After playing on the ATP tour in the early 1980s, but tiring of his financial situation, he left the tour in 1984 to devote his time to coaching in Belgium and France and then young British players at David Lloyd's club in London, including Tim Henman.

591 in the world at the time, he faced the 10th seed and previous year's semi-finalist Goran Ivanišević in the second round and beat him in four sets, to the delight of the British crowd.

The other four were Jeremy Bates, Tim Henman, Greg Rusedski and Andy Murray.

Since permanently retiring from competitive tennis, Brown has served as coach of Britain's Fed Cup team.

[1] He is now married to Nadia Macari-Brown and currently Coaching Cambridge University Junior National and International players (Coaching 34 National Champions) Qualifications and Education LTA level 5 Master Performance Tennis Coach Olympic and Grand Slam International Tennis Coach Pan American University, Edinburgh, Texas Scholarship Coaching Experience GB Fed Cup Captain 1999-2005 Polish Olympic and Davis Cup Coach (7 years) He has coached many international players including: Iga Świątek (World Number 1) Tim Henman Elena Likhotseva Ai Sugiyama Lukasz Kubot (World Number 1 Doubles Player) Cara Black Marcin Matkowski and Mariusz Fyrstenberg (World Number 3)