Nick Brown (tennis)

Nick Brown

Country (sports)	Great Britain
Residence	Hanwell, London, England
Born	(1961-09-03) 3 September 1961 (age 63) Warrington, Cheshire, England
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Plays	Right-handed
Singles
Career record	10–16
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 145 (25 September 1989)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (1990)
Wimbledon	3R (1991)
Doubles
Career record	38–44
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 42 (23 September 1991)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	QF (1991)
French Open	2R (1990, 1991)
Wimbledon	3R (1991)
US Open	2R (1991)

Nick Brown (born 3 September 1961) is a tennis coach and former professional tennis player from the United Kingdom.

Brown won the British Under-21 championship in 1980 and the national senior singles championship three years later in 1983. After playing on the ATP tour in the early 1980s, but tiring of his financial situation, he left the tour in 1984 to devote his time to coaching in Belgium and France and then young British players at David Lloyd's club in London, including Tim Henman. ^[1] Five years later, Brown came out of retirement to play in the Davis Cup. ^[2]

Brown caused a sensation at Wimbledon in 1991 when he was granted a wild card. Ranked No. 591 in the world at the time, he faced the 10th seed and previous year's semi-finalist Goran Ivanišević in the second round and defeated him in four sets. ^[3] Brown became the first Briton to defeat a seeded player at Wimbledon since John Lloyd beat Eliot Teltscher in 1985. Brown eventually lost in the third round to France's Thierry Champion.

Brown's career-high rankings were world No. 120 in singles and No. 25 in doubles.

Since permanently retiring from competitive tennis, Brown has served as coach of Britain's Fed Cup team. (1999–2005). He has coached several international players including Tim Henman, Łukasz Kubot and Iga Świątek.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 2010, Brown was the Polish Davis Cup and Olympic tennis coach. ^[1]

Personal life

Brown is married to Nadia Macari-Brown.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career finals

Singles (1)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1989	Bristol, UK	Grass	Eric Jelen	4–6, 6–3, 5–7

Doubles (3)

Result	W/L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 1990	Manchester, UK	Grass	Kelly Jones	Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg	3–6, 6–2, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1991	Stuttgart, Germany	Carpet (i)	Jeremy Bates	Sergio Casal Emilio Sánchez	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	Jun 1991	Manchester, UK	Grass	Andrew Castle	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	4–6, 3–6

References

1. "Top tennis coach Nick Brown to visit Jersey". BBC Sport. 14 April 2010.
2. "Tennis; Briton Scores Upset In a Roar". New York Times. 30 June 1991.
3. "Great Wimbledon shocks". The Guardian. 25 June 2001.

External links

• Nick Brown at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Nick Brown at the International Tennis Federation
• Nick Brown at the Davis Cup