Daniel Brands

Daniel Brands (born 17 July 1987) is a German retired professional tennis player.

193 Simon Stadler en route to a semifinal Challenger finish in Germany in February.

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.

Brands made his Wimbledon debut at the 2010 tournament, defeating Igor Andreev in the first round.

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.

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.

[1] Brands entered the Australian Open beating 27th seed Martin Klizan before losing to an in-form Bernard Tomic.

Brands went ahead in the second set tie breaker 3–0, but his level slightly dropped and Nadal's rose.