Brown spent time in Germany and Jamaica as a kid and excelled at several different sports. But his passion for tennis superseded everything else, and he chased that dream with a passion. Brown may have lacked the resources, but he didn’t lack the determination. He traveled in a Volkswagen camper and worked as a racquet stringer for additional income.
“My mom actually had the idea of the caravan, the camper. Losing first round in the future I think back then was $117.50 US dollars, and that was basically enough money to put gas into the camper and go to the next tournament,” Brown recalled. “And I was stringing racquets for other players. I think the local stringer was taking 10 euros, and I took five,” he continued.
“Different times, but it’s what got me here.”
