Daniel Brands

Daniel Brands (born 17 July 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player. His career-high singles ranking was world No. 51 achieved in 19 August 2013.

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Brands at the 2019 French Open
Daniel Fabian Brands
Germany
Deggendorf, Germany
(1987-07-17) 17 July 1987Deggendorf, Germany
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
2005
2019
Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
$2,181,301
60–93
0
No. 51 (19 August 2013)
2R (2013, 2016)
1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
4R (2010)
2R (2012)
9–25
0
No. 154 (19 May 2008)
1R (2014)
1R (2013)
2R (2013)
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 19 August 2013.

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.

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.

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.

Brands lost to Marin Čilić in the Croatia Open.

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".

ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Mar 2007Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet (i)Robin Haase2–6, 6–3, 1–6
Loss0–2Jun 2007Almaty, KazakhstanClaySimon Greul4–6, 2–6
Win1–2Aug 2008Timişoara, RomaniaClayDaniel Muñoz de la Nava6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Win2–2Nov 2009Eckental, GermanyCarpet (i)Dustin Brown6–4, 6–4
Win3–2Apr 2010Monza, ItalyClayPablo Andújar6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4
Loss3–3May 2010Tunis, TunisiaClayJosé Acasuso3–6, 4–6
Loss3–4Jan 2011Heilbronn, GermanyHard (i)Bastian Knittel6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)
Win4–4Jul 2011Oberstaufen, GermanyClayAndreas Beck6–4, 7–6(7–3)
Win5–4Nov 2011Helsinki, FinlandHardMatthias Bachinger7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)
Win6–4Nov 2012Eckental, Germany (2)Carpet (i)Ernests Gulbis7–6(7–0), 6–3
Loss6–5Sep 2015Como, ItalyClayAndrey Kuznetsov4–6, 3–6
Win7–5Jul 2018Recanati, ItalyHardAdrián Menéndez Maceiras7–5, 6–3
Loss7–6Jul 2018Astana, KazakhstanHardSebastian Ofner6–7(5–7), 3–6
ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0May 2007Fergana, UzbekistanHardJohn Paul FrutteroLukáš Rosol Martin Slanar7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win2–0Jun 2007Astana, KazakhstanHardAdam FeeneyKamil Čapkovič Ivan Dodig6–2, 6–4
Win3–0May 2008Dresden, GermanyClayJun Woong-sunIlija Bozoljac Dušan Vemić2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
Loss3–1May 2008San Remo, ItalyClayMatthias BachingerHarel Levy Jim Thomas4–6, 4–6
Loss3–2Oct 2015Sacramento, United StatesCarpetDustin BrownBlaž Kavčič Grega Žemlja1–6, 6–3, [3–10]

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Tournament20102011201220132014SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1
French OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1
WimbledonAAQ12RA0 / 11–1
US Open1RAA2RA0 / 21–2
Win–loss0–10–00–02–30–10 / 52–5

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.

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  • As of 4 April 2022.
#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreDB Rank
2009
1.Gilles Simon7Hamburg, GermanyClay2R3–6, 6–4, 6–3120
2010
2.Nikolay Davydenko5Wimbledon, London, United KingdomGrass2R1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 6–198
2013
3.Janko Tipsarević10Munich, GermanyClayQF6–3, 4–6, 6–469
4.Roger Federer5Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay2R6–3, 6–455
2014
5.David Ferrer3Doha, QatarHard2R6–4, 7–554

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  • Daniel Brands at the Association of Tennis Professionals
  • Daniel Brands at the International Tennis Federation
  • Daniel Brands at the Davis Cup (archived)
  • Daniel Brands at ESPN.com