Daniel Glancy (born 13 November 1988) is a former Irish professional
tennis
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player. He was born and raised in
County Mayo
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, Ireland.
Career
Glancy has spent most of his career on the
Futures Circuit where he has won seven doubles titles.
[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100060046 ] He made history in April 2013 when he became the first player from
Connacht
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to represent the
Irish Davis Cup team.
He defeated
Micke Kontinen
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Kontinen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 355 achieved on 15 September 2014. He also has ...
of
Finland
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in his debut
Davis Cup
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match and holds a 1–3 record in the competition.
[http://www.daviscup.com/en/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=100060046 ] He retired from professional tennis in 2016 because of his cronic hip injury.
Future and Challenger finals
Doubles 18 (7–11)
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1988 births
Living people
Irish male tennis players
Sportspeople from Castlebar