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) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (12–15)Titles by surfaceHard (9–8)Clay (2–5)Grass (0–1)Carpet (1–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Romania F3, PiteștiFuturesClay Artem Smirnov3–6, 4–6Loss0–2Belgium F1, EupenFuturesClay Yannick Vandenbulcke5–7, 0–6Win1–2Belgium F2, KoksijdeFuturesClay Rabie Chaki7–5, 3–6, 6–2Win2–2Portugal F4, PortoFuturesClay Benoît Paire3–6, 6–4, 6–4Loss2–3Spain F6, CartagenaFuturesClay Gabriel Trujillo Soler6–4, 6–7(2–7), 2–6Loss2–4Great Britain F3, TiptonFuturesHard (i) Roberto Bautista Agut5–7, 4–6Loss2–5Czech Republic F4, Rožnov pod RadhoštěmFuturesCarpet (i) Jan Mertl6–7(4–7), 6–1, 3–6Loss2–6USA F2, TamaracFuturesClay Alex Bogdanovic4–6, 6–0, 2–6Win3–6Sweden F7, LidköpingFuturesHard (i) Carl Bergman3–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)Win4–6Israel F2, EilatFuturesHard Jozef Kovalík6–4, 6–2Win5–6Turkey F6, AntalyaFuturesHard Radu Albot3–6, 7–5, 6–0Loss5–7Portugal F2, FaroFuturesHard Andrej Martin2–6, 2–6Loss5–8Great Britain F8, NewcastleFuturesClay Oliver Golding4–6, 1–6Win6–8Sweden F6, FalunFuturesHard (i) Joshua Milton4–6, 6–0, 6–1Loss6–9Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie4–6, 1–6Win7–9Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) Jan Minář6–3, 6–4Loss7–10Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Laurynas Grigelis5–7, 7–6(7–4), 5–7Win8–10Great Britain F2, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) David Rice6–3, 7–5Loss8–11Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) David Rice7–5, 3–6, 4–6Loss8–12Great Britain F4, WirralFuturesHard (i) Tom Farquharson3–6, 5–7Win9–12Great Britain F5, NottinghamFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie6–3, 6–2Win10–12Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard (i) Dimitar Kutrovsky6–2, 6–3Loss10–13USA F10, HarlingenFuturesHard Filip Krajinović2–6, 4–6Loss10–14USA F11, Little RockFuturesHard Filip Krajinović1–6, 6–7(3–7)Win11–14Great Britain F1, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) Daniel Cox6–4, 6–4Loss11–15Great Britain F6, FrintonFuturesGrass Dan Evans6–7(4–7), 6–7(8–10)Win12–15Ireland F1, DublinFuturesCarpet Lloyd Glasspool6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Doubles: 34 (22–12) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)ITF Futures Tour (19–12)Titles by surfaceHard (15–4)Clay (6–8)Grass (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Turkey F2, AntalyaFuturesClay Edward Seator Andrei Mlendea Gabriel Moraru3–6, 1–6Loss0–2Great Britain F7, BournemouthFuturesClay Edward Seator Ken Skupski Ludovic Walter6–7(2–7), 6–2, [6–10]Win1–2Great Britain F5, BournemouthFuturesClay Colin O'Brien Richard Gabb Ashley Hewitt6–3, 6–2Win2–2Great Britain F6, EdinburghFuturesClay Marcus Willis Richard Gabb Ashley Hewitt6–7(3–7), 6–3, [14–12]Loss2–3Belgium F1, EupenFuturesClay Maniel Bains Dorian Descloix Maxime Teixeira6–7(1–7), 6–2, [5–10]Loss2–4Portugal F4, PortoFuturesClay Greg Ouellette Carlos Calderon-Rodriguez Pedro Clar6–7(5–7), 3–6Loss2–5Italy F6, VicenzaFuturesClay Frederik Nielsen Nicola Remedi Andrea Stoppini2–6, 4–6Loss2–6USA F1, PlantationFuturesClay Alexander Ward Roman Borvanov Denis Zivkovic4–6, 4–6Win3–6Sweden F2, BåstadFuturesClay Germain Gigounon Carl Bergman Timo Nieminen3–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]Win4–6Sweden F6, FalunFuturesHard (i) Oliver Golding Pierre Bonfre Viktor Stjern7–6(7–2), 7–6(8–6)Loss4–7Great Britain F17, CardiffFuturesHard (i) Daniel Cox Oliver Golding Sean Thornley4–6, 4–6Win5–7Great Britain F8, NewcastleFuturesClay Liam Broady Jack Carpenter Ashley Hewitt7–6(8–6), 6–0Win6–7Belgium F2, HavréFuturesClay James Feaver Jack Carpenter Michal Pazicky6–3, 6–7(5–7), [12–10]Loss6–8Austria F3, Bad WaltersdorfFuturesClay James Marsalek Maximilian Neuchrist Mate Pavić4–6, 3–6Win7–8Great Britain F8, SunderlandFuturesHard (i) Alexander Ward Lewis Burton Dan Evans7–5, 7–6(7–4)Loss7–9France F8, AjaccioFuturesClay James Marsalek Niels Desein Yannick Mertens2–6, 2–6Win8–9Belgium F10, Jupille-sur-MeuseFuturesClay Ashley Hewitt Maxime Forcin Romain Gaborieau6–1, 6–2Win9–9USA F27, MansfieldFuturesHard Edward Corrie Jean-Yves Aubone Kevin King6–3, 7–5Win10–9Champaign, USChallengerHard (i) Edward Corrie Austin Krajicek Tennys Sandgren7–6(7–5), 0–6, [10–7]Loss10–10Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie David Rice Sean Thornley3–6, 1–6Win11–10Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie David Rice Sean Thornley3–6, 6–2, [10–8]Win12–10Great Britain F3, WirralFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie Luke Bambridge Ross Hutchins5–7, 7–6(8–6), [10–6]Win13–10Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie Kamil Pajkowski Filip Peliwo7–6(7–4), 6–1Win14–10Canada F2, SherbrookeFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie Tom Kočevar-Dešman Torsten Wietoska3–6, 6–3, [10–1]Win15–10Rimouski, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Edward Corrie Germain Gigounon Olivier Rochus6–2, 6–1Loss15–11USA F10, HarlingenFuturesHard Edward Corrie Evan King Devin McCarthy3–6, 6–7(2–7)Win16–11Binghamton, USChallengerHard Daniel Cox Marius Copil Sergiy Stakhovsky6–7(3–7), 6–2, [10–6]Win17–11Canada F1, GatineauFuturesHard (i) Germain Gigounon Kevin King Dean O'Brien6–4, 6–4Loss17–12Canada F2, SherbrookeFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie Kevin King Dean O'Brien4–6, 6–2, [10–5]Win18–12Egypt F19, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marcus Willis Karim-Mohamed Maamoun Issam Haitham Taweel6–4, 6–4Win19–12Egypt F20, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Marcus Willis Karim-Mohamed Maamoum Issam Haitham Taweel6–1, 6–3Win20–12Great Britain F6, FrintonFuturesGrass Marcus Willis Evan Hoyt Bradley Mousley6–4, 6–4Win21–12Great Britain F1, GlasgowFuturesHard (i) David Rice Scott Clayton Jonny O'Mara6–1, 6–4Win22–12Great Britain F3, ShrewsburyFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie Jonathan Gray Stefan Sterland-Markovic6–1, 6–3
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