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
Turned pro	2005
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,739,735
Singles
Career record	54–82
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 51 (19 August 2013)
Current ranking	No. 170 (26 October 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2013)
French Open	1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
Wimbledon	4R (2010)
US Open	2R (2012)
Doubles
Career record	9–24
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 154 (19 May 2008)
Current ranking	No. 748 (26 October 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
French Open	1R (2013)
Wimbledon	2R (2013)
US Open	2R (2013)
Last updated on: 27 October 2015.

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.

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.

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.”

Challenger finals

Singles: 10 (6–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (6–4)

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

Doubles: 4 (3–1)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)

Performance timelines

Singles

Current till 2014 Wimbledon Championships.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	2R	1R	1–4
French Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	Q3	1R	1R	0–6
Wimbledon	A	A	4R	Q1	Q1	2R	Q3	4–2
US Open	A	A	1R	A	2R	1R	A	1–3
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	3–4	0–2	1–1	2–4	0–2	6–15

Doubles

Current till 2013 US Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	0–1
French Open	A	A	A	1R	A	0–1
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	2R	A	1–1
US Open	1R	A	A	2R		0–2
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–1	2–5

Top 10 wins per season

Season	2013	2014
Wins	1	0

Wins over Top 10's per season

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score
2013
1.	Roger Federer	5	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	2R	6–3, 6–4

External links

• Daniel Brands at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Daniel Brands at the Davis Cup
• Brands World Ranking History