Daniel Brands

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Daniel Brands
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Brands at the 2019 French Open
Full nameDaniel Fabian Brands
Country (sports)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Residence Deggendorf, Germany
Born (1987-07-17) 17 July 1987 (age 36)
Deggendorf, Germany
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2005
Retired2019
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$2,181,301
Singles
Career record60–93
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 51 (19 August 2013)
Current rankingNo. 467 (14 October 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 2R (2013, 2016)
French Open 1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledon 4R (2010)
US Open 2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record9–25
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 154 (19 May 2008)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2014)
French Open 1R (2013)
Wimbledon 2R (2013)
US Open 2R (2013)

Daniel Brands (born 17 July 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 51, achieved in August 2013.

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Professional career

2008

Brands began 2008 ranked No. 220. After a few unimpressive tournaments to start the year, he beat no. 132 Aisam Qureshi and no. 193 Simon Stadler en route to a semifinal Challenger finish in Germany in February. In March, he made the quarters of a Challenger in Japan before losing to no. 124 Yen-Hsun Lu, then reached the quarters of a Challenger in Sarajevo, beating no. 169 Matthias Bachinger.

In May, Brands reached the quarterfinals at two more Challengers, beating no. 66 Michael Berrer and no. 114 Brian Dabul, while also winning the doubles title in one and reaching the doubles final in the other. Then, with his ranking at a career-high of no. 210, he beat no. 123 Nicolás Massú, no. 151 Pablo Andújar (who beat him a week earlier), and no. 198 Alex Bogomolov to qualify into the main draw of the 2008 French Open.

2009

Brands made it to the semifinals of the 2009 BMW Open, before losing to Mikhail Youzhny. He lost in the first round of the 2009 French Open to Robert Kendrick.

2010

Brands again bowed out in the first round of the [2010 French Open], but he put up a great performance only to fall short against the eighth seed Frenchman and world no. 10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Brands made his Wimbledon debut at the 2010 tournament, defeating Igor Andreev in the first round. He continued his run in the second round by upsetting world no. 5 and seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko, who was returning from injury. Brands then saved four match points at two sets to love down against Victor Hănescu, to win while leading the fifth set when Hanescu retired due to injury, and a controversial issue with the crowd. In the fourth round, Brands lost to eventual finalist Tomáš Berdych.

At the 2010 US Open tournament Brands was defeated by countryman Benjamin Becker in the first round in straight sets. He then accepted a Wildcard for an ATP Challenger Tour event in Braşov, Romania where he bowed out in the first round. The Open de Moselle in Metz was his next tournament. He fell to Tommy Robredo in the first round.

He reached his first quarterfinal of the season at the Thailand Open in Bangkok defeating Illya Marchenko and Thiemo de Bakker, where he saved a matchpoint. He was again knocked out by Benjamin Becker.

2012

Brands lost to Marin Čilić in the Croatia Open. [1]

2013

Brands entered the Australian Open beating 27th seed Martin Klizan before losing to an in-form Bernard Tomic. In the French Open he drew Rafael Nadal in the first round. He shocked Rafa, winning the opening set 6–4 with a punishing serve and huge flat groundstrokes, reminiscent of both Söderling and Rosol, who upset Rafa in the French Open and Wimbledon, respectively. Brands went ahead in the second set tie breaker 3–0, but his level slightly dropped and Nadal's rose. After pulling Nadal off the court with a second serve at 3–2, Brands missed a backhand into the open court that provided the break that Nadal needed to climb back in and win the tiebreaker, 7–4. Brands let down slightly in the next game and was broken for the first time in the match. Nadal upped his game and won the next two sets 6–4 and 6–3. Nadal was quoted by the New York Times as saying, "I don’t know what he's ranked, but he can’t be ranked 60th playing like that. I can’t believe it". [2]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 13 (7–6)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 2007 Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet (i) Flag of the Netherlands.svg Robin Haase 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss0–2Jun 2007 Almaty, KazakhstanClay Flag of Germany.svg Simon Greul 4–6, 2–6
Win1–2Aug 2008 Timişoara, RomaniaClay Flag of Spain.svg Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win2–2 Nov 2009 Eckental, GermanyCarpet (i) Flag of Jamaica.svg Dustin Brown 6–4, 6–4
Win3–2 Apr 2010 Monza, ItalyClay Flag of Spain.svg Pablo Andújar 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–3 May 2010 Tunis, TunisiaClay Flag of Argentina.svg José Acasuso 3–6, 4–6
Loss3–4 Jan 2011 Heilbronn, GermanyHard (i) Flag of Germany.svg Bastian Knittel 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win4–4 Jul 2011 Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Beck 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win5–4 Nov 2011 Helsinki, FinlandHard Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Win6–4 Nov 2012 Eckental, Germany (2)Carpet (i) Flag of Latvia.svg Ernests Gulbis 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Loss6–5 Sep 2015 Como, ItalyClay Flag of Russia.svg Andrey Kuznetsov 4–6, 3–6
Win7–5 Jul 2018 Recanati, ItalyHard Flag of Spain.svg Adrián Menéndez Maceiras 7–5, 6–3
Loss7–6 Jul 2018 Astana, KazakhstanHard Flag of Austria.svg Sebastian Ofner 6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

ResultW–L   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2007 Fergana, UzbekistanHard Flag of the United States.svg John Paul Fruttero Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Lukáš Rosol
Flag of Austria.svg Martin Slanar
7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win2–0Jun 2007 Astana, KazakhstanHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Feeney Flag of Slovakia.svg Kamil Čapkovič
Flag of Croatia.svg Ivan Dodig
6–2, 6–4
Win3–0May 2008 Dresden, GermanyClay Flag of South Korea.svg Jun Woong-sun Flag of Serbia.svg Ilija Bozoljac
Flag of Serbia.svg Dušan Vemić
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
Loss3–1May 2008 San Remo, ItalyClay Flag of Germany.svg Matthias Bachinger Flag of Israel.svg Harel Levy
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thomas
4–6, 4–6
Loss3–2 Oct 2015 Sacramento, United StatesCarpet Flag of Germany.svg Dustin Brown Flag of Slovenia.svg Blaž Kavčič
Flag of Slovenia.svg Grega Žemlja
1–6, 6–3, [3–10]

Performance timelines

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAA Q1 Q2 1R 1R Q1 2R 1R A 2R Q1 A Q1 0 / 52–5
French Open AAA 1R 1R 1R 1R Q3 1R 1R A Q3 Q1 A Q1 0 / 60–6
Wimbledon AAA Q2 Q2 4R Q1 Q1 2R Q3 A Q3 1R A Q3 0 / 34–3
US Open AAA Q1 Q2 1R A 2R 1R AA 1R Q1 Q2 A0 / 41–4
Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–13–40–21–12–40–20–01–20–10–00–00 / 187–18
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters AAAAA Q2 Q2 A 2R 1R A Q1 AAA0 / 21–2
Miami Open AAAAAA 1R A 1R 1R A Q1 AAA0 / 30–3
Monte-Carlo Masters AAAAAAAA 1R AA Q1 AAA0 / 10–1
Shanghai Masters Not HeldAAAA 2R AAAAAA0 / 11–1
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–02–40–20–00–00–00–00–00 / 72–7
National representation
Davis Cup AAAAAAAA PO QF A PO AAA0 / 12–0
Career statistics
Tournaments001451911823111441193
Overall win–loss0–00–01–11–47–59–194–115–824–233–112–12–41–40–11–160–93
Win %50%20%58%32%27%38%51%21%67%33%20%0%50%39%
Year-end ranking7015262201509210411015354329159168320182

Doubles

Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AAAA 1R 0 / 10–1
French Open AAA 1R A0 / 10–1
Wimbledon AA Q1 2R A0 / 11–1
US Open 1R AA 2R A0 / 21–2
Win–loss0–10–00–02–30–10 / 52–5

Record against top-10 players

Brands' match record against players who have been ranked world No. 10 or higher is as follows. Only ATP Tour main draw results are considered. Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

* As of 4 April 2022.

Wins over top-10 players

Season2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Total
Wins00110021000005
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreDB Rank
2009
1. Flag of France.svg Gilles Simon 7 Hamburg, GermanyClay2R3–6, 6–4, 6–3120
2010
2. Flag of Russia.svg Nikolay Davydenko 5 Wimbledon, London, United KingdomGrass2R1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 6–198
2013
3. Flag of Serbia.svg Janko Tipsarević 10 Munich, GermanyClayQF6–3, 4–6, 6–469
4. Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Roger Federer 5 Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay2R6–3, 6–455
2014
5. Flag of Spain.svg David Ferrer 3 Doha, QatarHard2R6–4, 7–554

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