Bob Bryan

Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan at the 2009 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open 01.jpg
Country  United States
Residence Wesley Chapel, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth April 29, 1978 (1978-04-29) (age 32)
Place of birth Camarillo, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 202 lb (92 kg)
Turned pro 1998
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$6,921,599
Singles
Career record 21–40 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 116 (November 13, 2000)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open Q3 (2000)
French Open Q1 (2000)
Wimbledon 2R (2001)
US Open 2R (1998)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record 630-217 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 64
Highest ranking No. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
French Open W (2003)
Wimbledon W (2006)
US Open W (2005, 2008)
Tour Finals W (2003, 2004, 2009)
Olympic Games Bronze (2008)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles 6
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open N/A
French Open W (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon W (2008)
US Open W (2003, 2004, 2006)
Last updated on: August 9, 2010.
Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze Beijing 2008 Doubles
Pan American Games
Bronze Winnipeg 1999 Doubles

Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978, in Camarillo, California) is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has been a World No. 1 doubles player for the last several years. He has won fourteen Grand Slam titles, including eight in men's doubles and six in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. The Bryan Brothers were named ATP Team of the Decade for 2000-2009.

Contents

Tennis career

Bryan Bros Doubles Records

64 ATP Tournament Wins (set record (62) at 2010 Farmers Classic in Los Angeles)[1]
6 time ITF World Champions (5 straight from 2003–2007)
5 time ATP Team of the Year (tied with Woodies)
16 Grand Slam Finals
Only team to win 600 tour level matches
7 consecutive Grand Slam Finals (2005 Australian-2006 Wimbledon)
102 ATP Tournament Finals
16 Davis Cup World Group Wins
17 Masters 1000 titles
27,200 - Largest crowd in tennis history (Seville,Spain 12/04/04)

Junior

He finished the year as the number one 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.

World Team Tennis

Both brothers started their professional careers playing World TeamTennis for teams like the Idaho Sneakers through the current season for the Kansas City Explorers.[2]

ATP Tour

With his twin brother Mike (who is the older by two minutes), Bob has won 62 doubles titles,[3] including eight 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.[4] In 2006, the Bryan brothers won Wimbledon and the Australian Open and completed a Career Grand Slam. They repeated their Australian Open victory in 2007. As of February 2, 2009, the Bryan brothers both as a team and individually are ranked World No. 1 by the Association of Tennis Professionals. Five times they were the year-ending top-ranked team, in 2003[5] 2005,[6] 2006,[7] and 2007,[8] 2009

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.

Off the Court

The Bryans guest starred on 8 Simple Rules.[9]

Bob's father Wayne Bryan wrote a book about the Bryan Brothers named "The Formula: Raising your Child to Be a Champion".[10]

Davis Cup record (17-2)

Martina Navratilova gives Bob Bryan a hand

Together with his twin brother Mike Bryan, the pair won the most Davis Cup matches of any team in doubles for the US. In 2010 he won the doubles match in Serbia with John Isner.

Opponent Result
Switzerland (Wawrinka/Allegro) W
Slovak Republic (Beck/Hrbatý) W
Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W
Sweden (Björkman/T.Johansson) W
Belerus (Mirnyi/Volchkov) W
Spain (Ferrero/Robredo) W
Croatia (Ančić/Ljubičić ) L
Belgium (Rochus/Vliegen) W
Romania (Hănescu/Tecau) W
Chile (Capdeville/Garcia) W
Russia (Tursunov/Youzhny) W
Czech Republic (Dlouhý/Vízner) W
Spain (Lopez/Verdasco) W
Sweden (Aspelin/Björkman) W
Russia (Andreev/Daveydenko) W
Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W
France (Clément/Llodra) L

Major finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 16 (8-8)

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 in the final Score in the final
Winner 2003 French Open Clay United States Mike Bryan Netherlands Paul Haarhuis
Russia Yevgeny Kafelnikov
7–6(3), 6–3
Runner-up 2003 US Open Hard United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Australia Todd Woodbridge
5–7, 6–0, 7–5
Runner-up 2004 Australian Open Hard United States Mike Bryan France Michaël Llodra
France Fabrice Santoro
7–6(4), 6–3
Runner-up 2005 Australian Open (2) Hard United States Mike Bryan Zimbabwe Wayne Black
Zimbabwe Kevin Ullyett
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 2005 French Open Clay United States Mike Bryan Sweden Jonas Björkman
Belarus Max Mirnyi
2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Runner-up 2005 Wimbledon Grass United States Mike Bryan Australia Stephen Huss
South Africa Wesley Moodie
7–6(4), 6–3, 6–7(2), 6–3
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
6–7(5), 6–4, 7–5
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
6–7(5), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Winner 2008 US Open (2) Hard United States Mike Bryan Czech Republic Lukáš Dlouhý
India Leander Paes
7–6(5), 7–6(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
7–6(7), 6–7(3), 7–6(5), 6–3
Winner 2010 Australian Open (4) Hard United States Mike Bryan Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6–3, 6–7(5), 6–3

Mixed doubles: 8 (6-2)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Runner-up 2002 US Open Hard Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik United States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(9), 7–6(1)
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
6–3, 6–2
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(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(5), [10–7]

Grand Slam men's doubles performance timeline

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Career SR
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 1R QF 3R F F W W QF W W 4 / 11
French Open A A A A 2R 2R 2R QF W SF F F QF QF SF 2R 1 / 11
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 1R SF SF QF 3R F W F SF F QF 1 / 11
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R SF F 3R W 3R QF W SF 2 / 15
SR 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 1 8 / 47

A = did not participate in the tournament.

SR = the ratio of the number of Grand Slam men's doubles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played.

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