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[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 (34.4% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
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 (75.5% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
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 Games Gold Medal (2012)
Bronze Medal (2008)
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)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.
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

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

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)
  • 38 Masters 1000 titles
  • "Career Golden Masters" (only players in history to win all nine Masters 1000 events)

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.

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

ATP Tour

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

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

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

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.[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

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.

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner2003French OpenClayUnited States Mike BryanNetherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–6(7–3), 6–3
Runner-up2003US OpenHardUnited States Mike BryanSweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
7–5, 0–6, 5–7
Runner-up2004Australian OpenHardUnited States Mike BryanFrance Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
6–7(4–7), 3–6
Runner-up2005Australian Open (2)HardUnited States Mike BryanZimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2005French OpenClayUnited States Mike BryanSweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up2005WimbledonGrassUnited States Mike BryanAustralia Stephen Huss
South Africa Wesley Moodie
6–7(4–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Winner2005US OpenHardUnited States Mike BryanSweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
6–1, 6–4
Winner2006Australian OpenHardUnited States Mike BryanCzech Republic Martin Damm
India Leander Paes
4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2006French Open (2)ClayUnited States Mike BryanSweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7
Winner2006WimbledonGrassUnited States Mike BryanFrance Fabrice Santoro
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner2007Australian Open (2)HardUnited States Mike BryanSweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up2007Wimbledon (2)GrassUnited States Mike BryanFrance Arnaud Clément
France Michaël Llodra
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner2008US Open (2)HardUnited States Mike BryanCzech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)
Winner2009Australian Open (3)HardUnited States Mike BryanIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
The Bahamas Mark Knowles
2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up2009Wimbledon (3)GrassUnited States Mike BryanCanada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Winner2010Australian Open (4)HardUnited States Mike BryanCanada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner2010US Open (3)HardUnited States Mike BryanIndia Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Winner2011Australian Open (5)HardUnited States Mike BryanIndia Mahesh Bhupathi
India Leander Paes
6–3, 6–4
Winner2011Wimbledon (2)GrassUnited States Mike BryanSweden Robert Lindstedt
Romania Horia Tecău
6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up2012Australian Open (3)HardUnited States Mike BryanIndia Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Runner-up2012French Open (3)ClayUnited States Mike BryanBelarus Max Mirnyi
Canada Daniel Nestor
4–6, 4–6
Winner2012US Open (4)HardUnited States Mike BryanIndia Leander Paes
Czech Republic Radek Štěpánek
6–3, 6–4
Winner2013Australian Open (6)HardUnited States Mike BryanNetherlands Robin Haase
Netherlands Igor Sijsling
6–3, 6–4
Winner2013French Open (2)ClayUnited States Mike BryanFrance Michaël Llodra
France Nicolas Mahut
6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner2013Wimbledon (3)GrassUnited States Mike BryanCroatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up2014Wimbledon (4)GrassUnited States Mike BryanUnited States Jack Sock
Canada Vasek Pospisil
6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner2014US Open (5)HardUnited States Mike BryanSpain Marcel Granollers
Spain Marc López
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2015French Open (4)ClayUnited States Mike BryanCroatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up2016French Open (5)ClayUnited States Mike BryanSpain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Runner-up2017Australian Open (4)HardUnited States Mike BryanFinland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
5–7, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up2002US OpenHardSlovenia Katarina SrebotnikUnited States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan
6–7(9–11), 6–7(1–7)
Winner2003US OpenHardSlovenia Katarina SrebotnikRussia Lina Krasnoroutskaya
Canada Daniel Nestor
5–7, 7–5, [10–5]
Winner2004US Open (2)HardRussia Vera ZvonarevaAustralia Alicia Molik
Australia Todd Woodbridge
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2006WimbledonGrassUnited States Venus WilliamsRussia Vera Zvonareva
Israel Andy Ram
3–6, 2–6
Winner2006US Open (3)HardUnited States Martina NavratilovaCzech Republic Květa Peschke
Czech Republic Martin Damm
6–2, 6–3
Winner2008French OpenClayBelarus Victoria AzarenkaSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Winner2008WimbledonGrassAustralia Samantha StosurSlovenia Katarina Srebotnik
United States Mike Bryan
7–5, 6–4
Winner2009French Open (2)ClayUnited States Liezel HuberUnited States Vania King
Brazil Marcelo Melo
5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Winner2010US Open (4)HardUnited States Liezel HuberCzech Republic Květa Peschke
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
6–4, 6–4

Performance timelines

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

Tournament19951996199719981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin%
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

Martina Navratilova gives Bryan a hand. The pair won the 2006 Mixed Doubles title at the US Open.
Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–LWin %
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

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

Men's doubles

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
585
3
3
5
1
9
Year Australian Open French Open Wimbledon US Open
1995did not playdid not playdid not playnot seeded
1996did not playdid not playdid not playnot seeded
1997did not playdid not playdid not playwild card
1998did not playdid not playdid not playwild card
1999did not playnot seedednot seedednot seeded
2000not seedednot seedednot seedednot seeded
2001not seedednot seeded15th8th
200210th5th6th6th
20032nd3rd (1)3rd2nd (1)
20041st (2)1st2nd2nd
20052nd (3)3rd (4)2nd (5)2nd (2)
20061st (3)1st (6)1st (4)1st
20071st (5)1st1st (7)1st
20081st1st1st2nd (6)
20092nd (7)2nd1st (8)1st
20101st (8)1st2nd1st (9)
20111st (10)1st1st (11)1st
20121st (9)2nd (10)2nd2nd (12)
20131st (13)1st (14)1st (15)1st
20141st1st1st (11)1st (16)
20151st1st (12)1st1st
20163rd5th (13)2nd3rd
20173rd3rd (14)5th5th
20186thdid not playdid not playdid not play
20194th7th7th7th
202013thretired

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