Daniel Brands

Daniel Brands
Full name Daniel Fabian Brands
Country (sports)  Germany
Residence Deggendorf, Germany
Born (1987-07-17) 17 July 1987
Deggendorf, Germany
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro 2005
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $ 1,939,922
Singles
Career record 58–87
Career titles 0
6 Challengers
Highest ranking No. 51 (19 August 2013)
Current ranking No. 168 (21 November 2016)
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 record 9–25
Career titles 0
3 Challengers
Highest ranking No. 154 (19 May 2008)
Current ranking No. 841 (21 November 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2014)
French Open 1R (2013)
Wimbledon 2R (2013)
US Open 2R (2013)
Last updated on: 21 November 2016.

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

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.[1]

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.[2]

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.”[3]

Challenger finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–5)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 4 March 2007 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet (i) Netherlands Robin Haase 2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Runner-up 2. 24 June 2007 Almaty, Kazakhstan Clay Germany Simon Greul 4–6, 2–6
Winner 1. 3 August 2008 Timişoara, Romania Clay Spain Daniel Muñoz de la Nava 6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Winner 2. 8 November 2009 Eckental, Germany Carpet (i) Jamaica Dustin Brown 6–4, 6–4
Winner 3. 11 April 2010 Monza, Italy Clay Spain Pablo Andújar 6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 3. 2 May 2010 Tunis, Tunisia Clay Argentina José Acasuso 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 4. 30 January 2011 Heilbronn, Germany Hard (i) Germany Bastian Knittel 6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Winner 4. 10 July 2011 Oberstaufen, Germany Clay Germany Andreas Beck 6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Winner 5. 27 November 2011 Helsinki, Finland Hard Germany Matthias Bachinger 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Winner 6. 4 November 2012 Eckental, Germany Carpet Latvia Ernests Gulbis 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Runner-up 5. 6 September 2015 Como, Italy Clay Russia Andrey Kuznetsov 4–6, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–2)

Performance timelines

Current through 2016 ATP World Tour.

Singles

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014 2015 2016W–L
Australian Open A A 1R 1R Q1 2R 1R A 2R 2–5
French Open 1R 1R 1R 1R Q3 1R 1R A Q3 0–6
Wimbledon A A 4R Q1 Q1 2R Q3 A Q3 4–2
US Open A A 1R A 2R 1R A A 1R 1–4
Win–Loss 0–1 0–1 3–4 0–2 1–1 2–4 0–2 0–0 1–2 7–17
National representation
Davis Cup Absent PO QF A PO 2–0
Career statistics
Overall Win-Loss 1–4 7–5 9–19 4–11 5–8 24–23 3–11 2–1 2–4 58–871
Win % 20% 58% 32% 27% 38% 51% 21% 67% 33% 40%
Year-end ranking 150 92 104 110 153 54 329 159 168

1 Including Overall Win-Loss 2007 (1–1)

Doubles

Tournament20102011201220132014 2015 2016W–L
Australian Open A A A A 1R A A 0–1
French Open A A A 1R A A A 0–1
Wimbledon A A Q1 2R A A A 1–1
US Open 1R A A 2R A A A 1–2
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 2–5

Wins over top 10 players

Season 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Total
Wins 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 5
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score DB Rank
2009
1. France Gilles Simon 7 Hamburg, Germany Clay 2R 3–6, 6–4, 6–3 120
2010
2. Russia Nikolay Davydenko 5 Wimbledon, London, England Grass 2R 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 6–1 98
2013
3. Serbia Janko Tipsarević 10 Munich, Germany Clay QF 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 69
4. Switzerland Roger Federer 5 Gstaad, Switzerland Clay 2R 6–3, 6–4 55
2014
5. Spain David Ferrer 3 Doha, Qatar Hard 2R 6–4, 7–5 54

References

  1. ↑ Yahoo! Sports Daniel Brands page
  2. ↑ "Cilic beats Brands to reach Umag quarterfinals". The Times Of India. 11 July 2012.
  3. ↑ After Nadal Dodges Upset, a Wild Card Delivers One, Christopher Clarey, NY Times, 27 May 2013

External links

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