Bob Bryan

 ( 1978 Births ) 

Robert "Bob" Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest doubles tennis players of all time, Bryan was ranked as the world No. 1 in men's doubles for 438 weeks (second-most of all time), and finished as the year-end No. 1 eight times. Bryan won 126 ATP Tour-level doubles titles, including 23 majors: 16 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. Alongside his twin brother Mike Bryan, the Bryan brothers were one of the most successful doubles partnerships in tennis history. The pair were named the ATP Team of the Decade for the 2000s. They became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 London Olympics. The Bryan brothers retired from the sport together in August 2020.

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Tennis career

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Doubles records

• 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)

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Junior 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.

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College 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 Bryan), and team titles. He was the first man to accomplish this since Stanford's Alex O'Brien did it in 1992.

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ATP Tour With his twin brother Mike Bryan (who is the older by two minutes), Bryan has won 116 doubles titles, 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. 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, ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/17/03 , 2005, ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/21/05 2006, ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/20/06 2007, ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/19/07 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.

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World TeamTennis 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.

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Personal life Bryan married Florida attorney Michelle Alvarez in 2010; the couple have three children.

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Davis Cup record (26–5) 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. He also holds a 4–2 career record in singles ties.

2003	Play-off	W
2004	1st round	W
2004	Quarterfinal	W
2004	Semifinal	W
2004	Final	W
2005	1st round	L
2005	Play-off	W
2006	1st round	W
2006	Quarterfinal	W
2006	Semifinal	W
2007	1st round	W
2007	Quarterfinal	W
2007	Semifinal	W
2007	Final	W
2008	1st round	W
2008	Quarterfinal	L
2009	1st round	W
2009	Quarterfinal	W
2010	1st round (w/ John Isner)	W
2011	1st round	W
2011	Semifinal	W
2012	Quarterfinal	W
2012	Semifinal	W
2013	1st round	L
2013	Quarterfinal	L
2014	1st round	W
2014	Play-off	W
2015	1st round	W
2016	1st round	W
2016	Quarterfinal	L
2020	Qualifying round	W

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Grand Slam tournaments

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Men's doubles: 30 (16–14) 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.

7–6(7–3), 6–3

7–5, 0–6, 5–7

6–7(4–7), 3–6

4–6, 4–6

6–2, 1–6, 4–6

6–7(4–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6

6–1, 6–4

4–6, 6–3, 6–4

7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7

6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2

7–5, 7–5

7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6

7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)

2–6, 7–5, 6–0

6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 3–6

6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3

7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)

6–3, 6–4

6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)

6–7(1–7), 2–6

4–6, 4–6

6–3, 6–4

6–3, 6–4

6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)

3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4

6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7

6–3, 6–4

7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7

4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6

5–7, 5–7

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Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2)

6–7(9–11), 6–7(1–7)

5–7, 7–5, 10–5

6–3, 6–4

3–6, 2–6

6–2, 6–3

6–2, 7–6(7–4)

7–5, 6–4

5–7, 7–6(7–5), 10–7

6–4, 6–4

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Performance timelines

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Doubles

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%

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Mixed doubles

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

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

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

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

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

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Men's doubles

{class=wikitable style=font-size:90% !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)

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85
	3
	3
	5
	1
	9

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not seeded

not seeded

wild card

wild card

not seeded

not seeded

8th

6th

2nd (1)

2nd

2nd (2)

1st

1st

2nd (6)

1st

1st (9)

1st

2nd (12)

1st

1st (16)

1st

3rd

5th

did not play

7th

retired

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External links

• Official Site
• Profile on the 60 Minutes news magazine broadcast March 21, 2010

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