Bob Bryan

See also: Bob and Mike Bryan

Bob Bryan

Country	United States
Residence	Wesley Chapel, Florida, USA
Born	(1978-04-29) April 29, 1978 Camarillo, California, USA
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)
Prize money	$10,092,392
Singles
Career record	21–40 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, 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	808–256 (ATP Tour and Grand Slam main draws, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	88
Highest ranking	No. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Current ranking	No. 1 (May 20, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013)
French Open	W (2003)
Wimbledon	W (2006, 2011)
US Open	W (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Other Doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	W (2003, 2004, 2009)
Olympic Games	Bronze Medal (2008) Gold Medal (2012)
Mixed Doubles
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)
Other Mixed Doubles tournaments
Olympic Games	1R (2012)
Last updated on: January 12, 2013.

Olympic medal record
Competitor for United States
Olympic Games
Gold	2012 London	Doubles
Bronze	2008 Beijing	Doubles
Pan American Games
Bronze	1999 Winnipeg	Doubles

Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American male professional tennis player. He and his twin brother, Mike, are current world no. 1 doubles players and have spent over 290 weeks in this position. He has won twenty Grand Slam titles, 13 in men's doubles and 7 in mixed doubles. He turned professional in 1998. The brothers were named ATP Team of the Decade for 2000–2009. The brothers became the second men's doubles team to complete the career golden slam at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Tennis career

Doubles Records

• 13 Grand Slam doubles titles
• 23 Grand Slam finals
• 9-time ITF World Champions (5 straight from 2003–2007)
• 9 consecutive years of winning at least 1 Grand Slam
• 8 time ATP Fans' Favorite Doubles Team and ATP Team of the Decade
• 7 consecutive Grand Slam finals (2005 Australian–2006 Wimbledon)
• 21 Masters 1000 titles

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.^{[citation needed]}

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.

ATP Tour

With his twin brother Mike (who is the older by two minutes), Bob has won 75 doubles titles, including thirteen 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. 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 2005, 2006, and 2007, 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.

Off-court

The Bryans guest starred on 8 Simple Rules. They also were featured on the Jan/Feb 2010 cover of Making Music Magazine.

The brothers' father, Wayne Bryan, wrote a book about his sons, The Formula: Raising Your Child to be a Champion.

Personal life

Bob Bryan married Florida attorney Michelle Alvarez in North Miami Beach on December 13, 2010; the couple has one child.

Davis Cup record (20–4)

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 (Zimonjić/Tipsarević)	W
France (Benneteau/Llodra)	W
Brazil (Melo/Soares)	L
Serbia (Zimonjić/Bozoljac)	L

Grand Slam performance timelines

Men's singles

Tournament	1998	1999	2000	2001
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon				2R
US Open	2R	1R	1R	1R

Men's doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	SR
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	3R	F	F	W	W	QF	W	W	W	F	W	6 / 14
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	W	SF	F	F	QF	QF	SF	2R	SF	F		1 / 14
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	SF	SF	QF	3R	F	W	F	SF	F	QF	W	SF		2 / 14
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	SF	F	3R	W	3R	QF	W	SF	W	1R	W		4 / 18
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	1 / 1	13 / 60

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	2012	2013	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	QF	QF	QF	A	A	2R	2R	A	QF	0 / 9	12–9
French Open	2R	QF	A	SF	QF	QF	A	QF	QF	W	W	A	A	1R		2 / 10	25–8
Wimbledon	QF	1R	QF	QF	2R	SF	2R	F	3R	W	QF	2R	QF	SF		1 / 14	33–12
US Open	A	A	1R	F	W	W	QF	W	2R	A	A	W	2R	2R		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	7 / 43	100–36

Career statistics

Main article: Bob Bryan career statistics

External links

• Bob Bryan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bob Bryan at the International Tennis Federation
• Bob Bryan at the Davis Cup
• Official Site
• Profile on the 60 Minutes news magazine broadcast March 21, 2010

Awards
Preceded by Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor	ITF Men's doubles World Champion (with Mike Bryan) 2003–07 2009–12	Succeeded by Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor Incumbent
Preceded by Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor	ATP Doubles Team of the Year (with Mike Bryan) 2003 2005–07 2009–12	Succeeded by Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor Incumbent
Preceded by New title	ATP Fans' Favorite Team (with Mike Bryan) 2006–12	Succeeded by Incumbent
Records
Preceded by John McEnroe	Most Weeks at World No. 1 (Doubles) (with Mike Bryan) 12 December, 2011 – 5 November, 2012	Succeeded by Mike Bryan

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