Dustin Brown (tennis)

Dustin Brown
Country (sports)	Jamaica (2002-2010) Germany (2010-)
Residence	Winsen an der Aller, Germany
Born	December 8, 1984 (age 39); Celle, West Germany
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (2-handed backhand); *occasionally uses 1-handed backhand
Prize money	$701,365
Singles
Career record	12–26
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 89 (17 January 2011)
Current ranking	No. 167 (01 January 2013)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	1R (2010, 2012)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	33–31
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 43 (14 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 51 (6 August 2012)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2012)
US Open	1R (2012)
	Last updated on: August 8, 2012 by Asmazif.

Dustin Brown (born December 8, 1984 in Celle, West Germany)^[1] is a German professional tennis player. Brown competes mainly on the ATP Challenger Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of World No. 89 in January 2011 and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 43 in May 2012.^[2]^[3]

Brown announced in June 2010, that due to a lack of funding and support from the Jamaican Tennis Association, he was tempted to switch nationality, and play professional tennis for Great Britain, his paternal grandparents being British.^[4]^[5]^[6] However, in October 2010 he decided to compete for Germany, his country of birth, a move confirmed on his official Facebook page. Brown's first event playing under the German flag was the Eckental.^[7]

Career

2010

In his second main circuit appearance after a first round loss at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in 2003, Brown defeated 4th seed Marco Chiudinelli and ATP No. 139 Laurent Recouderc to reach the quarterfinals of the 2010 SA Tennis Open in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he lost to eventual runner-up Stéphane Robert. Brown became the second Jamaican after Doug Burke at the 1989 BP National Championships in Wellington, New Zealand, to reach the quarterfinals of a main Tour event.^[8]

On May 17, 2010 Brown cracked the top 100 for the time first time in his career and attained a singles ranking of World No. 99.

Brown played at his third ATP tour event at the 2010 AEGON Championships (Queen's Club) and defeated his first round opponent Frank Dancevic 7–5, 6–7, 6–4 to progress to the 2nd round. He lost in the second round to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan 7–6 6–4.^[9]

Brown then played at the 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island where he defeated Björn Phau in the first round 7–6, 6–7, 6–4. He then proceeded to defeat world #19 Sam Querrey in the second round in straight sets, 6–4 6–3, a shocking upset of the #3 American. Brown was then defeated by Argentinian Brian Dabul in the quarterfinals.

Brown played in the 2010 US Open, his second grand slam main draw. He won his first career grand slam match defeating Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo 6–4, 7–6, 7–5 to advance to the second round. Brown was then beaten by Andy Murray 7–5, 6–3, 6–0.

Although Dustin lost to Gilles Simon (first round) in straight sets 6–3, 6–4 in the singles draw in Metz, he was able to get into the doubles tournament (pairing with Rogier Wassen) as alternate #1 because a team pulled out of the draw. Brown/Wassen took advantage of the opportunity by reaching his very first ATP World Tour doubles final. The doubles duo, nicknamed "Dreddy & Da Professor" by Brown himself, had a week full of dramatic comebacks. The first round saw the team win 5–7, 7–5, 11–9 against Hutchins/Lipsky after being down 5–7, 1–3. The quarterfinals involved the duo beating Parrott/Kerr 6–4, 7–6 after being down 0–4 in the second set. This match influenced Brown to nickname his doubles team "The Come Back Kids". The two won the semifinals 7–6, 6–3 against the number 1 seeded team (#5 ATP ranked) to earn a spot in the final, which they've won in two straight sets against number 2 seeds (#16) Melo-Soares to gain his/their first ATP title.

Dustin won his first title playing under the German flag at the 2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG.

2011

Dustin received a wild card into the 2011 BMW Open where he caused a major upset in the 1st round when he defeated World No. 14 Stanislas Wawrinka in three sets.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 4 (2–2)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 26, 2010	Metz, France	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Marcelo Melo Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	February 26, 2012	Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Nicolas Mahut Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	2.	April 14, 2012	Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Paul Hanley	Daniele Bracciali Fabio Fognini	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	July 28, 2012	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Paul Hanley	František Čermák Julian Knowle	6–7^(4–7), 6–3, [10–12]

Challenger Finals

Singles: 8 (4–4)

Legend
Challengers (4–4)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	May 25, 2009	Karlsruhe, Germany	Clay	Florian Mayer	2–6, 4–6
Winner	1.	August 10, 2009	Samarkand, Uzbekistan	Clay	Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up	2.	August 24, 2009	Almaty, Kazakhstan	Hard	Ivan Sergeyev	3–6, 7–5, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	November 2, 2009	Eckental, Germany	Carpet (i)	Daniel Brands	4–6, 4–6
Runner-up	4.	November 9, 2009	Aachen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Rajeev Ram	6–7^(2–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(2–7)
Winner	2.	April 17, 2010	Johannesburg, South Africa	Hard	Izak van der Merwe	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
Winner	3.	November 14, 2010	Aachen, Germany	Carpet (i)	Igor Sijsling	6–3, 7–6^(7–3)
Winner	4.	March 25, 2012	Bath, Great Britain	Hard	Jan Mertl	6–4, 7–6^(7–1)

Doubles: 19 (12–7)

Legend
Challengers (12–7)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 14, 2009	Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Clay	Rainer Eitzinger	Ismar Gorčić Simone Vagnozzi	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	February 15, 2010	Belgrade, Serbia	Hard (i)	Martin Slanar	Ilija Bozoljac Jamie Delgado	3–6, 3–6
Winner	2.	March 29, 2010	Napoli, Italy	Clay	Jesse Witten	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Winner	3.	April 26, 2010	Rhodes, Greece	Hard	Simon Stadler	Jonathan Marray Jamie Murray	7–6^(7–4), 6–7^(4–7), [10–7]
Runner-up	2.	May 3, 2010	Cairo, Egypt	Clay	Andre Begemann	Martin Slanar Simone Vagnozzi	3–6, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	May 10, 2010	Biella, Italy	Clay	Alessandro Motti	James Cerretani Adil Shamasdin	3–6, 6–2, [9–11]
Winner	4.	May 31, 2010	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Rameez Junaid	Martin Emmrich Joseph Sirianni	6–3, 6–1
Winner	5.	August 8, 2010	Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Hans Podlipnik-Castillo Max Raditschnigg	3–6, 7–5, [10–7]
Winner	6.	September 18, 2010	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Rogier Wassen	Rameez Junaid Philipp Marx	6–4, 7–5
Winner	7.	November 28, 2010	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Martin Emmrich	Henri Kontinen Jarkko Nieminen	7–6^(19–17), 0–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	4.	March 6, 2011	Dallas, United States	Hard	Björn Phau	Scott Lipsky Rajeev Ram	6–7^(3–7), 4–6
Runner-up	5.	June 5, 2011	Nottingham, Great Britain	Grass	Martin Emmrich	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	6–4, 6–7^(8–10), [11–13]
Winner	8.	August 28, 2011	Manerbio, Italy	Clay	Lovro Zovko	Alessio di Mauro Alessandro Motti	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
Winner	9.	September 10, 2011	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Horacio Zeballos	Jordan Kerr Travis Parrott	6–2, 7–5
Winner	10.	November 13, 2011	Urtijëi, Italy	Carpet	Lovro Zovko	Philipp Petzschner Alexander Waske	6–4, 7–6^(7–4)
Runner-up	6.	February 12, 2012	Quimper, France	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Pierre-Hugues Herbert Maxime Teixeira	6–7^(5–7), 4–6
Runner-up	7.	March 4, 2012	Cherbourg, France	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Laurynas Grigelis Uladzimir Ignatik	6–4, 6–7^(9–11), [0–10]
Winner	11.	March 17, 2012	Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina	Hard	Jonathan Marray	Michal Mertiňák Igor Zelenay	7–6^(7–2), 2–6, [11–9]
Winner	12.	April 21, 2012	Rome, Italy	Clay	Jonathan Marray	Andrei Dăescu Florin Mergea	6–4, 7–6^(7–0)