Bob Bryan

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Bob Bryan
Country  United States
Residence Sunny Isles Beach, Florida, USA
Born April 29, 1978 (1978-04-29) (age 33)
Camarillo, California, US
Height 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight 202 pounds (92 kg)
College Stanford Cardinal
Turned pro 1998
Plays Left-handed (one-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$ 8,684,530
Singles
Career record 21–40 (in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 0 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam)
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)
Doubles
Career record 727–238 (in ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles 76 (ATP (World) Tour and Grand Slam)
Highest ranking No. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open W (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011)
French Open W (2003)
Wimbledon W (2006, 2011)
US Open W (2005, 2008, 2010)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals W (2003, 2004, 2009)
Olympic Games Bronze (2008)
Mixed Doubles
Career titles 7 (Grand Slam)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open QF (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007)
French Open W (2008, 2009)
Wimbledon W (2008)
US Open W (2003, 2004, 2006, 2010)
Last updated on: January 30, 2012.
Medal record
Competitor for USA
Olympic Games
Bronze Beijing 2008 Doubles
Pan American Games
Bronze Winnipeg 1999 Doubles

Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American male professional tennis player. With his twin brother Mike, he has spent over 200 weeks as a World No. 1 doubles player. He has won eighteen Grand Slam titles, 11 in men's doubles and seven in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. The Bryan brothers were named ATP Team of the Decade for 2000–2009.[1]

Contents

[edit] Tennis career

[edit] Doubles Records

  • 76 ATP Tournament Wins (set record (62) at 2010 Farmers Classic in Los Angeles)[2]
  • 11 Grand Slam Doubles Titles (tied with Woodies)
  • 20 Grand Slam Finals
  • 278 weeks at #1 in the world (John McEnroe previously held the record of 270 weeks)
  • 8-time ITF World Champions (5 straight from 2003–2007)
  • 7 year end #1 finishes
  • 7 consecutive years of winning at least 1 Grand Slam
  • 7 time ATP Fans' Favorite Doubles Team & ATP Team of the Decade
  • 7 consecutive Grand Slam Finals (2005 Australian-2006 Wimbledon)
  • Only team to win 600 and now 700 tour level matches
  • 118 ATP Tournament Finals
  • 18 Davis Cup World Group Wins
  • 19 Masters 1000 titles
  • 3 World Tour Finals Wins
  • Largest crowd in tennis history – 27,200 (Seville, Spain, 12/04/2004)

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.[citation needed]

[edit] 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.[3]

[edit] ATP Tour

With his twin brother Mike (who is the older by two minutes), Bob has won 75 doubles titles,[4] including eleven 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.[5] 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. Six times they were the year-ending top-ranked team, in 2003[6] 2005,[7] 2006,[8] and 2007,[9] 2009, and 2010.

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.

[edit] Off-court

The Bryans guest starred on 8 Simple Rules.[10]

The Bryan brothers were featured on the Jan/Feb 2010 cover of Making Music Magazine.[11]

Bob's father Wayne Bryan wrote a book about the Bryan Brothers named "The Formula: Raising your Child to Be a Champion".[12]

[edit] Personal life

Bob married Florida attorney Michelle Alvarez in North Miami Beach on December 13, 2010. The couple now resides in Sunny Isles Beach, FL.

[edit] Davis Cup record (19–2)

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. Bob has a 4-2 record in singles matches.

Opponent Result
Switzerland (Wawrinka/Allegro) W
Slovak Republic (Beck/Hrbatý) W
Austria (Knowle/Melzer) W
Sweden (Björkman/T.Johansson) W
Belarus (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
Chile (Aguilar/Massu) W
Spain (Verdasco/Granoellers) W
Sweden (Bjorkman/Aspelin) W
Serbia (Zimonjic/Tipsarevic) W

[edit] Grand Slam performance timelines

[edit] Men's doubles

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 SR
Australian Open A A A A A 1R 1R QF 3R F F W W QF W W W F 5 / 13
French Open A A A A 2R 2R 2R QF W SF F F QF QF SF 2R SF 1 / 13
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 1R SF SF QF 3R F W F SF F QF W 2 / 13
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R SF F 3R W 3R QF W SF W 1R 3 / 17
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 11 / 55

[edit] Mixed doubles

Martina Navratilova gives Bob 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 Career SR Career W-L
Australian Open A A A QF 1R 1R QF QF QF A A 2R 2R 0 / 8 10–8
French Open 2R QF A SF QF QF A QF QF W W A A 2 / 9 25–7
Wimbledon QF 1R QF QF 2R SF 2R F 3R W QF 2R QF 1 / 13 30–11
US Open A A 1R F W W QF W 2R A A W 2R 4 / 9 28–5
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 4–2 7 / 39 93–31

[edit] Career statistics

Main article: Bob Bryan career statistics

[edit] References

  1. ^ "ATP Players of the Decade 2000–2009". ATP Tennis. http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Tennis/2009/12/Decade-In-Review-Players.aspx. Retrieved Jan 27, 2011. 
  2. ^ Diane Pucin, Bryan twins set tennis record in doubles, Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2010
  3. ^ Listed as team members on those sites.
  4. ^ "ESPN Bio:Bob Bryan". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=517. Retrieved February 3, 2009. 
  5. ^ "ATP Bio:Bob Bryan". ATP. http://www.atptennis.com/3/en/players/doubles/profiles/bryanbryan.asp. Retrieved February 3, 2009. [dead link]
  6. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/17/03,
  7. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/21/05
  8. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/20/06
  9. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/19/07
  10. ^ "Bob Bryan (III)". imdb. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0116906/. Retrieved February 3, 2009. 
  11. ^ http://www.makingmusicmag.com/features/10janfeb02.html
  12. ^ "The Formula". http://www.bobandmike.com/Formula.html. Retrieved November 3, 2008. 

[edit] External links

Awards
Preceded by
The Bahamas Mark Knowles & Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić & Canada Daniel Nestor		 ITF World Champion (doubles)
(with United States Mike Bryan)
2003–07
2009–11		 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
2004–07
2009–11		 Succeeded by
The Bahamas Mark Knowles & Canada Daniel Nestor
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić & Canada Daniel Nestor
Incumbent
Preceded by
New title		 ATP Fans' Favorite Team
(with United States Mike Bryan)
2006–11		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
  • ATP doubles rankings incepted on 1 March 1976
  • (year first held/year last held – number of weeks (w))
  • current No. 1 in bold, as of 23 January 2012
Association of Tennis Professionals: Top ten male doubles tennis players from the Americas as of March 5, 2012.
1. United States Bob Bryan (1 steady) · 1. United States Mike Bryan (1 steady) · 3. Canada Daniel Nestor (3 steady) · 4. Brazil Bruno Soares (20 steady) · 5. Colombia Juan Sebastián Cabal (23 steady)
6. Mexico Santiago González (28 decrease1) · 7. Argentina Eduardo Schwank (30 increase2) · 8. United States Eric Butorac (31 decrease3) · 9. United States John Isner (33 decrease2) · 10. United States Sam Querrey (35 decrease1)
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Western Conference
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