Daniel Smethurst
British tennis player

Daniel Smethurst

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British tennis player
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Birth:
13 October 1990(Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom)
Star sign:
Libra
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Daniel Smethurst aka “Iceman” (born 13 October 1990) is a British tennis player and coach, who has played on the ITF Circuit and ATP Challenger Tour. On 23 June 2014 he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 234 and on 28 July 2014 reached his highest doubles ranking of No. 159.

Smethurst dropped out of ATP rankings in 2017, his last match being against Calvin Hemery in the 2016 Wimbledon Championships qualifiers, where he lost in straight sets. Smethurst became a tennis coach, working with the University of Bath's tennis team. Prior to his retirement, Smethurst worked with former British number one Johanna Konta, as her assistant coach

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 27 (12–15)

Titles by surface
Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (12–15)
Titles by surface
Hard (9–8)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (12–15)
Hard (9–8)
Clay (2–5)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss May 2009 Romania F3, Pitești Futures Clay Artem Smirnov 3–6, 4–6
Loss Aug 2009 Belgium F1, Eupen Futures Clay Yannick Vandenbulcke 5–7, 0–6
Win Aug 2009 Belgium F2, Koksijde Futures Clay Rabie Chaki 7–5, 3–6, 6–2
Win Sep 2009 Portugal F4, Porto Futures Clay Benoît Paire 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
Loss Feb 2010 Spain F6, Cartagena Futures Clay Gabriel Trujillo Soler 6–4, 6–7, 2–6
Loss Mar 2010 Great Britain F3, Tipton Futures Hard (i) Roberto Bautista Agut 5–7, 4–6
Loss Nov 2010 Czech Republic F4, Rožnov pod Radhoštěm Futures Carpet (i) Jan Mertl 6–7, 6–1, 3–6
Loss Jan 2011 USA F2, Tamarac Futures Clay Alex Bogdanovic 4–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win Oct 2011 Sweden F7, Lidköping Futures Hard (i) Carl Bergman 3–6, 6–3, 7–6
Win Jan 2012 Israel F2, Eilat Futures Hard Jozef Kovalík 6–4, 6–2
Win Feb 2012 Turkey F6, Antalya Futures Hard Radu Albot 3–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss Mar 2012 Portugal F2, Faro Futures Hard Andrej Martin 2–6, 2–6
Loss May 2012 Great Britain F8, Newcastle Futures Clay Oliver Golding 4–6, 1–6
Win Sep 2012 Sweden F6, Falun Futures Hard (i) Joshua Milton 4–6, 6–0, 6–1
Loss Feb 2013 Great Britain F4, Wirral Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie 4–6, 1–6
Win Mar 2013 Great Britain F8, Sunderland Futures Hard (i) Jan Minář 6–3, 6–4
Loss Jan 2014 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) Laurynas Grigelis 5–7, 7–6, 5–7
Win Jan 2014 Great Britain F2, Sunderland Futures Hard (i) David Rice 6–3, 7–5
Loss Feb 2014 Great Britain F3, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) David Rice 7–5, 3–6, 4–6
Loss Feb 2014 Great Britain F4, Wirral Futures Hard (i) Tom Farquharson 3–6, 5–7
Win Feb 2014 Great Britain F5, Nottingham Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie 6–3, 6–2
Win Mar 2014 Canada F1, Gatineau Futures Hard (i) Dimitar Kutrovsky 6–2, 6–3
Loss Apr 2014 USA F10, Harlingen Futures Hard Filip Krajinović 2–6, 4–6
Loss Apr 2014 USA F11, Little Rock Futures Hard Filip Krajinović 1–6, 6–7
Win Jan 2015 Great Britain F1, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) Daniel Cox 6–4, 6–4
Loss Jul 2015 Great Britain F6, Frinton Futures Grass Dan Evans 6–7, 6–7
Win Jul 2015 Ireland F1, Dublin Futures Carpet Lloyd Glasspool 6–3, 7–6

Doubles: 34 (22–12)

Titles by surface
Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)
ITF Futures Tour (19–12)
Titles by surface
Hard (15–4)
Clay (6–8)
Grass (1–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)
ITF Futures Tour (19–12)
Hard (15–4)
Clay (6–8)
Grass (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss Mar 2008 Turkey F2, Antalya Futures Clay Edward Seator Andrei Mlendea
Gabriel Moraru 		3–6, 1–6
Loss May 2008 Great Britain F7, Bournemouth Futures Clay Edward Seator Ken Skupski
Ludovic Walter 		6–7, 6–2, [6–10]
Win May 2009 Great Britain F5, Bournemouth Futures Clay Colin O'Brien Richard Gabb
Ashley Hewitt 		6–3, 6–2
Win May 2009 Great Britain F6, Edinburgh Futures Clay Marcus Willis Richard Gabb
Ashley Hewitt 		6–7, 6–3, [14–12]
Loss Aug 2009 Belgium F1, Eupen Futures Clay Maniel Bains Dorian Descloix
Maxime Teixeira 		6–7, 6–2, [5–10]
Loss Sep 2009 Portugal F4, Porto Futures Clay Greg Ouellette Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez
Pedro Clar 		6–7, 3–6
Loss May 2010 Italy F6, Vicenza Futures Clay Frederik Nielsen Nicola Remedi
Andrea Stoppini 		2–6, 4–6
Loss Jan 2011 USA F1, Plantation Futures Clay Alexander Ward Roman Borvanov
Denis Zivkovic 		4–6, 4–6
Win May 2011 Sweden F2, Båstad Futures Clay Germain Gigounon Carl Bergman
Timo Nieminen 		3–6, 7–6, [10–7]
Win Oct 2011 Sweden F6, Falun Futures Hard (i) Oliver Golding Pierre Bonfre
Viktor Stjern 		7–6, 7–6
Loss Oct 2011 Great Britain F17, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) Daniel Cox Oliver Golding
Sean Thornley 		4–6, 4–6
Win May 2012 Great Britain F8, Newcastle Futures Clay Liam Broady Jack Carpenter
Ashley Hewitt 		7–6, 6–0
Win Jul 2012 Belgium F2, Havré Futures Clay James Feaver Jack Carpenter
Michal Pazicky 		6–3, 6–7, [12–10]
Loss Jul 2012 Austria F3, Bad Waltersdorf Futures Clay James Marsalek Maximilian Neuchrist
Mate Pavić 		4–6, 3–6
Win Mar 2013 Great Britain F8, Sunderland Futures Hard (i) Alexander Ward Lewis Burton
Dan Evans 		7–5, 7–6
Loss Apr 2013 France F8, Ajaccio Futures Clay James Marsalek Niels Desein
Yannick Mertens 		2–6, 2–6
Win Aug 2013 Belgium F10, Jupille-sur-Meuse Futures Clay Ashley Hewitt Maxime Forcin
Romain Gaborieau 		6–1, 6–2
Win Oct 2013 USA F27, Mansfield Futures Hard Edward Corrie Jean-Yves Aubone
Kevin King 		6–3, 7–5
Win Nov 2013 Champaign, US Challenger Hard (i) Edward Corrie Austin Krajicek
Tennys Sandgren 		7–6, 0–6, [10–7]
Loss Jan 2014 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie David Rice
Sean Thornley 		3–6, 1–6
Win Feb 2014 Great Britain F3, Sheffield Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie David Rice
Sean Thornley 		3–6, 6–2, [10–8]
Win Feb 2014 Great Britain F3, Wirral Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie Luke Bambridge
Ross Hutchins 		5–7, 7–6, [10–6]
Win Mar 2014 Canada F1, Gatineau Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie Kamil Pajkowski
Filip Peliwo 		7–6, 6–1
Win Mar 2014 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie Tom Kočevar-Dešman
Torsten Wietoska 		3–6, 6–3, [10–1]
Win Mar 2014 Rimouski, Canada Challenger Hard (i) Edward Corrie Germain Gigounon
Olivier Rochus 		6–2, 6–1
Loss Apr 2014 USA F10, Harlingen Futures Hard Edward Corrie Evan King
Devin McCarthy 		3–6, 6–7
Win Jul 2014 Binghamton, US Challenger Hard Daniel Cox Marius Copil
Sergiy Stakhovsky 		6–7, 6–2, [10–6]
Win Mar 2015 Canada F1, Gatineau Futures Hard (i) Germain Gigounon Kevin King
Dean O'Brien 		6–4, 6–4
Loss Mar 2015 Canada F2, Sherbrooke Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie Kevin King
Dean O'Brien 		4–6, 6–2, [10–5]
Win May 2015 Egypt F19, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Marcus Willis Karim-Mohamed Maamoun
Issam Haitham Taweel 		6–4, 6–4
Win May 2015 Egypt F20, Sharm El Sheikh Futures Hard Marcus Willis Karim-Mohamed Maamoum
Issam Haitham Taweel 		6–1, 6–3
Win Jul 2015 Great Britain F6, Frinton Futures Grass Marcus Willis Evan Hoyt
Bradley Mousley 		6–4, 6–4
Win Feb 2016 Great Britain F1, Glasgow Futures Hard (i) David Rice Scott Clayton
Jonny O'Mara 		6–1, 6–4
Win Feb 2016 Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury Futures Hard (i) Edward Corrie Jonathan Gray
Stefan Sterland-Markovic 		6–1, 6–3