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Daniel Brands

{{short description|German tennis player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name=Daniel Brands

|fullname=Daniel Fabian Brands

|image=Brands RGQ19 (2) (48002679757).jpg

|caption=Brands at the 2019 French Open

|country={{GER}}

|residence=Deggendorf, Germany

|birth_date={{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|7|17}}

|birth_place=Deggendorf, Germany

|height={{height|m=1.96}}

|turnedpro=2005

|retired=2019

|plays=Right-handed (one-handed backhand)

|careerprizemoney=$2,181,301

|singlesrecord=60–93

|singlestitles=0

|highestsinglesranking=No. 51 (19 August 2013)

|currentsinglesranking=No. 467 (14 October 2019)

|AustralianOpenresult=2R (2013, 2016)

|FrenchOpenresult=1R (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)

|Wimbledonresult=4R (2010)

|USOpenresult=2R (2012)

|doublesrecord=9–25

|doublestitles=0

|highestdoublesranking=No. 154 (19 May 2008)

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult=1R (2014)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult=1R (2013)

|WimbledonDoublesresult=2R (2013)

|USOpenDoublesresult=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.

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.{{cite news|url=https://newsok.com/article/feed/402602/cilic-beats-brands-to-reach-umag-quarterfinals|title=Cilic beats Brands to reach Umag quarterfinals|date=11 July 2012|publisher=Associated Press|website=News OK}}

=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".After Nadal Dodges Upset, a Wild Card Delivers One, Christopher Clarey, The New York Times, 27 May 2013

ATP Challenger Tour finals

=Singles: 13 (7–6)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Surface

!Opponent

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–1

|{{dts|Mar 2007}}

|bgcolor=moccasin|Wolfsburg, Germany

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|NED}} Robin Haase

|2–6, 6–3, 1–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|0–2

|{{dts|Jun 2007}}

|bgcolor=moccasin|Almaty, Kazakhstan

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Simon Greul

|4–6, 2–6

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|1–2

|{{dts|Aug 2008}}

|bgcolor=moccasin|Timişoara, Romania

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Daniel Muñoz de la Nava

|6–4, 7–6(7–0)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|2–2

|2009 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Eckental, Germany

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|JAM}} Dustin Brown

|6–4, 6–4

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|3–2

|2010 Mitsubishi Electric Cup – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Monza, Italy

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Pablo Andújar

|6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|3–3

|2010 Tunis Open – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Tunis, Tunisia

|Clay

|{{flagicon|ARG}} José Acasuso

|3–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|3–4

|2011 Intersport Heilbronn Open – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Heilbronn, Germany

|Hard (i)

|{{flagicon|GER}} Bastian Knittel

|6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|4–4

|2011 Oberstaufen Cup – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Oberstaufen, Germany

|Clay

|{{flagicon|GER}} Andreas Beck

|6–4, 7–6(7–3)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|5–4

|2011 IPP Open – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Helsinki, Finland

|Hard

|{{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Bachinger

|7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|6–4

|2012 Bauer Watertechnology Cup – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Eckental, Germany (2)

|Carpet (i)

|{{flagicon|LAT}} Ernests Gulbis

|7–6(7–0), 6–3

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|6–5

|2015 Città di Como Challenger – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Como, Italy

|Clay

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Andrey Kuznetsov

|4–6, 3–6

bgcolor=98fb98|Win

|7–5

|2018 Guzzini Challenger – Singles

|bgcolor=moccasin| Recanati, Italy

|Hard

|{{flagicon|ESP}} Adrián Menéndez Maceiras

|7–5, 6–3

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

|7–6

|2018 President's Cup (tennis) – Men's singles

|bgcolor=moccasin|Astana, Kazakhstan

|Hard

|{{flagicon|AUT}} Sebastian Ofner

|6–7(5–7), 3–6

=Doubles: 5 (3–2)=

class="sortable wikitable"

!Result

!class="unsortable"|W–L

!{{ns}}Date{{ns}}

!Tournament

!Surface

!Partner

!Opponents

!class="unsortable"|Score

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

| 1–0

| {{dts|May 2007}}

| bgcolor=moccasin|Fergana, Uzbekistan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|USA}} John Paul Fruttero

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Lukáš Rosol
{{flagicon|AUT}} Martin Slanar

| 7–6(7–1), 7–5

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

| 2–0

| {{dts|Jun 2007}}

| bgcolor=moccasin|Astana, Kazakhstan

| Hard

| {{flagicon|AUS}} Adam Feeney

| {{flagicon|SVK}} Kamil Čapkovič
{{flagicon|CRO}} Ivan Dodig

| 6–2, 6–4

bgcolor=98FB98|Win

| 3–0

| {{dts|May 2008}}

| bgcolor=moccasin|Dresden, Germany

| Clay

| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jun Woong-sun

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Ilija Bozoljac
{{flagicon|SRB}} Dušan Vemić

| 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

| 3–1

| {{dts|May 2008}}

| bgcolor=moccasin|San Remo, Italy

| Clay

| {{flagicon|GER}} Matthias Bachinger

| {{flagicon|ISR}} Harel Levy
{{flagicon|USA}} Jim Thomas

| 4–6, 4–6

bgcolor=ffa07a|Loss

| 3–2

| 2015 Sacramento Challenger – Doubles

| bgcolor=moccasin|Sacramento, United States

| Carpet

| {{flagicon|GER}} Dustin Brown

| {{flagicon|SLO}} Blaž Kavčič
{{flagicon|SLO}} Grega Žemlja

| 1–6, 6–3, [3–10]

Performance timelines

{{Performance key|short=yes|active=no}}

=Singles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%

!Tournament!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!2016!!2017!!2018!!2019!!SR!!W–L

colspan="18" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|0 / 5

|2–5

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|0 / 6

|0–6

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|4R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q3

|0 / 3

|4–3

align=left|US Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|0 / 4

|1–4

style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–1

|3–4

|0–2

|1–1

|2–4

|0–2

|0–0

|1–2

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 18

|7–18

colspan="18" align="left" |ATP World Tour Masters 1000
align=left|Indian Wells Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q2

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 2

|1–2

align=left| Miami Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 3

|0–3

align=left|Monte-Carlo Masters

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Shanghai Masters

|colspan=4 style=color:#767676|Not Held

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 1

|1–1

style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–1

|0–0

|2–4

|0–2

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0–0

|0 / 7

|2–7

colspan="18" align="left" |National representation
align="left"|Davis Cup

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|PO

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|PO

|A

|A

|A

|0 / 1

|2–0

colspan="18" align="left" |Career statistics
bgcolor="efefef"

|style=text-align:left|Tournaments

|0

|0

|1

|4

|5

|19

|11

|8

|23

|11

|1

|4

|4

|1

|1

|colspan=2|93

style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Overall win–loss

|0–0

|0–0

|1–1

|1–4

|7–5

|9–19

|4–11

|5–8

|24–23

|3–11

|2–1

|2–4

|1–4

|0–1

|1–1

|colspan=2|60–93

bgcolor="efefef"

|style=text-align:left|Win %

| –

| –

|50%

|20%

|58%

|32%

|27%

|38%

|51%

|21%

|67%

|33%

|20%

|0%

|50%

|colspan=2|39%

bgcolor="efefef"

|style=text-align:left|Year-end ranking

|701

|526

|220

|150

|92

|104

|110

|153

|54

|329

|159

|168

|320

|182

|

|colspan=2|

=Doubles=

class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%

!Tournament!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!SR!!W–L

colspan="8" align="left" |Grand Slam tournaments
align=left|Australian Open

|A

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|French Open

|A

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|0 / 1

|0–1

align=left|Wimbledon

|A

|A

|bgcolor=ecf2ff|Q1

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|0 / 1

|1–1

align=left|US Open

|bgcolor=afeeee|1R

|A

|A

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|A

|0 / 2

|1–2

style="font-weight:bold; background:#efefef;"

|style=text-align:left|Win–loss

|0–1

|0–0

|0–0

|2–3

|0–1

|0 / 5

|2–5

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.

{{Div col|colwidth=18em}}

{{div col end}}

:* {{as of|2022|4|4}}.

=Wins over top-10 players=

class="wikitable sortable"
Season2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019Total
align=center

| Wins

00110021000005

class="wikitable sortable"

!#

!Player

!Rank

!Event

!Surface

!Rd

!class="unsortable"|Score

!DB Rank

colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2009
1.

|{{flagicon|FRA}} Gilles Simon

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|7

|bgcolor=d0f0c0|Hamburg, Germany

|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|3–6, 6–4, 6–3

|align=center|120

colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2010
2.

|{{flagicon|RUS}} Nikolay Davydenko

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|5

|bgcolor=F3E6D7|Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 6–1

|align=center|98

colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2013
3.

|{{flagicon|SRB}} Janko Tipsarević

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|10

|Munich, Germany

|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay

|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF

|6–3, 4–6, 6–4

|align=center|69

4.

|{{flagicon|SUI}} Roger Federer

|align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA|5

|Gstaad, Switzerland

|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|6–3, 6–4

|align=center|55

colspan=8 style=text-align:center|2014
5.

|{{flagicon|ESP}} David Ferrer

|align=center bgcolor=#9cf|3

|Doha, Qatar

|bgcolor=ccccff|Hard

|bgcolor=afeeee|2R

|6–4, 7–5

|align=center|54

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References

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External links

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