Dustin Brown (tennis)

Dustin Brown
Brown at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports) Jamaica (2002–2010, 2022–2024)
 Germany (2011–2022)
ResidenceWinsen an der Aller, Germany
Born (1984-12-08) 8 December 1984 (age 39)
Celle, West Germany
Height1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro2002
Retired2024
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$3,091,779
Singles
Career record62–99 (38.5% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 64 (10 October 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open1R (2011, 2015, 2017, 2018)
French Open2R (2016)
Wimbledon3R (2013, 2015)
US Open2R (2010, 2017)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record79–99 (44.4% in ATP Tour events)
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 43 (14 May 2012)
Current rankingNo. 237 (19 February 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open2R (2011, 2015)
French Open3R (2011)
Wimbledon2R (2012, 2014, 2016)
US Open1R (2012, 2016)
Last updated on: 24 February 2024.

Dustin Brown (born 8 December 1984) is a German-Jamaican professional tennis player who rose to fame after beating Rafael Nadal at the Halle Open in 2014 and at Wimbledon in 2015. He is known for his technique, speed, and unorthodox playing style, often entertaining the crowd with trick shots. His nickname is "Dreddy" due to his distinctive long dreadlocked hair.

Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, in singles and doubles, having won 31 titles overall. He achieved his career-high singles ranking of No. 64 in October 2016 and his career-high doubles ranking of No. 43 in May 2012. Brown is notable for being one of only two players who are undefeated against Rafael Nadal after playing more than one match with him, holding a 2–0 head-to-head record.

Brown has yet to reach an ATP singles final, but has made two semifinals at the 2016 Open Sud de France and the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad. In doubles, he has won two titles on the ATP Tour.

Early life

Brown was born on 8 December 1984 in Celle, West Germany, a town situated near the city of Hanover. His father Leroy met his German-born mother Inge in Jamaica before settling in Celle. This unusual dual nationality has earned him the nickname "Shabba" based on a line from Jamie Foxx in the 1997 comedy Booty Call where he claimed to be a "Germaican". He also has two half-brothers named Steve and Dean. He played several sports such as football, judo, and handball throughout his childhood. He started playing tennis at the age of 5 but didn't really focus on the sport until the age of eight: "When I made the decision to pursue tennis instead of football, of course I wanted to be successful. I didn't want just to end up playing for a club somewhere." His reported idol growing up was Russian tennis player and former world No. 1 Marat Safin. His junior tennis career went well enough to draw the attention of Kim Michael Wittenberg, an American who ran a tennis academy near Hanover. Wittenberg regularly gave Brown lessons, and according to his pupil, he "taught me to play tennis."

At 11 years old, in 1996, the family returned to Jamaica, settling in Montego Bay. The move was motivated in part by the high cost of training in Germany as well as his need to develop discipline on the court: "I was pretty mentally soft when I was young. Anything could happen when I played—I could lose my temper, I got disqualified." In Jamaica, track and field, soccer, and cricket were the sports that commanded the best resources, tennis was played on poorly maintained public courts and with low-quality balls. Nevertheless, he continued to play junior tennis.

In 2004, 20-year-old Brown became unhappy with tennis in Jamaica, his family thought his potential warranted returning to Germany and a Volkswagen campervan that could sleep up to three people set him up. The mobile lodgings enabled him to play in the various European tournaments: "It was a brilliant idea by my parents, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to go on playing. It was a means of competing week in, week out." He also brought in income with his racquet stringing machine, giving other players lower cost service, and letting out his spare mobile accommodations for a night.

Junior career

Brown played his first junior match in August 1999 at the age of 14 at a grade 4 tournament in Jamaica. In 2002, he competed in two junior Grand Slam tournaments, reaching the second round of Wimbledon in singles as a qualifier and the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open in doubles partnering Luka Gregorc. Brown achieved a career-high junior singles ranking of 61 on March 18, 2002, and ended his junior career with a 34–26 record. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of 116 on November 11, 2002, and a 15–24 overall record.

Junior Grand Slam results – Singles:

Australian Open: A (-)
French Open: A (-)
Wimbledon: 2R (2002)
US Open: 1R (2002)

Junior Grand Slam results – Doubles:

Australian Open: A (-)
French Open: A (-)
Wimbledon: 1R (2002)
US Open: QF (2002)

Professional career

2002–2009

Brown officially turned pro in April 2002 at the age of 17 and began representing Jamaica. Between 2002 and 2009, Brown reached 11 ITF singles finals and 32 ITF doubles finals, winning 3 singles titles and 16 doubles titles.

Brown made his ATP debut at the 2003 Hall of Fame Open after qualifying for the main draw. He lost in the first round to Bob Bryan in three sets.

Brown reached his first Challenger final at the 2009 Baden Open where he lost to Florian Mayer in straight sets. Three months later, he won his first Challenger title at the 2009 Samarkand Challenger defeating Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy in the final. For the rest of 2009, he made four more Challenger finals including one doubles final. These results helped increase his ranking from 494 at the start of the year to 144 at year's end.

2010–2019

Brown at the Boodles Challenge in 2010

2010 is considered to be Brown's breakout year. At the SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, South Africa, he made his first ATP main-draw appearance since 2003, defeating fourth seed Marco Chiudinelli and No. 139 Laurent Recouderc to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to eventual runner-up Stéphane Robert. He became the second Jamaican after Doug Burke at the 1989 BP National Championships in Wellington, New Zealand, to reach the quarterfinals of an ATP tournament.

On May 17, 2010, Brown reached the top 100 for the first time, debuting at No. 99. In June, he competed in his third ATP main draw at the Queen's Club Championships in London, defeating Frank Dancevic in three sets before losing to Denis Istomin in the second round. It was reported at the time that lack of funding and support from the Jamaican Tennis Association had tempted him to switch national association to Great Britain, his paternal grandmother being British. Later that month, Brown made his Grand Slam debut at Wimbledon after receiving direct entry into the main draw. He lost in the first round to 16th seed Jürgen Melzer in four sets. After another ATP quarterfinal at the 2010 Hall of Fame Open, Brown received direct entry into the US Open and won his opening match against Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo to record his first Grand Slam win. He lost in the second round to world No. 4 Andy Murray in straight sets.

In September 2010, Brown won his first ATP doubles title at the 2010 Open de Moselle partnering Rogier Wassen.

In October 2010, Brown began representing Germany and competed under the German flag for the first time at the Challenger Eckental, where he reached the semifinals before losing to eventual champion Igor Sijsling. His first title success playing under the German flag came a week later at the Lambertz Open, defeating Sijsling in the final.

Brown won his second ATP doubles title at the 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II partnering Paul Hanley.

Brown partnered Jonathan Marray at the 2012 French Open; they lost in the first round. Brown/Marray also reached four Challenger tour finals in 2012, winning two in Bosnia and Italy.

At 2013 Wimbledon, Brown qualified for the main draw and went all the way to the third round defeating Guillermo García López and former champion Lleyton Hewitt before falling to Adrian Mannarino in straight sets.

At the 2014 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Brown upset first seed and world No. 9 John Isner in the second round to claim his first-ever win over a top 10 player. He would lose to Sam Querrey in the next round.

Brown at the 2014 US Open.

In 2014 he achieved his most significant career win by defeating world No. 1 Rafael Nadal at the Halle Open as a wildcard.

At Wimbledon in 2015 Brown came through qualifying without dropping a set. After beating Yen-hsun Lu in the first round, Brown then upset, for the second time in his career, 10th seed and two-time champion Rafael Nadal in four sets in the second round, before losing to Victor Troicki in four sets in the next round.

In January 2016, Brown played world No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the Qatar Open. He lost in straight sets.

Brown reached his first singles semifinal on the ATP World Tour at the 2016 Open Sud de France after having lost eight consecutive quarterfinal matches. There, he lost against top seed and eventual champion Richard Gasquet in three sets.

Brown reached a career debut second round of the French Open in 2016.

After winning the 2016 Aegon Manchester Trophy, Brown received a wild card for the 2016 Wimbledon Championships. There, he defeated Dušan Lajović in the first round before losing to Nick Kyrgios in the second. Both matches were decided in five sets.

Brown made his second ATP singles semifinal at the 2016 Swiss Open Gstaad but lost to top seed and eventual champion Feliciano López in three sets.

Brown competed in the first round of the 2016 Summer Olympics against Thomaz Bellucci of Brazil. Brown was leading 6–4, 4–4 when he went down with an ankle injury. Medical staff taped him, he returned to the match playing two points. Bellucci increased the score to 4–5 in the second set. Brown could not return play and retired in tears.

On October 10, 2016, Brown achieved a career-high singles ranking of 64 and ended the yeer ranked 72.

Brown upset world No. 7 Marin Čilić at the 2017 Open Sud de France. He would retire after just one game of play against Benoît Paire in the next round due to a back injury.

Brown lost in straight sets to Andy Murray at Wimbledon in 2017 in the second round.

Brown qualified for the 2018 Australian Open in what would be his last grand slam to date. He lost to João Sousa in the first round in five sets.

At the 2018 Open Sud de France, Brown was one game away from defeating Nicolas Mahut in the first round, but he sustained a back injury and could not continue to play giving Mahut the victory. He left the court in tears.

In April 2019, Brown reclaimed an ATP Challenger singles title from three years previous at the Mouratoglou Open in Sophia Antipolis, winning the final over Filip Krajinović in straight sets.

On 13 June 2019, Brown upset compatriot and world No. 5 Alexander Zverev at the 2019 Stuttgart Open in the second round. Following this victory, he lost in a third-set tiebreaker to Félix Auger-Aliassime in the quarterfinal.

2020–present

Brown reached the qualifying competition of the 2020 French Open Qualifying and the 2021 Australian Open Qualifying before being eliminated both times.

Throughout 2021, Brown seemed to focus less on singles and more on doubles as he was competing in more doubles events than singles and was finding more success as he was reaching a handful of quarterfinals and semifinals in challenger events and ATP events.

Brown received a wildcard into the 2021 Stuttgart Open due to his performance in the previous edition. He lost in the first round to Nikoloz Basilashvili in straight sets. This was his last professional singles match.

In 2022, Brown stopped representing Germany and returned to representing Jamaica in tournaments.

Due to persistent injuries since the start of 2018, Brown announced in January 2024 that he would retire from professional tennis at the end of the 2024 season.

Davis Cup

Brown made his Davis Cup debut for Jamaica in 2003 which would be the only time he played for Jamaica at the Davis Cup. He won 4 of 5 singles matches played and all 3 doubles matches played.

Brown only played one match for Germany in 2015 in the singles where he lost to Dominican Víctor Estrella Burgos in four sets.

Brown's combined record for Jamaica and Germany is 4–2 in singles and 3–0 in doubles giving him an overall record of 7–2.

Style of play

Brown is considered a serve-and-volleyer as he is known for his big serves and lightly volleying the ball in once it is returned to him. His serve speed averages at around 190–205 km/h but has reached up to 220 km/h.

Brown's shotmaking style is very unorthodox as he mixes his shots up with hard-hitting groundstrokes to light drop shots which makes his opponents have to be ready for anything on every point. He is also known for his impressive trick shots where he hits very difficult shots from difficult positions. These shots include tweeners, behind-the-back shots, diving shots, down-the-line shots, jump shots, drop shots, etc. This causes his playing style to be highly entertaining to the crowd as most tennis fans call him one of the most entertaining players on the tour.

Brown is also known for his very fast returns and winners on both his forehand and his backhand and his net and volleying skills.

Performance timelines

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G S B NMS NTI P NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

Jamaica Germany
Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A Q2 1R Q1 Q2 Q1 1R Q1 1R 1R Q3 Q1 Q3 0 / 4 0–4 0%
French Open A A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 A 1R Q1 2R 1R Q1 Q3 Q3 A 0 / 4 1–4 20%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A 1R Q1 1R 3R 1R 3R 2R 2R Q1 Q2 NH A 0 / 7 6–7 46%
US Open A A A A A A A A 2R A Q2 A 1R 1R 1R 2R A A A A 0 / 5 2–5 29%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–3 2–3 2–4 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 9–20 31%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A A Q1 1R A A A 1R A 1R A A NH A 0 / 3 0–3 0%
Miami Open A A A A A A A A Q1 A A A A Q2 A 1R A A NH A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Q2 A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
National representation
Summer Olympics not held A not held A not held A not held 1R not held A 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Davis Cup A Z3 A A A A A A A A A A A PO A A A A A A 0 / 0 4–2 67%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 5 3 16 15 12 20 4 1 0 1 98
Hard Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 1–6 0–0 0–1 5–6 4–10 5–6 5–10 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 44 23–45 34%
Clay win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 4–3 0–1 6–8 1–2 6–4 3–7 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 31 21–31 40%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–4 0–2 0–2 2–1 2–2 5–4 2–2 2–3 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 23 18–23 44%
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 6–10 2–10 4–5 2–3 13–16 10–16 13–12 10–20 0–4 2–1 0–0 0–1 0 / 98 62–99 39%
Win % 0% 38% 17% 44% 40% 45% 38% 52% 33% 0% 67% 0% 39%
Year-end ranking 725 527 820 622 566 459 494 144 92 161 167 111 89 118 72 125 230 203 261 343

Doubles

Current through the 2023 ATP Tour.

Jamaica Germany Jamaica
Tournament 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A A A 2R 1R 1R 1R 2R 1R 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 7 2–7 22%
French Open A A A A A A A A A 3R 1R A A 1R A 1R A A A A A A 0 / 4 2–4 33%
Wimbledon A A A A A A A A A 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R 2R 1R A A NH A A A 0 / 7 3–7 30%
US Open A A A A A A A A A A 1R A A A 1R A A A A A A A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–3 1–4 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–3 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0 / 20 7–20 26%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 15 12 11 13 8 9 2 2 0 4 4 4 0 105
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
Overall win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 9–4 8–15 18–14 11–12 9–11 6–13 4–7 4–8 3–1 1–2 0–0 3–4 0–4 3–3 0–0 79–99
Win % 0% 69% 35% 56% 48% 45% 32% 36% 33% 75% 33% 43% 0% 50% 44%
Year-end ranking 998 727 802 518 582 444 256 206 53 69 56 86 85 82 173 182 173 217 219 137 109 200

ATP career finals

Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 series (2–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–1)
Clay (1–3)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoors (1–3)
Indoors (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2010 Moselle Open,
France
250 Series Hard (i) Netherlands Rogier Wassen Brazil Marcelo Melo
Brazil Bruno Soares
6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Feb 2012 Open 13,
France
250 Series Hard (i) France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga France Nicolas Mahut
France Édouard Roger-Vasselin
6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
Win 2–1 Apr 2012 Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco
250 Series Clay Australia Paul Hanley Italy Daniele Bracciali
Italy Fabio Fognini
7–5, 6–3
Loss 2–2 Jul 2012 Austrian Open Kitzbühel,
Austria
250 Series Clay Australia Paul Hanley Czech Republic František Čermák
Austria Julian Knowle
6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 2–3 Apr 2013 Grand Prix Hassan II,
Morocco
250 Series Clay Germany Christopher Kas Austria Julian Knowle
Slovakia Filip Polášek
3–6, 2–6
Loss 2–4 Apr 2017 US Clay Court Championships,
United States
250 Series Clay United States Frances Tiafoe Chile Julio Peralta
Argentina Horacio Zeballos
6–4, 5–7, [6–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 28 (11–17)

Legend
ATP Challenger (8–9)
ITF Futures (3–8)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–5)
Clay (6–8)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–4)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2002 Jamaica F22, Trelawny Futures Hard Netherlands Antilles Jean-Julien Rojer 4–6, 3–6
Loss 0–2 Jul 2006 Germany F7, Kassel Futures Clay Slovakia Lukáš Lacko 6–3, 3–6, 4–6
Loss 0–3 Jan 2007 Germany F1, Nußloch Futures Carpet (i) Romania Florin Mergea 3–6, 2–6
Win 1–3 Jul 2007 Germany F9, Römerberg Futures Clay Belgium Ruben Bemelmans 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–4 Sep 2007 Germany F16, Friedberg Futures Clay Germany Marc Meigel 2–6, 6–4, 3–6
Loss 1–5 Sep 2007 France F15, Forbach Futures Carpet (i) France Josselin Ouanna 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 1–6 Apr 2008 Turkey F3, Antalya Futures Clay Moldova Andrei Gorban 3–6, 1–6
Win 2–6 Jun 2008 Germany F8, Trier Futures Clay Germany Tobias Clemens 7–5, 6–7(6–8), 6–0
Loss 2–7 Jan 2009 Spain F2, Magaluf Futures Clay Spain Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán 7–6(7–4), 5–7, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 2–8 Feb 2009 Spain F3, Murcia Futures Clay Spain Javier Genaro-Martinez 4–6, 4–6
Win 3–8 Mar 2009 Switzerland F2, Vaduz Futures Carpet (i) Slovakia Miloslav Mečíř 3–6, 6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Loss 0–1 May 2009 Karlsruhe, Germany Challenger Clay Germany Florian Mayer 2–6, 4–6
Win 1–1 Aug 2009 Samarqand, Uzbekistan Challenger Clay France Jonathan Dasnières de Veigy 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss 1–2 Aug 2009 Almaty, Kazakhstan Challenger Hard Ukraine Ivan Sergeyev 3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Loss 1–3 Nov 2009 Eckental, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) Germany Daniel Brands 4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Nov 2009 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) United States Rajeev Ram 6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–5), 6–7(2–7)
Win 2–4 Apr 2010 Johannesburg, South Africa Challenger Hard South Africa Izak van der Merwe 7–6(7–2), 6–3
Win 3–4 Nov 2010 Aachen, Germany Challenger Carpet (i) Netherlands Igor Sijsling 6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Win 4–4 Mar 2012 Bath, United Kingdom Challenger Hard (i) Czech Republic Jan Mertl 7–6(7–1), 6–4
Loss 4–5 Mar 2013 Sarajevo, Bosnia Challenger Hard (i) France Adrian Mannarino 6–7(3–7), 6–7(2–7)
Win 5–5 Sep 2013 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Filippo Volandri 7–6(7–5), 6–3
Loss 5–6 Nov 2013 Andria, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Hungary Márton Fucsovics 3–6, 4–6
Win 6–6 Sep 2014 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Germany Jan-Lennard Struff 6–4, 6–3
Loss 6–7 Oct 2015 Fairfield, United States Challenger Hard United States Taylor Fritz 3–6, 4–6
Win 7–7 Jun 2016 Manchester, United Kingdom Challenger Grass Chinese Taipei Lu Yen-hsun 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Loss 7–8 Sep 2016 Szczecin, Poland Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Giannessi 2–6, 3–6
Loss 7–9 Sep 2018 Genoa, Italy Challenger Clay Italy Lorenzo Sonego 2–6, 1–6
Win 8–9 Apr 2019 Sophia Antipolis, France Challenger Clay Serbia Filip Krajinović 6–3, 7–5

Doubles: 80 (42–38)

Legend
ATP Challenger (26–22)
ITF Futures (16–16)
Finals by surface
Hard (6–13)
Clay (27–16)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (9–8)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2003 Jamaica F9,
Montego Bay
Futures Hard Jamaica Ryan Russell Monaco Clément Morel
France Gilles Simon
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 1–1 Oct 2003 Jamaica F11,
Montego Bay
Futures Hard Jamaica Ryan Russell United Kingdom Dan Kiernan
United Kingdom David Sherwood
4–6, 0–2 ret.
Loss 1–2 Aug 2004 Netherlands F4,
Alphen
Futures Clay Netherlands Eric Kuijlen Brazil Francisco Costa
Belgium Jeroen Masson
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2004 Germany F15,
Kempten
Futures Clay Germany Sascha Hesse Chile Joaquin Lillo
Germany Armin Meixner
4–6, 6–3, 4–6
Loss 1–4 Jul 2005 Germany F6,
Trier
Futures Clay Germany Sebastian Rieschick Australia Rameez Junaid
Germany Markus Schiller
0–6, 4–6
Loss 1–5 Sep 2005 Germany F13,
Nußloch
Futures Clay Germany Tobias Klein Germany Matthias Bachinger
Germany Philipp Piyamongkol
4–6, 4–6
Loss 1–6 Sep 2005 Germany F14,
Kempten
Futures Clay Germany Tobias Klein Germany Jerome Becker
Germany Julian Reister
6–4, 4–6, 3–6
Loss 1–7 Sep 2005 Germany F15,
Friedberg
Futures Clay Germany Tobias Klein Germany Jerome Becker
Germany Julian Reister
4–6, 3–6
Win 2–7 Mar 2006 Switzerland F1,
Wilen
Futures Carpet (i) Germany Tobias Klein Georgia (country) Lado Chikhladze
Latvia Deniss Pavlovs
6–4, 4–6, 7–5
Win 3–7 Mar 2006 Switzerland F2,
Leuggern
Futures Carpet (i) Germany Tobias Klein Germany Jerome Becker
Germany Julian Reister
4–6, 6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Win 4–7 Jul 2006 Germany F8,
Trier
Futures Clay Germany Daniel Puttkammer Switzerland Stefan Kilchhofer
Switzerland Sven Swinnen
6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Loss 4–8 Feb 2007 Germany F4,
Mettmann
Futures Carpet (i) Germany Sascha Kloer Germany Maximilian Abel
Switzerland Stefan Kilchhofer
6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 5–8 Mar 2007 Switzerland F3,
Wilen
Futures Carpet (i) Moldova Roman Borvanov Switzerland Patrick Eichenberger
Switzerland Dylan Sessagesimi
6–0, 6–7(9–11), 6–3
Loss 5–9 Jul 2007 Germany F9,
Römerberg
Futures Clay Mexico Bruno Rodríguez Germany Andre Begemann
Germany Lars Pörschke
1–6, 6–4, 1–6
Win 6–9 Sep 2007 Germany F15,
Kempten
Futures Clay Belgium Jeroen Masson Argentina Nicolás Todero
Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov
6–4, 6–4
Loss 6–10 Sep 2007 France F15,
Forbach
Futures Carpet (i) Germany Daniel Müller Sweden Daniel Danilović
Germany Gero Kretschmer
3–6, 4–6
Win 7–10 Feb 2008 Germany F4,
Mettmann
Futures Carpet (i) Sweden Daniel Danilović Switzerland Alexander Sadecky
South Africa Izak Van der Merwe
6–4, 4–6, [10–7]
Win 8–10 Feb 2008 Germany F5,
Schwieberdingen
Futures Carpet (i) Switzerland Alexander Sadecky Czech Republic Dušan Karol
South Africa Izak van der Merwe
7–6(7–1), 7–5
Win 9–10 Mar 2008 Switzerland F1,
Leuggern
Futures Carpet (i) Austria Armin Sandbichler Poland Błażej Koniusz
Poland Grzegorz Panfil
6–3, 6–2
Win 10–10 Apr 2008 Turkey F3,
Antalya
Futures Clay Germany Peter Steinberger Germany Daniel Stoehr
Germany Andre Wiesler
7–5, 6–2
Win 11–10 Jun 2008 Germany F8,
Trier
Futures Clay Germany Stefan Seifert Germany Peter Torebko
Germany Holger Zuehlsdorff
6–1, 6–4
Win 12–10 Jul 2008 Germany F9,
Kassel
Futures Clay Germany Stefan Seifert Finland Timo Nieminen
Slovakia Adrian Sikora
5–7, 6–1, [10–5]
Loss 12–11 Sep 2008 France F14,
Mulhouse
Futures Hard (i) Germany Stefan Seifert Belgium Ruben Bemelmans
Belgium Niels Desein
6–7(11–13), 3–6
Loss 12–12 Oct 2008 Germany F21,
Hambach
Futures Carpet (i) Germany Stefan Seifert Germany Kevin Deden
Germany Martin Emmrich
3–6, 4–6
Loss 12–13 Jan 2009 Spain F1,
Ciutadella
Futures Clay Germany Peter Steinberger Spain Íñigo Cervantes
Spain Gerard Granollers
3–6, 5–7
Win 13–13 Jan 2009 Spain F2,
Magaluf
Futures Clay Germany Peter Steinberger Spain Agustin Boje-Ordonez
Spain Andoni Vivanco-Guzmán
6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), [12–10]
Win 14–13 Feb 2009 Spain F3,
Murcia
Futures Clay Germany Daniel Stoehr Spain Guillermo Alcorta
Russia Dmitri Perevoshchikov
6–4, 6–3
Win 15–13 Feb 2009 Spain F4,
Murcia
Futures Clay Germany Peter Steinberger Netherlands Romano Frantzen
Russia Dmitri Sitak
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 15–14 Mar 2009 Switzerland F1,
Greifensee
Futures Carpet (i) Switzerland Alexander Sadecky Czech Republic Michal Tabara
Czech Republic Roman Vögeli
7–6(8–6), 5–7, [10–12]
Loss 15–15 Mar 2009 Switzerland F2,
Greifensee
Futures Carpet (i) Switzerland Alexander Sadecky Switzerland Henri Laaksonen
Austria Philipp Oswald
1–6, 4–6
Loss 15–16 Mar 2009 Switzerland F2,
Vaduz
Futures Carpet (i) Switzerland Alexander Sadecky France Jeremy Blandin
France Pierrick Ysern
3–6, 2–6
Win 16–16 Jun 2009 Germany F7,
Trier
Futures Clay Germany Kevin Deden Canada Érik Chvojka
Germany Patrick Taubert
4–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Win 1–0 Sep 2009 Banja Luka,
Bosnia
Challenger Clay Austria Rainer Eitzinger Bosnia and Herzegovina Ismar Gorčić
Italy Simone Vagnozzi
6–4, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Feb 2010 Belgrade,
Serbia
Challenger Carpet (i) Austria Martin Slanar Serbia Ilija Bozoljac
United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
3–6, 3–6
Win 2–1 Apr 2010 Naples,
Italy
Challenger Clay United States Jesse Witten India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 3–1 May 2010 Rhodos,
Greece
Challenger Hard Germany Simon Stadler United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom Jamie Murray
7–6(7–4), 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Loss 3–2 May 2010 Cairo,
Egypt
Challenger Clay Germany Andre Begemann Austria Martin Slanar
Italy Simone Vagnozzi
3–6, 4–6
Loss 3–3 May 2010 Biella,
Italy
Challenger Clay Italy Alessandro Motti United States James Cerretani
Canada Adil Shamasdin
3–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Win 4–3 Jun 2010 Fürth,
Germany
Challenger Clay Australia Rameez Junaid Germany Martin Emmrich
Australia Joseph Sirianni
6–3, 6–1
Win 5–3 Aug 2010 Kitzbühel,
Austria
Challenger Clay Netherlands Rogier Wassen Chile Hans Podlipnik Castillo
Austria Max Raditschnigg
3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Win 6–3 Sep 2010 Szczecin,
Poland
Challenger Clay Netherlands Rogier Wassen Australia Rameez Junaid
Germany Philipp Marx
6–4, 7–5
Win 7–3 Nov 2010 Helsinki,
Finland
Challenger Hard (i) Germany Martin Emmrich Finland Henri Kontinen
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
7–6(19–17), 0–6, [10–7]
Loss 7–4 Mar 2011 Dallas,
United States
Challenger Hard (i) Germany Björn Phau United States Scott Lipsky
United States Rajeev Ram
6–7(3–7), 4–6
Loss 7–5 Jun 2011 Nottingham,
United Kingdom
Challenger Grass Germany Martin Emmrich United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
6–4, 6–7(8–10), [11–13]
Win 8–5 Aug 2011 Manerbio,
Italy
Challenger Clay Croatia Lovro Zovko Italy Alessio di Mauro
Italy Alessandro Motti
7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 9–5 Sep 2011 Genoa,
Italy
Challenger Clay Argentina Horacio Zeballos Australia Jordan Kerr
United States Travis Parrott
6–2, 7–5
Win 10–5 Nov 2011 Ortisei,
Italy
Challenger Carpet (i) Croatia Lovro Zovko Germany Philipp Petzschner
Germany Alexander Waske
6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Loss 10–6 Feb 2012 Quimper,
France
Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jonathan Marray France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Ross Hutchins
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 10–7 Mar 2012 Cherbourg,
France
Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Belarus Uladzimir Ignatik
6–4, 6–7(9–11), [0–10]
Win 11–7 Mar 2012 Sarajevo,
Bosnia
Challenger Hard (i) United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Slovakia Michal Mertiňák
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
7–6(7–2), 2–6, [11–9]
Win 12–7 Apr 2012 Rome,
Italy
Challenger Clay United Kingdom Jonathan Marray Romania Andrei Dăescu
Romania Florin Mergea
6–4, 7–6(7–0)
Loss 12–8 Aug 2013 Meerbusch,
Germany
Challenger Clay Germany Philipp Marx Australia Rameez Junaid
Germany Frank Moser
3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 13–8 Nov 2013 Eckental,
Germany
Challenger Carpet (i) Germany Philipp Marx Poland Piotr Gadomski
Poland Mateusz Kowalczyk
7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss 13–9 Nov 2013 Helsinki,
Finland
Challenger Hard (i) Germany Philipp Marx Finland Henri Kontinen
Finland Jarkko Nieminen
5–7, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 14–9 Sep 2014 Szczecin,
Poland (2)
Challenger Clay Germany Jan-Lennard Struff Poland Tomasz Bednarek
Slovakia Igor Zelenay
6–2, 6–4
Win 15–9 May 2015 Rome,
Italy
Challenger Clay Czech Republic František Čermák Argentina Andrés Molteni
Argentina Marco Trungelliti
6–1, 6–2
Win 16–9 Aug 2015 Meerbusch,
Germany
Challenger Clay Australia Rameez Junaid Netherlands Wesley Koolhof
Netherlands Matwé Middelkoop
6–4, 7–5
Loss 16–10 Oct 2015 Sacramento,
United States
Challenger Hard Germany Daniel Brands Slovenia Blaž Kavčič
Slovenia Grega Žemlja
1–6, 6–3, [3–10]
Loss 16–11 Oct 2015 Fairfield,
United States
Challenger Hard Australia Carsten Ball Sweden Johan Brunström
Denmark Frederik Nielsen
3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win 17–11 Oct 2015 Las Vegas,
United States
Challenger Hard Australia Carsten Ball South Africa Dean O’Brien
South Africa Ruan Roelofse
3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Loss 17–12 Nov 2015 Andria,
Italy
Challenger Hard (i) Australia Carsten Ball Switzerland Marco Chiudinelli
Germany Frank Moser
6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss 17–13 Aug 2017 Meerbusch,
Germany
Challenger Clay Croatia Antonio Šančić Germany Kevin Krawietz
Germany Andreas Mies
1–6, 6–7(5–7)
Loss 17–14 Oct 2017 Ismaning,
Germany
Challenger Carpet (i) Germany Tim Pütz Croatia Marin Draganja
Croatia Tomislav Draganja
7–6(7–1), 2–6, [8–10]
Win 18–14 Sep 2018 Como,
Italy
Challenger Clay Germany Andre Begemann Slovakia Martin Kližan
Slovakia Filip Polášek
3–6, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 19–14 Jan 2019 Nouméa,
New Caledonia
Challenger Hard United States Donald Young Sweden André Göransson
Netherlands Sem Verbeek
7–5, 6–4
Loss 19–15 Feb 2019 Bergamo,
Italy
Challenger Hard (i) Bosnia and Herzegovina Tomislav Brkić Lithuania Laurynas Grigelis
Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář
5–7, 6–7(7–9)
Win 20–15 Nov 2020 Eckental,
Germany (2)
Challenger Carpet (i) France Antoine Hoang United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
United States Alex Lawson
6–7(8–10), 7–5, [13–11]
Loss 20–16 Jun 2021 Milan,
Italy
Challenger Clay Austria Sam Weissborn Czech Republic Vít Kopřiva
Czech Republic Jiří Lehečka
4–6, 0–6
Loss 20–17 Aug 2021 Meerbusch,
Germany
Challenger Clay Netherlands Robin Haase Poland Szymon Walków
Poland Jan Zieliński
3–6, 1–6
Win 21–17 Sep 2021 Tulln,
Austria
Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori Brazil Rafael Matos
Brazil Felipe Meligeni Alves
7–6(7–5), 6–1
Win 22–17 Oct 2021 Naples,
Italy (2)
Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori Bosnia and Herzegovina Mirza Bašić
Croatia Nino Serdarušić
7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 22–18 Oct 2021 Naples,
Italy
Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori Italy Marco Bortolotti
Spain Sergio Martos Gornés
4–6, 6–3, [7–10]
Win 23–18 May 2022 Troisdorf,
Germany
Challenger Clay United States Evan King Germany Hendrik Jebens
Poland Piotr Matuszewski
6–4, 7–5
Win 24–18 Aug 2022 Cordenons,
Italy
Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori Serbia Ivan Sabanov
Serbia Matej Sabanov
6–4, 7–5
Loss 24–19 Sep 2022 Como,
Italy
Challenger Clay Germany Julian Lenz Austria Alexander Erler
Austria Lucas Miedler
1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Win 25–19 Sep 2022 Szczecin,
Poland (3)
Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Win 26–19 Sep 2022 Genoa,
Italy (2)
Challenger Clay Italy Andrea Vavassori Czech Republic Roman Jebavý
Czech Republic Adam Pavlásek
6–2, 6–2
Loss 26–20 Oct 2022 Hamburg,
Germany
Challenger Hard (i) Germany Julian Lenz Philippines Treat Huey
United States Max Schnur
6–7(6–8), 4–6
Loss 26–21 Nov 2022 Roanne,
France
Challenger Hard (i) Poland Szymon Walków France Sadio Doumbia
France Fabien Reboul
6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 26–22 Apr 2023 Lille,
France
Challenger Hard (i) Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Australia Max Purcell
Australia Jason Taylor
6–7(3–7), 4–6

Record against top 10 players

Brown's match record against players who have been ranked in the top 10,with those who are active in boldface.
Only ATP Tour and ATP Challenger main draw matches are considered.

Opponent Highest
ranking
Matches Won Lost Win % Last match
Spain Rafael Nadal 1 2 2 0 100% Won (7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4) at 2015 Wimbledon 2R
Australia Lleyton Hewitt 1 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–2) at 2013 Wimbledon 2R
Austria Thomas Muster 1 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2010 Kitzbühel 1R
Serbia Novak Djokovic 1 1 0 1 0% Lost (2–6, 2–6) at 2016 Doha 1R
United Kingdom Andy Murray 1 2 0 2 0% Lost (3–6, 2–6, 2–6) at 2017 Wimbledon 2R
Norway Casper Ruud 2 1 1 0 100% Won (7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3) at 2018 Heilbronn 1R
Germany Alexander Zverev 2 2 1 1 50% Won (6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3) at 2019 Stuttgart 2R
Croatia Marin Čilić 3 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2017 Montpellier 2R
Russia Nikolay Davydenko 3 1 1 0 100% Won (7–5, 3–6, 7–6(9–7)) at 2012 Stuttgart 1R
Switzerland Stan Wawrinka 3 2 1 1 50% Lost (6–4, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2015 Metz 2R
Argentina Juan Martín del Potro 3 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2016 Munich 1R
Bulgaria Grigor Dimitrov 3 2 0 2 0% Lost (2–6, 3–6, 2–6) at 2015 Australian Open 1R
Canada Milos Raonic 3 2 0 2 0% Lost (3–6, 4–6, 2–6) at 2017 Australian Open 1R
Spain David Ferrer 3 5 0 5 0% Lost (2–6, 3–6) at 2017 Båstad 2R
Czech Republic Tomáš Berdych 4 1 0 1 0% Lost (5–7, 3–6) at 2017 Stockholm 2R
Japan Kei Nishikori 4 1 0 1 0% Lost (5–7, 1–6) at 2015 Halle 2R
South Africa Kevin Anderson 5 1 0 1 0% Lost (1–6, 2–6) at 2015 Acapulco 1R
France Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 5 1 0 1 0% Lost (1–6, 3–6) at 2017 Doha 2R
United States Taylor Fritz 5 2 0 2 0% Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2015 Fairfield F
Italy Matteo Berrettini 6 1 1 0 100% Won (6–3, 6–4) at 2014 Ortisei 1R
France Gilles Simon 6 3 1 2 33% Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2016 Montpellier 2R
Canada Félix Auger-Aliassime 6 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–7(2–7)) at 2019 Stuttgart QF
France Gaël Monfils 6 1 0 1 0% Lost (4–6, 5–7, 0–6) at 2017 French Open 1R
Belgium David Goffin 7 3 3 0 100% Won (5–7, 6–2, 7–6(7–2)) at 2009 Almaty 1R
Spain Fernando Verdasco 7 1 1 0 100% Won (4–6, 6–2, 7–6(10–8)) at 2014 Hamburg 2R
France Richard Gasquet 7 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–1, 4–6, 3–6) at 2016 Montpellier SF
Poland Hubert Hurkacz 8 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–3) at 2017 Ismaning QF
United States John Isner 8 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–4)) at 2014 Houston 2R
Russia Mikhail Youzhny 8 1 1 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2016 Gstaad QF
Austria Jürgen Melzer 8 2 0 2 0% Lost (6–3, 2–6, 6–7(4–7)) at 2016 Mons 1R
United States Jack Sock 8 2 0 2 0% Lost (6–7(5–7), 6–4, 4–6) at 2016 Stockholm 2R
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek 8 2 0 2 0% Lost (1–6, 0–6) at 2013 Orléans 1R
Cyprus Marcos Baghdatis 8 5 0 5 0% Lost (6–4, 6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2017 Auckland 2R
Spain Roberto Bautista Agut 9 4 1 3 25% Lost (1–6, 3–6, 6–7(7–7)) at 2017 US Open 2R
Italy Fabio Fognini 9 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–7(4–7), 2–6) at 2014 Munich 2R
France Lucas Pouille 10 2 2 0 100% Won (6–4, 6–4) at 2014 Szczecin SF
Argentina Juan Mónaco 10 2 2 0 100% Won (7–6(9–7), 6–3) at 2017 Houston 1R
France Arnaud Clément 10 1 1 0 100% Won (6–2, 4–6, 7–6(7–2)) at 2011 Rome 1R
United States Frances Tiafoe 10 1 1 0 100% Won (7–5, 3–6, 6–2) at 2015 Fairfield SF
Spain Pablo Carreño Busta 10 2 1 1 50% Won (7–6(7–5), 6–3) at 2014 Hamburg 1R
Latvia Ernests Gulbis 10 1 0 1 0% Lost (6–7(4–7), 4–6) at 2012 Orléans 2R
Total 69 26 43 38% * Statistics correct as of 19 February 2024

Top 10 wins per season

  • Brown has a 5–12 (29.4%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2002–2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Total
Wins 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 5
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score DBR
2014
1. United States John Isner 9 Houston, United States Clay 2R 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–4) 101
2. Spain Rafael Nadal 1 Halle, Germany Grass 2R 6–4, 6–1 85
2015
3. Spain Rafael Nadal 10 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom Grass 2R 7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4 115
2017
4. Croatia Marin Čilić 7 Montpellier, France Hard (i) 2R 6–4, 6–4 84
2019
5. Germany Alexander Zverev 5 Stuttgart, Germany Grass 2R 6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–3 170

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