Bob Bryan


Robert Charles Bryan 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. The brothers became the second men's doubles team to complete the career Golden Slam at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Bob Bryan ended 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. His recovery from hip surgery took around 5 months, which led his brother Mike primarily first partnering with fellow compatriots Sam Querrey and then more successfully Jack Sock during Bob's absence.

Tennis career

Doubles records

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, and team titles. He was the first man to accomplish this since Stanford's Alex O'Brien did it in 1992.

ATP Tour

With his twin brother Mike, Bob has won 116 doubles titles, 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. 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.
The twins have been the year-ending top-ranked team ten times: in 2003 2005, 2006 and 2007, 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.
In the 2018 Madrid Masters 1000 final, Bob injured his hip, and the pair had to retire down 3-5 in the first set. He underwent a hip relining and made a remarkable recovery, rejoining his brother less than a year later for the 2019 Australian Open and making it to the quarterfinals. They won their first title since his surgery in February 2020 at Delray Beach.

World TeamTennis

Both brothers kicked off their World TeamTennis careers back in 1999 for the Idaho Sneakers. They went on to play for the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, the Kansas City Exploreres from 2005-2012, the Texas Wild in 2013, the San Diego Aviators in 2014, the California Dream in 2015, the Washington Kastles from 2016-2018, and most recently the Vegas Rollers in 2019. They have two World TeamTennis titles, one from the Newport Beach Breakers in 2004, and another from the Kansas City Explorers in 2010. It was announced that Bob, along with twin brother Mike, will be joining the Vegas Rollers during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12 at The Greenbrier.

Off-court

The Bryans guest starred on 8 Simple Rules and were on the Jan/Feb 2010 cover of Making Music Magazine. Their 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 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 in the Davis Cup for the U.S. He also holds a 4-2 career record in singles ties.
YearRoundOpponentResult
2003Play-off Slovakia W
20041st round Austria W
2004Quarterfinal Sweden W
2004Semifinal Belarus W
2004Final Spain W
20051st round Croatia L
2005Play-off Belgium W
20061st round Romania W
2006Quarterfinal Chile W
2006Semifinal Russia W
20071st round Czech Republic W
2007Quarterfinal Spain W
2007Semifinal Sweden W
2007Final Russia W
20081st round Austria W
2008Quarterfinal France L
20091st round Switzerland W
2009Quarterfinal Croatia W
20101st round Serbia W
20111st round Chile W
2011Semifinal Spain W
2012Quarterfinal France W
2012Semifinal Spain W
20131st round Brazil L
2013Quarterfinal Serbia L
20141st round Great Britain W
2014Play-off Slovakia W
20151st round Great Britain W
20161st round Australia W
2016Quarterfinal Croatia L

Grand Slam tournaments

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.
OutcomeYearChampionshipSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Winner2003French OpenClay Mike Bryan Paul Haarhuis
Yevgeny Kafelnikov		7–6, 6–3
Runner-up2003US OpenHard Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman
Todd Woodbridge		7–5, 0–6, 5–7
Runner-up2004Australian OpenHard Mike Bryan Michaël Llodra
Fabrice Santoro		6–7, 3–6
Runner-up2005Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Wayne Black
Kevin Ullyett		4–6, 4–6
Runner-up2005French OpenClay Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi		6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Runner-up2005WimbledonGrass Mike Bryan Stephen Huss
Wesley Moodie		6–7, 3–6, 7–6, 3–6
Winner2005US OpenHard Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi		6–1, 6–4
Winner2006Australian OpenHard Mike Bryan Martin Damm
Leander Paes		4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2006French Open Clay Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi		7–6, 4–6, 5–7
Winner2006WimbledonGrass Mike Bryan Fabrice Santoro
Nenad Zimonjić		6–4, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner2007Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Jonas Björkman
Max Mirnyi		7–5, 7–5
Runner-up2007Wimbledon Grass Mike Bryan Arnaud Clément
Michaël Llodra		7–6, 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Winner2008US Open Hard Mike Bryan Lukáš Dlouhý
Leander Paes		7–6, 7–6
Winner2009Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Mahesh Bhupathi
Mark Knowles		2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Runner-up2009Wimbledon Grass Mike Bryan Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		6–7, 7–6, 6–7, 3–6
Winner2010Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Daniel Nestor
Nenad Zimonjić		6–3, 6–7, 6–3
Winner2010US Open Hard Mike Bryan Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		7–6, 7–6
Winner2011Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Mahesh Bhupathi
Leander Paes		6–3, 6–4
Winner2011Wimbledon Grass Mike Bryan Robert Lindstedt
Horia Tecău		6–3, 6–4, 7–6
Runner-up2012Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Leander Paes
Radek Štěpánek		6–7, 2–6
Runner-up2012French Open Clay Mike Bryan Max Mirnyi
Daniel Nestor		4–6, 4–6
Winner2012US Open Hard Mike Bryan Leander Paes
Radek Štěpánek		6–3, 6–4
Winner2013Australian Open Hard Mike Bryan Robin Haase
Igor Sijsling		6–3, 6–4
Winner2013French Open Clay Mike Bryan Michaël Llodra
Nicolas Mahut		6–4, 4–6, 7–6
Winner2013Wimbledon Grass Mike Bryan Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo		3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up2014WimbledonGrass Mike Bryan Jack Sock
Vasek Pospisil		6–7, 7–6, 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner2014US Open Hard Mike Bryan Marcel Granollers
Marc López		6–3, 6–4
Runner-up2015French OpenClay Mike Bryan Ivan Dodig
Marcelo Melo		7–6, 6–7, 5–7
Runner-up2016French OpenClay Mike Bryan Feliciano López
Marc López		4–6, 7–6, 3–6
Runner-up2017Australian OpenHard Mike Bryan Henri Kontinen
John Peers		5–7, 5–7

Mixed doubles: 9 (7–2)

Performance timelines

Doubles

Current through the 2020 Australian Open.

Mixed doubles

Tournament199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019SRW–LWin %
Australian OpenAAAQF1R1RQFQFQFAA2R2RAQFAAQFAAA0 / 1014–10
French Open2RQFASFQFQFASFQFWWAA1RAA1RQFAAA2 / 1227–10
WimbledonQF1RQFQF2RSF2RF3RWQF2RQFSFA3R2RAAAA1 / 1637–15
US OpenAA1RFWWQFW2RAAW2R2RAAAAAAA4 / 1029–6
Win–Loss4–23–23–212–48–310–34–314–36–411–07–17–25–34–32–12–10–24–20–00–00–07 / 48106–41