Daniel Glancy (born 13 November 1988) is a former Irish professional

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. He was born and raised in

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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

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to represent the Irish Davis Cup team. He defeated

Micke Kontinen Micke Kontinen (born 18 December 1992) is a retired Finnish tennis player. He is the younger brother of Henri Kontinen who is also a tennis player. Kontinen has a career high ATP singles ranking of 355 achieved on 15 September 2014. He also has ...

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in his debut

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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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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Glancy, Daniel 1988 births Living people Irish male tennis players Sportspeople from Castlebar