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.

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".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) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Wolfsburg, GermanyCarpet (i) Robin Haase2–6, 6–3, 1–6Loss0–2Almaty, KazakhstanClay Simon Greul4–6, 2–6Win1–2Timişoara, RomaniaClay Daniel Muñoz de la Nava6–4, 7–6(7–0)Win2–2Eckental, GermanyCarpet (i) Dustin Brown6–4, 6–4Win3–2Monza, ItalyClay Pablo Andújar6–7(4–7), 6–3, 6–4Loss3–3Tunis, TunisiaClay José Acasuso3–6, 4–6Loss3–4Heilbronn, GermanyHard (i) Bastian Knittel6–7(4–7), 6–7(5–7)Win4–4Oberstaufen, GermanyClay Andreas Beck6–4, 7–6(7–3)Win5–4Helsinki, FinlandHard Matthias Bachinger7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5)Win6–4Eckental, Germany (2)Carpet (i) Ernests Gulbis7–6(7–0), 6–3Loss6–5Como, ItalyClay Andrey Kuznetsov4–6, 3–6Win7–5 Recanati, ItalyHard Adrián Menéndez Maceiras7–5, 6–3Loss7–6Astana, KazakhstanHard Sebastian Ofner6–7(5–7), 3–6

Doubles: 5 (3–2) ResultW–LDateTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 1–0 Fergana, Uzbekistan Hard John Paul Fruttero Lukáš Rosol Martin Slanar 7–6(7–1), 7–5Win 2–0 Astana, Kazakhstan Hard Adam Feeney Kamil Čapkovič Ivan Dodig 6–2, 6–4Win 3–0 Dresden, Germany Clay Jun Woong-sun Ilija Bozoljac Dušan Vemić 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–6]Loss 3–1 San Remo, Italy Clay Matthias Bachinger Harel Levy Jim Thomas 4–6, 4–6Loss 3–2 Sacramento, United States Carpet Dustin Brown Blaž Kavčič Grega Žemlja 1–6, 6–3, [3–10]

Performance timelines

Singles

Tournament200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAQ1Q21R1RQ12R1RA2RQ1AQ10 / 52–5French OpenAAA1R1R1R1RQ31R1RAQ3Q1AQ10 / 60–6WimbledonAAAQ2Q24RQ1Q12RQ3AQ31RAQ30 / 34–3US OpenAAAQ1Q21RA2R1RAA1RQ1Q2A0 / 41–4Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–13–40–21–12–40–20–01–20–10–00–00 / 187–18ATP World Tour Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAAAQ2Q2A2R1RAQ1AAA0 / 21–2 Miami OpenAAAAAA1RA1R1RAQ1AAA0 / 30–3Monte-Carlo MastersAAAAAAAA1RAAQ1AAA0 / 10–1Shanghai MastersNot HeldAAAA2RAAAAAA0 / 11–1Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–02–40–20–00–00–00–00–00 / 72–7National representationDavis CupAAAAAAAAPOQFAPOAAA0 / 12–0Career statisticsTournaments001451911823111441193Overall win–loss0–00–01–11–47–59–194–115–824–233–112–12–41–40–11–160–93Win % – –50%20%58%32%27%38%51%21%67%33%20%0%50%39%Year-end ranking7015262201509210411015354329159168320182

Doubles

Tournament20102011201220132014SRW–LGrand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAA1R0 / 10–1French OpenAAA1RA0 / 10–1WimbledonAAQ12RA0 / 11–1US Open1RAA2RA0 / 21–2Win–loss0–10–00–02–30–10 / 52–5

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.

Gaël Monfils 3–2 Nikolay Davydenko 2–1 Roberto Bautista Agut 1–0 David Ferrer 1–0 Sébastien Grosjean 1–0 Janko Tipsarević 1–0 Marcos Baghdatis 1–1 Roger Federer 1–1 Radek Štěpánek 1–1 Mikhail Youzhny 1–2 Gilles Simon 1–3 Kevin Anderson 0–1 Ernests Gulbis 0–1 Tommy Haas 0–1 Ivan Ljubičić 0–1 Jürgen Melzer 0–1 Rafael Nadal 0–1 Cameron Norrie 0–1 Tommy Robredo 0–1 Alexander Zverev 0–1 Tomáš Berdych 0–2 Juan Martín del Potro 0–2 Richard Gasquet 0–2 Marin Čilić 0–3 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 0–3

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Wins over top-10 players Season 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Total Wins 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 5

#PlayerRankEventSurfaceRdScoreDB Rank20091. Gilles Simon7Hamburg, GermanyClay2R3–6, 6–4, 6–312020102. Nikolay Davydenko5Wimbledon, London, United KingdomGrass2R1–6, 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8), 6–19820133. Janko Tipsarević10Munich, GermanyClayQF6–3, 4–6, 6–4694. Roger Federer5Gstaad, SwitzerlandClay2R6–3, 6–45520145. David Ferrer3Doha, QatarHard2R6–4, 7–554

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