BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-GERMAN " DUSTIN BROWN 2"" IS A PROFESSIONAL TENNIS PLAYER AND PLAYS IN THE ATP SINGLES AND DOUBLES : GOES IN THE " HALL OF BLACK GENIUS "

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Dustin Brown (tennis)

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Dustin Brown

Country	Jamaica (2002–2010)  Germany (2010–)
Residence	Winsen an der Aller, Germany
Born	December 8, 1984 (age 30) Celle, West Germany
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2002
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand) *occasionally uses one-handed backhand
Prize money	$1,509,366
Singles
Career record	31–55
Career titles	0 5 ATP Challenger Tour
Highest ranking	No. 78 (16 June 2014)
Current ranking	No. 89 (1st July 2015)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	1R (2011, 2015)
French Open	1R (2011, 2014)
Wimbledon	3R (2013, 2015)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	60–66
Career titles	2
Highest ranking	No. 43 (14 May 2012)
Current ranking	No. 102 (02 July 2015)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2011)
French Open	3R (2011)
Wimbledon	3R (2015)
US Open	1R (2012)
Last updated on: June 22, 2015.

Dustin Brown (born December 8, 1984, Celle)^[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. 78 in June 2014 and his highest doubles ranking of World No. 43 in May 2012.^[2][3]

He is one of only a few players to have a winning record against the 14 time major champion and former No. 1 Rafael Nadal, having beaten him on more than one occasion with both of his wins coming on grass at the 2014 Gerry Weber Open and the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.^[4]

Early life

Brown was born on December 8, 1984 in Celle, West Germany, a town situated near the city of Hanover. His father Leroy is native to Jamaica, while his mother Inge is German. Dustin's parents met in Jamaica and later settled in Celle. Outside of tennis, he played sports such as soccer, judo, and handball throughout his childhood. He began to focus solely on tennis at age 8, saying, "When I made the decision to pursue tennis instead of soccer, of course I wanted to be successful. I didn't want just to end up playing for a club somewhere."^[5] Despite not seeing tremendous success in tennis as a junior, he drew attention from Kim Michael Wittenberg, an American who ran a tennis academy near Hanover. Wittenberg regularly gave Brown lessons, and according to his pupil, he "taught him to play tennis."^[6][5]

When Brown was 11 years old, in 1996, he and his parents emigrated to Jamaica and specifically moved to the city of Montego Bay. The decision was partly made because of the cost of playing tennis in Germany and to make Dustin more disciplined on the court. He said, "I was pretty mentally soft when I was young. Anything could happen when I played—I could lose my temper, I got disqualified."^[5] In Jamaica, in which track and field, soccer, and cricket are considered the most popular sports, he only got a chance to play tennis on poorly maintained public courts and with low-quality balls. Brown also said, "Things were just so different. Coming from Germany, having a Game Boy, cable TV and stuff and going to Jamaica and having to realize, 'Shit, there are other things in the world that are important.' I'm very thankful that happened. Maybe without going there I wouldn't be where I am right now."^[5] Nevertheless, he continued to play junior tennis.^[6]

Brown earned money by stringing racquets in a camper van similar to this one in his early pro years.

In around 2000, Brown began participating in ITF Futures tournaments—the lowest level of professional tennis—because they were cheap and affordable. However, he soon discovered that he was making little money from these endeavors and was not earning enough ranking points to compete in more prestigious events. After becoming unhappy with tennis in the country, the family moved back to Germany in 2004. Brown was given a Volkswagen campervan that had three beds and a separate bathroom by his mother in the same year.^[6] He traveled around Europe to play tournaments in the van itself, meaning that he would not need to stay at hotels. He said, "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." Brown, who also owned a racquet stringing machine, would get the job done for players at a low cost. He earned money by allowing players to use his spare beds for the night as well.^[5]

Career

2010

In his second main circuit appearance after a first-round loss at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in 2003, Brown defeated fourth seed Marco Chiudinelli and No. 139Laurent 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 ATP Tour event.^[7]

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 at the Boodles Challenge in 2010.

Brown played at his third ATP tour event at the 2010 Aegon Championships (Queen's Club) and defeated his first-round opponent Frank Dancevic, in three sets. He lost in the second round to Denis Istomin of Uzbekistan.^[8]

Brown then played at the 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in Newport, Rhode Island, where he defeated Björn Phau in the first round. He then proceeded to defeat world No. 19 Sam Querrey in the second round in straight sets, a shocking upset. 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 in three sets. Brown was then beaten by Andy Murray.

Although Brown lost to Gilles Simon (first round) in straight sets in the singles draw in Metz, he was able to get into the doubles tournament (pairing with Rogier Wassen) as alternates because a team pulled out of the draw. Brown and Wassen reached Brown's first ATP World Tour doubles final. The doubles duo had a week full of dramatic comebacks. The first round saw the team win against Hutchins/Lipsky after being down 5–7, 1–3. The quarterfinals involved the duo beating Parrott/Kerr in straight sets 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 in two sets against the top seeded team (No. 5 ATP ranked) to earn a spot in the final, which they won in straight sets against second seeds (no. 16) Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares.

Brown at the 2010 US Open.

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.^[9][10][11] Instead, in October 2010 he decided to compete for Germany, his country of birth. Brown's first event playing under the German flag was Eckental.^[12] Brown won his first title playing under the German flag at the 2010 Lambertz Open by STAWAG.^[13]

2012

Brown had his best year yet in 2012, reaching three doubles finals and winning a second ATP title. He teamed with Jo-Wilfried Tsonga to reach the final in Marseille, where they lost to Nicolas Mahut and Édouard Roger-Vasselin. He won the Casablanca doubles title with Paul Hanley, defeating Italians Daniele Bracciali and Fabio Fognini in the final. Again with Hanley, he was runner-up in Kitzbühel.

2013

He qualified for Wimbledon in singles where he defeated world No. 67, Guillermo García-López, in the first round, and the 2002 Wimbledon Champion and former world No. 1,Lleyton Hewitt, in four sets, in the second round.

2014

In spite of losing in the 1st round at Roland Garros to Australian Marinko Matosevic, he recorded a famous straight sets victory over Rafael Nadal in his native Germany, at the Gerry Weber open in Halle. He also lost to Marcos Baghdatis at Wimbledon, and Bernard Tomic at the US Open — both in the first round.

2015[edit]

Brown volleying during his second round match at the 2015 Wimbledon
qualifying tournament

Brown began his season at the Australian Open but was defeated by 10th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the first round.

At Wimbledon Brown came through qualifying without dropping a set. After beating Yen-hsun Lu in the first round, Brown then went on to play arguably the match of his career and beat 10th seed Rafael Nadal in four sets in the second round.^[14] By beating Nadal, he became the first qualifier to ever defeat Nadal at a Grand Slam event.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 5 (2–3)

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 (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	September 26, 2010	Moselle Open, Metz, France	Hard	Rogier Wassen	Marcelo Melo  Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	1.	February 26, 2012	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	Nicolas Mahut  Édouard Roger-Vasselin	3–6, 6–3, [10–6]
Winner	2.	April 14, 2012	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Paul Hanley	Daniele Bracciali  Fabio Fognini	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	2.	July 28, 2012	Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Paul Hanley	František Čermák  Julian Knowle	6–7(4–7), 6–3, [10–12]
Runner-up	3.	April 14, 2013	Grand Prix Hassan II, Casablanca, Morocco	Clay	Christopher Kas	Julian Knowle  Filip Polášek	3–6, 2–6

Challenger finals

Singles: 12 (6–6)

Legend
Challengers (6–6)

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)
Runner-up	5.	March 17, 2013	Sarajevo, Bosnia & Herzegovina	Hard	Adrian Mannarino	6–7(3–7), 6–7(2–7)
Winner	5.	September 8, 2013	Genoa, Italy	Clay	Filippo Volandri	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	6.	November 24, 2013	Andria, Italy	Hard	Márton Fucsovics	6–3, 6–4
Winner	6.	September 14, 2014	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	6–4, 6–3

Doubles: 20 (13–7)

Legend
Challengers (13–7)

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)
Winner	13.	September 14, 2014	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Jan-Lennard Struff	Tomasz Bednarek  Igor Zelenay	6–2, 6–4

Singles performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

LQ (Q#)

A

P

Z#

PO

SF-B

F-S

G

NMS

NH

Won tournament; or reached Final; Semifinal; Quarter-final; Round 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a Round Robin stage; lost in Qualification Round; absent from tournament event; played in a Davis Cup Zonal Group (with its number indication) or Play-off; won a bronze, silver (F or S) or gold medal at the Olympics; a downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament (Not a Masters Series); or a tournament that was Not Held in a given year.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Current up to 2015 French Open.

Tournament	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	1R	Q1	Q2	Q1	1R	0–2
French Open	A	1R	Q1	A	1R	Q1	0–2
Wimbledon	1R	Q1	1R	3R	1R		2–4
US Open	2R	A	Q2	A	1R		1–2
Win–Loss	1–2	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–3	0–1	3–10

Doubles performance timeline[edit]

Current up to 2013 US Open.

Tournament	2011	2012	2013	W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	2R	1R	1R	1–3
French Open	3R	1R	A	2–2
Wimbledon	1R	2R	1R	1–3
US Open	A	1R	A	0–1
Win–Loss	3–4	1–4	0–2	4–9

Wins over top 10 players

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	Brown Rank
2014
1.	John Isner	9	U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, USA	Clay	2R	6–4, 6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–4)	101
2.	Rafael Nadal	1	Halle Open, Germany	Grass	2R	6–4, 6–1	85
2015
3.	Rafael Nadal	10	Wimbledon, London, England	Grass	2R	7–5, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4	102