 316. This is the lowest he has been ranked by the ATP in singles since July 2003. Dancevic had a protected ranking of world No. 119 that he could use in nine tournaments before next February. He used one of these to be a regular entrant in the main draw of the Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships, a tournament with an entry cut-off ranking of world No. 140. Having defeated Marc Gicquel in straight sets in the opening round and Nicolas Mahut in the second, Dancevic lost to Mardy Fish, 7–6, 4–6, 4–6. After a week off, Dancevic, unseeded, lost in qualifying for the inaugural Atlanta Tennis Championships. He has defeated world No. 629, Mark Verryth, in the first round, 7–5, 7–6, but fell to No. 6 seed Nick Lindahl in the second, 6–7, 6–4, 3–6. Dancevic next received a wild card into the main draw of the Granby Challenger and reached the semifinals. He beat No. 6 seed Igor Sijsling 7–5, 6–3, Toshihide Matsui 6–4, 7–5, and veteran and two-time singles champion here Takao Suzuki in the quarterfinals 7–6, 6–3, before retiring due to an injured thigh in his semifinal tie against No. 1 seed, Tobias Kamke, while trailing 2–6, 0–1. He did not play doubles. The following week, Frank was given a special exempt place in the main draw of the Vancouver Open where he has lost his opening match to Harel Levy, 3–6, 4–6. Next he received a wild card into the singles main draw of the Rogers Cup and lost to Stan Wawrinka in the first round, 1–6, 4–6. Dancevic also lost in the first round in doubles, partnering Adil Shamasdin. After a week off, Dancevic lost in the qualifying round of the US Open qualifying tournament. Having defeated Ivo Minář