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'''Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan''' (born April 29, 1978, in [[Camarillo]], [[California]]) is an American male professional [[tennis]] player. With his twin brother [[Mike Bryan|Mike]], he has been a [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players#Doubles|World No. 1]] doubles player for the last several years. He has won fourteen [[Grand Slam (tennis)|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.
'''Robert ("Bob") Charles Bryan''' (born April 29, 1978, in [[Camarillo]], [[California]]) is an American male professional [[tennis]] player. With his twin brother [[Mike Bryan|Mike]], he has been a [[List of ATP number 1 ranked players#Doubles|World No. 1]] doubles player for the last several years. He has won fourteen [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] titles, 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.


==Tennis career==
==Tennis career==

Revision as of 14:29, 11 September 2010

See also: Bob and Mike Bryan
Bob Bryan
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceWesley Chapel, Florida, U.S.
Height6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro1998
PlaysLeft-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize moneyUS$6,921,599
Singles
Career record21–40 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 116 (November 13, 2000)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2000)
French OpenQ1 (2000)
Wimbledon2R (2001)
US Open2R (1998)
Other tournaments
Doubles
Career record630-217 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles65
Highest rankingNo. 1 (September 8, 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian OpenW (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010)
French OpenW (2003)
WimbledonW (2006)
US OpenW (2005, 2008, 2010)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2003, 2004, 2009)
Olympic GamesBronze (2008)
Mixed doubles
Career titles7
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian OpenQF (2002, 2005, 2006, 2007)
French OpenW (2008, 2009)
WimbledonW (2008)
US OpenW (2003, 2004, 2006, 2010)
Last updated on: August 9, 2010.
Bob Bryan
Medal record
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place Beijing 2008 Doubles
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 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, 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.

Tennis career

Bryan Bros Doubles Records

  • 65 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)
  • 17 Grand Slam Finals
  • Only team to win 600 tour level matches
  • 7 consecutive Grand Slam Finals (2005 Australian-2006 Wimbledon)
  • 103 ATP Tournament Finals
  • 16 Davis Cup World Group Wins
  • 17 Masters 1000 titles
  • 27,200 - Largest crowd in tennis history (Seville,Spain 12/04/2004)

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 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)

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: 17 (9 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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
Winner 2010 US Open (3) Hard United States Mike Bryan India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi		 7–6(5), 7–6(4)

Mixed doubles: 9 (7 titles, 2 runner-ups)

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]
Winner 2010 US Open (4) Hard United States Liezel Huber Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 6–4, 6–4

Grand Slam performance timelines

Men's doubles

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 / 12
Wimbledon A A A A 3R 1R SF SF QF 3R F W F SF F QF 1 / 12
US Open 1R 1R 1R 1R 1R QF 2R SF F 3R W 3R QF W SF W 3 / 16
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 9 / 51

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.

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 Career SR W-L Record
Australian Open A A A QF 1R 1R QF QF QF A A 2R 0 / 7 9—7
French Open 2R QF A SF QF QF A QF QF W W A 2 / 9 25—7
Wimbledon QF 1R QF QF 2R SF 2R F 3R W QF 2R 1 / 12 28—11
US Open A A 1R F W W QF W 2R A A W 4 / 8 27—4
SR 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 4 1 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 3 7 / 36 —
Yearly 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 — 89—29

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.

W-L = Win-Loss

References

  1. ^ Diane Pucin, Bryan twins set tennis record in doubles, Los Angeles Times, August 2, 2010
  2. ^ Listed as team members on those sites.
  3. ^ "ESPN Bio:Bob Bryan". ESPN. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  4. ^ "ATP Bio:Bob Bryan". ATP. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  5. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/17/03,
  6. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/21/05
  7. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/20/06
  8. ^ ATP Team Doubles Rankings For 11/19/07
  9. ^ "Bob Bryan (III)". imdb. Retrieved 2009-02-03.
  10. ^ "The Formula". Retrieved 2008-11-03.
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