Bryan brothers facts for kids

Bob and Mike Bryan

The Bryan brothers' chest bump celebration
Highest doubles ranking:	1 (September 8, 2003)	1 (September 8, 2003)
Men's Doubles titles:	119	124
Grand Slam Men's Doubles titles:	16 titles: Australian Open (6): (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) French Open (2): (2003, 2013) Wimbledon (3): (2006, 2011, 2013) US Open (5): (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014)	18 titles: Australian Open (6): (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013) French Open (2): (2003, 2013) Wimbledon (4): (2006, 2011, 2013, 2018) US Open (6): (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2018)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles titles:	7 titles: French Open (2): (2008, 2009) Wimbledon (1): (2008) US Open (4): (2003, 2004, 2006, 2010)	4 titles: French Open (2): (2003, 2015) Wimbledon (1): (2012) US Open (1): (2002)
Masters Men's Doubles titles:	39 titles	39 titles
Summer Olympics Men's Doubles:	Gold (London 2012)	Gold (London 2012)
	Bronze (Beijing 2008)	Bronze (Beijing 2008)
Pan Am Games Men's Doubles:	Bronze (Winnipeg 1999)	Bronze (Winnipeg 1999)
Davis Cup titles:	1 title: (2007)	1 title: (2007)
World Tour Finals:	4 titles: (2003, 2004, 2009, 2014)	5 titles: (2003, 2004, 2009, 2014, 2018)

The Bryan brothers, identical twins Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, are American professional doubles tennis players who are now retired. They are known as the most successful men's doubles team ever! Mike is older by two minutes, and they were born on April 29, 1978.

The Bryans have won many awards, including Olympic medals (a gold in 2012). They have won more professional games, matches, and tournaments than any other men's doubles team. They were ranked the World No. 1 doubles team for a record 438 weeks. Mike even held the No. 1 spot for 506 weeks! They were also the top doubles team at the end of the year a record 10 times.

A cool fact about their success is that they are "mirror twins." This means one is right-handed (Mike) and the other is left-handed (Bob). This helped them cover the tennis court really well. They are also famous for their chest-bump celebration after winning points! The brothers turned professional in 1998 and retired in August 2020.

Amazing Records and Achievements

The Bryan brothers achieved many incredible things in tennis. On October 28, 2016, they won their 1000th match as a team, which was a huge record!

They are the only doubles team in the Open Era (since 1968) to hold all four major titles at the same time, though not in the same year. They also won an Olympic Gold medal during this period. They are also the only doubles team ever to win every major title possible. This includes all four Grand Slams, an Olympic Gold, all 12 versions of the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles, the ATP World Tour Finals, and the Davis Cup.

The brothers won a record 119 tour titles, which is much more than any other team. They also reached 59 other finals. They have won 16 Grand Slam titles together, which is more than any other men's team in the Open Era. They are the only doubles team to have won each Grand Slam title at least twice. They also won the ATP World Tour Finals four times.

They won the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics and a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They helped the USA win the 2007 Davis Cup. The ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) named them the Team of the Decade for both 2000–2009 and 2010–2019.

The twins were a big part of the United States Davis Cup team, winning 25 out of 30 doubles matches. This is the most wins ever by a USA doubles team.

Professional Awards

• ITF World Champion: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
• ATP World Tour Fans' Favorite Team: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 (Mike with Jack Sock), 2019
• Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: 2015

Other Cool Achievements

• They played in front of the second-largest crowd ever for an official tennis match (27,200 people at the Davis Cup final in Seville, Spain in 2004).
• They won a record 25 Davis Cup World Group matches for the United States.

Junior Career

Bob and Mike started playing tennis very young. They won their first doubles tournament at age 6, in a competition for kids 10 and under! They went to school in Somis, California, and then Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California.

They had an amazing junior career, winning over a hundred junior doubles titles. They won many national championships for different age groups. For example, they won the USTA National Boys' 14 Doubles Championships in 1991. They also won the Ojai Tennis Tournament four times in a row from 1993 to 1996.

In 1996, they won the US Open junior boys' doubles title. They also won a bronze medal in men's doubles at the 1999 Pan American Games in Canada. This was their first time representing the United States as professionals.

Both brothers received full tennis scholarships to Stanford University in 1996. They played there until 1998, helping their team win the NCAA team title twice. In 1998, they won the NCAA doubles title, becoming the first brothers to do so since 1946. They finished that year as the No. 1 college doubles team.

Professional Career Highlights

The Bryan brothers became professional tennis players in 1998. Their first big win came in 1998 at a tournament in Washington, D.C. In 1999, they reached their first ATP final in Orlando.

Their first Grand Slam win was at the 2003 French Open, where they didn't lose a single set! This win also set a new record for the most doubles titles won by a brothers team. They became the first brothers to finish the year as the No. 1 team in the ATP rankings.

From 2005 to 2006, they reached seven Grand Slam finals in a row, which was an Open Era record. They won the 2005 US Open and the 2006 Australian Open. In 2006, they completed a "Career Grand Slam" by winning Wimbledon. This means they had won all four major Grand Slam tournaments at least once.

In 2007, they had an incredible year, winning 11 titles. They also helped the United States win the 2007 Davis Cup. In 2008, they won their second US Open title.

By 2010, they had won their 62nd career doubles title, breaking the record held by "The Woodies" (Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde). They also won their ninth major title at the 2010 US Open. In 2011, they won their fifth Australian Open title and their second Wimbledon title, tying the Woodies' record of 11 Grand Slam titles.

In 2012, they made history at the London Olympics. They won the gold medal, completing their "Career Golden Slam." This means they had won all four Grand Slams and an Olympic gold medal. Later that year, they won the 2012 US Open, giving them 12 major titles and breaking the Woodies' record for most major titles in men's doubles.

The year 2013 was one of their best. They won their 13th Grand Slam title at the 2013 Australian Open, setting a new all-time record. They then won the 2013 French Open and 2013 Wimbledon Championships, making them the second doubles team ever to hold all four major titles at the same time. They were also the first team to hold all four major titles and the Olympic gold medal at the same time. They won 11 titles that year, including 3 Grand Slams and 5 Masters 1000 titles.

In 2014, they continued to break records. They won their 100th doubles title as a team at the 2014 US Open, which was their 16th major title. They also became the first doubles team to win all nine current ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments, achieving a "Career Golden Masters." They won six Masters 1000 titles in a single season, another record.

After a few years with fewer titles, the Bryan brothers announced in November 2019 that they would retire after the 2020 season. However, they ended up retiring a bit earlier in August 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Parents

The Bryan brothers' mom, Kathy Bryan, used to be a professional tennis player. She played at Wimbledon four times! Their dad, Wayne, is a lawyer, musician, and tennis coach. Both of their parents are very involved in tennis and even wrote a book about their sons called The Formula: Raising Your Child to be a Champion.

Personal Life

Bob and Mike Bryan are identical twins, born on April 29, 1978. Mike is 6 feet 3 inches tall and is right-handed. Bob is 6 feet 4 inches tall and is left-handed.

When they were younger, their parents didn't let them play against each other in tournaments. If they were supposed to play, one would just let the other win. They both went to Stanford University and were part of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon group.

In 1998, Bob became the first college player since 1992 to win the "Triple Crown." This meant he won the NCAA singles, doubles (with Mike), and team titles. The Bryans have even appeared on the TV show 8 Simple Rules and were on the cover of Making Music Magazine in 2010.

Grand Slam Finals

As a team

Doubles: 30 (16 titles, 14 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Win	2003	French Open	Clay	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Loss	2003	US Open	Hard	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–5, 0–6, 5–7
Loss	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss	2005	Australian Open	Hard	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 4–6
Loss	2005	French Open	Clay	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–2, 1–6, 4–6
Loss	2005	Wimbledon	Grass	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	6–7(4–7), 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 3–6
Win	2005	US Open	Hard	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–1, 6–4
Win	2006	Australian Open	Hard	Martin Damm Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	2006	French Open	Clay	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–6(7–5), 4–6, 5–7
Win	2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Win	2007	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–5, 7–5
Loss	2007	Wimbledon	Grass	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6, 4–6
Win	2008	US Open (2)	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)
Win	2009	Australian Open (3)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Loss	2009	Wimbledon	Grass	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–7(7–9), 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 3–6
Win	2010	Australian Open (4)	Hard	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Win	2010	US Open (3)	Hard	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win	2011	Australian Open (5)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
Win	2011	Wimbledon (2)	Grass	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Loss	2012	Australian Open	Hard	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6–7(1–7), 2–6
Loss	2012	French Open	Clay	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	4–6, 4–6
Win	2012	US Open (4)	Hard	Leander Paes Radek Štepánek	6–3, 6–4
Win	2013	Australian Open (6)	Hard	Robin Haase Igor Sijsling	6–3, 6–4
Win	2013	French Open (2)	Clay	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2013	Wimbledon (3)	Grass	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Loss	2014	Wimbledon	Grass	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Win	2014	US Open (5)	Hard	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2015	French Open	Clay	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Loss	2016	French Open	Clay	Feliciano López Marc López	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6
Loss	2017	Australian Open	Hard	Henri Kontinen John Peers	5–7, 5–7

Bob individually

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

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2002	US Open	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Lisa Raymond Mike Bryan	6–7(9–11), 6–7(1–7)
Win	2003	US Open	Hard	Katarina Srebotnik	Lina Krasnoroutskaya Daniel Nestor	5–7, 7–5, [10–5]
Win	2004	US Open (2)	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	Alicia Molik Todd Woodbridge	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2006	Wimbledon	Grass	Venus Williams	Vera Zvonareva Andy Ram	3–6, 2–6
Win	2006	US Open (3)	Hard	Martina Navratilova	Květa Peschke Martin Damm	6–2, 6–3
Win	2008	French Open	Clay	Victoria Azarenka	Katarina Srebotnik Nenad Zimonjić	6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win	2008	Wimbledon	Grass	Samantha Stosur	Katarina Srebotnik Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–4
Win	2009	French Open (2)	Clay	Liezel Huber	Vania King Marcelo Melo	5–7, 7–6(7–5), [10–7]
Win	2010	US Open (4)	Hard	Liezel Huber	Květa Peschke Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	6–4, 6–4

Mike individually

Men's doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	2018	Wimbledon	Grass	Jack Sock	Raven Klaasen Michael Venus	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–3, 5–7, 7–5
Win	2018	US Open	Hard	Jack Sock	Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo	6–3, 6–1

Mixed doubles: 6 (4 titles, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	Wimbledon	Grass	Liezel Huber	Daniela Hantuchová Leoš Friedl	6–4, 3–6, 2–6
Win	2002	US Open	Hard	Lisa Raymond	Katarina Srebotnik Bob Bryan	7–6(11–9), 7–6(7–1)
Win	2003	French Open	Clay	Lisa Raymond	Elena Likhovtseva Mahesh Bhupathi	6–3, 6–4
Loss	2008	Wimbledon	Grass	Katarina Srebotnik	Samantha Stosur Bob Bryan	5–7, 4–6
Win	2012	Wimbledon	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Elena Vesnina Leander Paes	6–3, 5–7, 6–4
Win	2015	French Open	Clay	Bethanie Mattek-Sands	Lucie Hradecká Marcin Matkowski	7–6(7–3), 6–1

Olympic and Pan Am Games Medals as a Team

Doubles: 3 (1 gold medal, 2 bronze medals)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Bronze	1999	Pan Am Games (Winnipeg)	Hard	No Bronze Medal Match
Bronze	2008	Summer Olympics (Beijing)	Hard	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Gold	2012	Summer Olympics (London)	Grass	Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Mike individually

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 bronze medal)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Bronze	2012	Summer Olympics (London)	Grass	Lisa Raymond	Sabine Lisicki Christopher Kas	6–3, 4–6, [10–4]

Team Competition Finals

Team: 3 (1 title, 2 runner-ups)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partners	Opponents	Score
Loss	2004	Davis Cup, Spain	Clay (i)	Andy Roddick Mardy Fish	Juan Carlos Ferrero Carlos Moyá Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	2–3
Win	2007	Davis Cup, US	Hard (i)	Andy Roddick James Blake	Nikolay Davydenko Mikhail Youzhny Igor Andreev Dmitry Tursunov	4–1
Loss	2010	World Team Cup, Germany	Clay	Sam Querrey Robby Ginepri	Juan Mónaco Horacio Zeballos Eduardo Schwank Diego Veronelli	1–2

Images for kids

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  The Bryan Brothers win a gold medal in London.

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  The Bryan Brothers triumphant at the 2013 US Open.