Bob Bryan

Bob Bryan
Bob Bryan at the 2015 French Open
Full name Robert Charles Bryan
Country (sports)  United States
Residence Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, U.S.
Born (1978-04-29) April 29, 1978
Camarillo, California, U.S.
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Turned pro 1998
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
College Stanford
Coach David Macpherson (2005–)
Prize money US$15,412,992
Official website bryanbros.com
Singles
Career record 21–40 (34.43% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 116 (November 13, 2000)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q3 (2000)
French Open Q1 (2000)
Wimbledon 2R (2001)
US Open 2R (1998)
Doubles
Career record 1068–340 (75.85% in ATP World Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 116
Highest ranking No. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Current ranking No. 4 (July 16, 2018)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
French Open W (2003, 2013)
Wimbledon W (2006, 2011, 2013)
US Open W (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals W (2003, 2004, 2009, 2014)
Olympic Games Gold Medal (2012)
Bronze Medal (2008)
Mixed doubles
Career titles 7
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2013, 2016)
French Open W (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon W (2008)
US Open W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2010)
Other mixed doubles tournaments
Olympic Games 1R (2012)
Team competitions
Davis Cup W (2007)
Last updated on: 14 May 2018.
Medal record
Men's tennis
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2012 London Doubles
2008 Beijing Doubles
Pan American Games
1999 Winnipeg Doubles

Robert Charles Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American professional tennis player. He has won twenty-three Grand Slam titles: 16 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. With his twin brother Mike, he has been the world No. 1 doubles player for much of the last several years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003. The brothers were named ATP Team of the Decade for 2000–2009.[1] The brothers became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Bob Bryan eded his 2018 season early with subsequent hip surgery in August 2018 due to an injury he sustained during his Madrid final retirement earlier in May 2018, which would have elevated the Bryan brothers as the oldest players back to the top of the men's doubles ranking if they were victorious. Bob Bryan's recovery is expected to take about 6 months, which has led to his brother Mike's rare and uncertain search for other partners to play with in his absence.

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 9 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.

World TeamTennis

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 116 doubles titles,[3] 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.[4] 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.

They have been the year-ending top-ranked team ten times: in 2003[5] 2005,[6] 2006[7] and 2007,[8] 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.

Off-court

The Bryans guest starred on 8 Simple Rules[9] and were on the Jan/Feb 2010 cover of Making Music Magazine.[10] Their father, Wayne Bryan, wrote a book about his sons, The Formula: Raising Your Child to be a Champion.[11]

Personal life

Bob Bryan married Florida attorney Michelle Alvarez in North Miami Beach on December 13, 2010; the couple have three children, Micaela, born January 31, 2012, Robert Blake "Bobby Jr.", born December 24, 2013 and Richard Charles "Richie" October 27, 2015.

Davis Cup record (25–5)

Together with his twin brother Mike Bryan, the pair has won the most Davis Cup matches of any doubles team for the United States. Bob 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

Grand Slam tournaments

Men's singles

Tournament1998199920002001
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon 2R
US Open 2R 1R 1R 1R

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-up2014WimbledonGrassUnited 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 ClayUnited States Mike BryanCroatia Ivan Dodig
Brazil Marcelo Melo
7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Runner-up2016French Open ClayUnited States Mike BryanSpain Feliciano López
Spain Marc López
4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Runner-up2017Australian OpenHardUnited States Mike BryanFinland Henri Kontinen
Australia John Peers
5–7, 5–7

Timeline

Tournament199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018SR
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 6 / 19
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 2 / 19
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 3 / 19
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 5 / 23
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 2 / 4 2 / 4 1 / 4 3 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 16 / 80
Year-End Championship
World Tour Finals Did Not Qualify RR A W W SF RR A F W SF SF RR F W SF SF RR A 4 / 15

Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2)

Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up2002US OpenHardSlovenia Katarina SrebotnikUnited States Lisa Raymond
United States Mike Bryan
7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–1)
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
6–3, 6–2
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

Timeline

Tournament1999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017SRW–L
Australian Open A A A QF 1R 1R QF QF QF A A 2R 2R A QF A A QF 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 2 / 12 27–10
Wimbledon QF 1R QF QF 2R SF 2R F 3R W QF 2R QF SF A 3R 2R A 1 / 16 37–15
US Open A A 1R F W W QF W 2R A A W 2R 2R A A A A 4 / 10 29–6
W–L 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 7 / 48 106–41
Martina Navratilova gives Bob Bryan a hand. The pair won the 2006 Mixed Doubles title at the US Open.

References

  1. "ATP Players of the Decade 2000–2009". ATP Tennis. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  2. Listed as team members on those sites.
  3. "ESPN Bio:Bob Bryan". ESPN. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  4. "ATP Bio:Bob Bryan". ATP. Archived from the original on February 3, 2009. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  5. ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/17/03 Archived April 10, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.,
  6. ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/21/05 Archived March 2, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/20/06 Archived June 7, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.
  8. ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/19/07 Archived July 5, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
  9. "Bob Bryan profile". imdb.com. Retrieved February 3, 2009.
  10. Making Music Magazine feature Archived December 18, 2010, at the Wayback Machine., 2010; accessed July 9, 2014.
  11. "The Formula". Archived from the original on June 21, 2003. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
  12. http://www.daviscup.com/en/teams/team.aspx?id=USA
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
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić & Canada Daniel Nestor
Incumbent
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
Incumbent
Preceded by
United Kingdom Andy Murray
Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year
(with United States Bob Bryan)

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

December 12, 2011 – November 5, 2012
Succeeded by
United States Mike Bryan
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