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Bob Bryan
Bryan at the 2015 French Open
Full nameRobert Charles Bryan
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceSunny Isles Beach, Florida, U.S.
Born (1978-04-29) April 29, 1978 (age 46)[1]
Camarillo, California, U.S.
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro1998
Retired2020
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
CollegeStanford
CoachDavid Macpherson (2005–2016)
Dušan Vemić (2016–2017)
David Macpherson (2017–2020)
Dave Marshall (2017–2020)
Prize moneyUS$15,931,631
Official websitebryanbros.com
Singles
Career record21–40
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 116 (13 November 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2000)
French OpenQ1 (2000)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record1109–359
Career titles119
Highest rankingNo. 1 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
French OpenW (2003, 2013)
WimbledonW (2006, 2011, 2013)
US OpenW (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2003, 2004, 2009, 2014)
Olympic GamesW (2012)
Mixed doubles
Career titles7
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016)
French OpenW (2008, 2009)
WimbledonW (2008)
US OpenW (2003, 2004, 2006, 2010)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2012)
Team competitions
Davis CupW (2007)
Olympic medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Doubles
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Doubles
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Winnipeg Doubles
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Robert "Bob" Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player.[2] He won 23 major titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Mike, he was the world No. 1 doubles player for several years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003. The brothers were named the ATP Team of the Decade for 2000–2009.[3] They became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics.

The Bryan twins retired in August 2020. In their final two tournaments, the Bryan brothers successfully defended their title in Delray Beach, also winning the decisive rubber match in a U.S. Davis Cup tie in Honolulu.[4]

Tennis career

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Doubles records

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  • 16 Grand Slams (Open Era)
  • 30 Grand Slam men's doubles finals
  • 10-time ITF World Champions
  • 116 ATP Titles and 169 ATP Finals
  • 439 weeks at #1
  • 1000+ team match wins
  • 10 consecutive years of winning at least 1 Grand Slam
  • 11 time ATP Fans' Favorite Doubles Team and ATP Team of the Decade
  • "Bryan Golden Slam" (only team to simultaneously hold all Grand Slam titles and an Olympic gold medal)
  • 7 consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Australian–2006 Wimbledon)
  • 39 Masters 1000 titles
  • "Career Golden Masters" (alongside Daniel Nestor only other players in history to win all nine Masters 1000 events)

Junior

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He finished the year as the no. 1 ranked singles player in the nation in 1998 after winning the clay court nationals and reaching the finals of Kalamazoo. The brothers were back-to-back Kalamazoo doubles champions in 1995 and 1996 and won the US Open Junior doubles title in 1996.

College

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He played for Stanford University in 1997 and 1998, where he helped the Cardinal win back-to-back NCAA team championships. In 1998, he won the "Triple Crown" by taking the NCAA singles, doubles (with his twin brother Mike), and team titles. He was the first man to accomplish this since Stanford's Alex O'Brien did it in 1992.[citation needed]

ATP Tour

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With his twin brother Mike (who is the older by two minutes), Bryan has won 116 doubles titles,[5] including sixteen Grand Slam titles. In 2005, the Bryan brothers made it to the finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments, only the second time a men's doubles team has done this during the open era.[6] In 2006, the Bryan brothers won Wimbledon and the Australian Open and completed a Career Grand Slam. Having won the 2012 US Open, they followed up by winning the first three majors of 2013, and thus held all four titles at once. They could not complete the calendar year Grand Slam, however, as they lost in the semi-finals of the 2013 US Open.

The twins have been the year-ending top-ranked team ten times: in 2003,[7] 2005,[8] 2006,[9] 2007,[10] and then each year from 2009 to 2014 inclusive.

The Bryan brothers have been frequent participants on U.S. Davis Cup teams. The United States sealed its 32nd title at the 2007 Davis Cup.

In the 2018 Madrid Masters 1000 final, Bryan injured his hip, and the pair had to retire down 3–5 in the first set. He underwent a hip relining and made a remarkable recovery, rejoining his brother less than a year later for the 2019 Australian Open and making it to the quarterfinals. They won their first title since his surgery in February 2019 at Delray Beach.

World TeamTennis

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Both brothers kicked off their World TeamTennis careers back in 1999 for the Idaho Sneakers. They went on to play for the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, the Kansas City Explorers from 2005 to 2012, the Texas Wild in 2013, the San Diego Aviators in 2014, the California Dream in 2015, the Washington Kastles from 2016 to 2018, and most recently the Vegas Rollers in 2019. They have two World TeamTennis titles, one from the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, and another from the Kansas City Explorers in 2010. It was announced that Bryan, along with Mike, will be joining the Vegas Rollers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.[11]

Personal life

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Bryan married Florida attorney Michelle Alvarez in 2010; the couple have three children.[citation needed]

Davis Cup record (26–5)

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Together with his twin brother Mike Bryan, the pair has won the most Davis Cup matches of any doubles team for the United States. Bryan holds the record for most years played (14) in the Davis Cup for the U.S.[12] He also holds a 4–2 career record in singles ties.

Year Round Opponent Result
2003 Play-off Slovakia Slovakia (Beck/Hrbatý) W
2004 1st round Austria Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W
2004 Quarterfinal Sweden Sweden (Björkman/T. Johansson) W
2004 Semifinal Belarus Belarus (Mirnyi/Voltchkov) W
2004 Final Spain Spain (Ferrero/Robredo) W
2005 1st round Croatia Croatia (Ančić/Ljubičić) L
2005 Play-off Belgium Belgium (Rochus/Vliegen) W
2006 1st round Romania Romania (Hănescu/Tecău) W
2006 Quarterfinal Chile Chile (Capdeville/Garcia) W
2006 Semifinal Russia Russia (Tursunov/Youzhny) W
2007 1st round Czech Republic Czech Republic (Dlouhý/Vízner) W
2007 Quarterfinal Spain Spain (López/Robredo) W
2007 Semifinal Sweden Sweden (Aspelin/Björkman) W
2007 Final Russia Russia (Andreev/Davydenko) W
2008 1st round Austria Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W
2008 Quarterfinal France France (Clément/Llodra) L
2009 1st round Switzerland Switzerland (Allegro/Wawrinka) W
2009 Quarterfinal Croatia Croatia (Karanusic/Zovko) W
2010 1st round (w/ John Isner) Serbia Serbia (Tipsarević/Zimonjić) W
2011 1st round Chile Chile (Aguilar/Massú) W
2011 Semifinal Spain Spain (Granollers/Verdasco) W
2012 Quarterfinal France France (Benneteau/Llodra) W
2012 Semifinal Spain Spain (Granollers/López) W
2013 1st round Brazil Brazil (Melo/Soares) L
2013 Quarterfinal Serbia Serbia (Bozoljac/Zimonjić) L
2014 1st round United Kingdom Great Britain (Fleming/Inglot) W
2014 Play-off Slovakia Slovakia (Gombos/Lacko) W
2015 1st round United Kingdom Great Britain (Inglot/Murray) W
2016 1st round Australia Australia (Hewitt/Peers) W
2016 Quarterfinal Croatia Croatia (Čilić/Dodig) L
2020 Qualifying round Uzbekistan Uzbekistan (Fayziev/Istomin) W

Grand Slam tournaments

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Men's doubles: 30 (16–14)

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By winning the 2006 Wimbledon title, Bryan completed the men's doubles Career Grand Slam. He became the 19th individual player and, with Mike Bryan, the 7th doubles pair to achieve this.

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 2003 French Open Clay United States Mike Bryan Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up 2003 US Open Hard United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
7–5, 0–6, 5–7
Runner-up 2004 Australian Open Hard United States Mike Bryan France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up 2005 Australian Open (2) Hard United States Mike Bryan Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2005 French Open Clay United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2005 Wimbledon Grass United States Mike Bryan Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–7(4–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Winner 2005 US Open Hard United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–1, 6–4
Winner 2006 Australian Open Hard United States Mike Bryan Czech Republic Martin Damm
India Leander Paes
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2006 French Open (2) Clay United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7
Winner 2006 Wimbledon Grass United States Mike Bryan France Fabrice Santoro
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner 2007 Australian Open (2) Hard United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 2007 Wimbledon (2) Grass United States Mike Bryan France Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner 2008 US Open (2) Hard United States Mike Bryan Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)
Winner 2009 Australian Open (3) Hard United States Mike Bryan India Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up 2009 Wimbledon (3) Grass United States Mike Bryan Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner 2010 Australian Open (4) Hard United States Mike Bryan Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner 2010 US Open (3) Hard United States Mike Bryan India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Winner 2011 Australian Open (5) Hard United States Mike Bryan India Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4
Winner 2011 Wimbledon (2) Grass United States Mike Bryan Sweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up 2012 Australian Open (3) Hard United States Mike Bryan India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Runner-up 2012 French Open (3) Clay United States Mike Bryan Belarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
4–6, 4–6
Winner 2012 US Open (4) Hard United States Mike Bryan India Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–3, 6–4
Winner 2013 Australian Open (6) Hard United States Mike Bryan Netherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Igor Sijsling
6–3, 6–4
Winner 2013 French Open (2) Clay United States Mike Bryan France Michaël Llodra
France Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 2013 Wimbledon (3) Grass United States Mike Bryan Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2014 Wimbledon (4) Grass United States Mike Bryan United States Jack Sock
Canada Vasek Pospisil
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner 2014 US Open (5) Hard United States Mike Bryan Spain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2015 French Open (4) Clay United States Mike Bryan Croatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up 2016 French Open (5) Clay United States Mike Bryan Spain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Runner-up 2017 Australian Open (4) Hard United States Mike Bryan Finland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
5–7, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2)

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Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 2002 US Open Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik United States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(9–11), 6–7(1–7)
Winner 2003 US Open Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik Russia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Canada Daniel Nestor
5–7, 7–5, [10–5]
Winner 2004 US Open (2) Hard Russia Vera Zvonareva Australia Alicia Molik
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 2006 Wimbledon Grass United States Venus Williams Russia Vera Zvonareva
Israel Andy Ram
3–6, 2–6
Winner 2006 US Open (3) Hard United States Martina Navratilova Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Czech Republic Martin Damm
6–2, 6–3
Winner 2008 French Open Clay Belarus Victoria Azarenka Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner 2008 Wimbledon Grass Australia Samantha Stosur Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–4
Winner 2009 French Open (2) Clay United States Liezel Huber United States Vania King
Brazil Marcelo Melo
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Winner 2010 US Open (4) Hard United States Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

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Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win%
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 1R QF 3R F F W W QF W W W F W 3R 3R 3R F SF QF 3R 6 / 21 77–15 84%
French Open A A A A 2R 2R 2R QF W SF F F QF QF SF 2R SF F W QF F F 2R A 3R A 2 / 20 68–18 79%
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 1R SF SF QF 3R F W F SF F QF W SF W F QF QF 2R A 3R NH 3 / 20 72–17 81%
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R SF F 3R W 3R QF W SF W 1R W SF W 1R QF SF A 3R A 5 / 24 67–19 78%
Win–loss 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 3–3 4–4 6–4 14–4 14–3 13–4 21–3 18–2 17–3 16–3 19–3 16–2 16–2 20–3 22–1 16–3 10–4 13–4 11–4 4–1 9–4 2–1 16 / 85 284–69 80.45%
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did not qualify (DNQ) RR A W W SF RR A F W SF SF RR F W SF SF RR DNQ A DNQ 4 / 15 36–23 61%

Mixed doubles

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Martina Navratilova gives Bryan a hand. The pair won the 2006 Mixed Doubles title at the US Open.
Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 SR W–L Win %
Australian Open A A A QF 1R 1R QF QF QF A A 2R 2R A QF A A QF A A A A 0 / 10 14–10 58%
French Open 2R QF A SF QF QF A SF QF W W A A 1R A A 1R QF A A A A 2 / 12 27–10 73%
Wimbledon QF 1R QF QF 2R SF 2R F 3R W QF 2R QF SF A 3R 2R A A A A NH 1 / 16 37–15 71%
US Open A A 1R F W W QF W 2R A A W 2R 2R A A A A A A A A 4 / 10 29–6 83%
Win–loss 4–2 3–2 3–2 12–4 8–3 10–3 4–3 14–3 6–4 11–0 7–1 7–2 5–3 4–3 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 7 / 48 106–41 57%

Grand Slam seedings

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The tournaments won by Bryan are in boldface, and advances into finals by Bryan are in italics.

Men's doubles

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Legend (slams won / times seeded)
seeded No. 1 (11 / 36)
seeded No. 2 (4 / 15)
seeded No. 3 (1 / 7)
seeded No. 4–10 (0 / 13)
Seeded outside the top 10 (0 / 2)
not seeded (0 / 13)
Longest / total
5 85
3
3
5
1
9
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1995 did not play did not play did not play not seeded
1996 did not play did not play did not play not seeded
1997 did not play did not play did not play wild card
1998 did not play did not play did not play wild card
1999 did not play not seeded not seeded not seeded
2000 not seeded not seeded not seeded not seeded
2001 not seeded not seeded 15th 8th
2002 10th 5th 6th 6th
2003 2nd 3rd (1) 3rd 2nd (1)
2004 1st (2) 1st 2nd 2nd
2005 2nd (3) 3rd (4) 2nd (5) 2nd (2)
2006 1st (3) 1st (6) 1st (4) 1st
2007 1st (5) 1st 1st (7) 1st
2008 1st 1st 1st 2nd (6)
2009 2nd (7) 2nd 1st (8) 1st
2010 1st (8) 1st 2nd 1st (9)
2011 1st (10) 1st 1st (11) 1st
2012 1st (9) 2nd (10) 2nd 2nd (12)
2013 1st (13) 1st (14) 1st (15) 1st
2014 1st 1st 1st (11) 1st (16)
2015 1st 1st (12) 1st 1st
2016 3rd 5th (13) 2nd 3rd
2017 3rd 3rd (14) 5th 5th
2018 6th did not play did not play did not play
2019 4th 7th 7th 7th
2020 13th retired

References

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  1. ^ "Bob Bryan". ATP World Tour. Retrieved April 15, 2019.
  2. ^ Clarey, Christopher (August 27, 2020). "The Bryan Brothers Retire as They Played: Together". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "ATP Players of the Decade 2000–2009". ATP Tennis. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Bryan Brothers Announce Retirement, Ending Legendary Doubles Partnership | ATP Tour | Tennis".
  5. ^ "ESPN Bio:Bob Bryan". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  6. ^ "ATP Bio:Bob Bryan". Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  7. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/17/03 Archived April 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine,
  8. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/21/05 Archived March 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/20/06 Archived June 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/19/07 Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  11. ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.
  12. ^ "Davis Cup - Teams".
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Awards
Preceded by
The Bahamas Mark Knowles & Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić & Canada Daniel Nestor
ITF Men's doubles World Champion
(with United States Mike Bryan)

2003–07
2009–14
Succeeded by
Preceded by
The Bahamas Mark Knowles & Canada Daniel Nestor
The Bahamas Mark Knowles & Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić & Canada Daniel Nestor
ATP Doubles Team of the Year
(with United States Mike Bryan)

2003
200507
200914
Succeeded by
The Bahamas Mark Knowles & Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić & Canada Daniel Nestor
Netherlands Jean-Julien Rojer & Romania Horia Tecău
Preceded by
None
ATP Fans' Favorite Team
(with United States Mike Bryan)

2006–17
Succeeded by
Preceded by Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year
(with United States Mike Bryan)

2015
Succeeded by
Records
Preceded by Most Weeks at World No. 1 (Doubles)
(with United States Mike Bryan)

December 12, 2011 – November 5, 2012
Succeeded by