The Bryan brothers

Bob and Mike Bryan

The Bryan Brothers' chest bump celebration Bob Mike Highest doubles  ranking: 1 (September 8, 2003) 1 (September 8, 2003) Men's Doubles titles: 112 114 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) 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) 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) Summer Olympics Doubles titles: Gold (London 2012) Gold (London 2012) Davis Cup titles: 1 title: (2007) 1 title: (2007) World Tour Finals: 4 titles: (2003, 2004, 2009, 2014) 4 titles: (2003, 2004, 2009, 2014)

The Bryan Brothers are identical twin brothers Robert Charles "Bob" Bryan and Michael Carl "Mike" Bryan, American professional doubles tennis players, and are the most successful duo of all time. They were born on April 29, 1978, with Mike being the elder by two minutes. The Bryans have won multiple Olympic medals, including the gold in 2012 and have won more professional games, matches, tournaments and Grand Slams than any other men's pairing. They have held the World No. 1 doubles ranking jointly for 438 weeks (as of October 25, 2015), which is longer than anyone else in doubles history, and have also enjoyed that world number one ranking together for a record 139 consecutive weeks. They have also finished the ATP year-end number 1 doubles team a record 10 times. Between 2005 and 2006, they set an Open Era record by competing in seven consecutive men's doubles Grand Slam finals.

They are also well known for celebrating winning points by chest-bumping each other.^[1] Some of their success is attributed to their particular brand of twinship: the Bryans are "mirror twins", where one is right-handed (Mike) and the other left-handed (Bob).^[2] This is advantageous for their court coverage. They were coached by David Macpherson between 2005 and 2016.^[3]

Records and achievements

On October 28, 2016, they recorded their all-time record 1000th match win, as a team, by defeating Pablo Cuevas and Viktor Troicki in the quarter finals of the 2016 Erste Bank Open, in Vienna, Austria. Following their triumph at the 2013 Wimbledon Championships, the Bryans became the only doubles pairing in the Open Era to hold all four major titles at once, as well as the only team in history to hold all four majors and Olympic gold simultaneously. They are also the only doubles team in history to have won every major title, having won all four Grand Slams, Olympic Gold, all 9 Masters series titles, the Year-End Championships and the Davis Cup during their careers.

The two have won a record 112 tour titles surpassing The Woodies, and have been finalists on 54 other occasions. They have a Career Golden Slam and 16 grand slam titles overall, which is more than any men's team in the Open Era. These include victories at the Australian Open (2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2013), the French Open (2003, 2013), Wimbledon (2006, 2011, 2013), and the US Open (2005, 2008, 2010, 2012 and 2014). They are the only doubles pairing in history to have completed the "Double Career Grand Slam", having won all four Grand Slam titles at least twice as a team. They won the Tennis Masters Cup doubles tournament four times (2003, 2004, 2009 and 2014).

They won the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and the bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. They won the 2007 Davis Cup, along with Andy Roddick and James Blake. The brothers were named ATP Team of the Decade for 2000–2009.^[4]

The twins are part of the United States Davis Cup team, with a 24–5 record in doubles matches, the most wins ever by a USA doubles team. Both brothers have played Davis Cup singles matches (Bob is 4–2 and Mike is 0–1).

Doubles records

• These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
• Records in bold indicate peer-less achievements.
• Records in italics are currently active streaks.

Time span	Selected Grand Slam tournament records	Players matched
2003 French Open– 2014 US Open	16 titles as a team[5]	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2016 French Open	29 finals as a team[6]	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2006 Wimbledon	Career Grand Slam as a team	Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
2003 French Open– 2012 Olympics	Career Golden Slam as a team	Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
2012 US Open– 2013 Wimbledon	Holders of all four Majors simultaneously in a non-calendar year	Stands alone
2012 Olympics– 2013 Wimbledon	Holders of Olympic gold and all four Majors simultaneously	Stands alone
2013 Australian Open– 2013 Wimbledon	3 titles in a single season as a team	Anders Järryd and John Fitzgerald
2005 US Open– 2014 US Open	10 consecutive years winning 1+ title[7]	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2016 French Open	14 consecutive years reaching 1+ final	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2013 French Open	2+ titles at all 4 Majors as a team	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2013 Wimbledon	3+ titles at 3 different Majors as a team	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2014 US Open	5+ titles at 2 different Majors as a team	Stands alone
2003 French Open– 2015 French Open	6+ finals at all 4 Majors as a team	Stands alone
2005 Australian Open– 2006 Wimbledon	7 consecutive finals as a team	Stands alone
1999 French Open– 2016 US Open	258 match wins as a team	Stands alone
1999 French Open– 2016 US Open	71 consecutive tournament appearances as a team	Stands alone
2013 Australian Open– 2013 US Open	22 match wins in a single season as a team	Stands alone
2012 US Open– 2013 US Open	28 consecutive match wins as a team	Stands alone

Grand Slam tournaments	Time span	Records at each Grand Slam tournament	Players matched
Australian Open	2006–2013	6 titles overall	Stands alone
Australian Open	2009–2011	3 consecutive titles	Stands alone
Australian Open	2004–2013	9 finals overall	Stands alone
Australian Open	2009–2013	5 consecutive finals	Stands alone
French Open—Wimbledon	2013	Accomplished a "Channel Slam": Winning both tournaments in the same year	John Newcombe and Tony Roche Bob Hewitt and Frew McMillan Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde
US Open	2005–2014	5 titles overall	Stands alone

Time span	Other selected records	Players matched
2001–2016	112 titles as a team[3]	Stands alone
1999–2016	166 finals as a team	Stands alone
1996–2016	1003 match wins as a team	Stands alone
2002–2015	14 consecutive years winning 5+ titles[8]	Stands alone
2003–2015	438 total weeks at No. 1 as a team	Stands alone
February 25, 2013 – October 25, 2015	139 consecutive weeks at No. 1 as a team	Stands alone
2003–2014	10 Year–End No. 1 for team ranking	Stands alone
2006, 2011, 2013–2014	4 years as wire-to-wire No. 1	Stands alone
2013–2014	2 consecutive years as wire-to-wire No. 1	Stands alone
2009–2014	6 consecutive Year–End No. 1 for team ranking	Stands alone
2013	Earliest obtaining of Year–End No. 1 for team ranking (August 19)[9]	Stands alone
2002–2016	36 Masters 1000 titles as a team	Stands alone
2002–2016	54 Masters 1000 finals as a team	Stands alone
2002–2014	10 different Masters 1000 titles as a team[lower-alpha 1]	Stands alone
2014	6 Masters 1000 titles in a single season as a team	Stands alone
2010, 2013–2014	4 consecutive Masters 1000 titles as a team	Stands alone
2007, 2014	7 Masters 1000 finals in a single season as a team	Stands alone
2014	Indian Wells-Miami double as a team	Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde Wayne Black and Sandon Stolle Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut
2010	Canada-Cincinnati double as a team	Stands alone
2010	Canada-Cincinnati-US Open treble as a team	Stands alone
2002–2013	Winning all 4 Majors, all 9 Masters 1000 titles, the World Tour Finals, and Olympic Gold as a team	Stands alone

Professional awards

• ITF World Champion: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014^[10]

• ATP World Tour Fans' Favorite Team: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016^{[lower-alpha 2]}
• Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year: 2015

Other achievements

• Played in front of the second largest crowd at an official match in tennis history (27,200 at the Davis Cup final in Seville, Spain – December 4, 2004)^{[lower-alpha 3][11]}
• Won a record 24 Davis Cup World Group matches for the United States
• Davis Cup Commitment Award

Junior career

Bob and Mike won their first doubles tournament at age 6, in a 10-and-under event. They attended Mesa Union School (Somis, California) for elementary and junior high school, then Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California. They had an outstanding junior career, winning well over a hundred junior doubles titles together. They won the 1991 USTA National Boys' 14 Doubles Championships, the 1992 USTA National Boys' 14 Clay Court doubles title, the 1994 USTA National Boys' 16 Clay Court doubles title, the 1995 USTA National Boys' 18 Clay Courts doubles title, the junior doubles title at the 1995 Ojai Valley, California Tennis Tournament, and the first-ever Easter Bowl boys' 18 doubles title.

The brothers won the USTA National Boys' 18 Clay Court Championships again in 1996, becoming the first team in 30 years to repeat as doubles champions at that event. Bob and Mike became the first repeat doubles champions in 50 years at the 1996 USTA National Boys' 18 Championships in Kalamazoo, Michigan, defeating Michael Russell and Kevin Kim in the final. The Bryans then won the 1996 US Open junior boys' doubles title, defeating Daniele Bracciali of Italy and Jocelyn Robichaud of Canada 5–7, 6–3, 6–4 in the final. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, where they represented the United States for the first time as professionals.

Both brothers were awarded full-ride tennis scholarships to Stanford University in fall 1996, and played there through 1998, helping the team to NCAA team title both years. They won the NCAA doubles title in 1998, defeating Kelly Gullet and Robert Lindstedt of Pepperdine University in the final, becoming the first brothers to win the NCAA doubles title since Robert and Tom Falkenberg of USC in 1946. They finished the year ranked No. 1 in the collegiate doubles rankings.

Professional career

Early career

The Bryans made their professional and Grand Slam debut at the 1995 US Open, where they lost in the first round to Grant Connell and Patrick Galbraith. Their first tour win came in 1998, at the ATP tournament in Atlanta, where they beat Trevor Kronemann and Dave Randall. They reached the quarter-finals and lost to Grant Stafford and Kevin Ullyett. They made the semi-finals of the ATP tournament at Washington, D.C. and won two Challenger tournaments, at Aptos and Burbank.

In 1999, the twins reached their first ATP final at Orlando, falling in the finals to Jim Courier and Todd Woodbridge. They reached the semi-finals at Scottsdale, and the quarter-finals at Indian Wells and Key Biscayne. The brothers were successful on the Challenger Circuit, winning three tournaments (Amarillo, Birmingham, Burbank), and reaching the finals in four others.

The next season saw the brothers win their first match at a Grand Slam when they reached the quarter-finals of the US Open (1st round, beat David Adams and John-Laffnie de Jager). They reached three ATP semi-finals (San Jose, Orlando, Newport), and two other quarter-finals (Queen's Club, Washington, D.C.). On the Challenger Circuit they won the title at Aptos and were losing finalists at San Antonio, Burbank and Rancho Mirage.

2001–2002: First titles and Slam semifinals

2001 was the first really successful season for the Bryans as they captured four titles (Memphis, Queen's Club, Newport, Los Angeles) in five finals (were finalists at Washington to Martin Damm and David Prinosil). The first ATP doubles title came at Memphis, by defeating Alex O'Brien and Jonathan Stark in the final. They became the first brothers combination to win four titles in a season (Tim and Tom Gullikson won three in 1978 and 1982). They reached their first Grand Slam semi-final at Wimbledon and finished the year at No. 7 in the ATP Doubles Race, with a 45–23 match record.

The next season saw the Bryans win a career-high five ATP doubles titles, including their first ATP Masters Series title. They won that AMS title at Toronto, where they beat Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final. They won titles at Acapulco, Scottsdale, Newport, and Basel, and were runners-up at Adelaide, Memphis and Washington. They advanced to the semi-finals at Wimbledon for the second straight year, and reached the semi-finals as well at the US Open (where they lost to Mahesh Bhupathi/Max Mirnyi), both at Washington and at the Madrid Masters. They finished the season with a 54–19 match record and in third place in the doubles race. The brothers faced each other at the US Open mixed doubles final, with Mike and Lisa Raymond defeating Bob and Katarina Srebotnik.

2003–2006: Breakthrough and Dominance

2003 was a landmark season for the Bryans. They reached their first Grand Slam final at Roland Garros, where they also won their first Grand Slam title, beating Paul Haarhuis and Yevgeny Kafelnikov in the final, and did not drop a set all through the tournament. They won five titles for the second successive year (Barcelona, Roland Garros, Nottingham, Cincinnati Masters, Tennis Masters Cup).

With their win at Roland Garros, the Bryans set the record for most doubles titles by a brothers team, breaking Tim and Tom Gullikson's mark of 10. They reached the finals of three other tournaments, including the US Open, became the first brothers duo to finish number 1 in the ATP race, and closed the season by winning the title at Tennis Masters Cup, Houston. They also made their Davis Cup debut' for the United States in 2003, in the World Group Playoff tie in Slovak Republic, beating Karol Beck/Dominik Hrbatý in straight sets and helping the US to a 3–2 victory.

In 2004, they won a career-best seven titles, the victories coming at Adelaide, Memphis, Acapulco, Queen's Club, Los Angeles, Basel and Tennis Masters Cup Houston. They also reached four other finals. They were part of the US Tennis Team at the Athens Olympics in 2004, where they lost in the quarter-finals to eventual gold medalists Fernando González and Nicolás Massú of Chile. They finished another successful season by winning the Tennis Masters Cup for the second year running.

In 2005, the Bryans reached all four Grand Slam finals, and though they lost in the first three (Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon), they won the second Grand Slam of their career at the US Open in front of cheering home fans. They also won tournaments at Scottsdale, Queen's Club and Washington, and made it to the finals at Memphis, Monte Carlo TMS and Rome TMS. In 2006, the twins won the first Grand Slam of the season, the 2006 Australian Open, where they beat Leander Paes of India and Martin Damm of the Czech Republic in the final. They completed the career slam a few months later at Wimbledon, beating Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić in four sets in the final.

2007: Davis Cup Champions

2007 saw the Bryans win 11 titles. They started losing in the first round of their first tournament, but entered the 2007 Australian Open and won it defeating Jonas Björkman and Max Mirnyi in the final. Björkman and Mirnyi had defeated the Bryans for two years running in the French Open finals. The brothers only lost one set. Their second title of the season came in Las Vegas where the outstanding team beat Jonathan Erlich/Andy Ram. At the 2007 Miami Masters, the twins won the Masters Series title, defeating Martin Damm and Leander Paes. Their fourth title came without a set's loss in Houston, defeating Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor in the final. The pair won their fifth title on the 2007 ATP Tour and second Masters Series title of the year at the Monte Carlo Masters- they missed Indian Wells. The team defeated Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut in the final. At the Rome Masters, however, the brothers lost to Fabrice Santoro and Nenad Zimonjić. It was the first Masters Series match that the Bryans lost in 2007.

The Hamburg Masters saw the Bryans beat Paul Hanley and Kevin Ullyett in the final for a sixth title on the 2007 ATP Tour and third Masters Series event of the year. The brothers lost to Lukáš Dlouhý and Pavel Vízner at the 2007 French Open and to Knowles and Nestor at Queen's Club. They lost in the Wimbledon finals to Arnaud Clément and Michaël Llodra, but did avenge Dlouhý/Vízner in the quarter-finals and Santoro/Zimonjić in the semi-finals. The seventh title of their season came in Los Angeles when the tandem defeated Scott Lipsky and David Martin in the final. In Washington, D.C., the team defeated Erlich/Ram in the final. The brothers did not reach the finals in the 2007 Rogers Masters, which is the second time that the Bryans did not reach a 2007 Masters Series final. They lost in the finals of the 2007 Cincinnati Masters to Erlich/Ram and their next event was the 2007 US Open, which the brothers lost in the quarter-finals to Simon Aspelin and Julian Knowle. Each brother lost in the second round of mixed doubles competition. The brothers' ninth title came at the 2007 Madrid Masters, beating Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski in the final. Their tenth title of the season came in Basel, where they beat James Blake and Mark Knowles. The brothers won their eleventh title in 2007 at the 2007 Paris Masters, defeating second seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final.

The Bryans earned the No. 1 spot in the ATP doubles race and thus were entered into the 2007 Tennis Masters Cup. However, Mike had an elbow injury and could not compete.^[12]

The brothers won the third rubber in the 2007 Davis Cup finals, defeating Igor Andreev and Nikolay Davydenko of Russia, the country who held the title. Andy Roddick had sealed a win over Dmitry Tursunov and James Blake defeated Mikhail Youzhny. Bob lost his first Davis Cup singles match in the 4th dead rubber, falling to Andreev. Blake defeated Tursunov in the 5th dead rubber to end the tie 4–1 to earn the title for the United States.

2008

The brothers started their season on the 2008 ATP Tour by entering the 2008 Medibank International in Sydney. They survived a quarter-final match against Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram and later entered the final, falling to Richard Gasquet and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga. The Bryans again made a good appearance at the 2008 Australian Open. The team breezed through their first three rounds before losing to Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles. Soon afterwards, the Bryans beat Austria's Julian Knowle and Jürgen Melzer in the first round of the 2008 Davis Cup. Mike had to retire against Stefan Koubek in singles, while Bob Bryan defeated Werner Eschauer in three sets for the US to win the tie.

The Bryans lost to Max Mirnyi and Jamie Murray in the 2008 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships final, and to fellow Stanford Alumni Scott Lipsky and David Martin in the final of the 2008 SAP Open in San Jose, California. The Bryans made it to the final of the Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas, producing wins over Xavier Malisse and Hugo Armando, Chris Guccione and Lleyton Hewitt, and Marcos Baghdatis and Konstantinos Economidis, but went down in the final to Julien Benneteau and Michaël Llodra. The brothers lost in the quarter-finals of the 2008 Indian Wells Masters to Mirnyi and Murray once more.

The brothers captured their first title of the season at the 2008 Miami Masters, beating Bhupathi and Knowles. After this, they lost in their Davis Cup match to Arnaud Clément and Llodra. They lost to Jeff Coetzee and Wesley Moodie at the 2008 Monte Carlo Masters, however, they then claimed a second title on the 2008 ATP Tour in Barcelona at the 2008 Torneo Godó, beating Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski to win the final. At the Rome Masters, they beat Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić to claim the title. This made the Indian Wells Masters as the only ATP Masters Series to have escaped them.

The brothers moved on to the 2008 Hamburg Masters, where they only lost one set before reaching the final. However, Nestor and Zimonjić claimed the title. Then, two weeks later, the brothers entered the 2008 French Open. Their second Grand Slam of the year looked to be a strong one, however they fell to Pablo Cuevas and Luis Horna in the quarter-finals. Again, they lost at the 2008 Queen's Club Championships to Marcelo Melo and André Sá, whom they had beaten in Hamburg. Another Grand Slam setback occurred for them at the 2008 Wimbledon Championships, when the twins lost in the semi-finals in a tight match against Jonas Björkman and Kevin Ullyett. They played opposite each other at the Wimbledon mixed doubles final. Bob and Samantha Stosur defeated Mike and Katarina Srebotnik. The brothers played their way into tournaments, as they reached the final of the 2008 Canada Masters, where they lost to Nestor and Zimonjić. Their losses ended at the 2008 Cincinnati Masters, when they came from behind to beat Bhupathi and Knowles. They won the title with a comeback against Israel's Erlich and Ram, earning themselves two successive wins coming back from the loss of the first set.

The brothers combined together at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. After losing to singles specialists Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka, they beat Clément and Llodra 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 to win the Bronze Medal. The brothers did not appear again until the 2008 US Open, where they won the title. They then lost in the quarter-finals of the 2008 Madrid Masters to Björkman and Ullyett. At the 2008 Tennis Masters Cup in Shanghai, they reached the final, only to be defeated by Nestor and Zimonjić and so to lose their positions as world Number 1s for the first time in three years.

2009

In January, the brothers entered the Medibank International, in Sydney, Australia, defeating Simone Bolelli and Andreas Seppi, and in the quarter-final, Tommy Robredo and Feliciano López in straight sets. They survived a semi-final match against Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles. They avenged their Tennis Masters Cup doubles final loss with a win over Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić to win their first Medibank International doubles title in 10 years. At the season's first Grand Slam, in Melbourne, the Australian Open, the brothers won the men's Doubles final, on Saturday, January 31, defeating India's Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles from the Bahamas in three sets. The outcome was historical in that it was the first time in tennis history that siblings had won both categories of Doubles titles – men's and women's – at a Major, as Venus and Serena Williams had won the Women's Doubles title at the Australian Open the previous night. At the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, they defeated second seeds Marcelo Melo and André Sá for their third title of the year and to win the tournament for the first time ever.

The broke the US record for most wins in Davis Cup doubles as a pair with 15 wins when they beat the Swiss team of Stanislas Wawrinka and Yves Allegro in the 2009 Davis Cup 1st round. Mike Bryan got one more win in Davis cup doubles (total 16) with Mardy Fish when his brother Bob was out of play due to injury in the 2008 semi-finals. At the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston, they beat fellow Americans Jesse Levine and Ryan Sweeting to win their fourth title of the year. At the Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell and Internazionali BNL d'Italia, they failed to defend their titles as they lost to Bhupathi and Knowles and to Nestor and Zimonjic in the semi-finals and final respectively. They exited the French Open in the semi-finals to South African-Belgian pair Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman after losing three match points. They were seeded first at Wimbledon, where they reached the final without dropping a set. however, they lost the final against arch-rivals Nestor and Zimonjic in four sets. They started their US Open Series and North American hard-court season by winning the LA Tennis Open over Benjamin Becker and Frank Moser of Germany. They were the defending champions at the 2009 US Open and lost in the quarter-finals to Lukáš Dlouhý and Leander Paes in a re-match of the 2008 final despite saving five match points.

The brothers won their next ATP World Tour 500 title in Beijing. The next week, they competed at the eight Masters 1000 tournament of the year, the Shanghai Masters, but lost in the quarter-finals. They then competed in Basel as a warm-up tournament before Paris and London. They reached the final but lost to Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. At Paris, they lost at the quarter-finals. However, they captured the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals to end the year as the World No. 1 Doubles Team for the fifth time and capture the Year-End Championships for the third time. The year 2009 was the first year since 2004 where the brothers did not win any ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments.

2010

The brothers began 2010 playing at the 2010 Heineken Open in Auckland. However, the pair lost in the first round. They then went on successfully defending their title at the 2010 Australian Open, beating Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić in the final, thus claiming their fourth Australian Open title and eighth major title. They also defended their titles at the 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships (where they earned their 600th victory as a team) and the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Houston. The brothers participated in the first round of Davis Cup, where they were drawn to face Serbia in Belgrade on clay courts. Mike had to withdraw due to food poisoning and was replaced by John Isner. Bob and Isner won the doubles rubber in five sets against Janko Tipsarević and Zimonjić. However, the US lost the tie 3–2 (with the last rubber being a dead rubber). The brothers then won two back to back Masters Series titles during the European clay tour at the 2010 Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Rome and the 2010 Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open. They defeated compatriots Isner and Sam Querrey in Rome, and co-world No. 1s Nestor and Zimonjić in Madrid. This ended their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title drought since August 2008 and equalled The Woodies' record of 61 doubles titles.

Seeded first at the 2010 French Open, the Bryans suffered their earliest exit at a Grand Slam since the 2001 US Open by losing to Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares in the second round. They did not compete in any of the warm-up tournaments before Wimbledon. At Wimbledon, however, the defending champions Nestor and Zimonjić made an early exit,^[13] creating the possibility for the brothers to regain the No. 1 doubles teaming, but lost to Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman in the quarter-finals.

To start their 2010 North American summer hard-court swing, the brothers won their 62nd career doubles title at their hometown tournament in Los Angeles, where they were the defending champions. They reached the final and became the first team in the Open Era to reach 100 doubles finals. The win surpassed the Woodies record of 61 wins as a team. Their next target is the all-time record of 79 set by Pam Shriver and Martina Navratilova.^[14] They next participated in the 2010 Legg Mason Tennis Classic in Washington, D.C., where they lost in the quarter-finals to Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi.

The brothers continued their ATP World Tour Masters 1000 winning streak by capturing their 63rd title at the 2010 Rogers Cup in Toronto, adding to their titles in 2002 and 2006 and their 64th title at the 2010 Western & Southern Financial Group Masters in Cincinnati, adding to their titles in 2003 and 2008. This ensured their return to the No. 1 spot in the team rankings. This marked their wins in four consecutive Masters 1000 tournaments. Their winning streak continued as they won the 2010 US Open, giving the brothers a ninth major title, just two shy from the Woodies, by beating Bopanna and Qureshi in the final. On September 6, 2010, they were ranked number one in doubles based on the ATP ranking system for 205 weeks, surpassing Todd Woodbridge's previous record of 204 weeks.

Playing in the 2010 China Open in Beijing to start their Asian hard-court swing, their first tournament after their Flushing Meadows victory, they extended their winning streak to 18–0 with a victory in the final over Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski. It was noted that they won their tenth title of the season on October 10, 2010. After this successful title defense, their next tournament was the 2010 Shanghai Rolex Masters where their winning streak ended at 20 after losing to Jürgen Melzer and Leander Paes in the semi-finals. The Bryans then participated at the 2010 Davidoff Swiss Indoors where the clinched the year-end no.1 ranking by reaching the semi-finals. They ended up winning their 11th title of the year in their 11th final by beating defending champions Nestor and Zimonjic in the final. They capped up their season by losing to Mark Knowles and Andy Ram in the semi-finals of the 2010 BNP Paribas Masters in Paris, and to Nestor and Zimonjic in the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

2011

The brothers began 2011 at the 2011 Medibank International Sydney where they reached the final. The pair lost to first-time pairing of Lukáš Dlouhý and Paul Hanley, marking their first final loss since March 2008 to a team other than Nestor/Zimonjic. They next traveled to Melbourne and successfully defended their 2011 Australian Open title, beating Indian duo Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes in the final. This was the Bryans' third straight title at the Australian Open (and their fifth overall), and their tenth Grand Slam title (just one shy from the Woodies).

They suffered early exits in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami but bounced back to win their 69th title in Houston. They followed this victory with their 70th title in Monte Carlo the week after. This was their 18th Masters 1000 title, tying them with Todd Woodbridge and six shy of all-time Masters 1000 leader Daniel Nestor. Their next tournament was the 2011 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell, where they ended as runners-up to first time pairing of Santiago González and Scott Lipsky after missing four match points in a closely fought final. They continued their clay court dominance by winning (and defending) their fourth Madrid Masters title beating Michaël Llodra and Nenad Zimonjić in the final. It was the Bryans' 19th Masters title.

Their next tournament was the Rome Masters, where they lost in the quarter-finals to compatriots Mardy Fish and Andy Roddick. They lost in the 2011 French Open semi-finals to first-time pairing of Juan Sebastián Cabal and Eduardo Schwank. They bounced back, clinching their fourth Queen's Club title, beating fellow Australian Open finalists Bhupathi/Paes in the final in a tough three-setter. They followed this up winning Wimbledon on July 2, defeating Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău in straight sets. This was their second Wimbledon title and tied The Woodies' record of 11 Grand Slam titles.

The brothers failed to defend their title at the Rogers Cup although they reached the final and lost to Llodra and Zimonjic in three sets. Their next stop was at the Cincinnati where they again failed to defend their title by falling to Bhupathi/Paes in the semi-finals. Their late season struggles continued at the US Open, losing in the first round. This was their first first round exit since the 2001 Australian Open. At the 2011 China Open in Beijing they were, again, unable to defend their title as they were beaten in the semi-finals by Llodra and Zimonjic in three sets. They lost the 2011 Shanghai Rolex Masters quarter-finals to Mariusz Fyrstenberg and Marcin Matkowski.

The brothers played their next tournament at the Erste Bank Open in Vienna (their first appearance there since 2002) where they re-gained some form by saving a match point in a tight first round before going on to reach the final where they defeated Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in straight sets to claim their first Vienna title and their 7th title of the year (which was also their first title since Wimbledon).

They then competed in the Valencia Open 500 event in the very next week and rode their momentum without dropping a set into their first final there against Eric Butorac and Jean-Julien Rojer. They went on to win the final in straight sets to earn their first Valencia title and 8th title of the season. However, they were unable to make it three titles in three weeks at the 2011 BNP Paribas Masters as they were upset in the second round by Julien Benneteau and Nicolas Mahut. The brothers looked to finish their season strongly at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals but lost in the semi-finals to Mirnyi and Nestor.

2012: Record Breakers

The brothers began 2012 by participating at the 2012 Apia International Sydney where they reached the final. They went on to win the final by defeating wild cards Matthew Ebden and Jarkko Nieminen to claim their second title in Sydney and their 76th overall without dropping a set. The brothers then aimed to win their sixth Australian Open and reached their eighth final at the event after three consecutive three-setters which included saving a match point and overcoming a 2–5 deficit in the final set tie-break in an epic semi-final against Robert Lindstedt and Horia Tecău. However, the brothers played Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek in the final and were upset in straight sets.

They were forced to withdraw from Indian Wells at the quarter-final stage with illness and were beaten in Miami at the semi-final stage by Paes and Štěpánek for the second time in 2012. They skipped Houston despite being the defending champions and instead secured a doubles rubber point in the USA-France Davis Cup tie at Monte-Carlo by defeating Julien Benneteau and Michaël Llodra. They then went on to win their 20th Masters 1000 title and 77th title overall at Monte Carlo without dropping a set. They had thrashed Paes and Štěpánek in the quarter-finals and comfortably beaten Max Mirnyi and Daniel Nestor in the final. However, their momentum was halted at the 2012 Barcelona Open Banco Sabadell but withdrew due to illness. They took to the new blue clay of the Madrid Masters as the defending champions but lost early. Their next tournament was the Rome Masters, where they lost in the quarter-finals.

Keen to regain some momentum, the brothers played the 2012 Open de Nice Côte d'Azur – Doubles tournament which they won for the first time by beating Oliver Marach and Filip Polášek in the final. It was their 78th title and third of the year. They then enjoyed a good run at the 2012 French Open before losing in the final to Mirnyi and Nestor. They immediately found form on the grass, reaching the final at the Queen's Club but failed to defend their title and were again defeated by Mirnyi and Nestor. The brothers reached the semi-finals of Wimbledon but, after a tight match, were defeated by eventual first-time wildcard titlists Jonathan Marray and Frederik Nielsen. After winning the Olympic gold medal at the Summer Olympics in London (see the '2012 Olympics' section below), the brothers played the 2012 Rogers Cup in Toronto. They maintained their fine form by winning their 21st Masters 1000 title and their 80th title overall after saving a match point in a closely fought final against Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

The brothers went on to the 2012 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, where they lost in the semi-finals to Lindstedt and Tecău. They went on to win the 2012 US Open over Paes and Štěpánek (who had beaten the Bryans in the final of the Australian Open earlier in the year).^[15] This was the brothers' 12th major title, which meant they had surpassed the Woodies' record of 11, giving the brothers the most major titles in men's doubles in the Open Era. In November, Bob Bryan, who had missed a Davis Cup match due to the birth of his daughter, during which Mike had played with Mardy Fish, slipped behind Mike in the world rankings. This was the first time since August 2003 that the pair had had different rankings. This meant Mike Bryan finished 2012 as world No. 1 on his own.

2012 Olympics

They returned to Wimbledon for the Summer Olympics Tennis Tournament. They beat Bellucci/Sa of Brazil in the first round, Davydenko/Youzhny of Russia in the second round, Erlich/Ram of Israel in the quarterfinals, and Benneteau/Gasquet of France in the semi-finals. They entered the Gold Medal Match assured of at least a silver medal, but defeated Llodra/Tsonga of France to win the Olympic gold medal on August 4, 2012. This completed the career Golden Slam in men's doubles for the brothers having won the Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon, US Open and the Olympic gold medal.

2013: Non-Calendar Golden Slam

The brothers started 2013 by participating at the 2013 Apia International Sydney which they won by defeating Max Mirnyi and Horia Tecău in the final to claim their third title in Sydney and their 83rd overall. The Bryans then aimed to win their sixth Australian Open. They did just that by emerging victorious in their ninth final at the event by beating the Dutch team of Robin Haase and Igor Sijsling. This gave the brothers an all-time record 13 Grand Slam titles. They surpassed the pre-Open Era record of 12 titles held by John Newcombe and Tony Roche.

The brothers participated in the first round of the Davis Cup, where they were drawn to face Brazil in Jacksonville on indoor hard-courts. For only the third time in their career, the Bryans lost a Davis Cup doubles match when they lost in five sets to Marcelo Melo and Bruno Soares. It was their first loss of the season. However, the US would go on to win the tie 3–2 when Sam Querrey won the deciding rubber. They then played at the 2013 SAP Open in San Jose, California. It was the final edition of the tournament and therefore, the Bryans' last chance to win this tournament which had so far eluded them. However, they lost in the quarter-finals to the Australian pairing of Lleyton Hewitt and Marinko Matosevic. They bounced back immediately at the 2013 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships in Memphis. They won their third title of the season without dropping a set winning an all-American final against James Blake and Jack Sock. Following this win, Bob rejoined Mike as World No. 1.

Their next tournament was the first Masters 1000 of the year at Indian Wells. This was the only Masters 1000 tournament that the Bryans had yet to win. The brothers rode their momentum and won the tournament after prevailing in super-tiebreakers in the quarter-final, the semi-final, and in the final against first-time pairing Treat Huey and Jerzy Janowicz. This was their 22nd Masters 1000 title, their 4th title of the year, and their 86th title as a team. Their next tournament was the 2013 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, Florida where they lost in the first round to Max Mirnyi and Mikhail Youzhny.

The brothers then played in Boise, Idaho in the Davis Cup quarter-finals against Serbia on indoor hard-courts. However, the twins lost in five sets (15–13 in the fifth) to Nenad Zimonjić and Ilija Bozoljac. It was the first-time in their career that they had lost back-to-back Davis Cup doubles rubbers and it was their fourth loss overall in the competition. This defeat put the US 2–1 behind in rubbers. They were unable to recover and lost the tie 3–1 when Novak Djokovic beat Sam Querrey in the first reverse singles match.

Their next tournament was Houston where they were defending champions and on a 16 match winning streak. However, their streak came to an end in the final where, despite having a match point, they were defeated by Jamie Murray and John Peers. Their next event was Monte Carlo where again, they were the defending champions. However, once again, they lost in the final after squandering seven match points against Julien Benneteau and Nenad Zimonjić. Their next event was the Madrid Masters which had reverted to red clay. The brothers reached the final against Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. There were no missed match points this time as the Bryans closed out a comfortable win to earn their 23rd Masters 1000 title and 5th title of the year. They continued their fine run at the Rome Masters defeating Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Rohan Bopanna in the final. It was their 88th team title, their 6th title in 2013, and their 24th Masters 1000 title.

The brothers' clay-court form culminated in a 14th Grand Slam title at the 2013 French Open. They defeated the all-French pairing of Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut in a third-set tiebreak to claim their second French Open title and 7th title of the year. It was their 89th team title and 3rd consecutive Grand Slam title.^[16]

The brothers had the opportunity at Wimbledon to capture a 'Golden Bryan Slam' and would have become only the second doubles team in history to hold all four majors at the same time (the only other team was the Australian duo of Ken McGregor and Frank Sedgman who achieved the Calendar Grand Slam in 1951), as well as the only team ever to hold all four majors and Olympic gold simultaneously. On June 10, it was announced that the twins had qualified for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the 12th time. The brothers got their grass-court campaign underway at the Queen's Club. They won their fifth Queen's Club title by defeating Peya and Soares in the final. It was their 8th title of the season and 90th title overall. They were on an 18 match winning streak going into Wimbledon.

On July 6, the brothers achieved a historic Golden Slam as they won their 15th Grand Slam title and third Wimbledon. The twins became the first team to hold all four major titles and the Olympic gold medal at the same time as they defeated Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the final. The brothers withdrew from the 2013 BB&T Atlanta Open and the 2013 Citi Open in Washington citing an injury to Bob's shoulder. Their next event was the 2013 Rogers Cup in Montreal where they were the defending champions. However, their 25 match winning streak came to an end in the quarter-finals, losing to Robert Lindstedt and Daniel Nestor. At the 2013 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati they saved a match point in the semi-finals before defeating Spaniards Marcel Granollers and Marc López in the final. It was the brothers' 10th title of 2013 and 25th Masters 1000 title. With this victory, the twins were guaranteed the year-end No. 1 team ranking for a record 9th time on August 19.^[9]

However, at the 2013 US Open, the Bryans were defeated in the semi-finals by Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek in a rematch of the previous year's final. This loss prevented them from achieving the Calendar Grand Slam. Their next event was the Japan Open. It was the twins' first time competing in this tournament but things did not go as planned as they were defeated in their opening match by Nicolás Almagro and Pablo Cuevas. Their next tournament was the 2013 Shanghai Rolex Masters where they were beaten in the semi-finals by Dodig and Melo. The brothers played the Valencia Open where they were defeated in the final by Peya and Soares despite having 4 match points. The brothers beat Peya and Soares in the final of the 2013 BNP Paribas Masters for their 26th Masters 1000 title. Their final event was the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals where they saved a match point en route to the final before being defeated by Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco. This loss brought to a close the greatest season of the brothers' career where they reached 15 finals, won 11 titles (including 3 majors and 5 Masters 1000 titles), and finished world No. 1 for the 9th time.

2014: Six Masters titles

The Bryan brothers began 2014 attempting to defend their title at the 2014 Apia International Sydney. However, they were upset in the quarter-finals by Lukáš Rosol and João Sousa. The brothers aimed to defend their Australian Open crown but were shocked in the third round by eventual finalists, Eric Butorac and Raven Klaasen. The twins participated in the first round of the Davis Cup where they were drawn to face Great Britain in San Diego on outdoor clay. They secured a point for the United States by winning the doubles rubber against Colin Fleming and Dominic Inglot. For Mike, it was the 35-year-old's 23rd doubles victory in the competition – the most by an American.^[17]

The brothers reached the final of the 2014 U.S. National Indoor Tennis Championships in Memphis, Tennessee but were unable to defend their title, losing again by Butorac and Klaasen. They bounced back at the 2014 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships which they won without dropping a set to claim their first title of the season. Their next tournament was the first Masters 1000 of the year at Indian Wells where the brothers successfully defended their title by defeating Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares in the final. The twins immediately followed this up by winning Miami. They defeated Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah in the final to claim their first Indian Wells-Miami double, their 28th Masters 1000 crown, and 96th title overall.^[18]

The brothers got their clay-court campaign off to a flying start by claiming their fifth Houston title defeating Spaniards David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco in a closely fought final. At Monte Carlo, the brothers won their 29th Masters 1000 crown and 4th consecutive Masters 1000 tournament by beating Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo in the final. This title marked their 98th title as a team and Mike's 100th doubles title. The twins had now won five consecutive tournaments and were on a 21 match winning streak. However, this streak came to an end in the final of the Madrid Masters where they were defeated by Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjić. The twins' next event was the Rome Masters, where they were beaten again by Nestor and Zimonjić in the semi-finals. The brothers tried to defend their title at the 2014 French Open but were defeated in the quarter-finals by Marcel Granollers and Marc López.

The brothers began their grass-court campaign attempting to defend their title at Queens. However, they were defeated in the second round by Jamie Murray and John Peers. At Wimbledon, the Bryan brothers reached the final, where they were beaten in five sets by the doubles team of Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Jack Sock of the United States.^[19]

The brothers were then defeated in the quarter-finals of the 2014 Citi Open in Washington by Steve Johnson (tennis) and Sam Querrey. At the 2014 Rogers Cup in Toronto, they were beaten in their opening match by Marin Cilic and Santiago Gonzalez. They then went on to avenge their Wimbledon final loss by defeating Pospisil and Sock in the final of the 2014 Western & Southern Open to claim their 30th Masters 1000 crown and 99th team title. The Bryans continued their winning streak at the 2014 US Open where they won their 16th major title, a record 5th US Open, and a ground-breaking 100th doubles title as a team. The twins defeated the all-Spanish pairing of Granollers and López in the final to ensure that they have now won at least won one major title per year for a record 10 consecutive years.

Having kept the United States in the World Group of the Davis Cup by beating Norbert Gombos and Lukas Lacko in a play-off against Slovakia, the Bryan brothers did not begin the Asian swing well. Like last year, the twins were defeated in their opening match at the Japan Open- this time, by lucky losers and eventual champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Michal Przysiezny. However, the Bryans responded in style by winning the 2014 Shanghai Rolex Masters for the first time after defeating Roland Garros champions Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final. This was the twins' 31st Masters 1000 title and 101st title overall. However, most significantly, the victory meant that the Bryan brothers became the first doubles team to achieve a "Career Golden Masters" as they have now won all nine current ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournaments.^[20] The victory meant the brothers had secured the year-end No. 1 team ranking for the sixth consecutive year and 10th time overall (both records).^[21] The Bryans continued their fine run by defeating Marcin Matkowski and Jürgen Melzer in the final of the 2014 BNP Paribas Masters to capture their 32nd Masters 1000 title. The win meant that the twins became the first players in singles or doubles to win six Masters 1000 crowns in a single season.^[22]

At the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, the Bryans lost their opening group match to Australian Open champions Lukasz Kubot and Robert Lindstedt. However, they rebounded by beating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau, and Peya and Soares to qualify for the semi-finals. The twins then thrashed the all-French pairing of Benneteau and Roger-Vasselin to reach the final. In the last match of the year, the Bryans defeated Dodig and Melo to claim their fourth World Tour Finals crown and 10th title of another hugely successful season.

2015: Struggles with form

The Bryan brothers began their year at the Heineken Open in Auckland where they were beaten in their opening match by Andre Begemann and Robin Haase after a disputed line-call when the twins were match point up.^[23] The Bryans' early season struggles continued as they were upset in the third round of the 2015 Australian Open by Dominic Inglot and Florin Mergea. It was the first time that the Bryan brothers had made consecutive pre-quarter-final exits at a major since Roland Garros (2000–2001).^[24]

They responded by successfully defending their title at the 2015 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships by defeating Raven Klaasen and Leander Paes in the final. However, their momentum was stalled in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Dubai Tennis Championships where they were beaten again by Inglot and Mergea. The twins participated in the first round of the Davis Cup where they were drawn to face Great Britain in Glasgow on indoor hard-court. Although it proved to be in vain, they kept the tie alive by winning the doubles rubber in five sets against Jamie Murray and Dominic Inglot.^[25]

The next tournament for the Bryans was the first Masters 1000 of the year at Indian Wells where they were the two-time defending champions. However, their streak at the tournament was snapped in the quarter-finals by eventual champions Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock. However, at the Miami Open they defeated Pospisil and Sock in the final to defend the title and claim their second title of the season.^[26]

The brothers got their clay-court campaign off to a slow start by losing in the quarter-finals of Houston to eventual champions Teymuraz Gabashvili and Ricardas Berankis. This was their earliest defeat at this ATP World Tour 250-level tournament since losing in the same round in 2006.^[27]

However, the Bryans responded well by successfully defending their title in Monte Carlo by defeating Australian Open champions Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini in the final. However, their inconsistent year continued with back-to-back second round exits at the Madrid Masters and the Rome Masters. Despite these early losses, the twins reached the final of the 2015 French Open. However, despite leading by a set and a break at one stage, the Bryans were ultimately defeated in three tight sets by Ivan Dodig and Marcelo Melo.

At Wimbledon, the Bryans were beaten in the quarter-finals by Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea. The Bryans began the North American hard court season in fine fashion by winning their first title in Atlanta, defeating Colin Fleming and Gilles Müller in the final. The Bryans followed this with a triumph at the 2015 Citi Open over Dodig and Melo in the final. Their momentum continued at the 2015 Rogers Cup in Montreal where they defeated Daniel Nestor and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final to claim a 5th title in Canada, 35th Masters 1000 title and 6th title of the season.

However, Nestor and Roger-Vasselin would defeat the Bryans in the quarter-finals of the 2015 Western & Southern Open the following week. The Bryan Brothers were stunned in the first round of the 2015 US Open by countrymen Steve Johnson and Sam Querrey. It was only their second loss in the first round of a major since 2001 and marked the first season since 2004 in which the Bryans had not won at least one major title.^[28]

The Bryan brothers began the Asian swing poorly. For the third consecutive year, they were defeated in their opening match at the Japan Open- this time, by Juan-Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah. The twins would lose to Cabal and Farah again in their opening match at the 2015 Shanghai Rolex Masters.

On November 2, their record streak of 139 consecutive weeks at number 1 as a team came to an end as they were surpassed by Melo. It marked the first time since 9 September 2012 that neither brother had reigned in the top spot.^[29] The twins were then beaten in the quarter-finals of the 2015 BNP Paribas Masters by Pospisil and Sock.

At the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, the Bryans lost their opening group match to Bopanna and Mergea. However, they rebounded by beating Bolelli and Fognini, and Jamie Murray and John Peers (after saving 5 match points) to qualify for the semi-finals. They then faced Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau in a match that would decide the year-end No. 1 team ranking - the Bryans were defeated in straight sets.^[30]

2016

The brothers began their year at the 2016 Apia International Sydney where they were beaten in their opening match by Jonathan Erlich and Colin Fleming. The Bryans were then upset in the third round of the 2016 Australian Open by Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram. The twins were beaten in their opening match at the 2016 Memphis Open by Austin Krajicek and Nicholas Monroe. The brothers reached the final of the 2016 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships but squandered six championship points before losing to Oliver Marach and Fabrice Martin.^[31] The Bryans competed in the first round of the 2016 Davis Cup World Group and gave the United States a 2-1 edge over Australia after a five-set win over Lleyton Hewitt and John Peers on the grass in Melbourne.^[32]

The brothers were beaten in the quarter-finals of Indian Wells by Edouard Roger-Vasselin and Nenad Zimonjic. The Bryans were up 9-2 in the Match Tie-break, but squandered seven match points in a row (and eight overall) before losing.^[33] The twins were unable to defend their title at the 2016 Miami Open as they were beaten in the semi-finals by eventual champions Pierre-Hugues Herbert and Nicolas Mahut.^[34]

The brothers saved two match points in their opening match and went on to defeat Victor Estrella Burgos and Santiago González in the final to claim their sixth Houston title. This was their first title of the year and 110th overall.^[35]

Coming off their win in Houston, they looked to build on momentum. However, they failed to defend their title in Monte Carlo, losing in their opening match to Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah. The Bryans bounced back by defeating Pablo Cuevas and Marcel Granollers in the final of the 2016 Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell to claim their third Barcelona title.^[36]

At the Madrid Masters, the twins were beaten in the quarter-finals by the in-form Herbert and Mahut. Having saved three match points in their opening match, the Bryan Brothers went on to win the Rome Masters by beating Vasek Pospisil and Jack Sock in the final. This was their 36th Masters 1000 title and 112th title overall.^[37] The brothers saved one match point en route to the final of the 2016 French Open. However, they were defeated in the final by the all-Spanish pairing of Feliciano López and Marc López.^[38]

The brothers began their grass-court season at the 2016 Stuttgart Open where they were defeated in the semi-finals by Marach and Martin. At the 2016 Gerry Weber Open, the Bryans were beaten in the semi-finals by defending and eventual champions Klaasen and Ram. At Wimbledon, the twins were beaten once again by Klaasen and Ram in the quarter-finals. The Bryans began the North American hard court season attempting to defend their title at the 2016 Rogers Cup. However, they were beaten in the quarter-finals by Florin Mergea and Horia Tecău. The twins reached the semi-finals of the 2016 Western & Southern Open where they were defeated by Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecau. The Bryans were defeated in the quarter-finals of the 2016 US Open by Feliciano López and Marc López.

Parents

Their mother Kathy Bryan (née Blake) is a former women's circuit player. She is a four-time participant at Wimbledon, and made the mixed doubles quarter-finals in 1965. She still teaches tennis. Their father, Wayne, is a lawyer, musician, and tennis instructor. Both their parents are involved in various ATP Kids' Days and clinics on tour.

Personal life

The brothers are identical twins born on April 29, 1978, with Mike the elder by two minutes. In their early days as junior players, they were forbidden to play each other in tournament play by their parents. If they were to play each other in a tournament, they would alternate defaulting to each other.^[39]

They graduated from Rio Mesa High School in Oxnard, California in 1996 and attended Stanford University (1996–98). In 1998, Bob became the first player since Alex O'Brien in 1992 to win college's 'Triple Crown' of NCAA singles, doubles (with Mike) and team titles. Both Bob and Mike are members of Sigma Alpha Epsilon.^[40]

Other

Aside from tennis, they also do charity work in aid of children in need through their foundation, The Bryan Bros. Foundation.

Marriages

• Bob married Michelle Alvarez in December 2010; the couple resides in Sunny Isles Beach, Florida with their 3 children.
• Mike married Lucille Williams on November 25, 2012 in Montecito, California.

Career finals

Doubles: 166 (112–54)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (16–13) Olympics Games (1–0) ATP World Tour Finals (4–2) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (36–18) ATP World Tour 500 Series (14–8) ATP World Tour 250 Series (41–13)

Titles by Surface Hard (69–31) Clay (27–17) Grass (12–6) Carpet (4–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	April 16, 1999	Orlando, US	Clay	Jim Courier Todd Woodbridge	7–6(7–4), 6–4
Winner	1.	February 26, 2001	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Alex O'Brien Jonathan Stark	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	2.	June 18, 2001	Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Eric Taino David Wheaton	6–3, 3–6, 6–1
Winner	3.	July 16, 2001	Newport, US	Grass	André Sá Glenn Weiner	6–3, 7–5
Winner	4.	July 30, 2001	Los Angeles, US	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill Andy Roddick	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	2.	August 20, 2001	Washington, US	Hard	Martin Damm David Prinosil	7–6(7–5), 6–1
Runner-up	3.	January 7, 2002	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–5, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	February 25, 2002	Memphis, US	Hard (i)	Brian MacPhie Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 3–6, [10–4]
Winner	5.	March 4, 2002	Acapulco, Mexico	Clay	Martin Damm David Rikl	6–3, 3–6, 6–2
Winner	6.	March 11, 2002	Scottsdale, US	Hard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Winner	7.	July 15, 2002	Newport, US (2)	Grass	Jürgen Melzer Alexander Popp	7–5, 6–3
Winner	8.	August 5, 2002	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	4–6, 7–6(7–1), 6–3
Runner-up	5.	August 19, 2002	Washington, US (2)	Hard	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	7–6(7–4), 4–6, 6–3
Winner	9.	October 28, 2002	Basel, Switzerland	Carpet	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–1), 7–5
Runner-up	6.	February 24, 2003	Memphis, US (2)	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–2, 7–6(7–3)
Runner-up	7.	March 17, 2003	Indian Wells, US	Hard	Wayne Ferreira Yevgeny Kafelnikov	3–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	10.	April 28, 2003	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Chris Haggard Robbie Koenig	6–4, 6–3
Winner	11.	June 9, 2003	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Paul Haarhuis Yevgeny Kafelnikov	7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner	12.	June 23, 2003	Nottingham, UK	Grass	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	13.	August 18, 2003	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up	8.	September 8, 2003	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	5–7, 6–0, 7–5
Winner	14.	November 15, 2003	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, US	Hard	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	6–7(6–8), 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	15.	January 12, 2004	Adelaide, Australia	Hard	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	7–5, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	January 19, 2004	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Runner-up	10.	February 2, 2004	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Winner	16.	February 23, 2004	Memphis, US (2)	Hard (i)	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	6–3, 6–4
Winner	17.	March 8, 2004	Acapulco, Mexico (2)	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela Nicolás Massú	6–2, 6–4
Runner-up	11.	May 17, 2004	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–1, 6–2
Winner	18.	June 14, 2004	Queen's Club, UK (2)	Grass	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
Winner	19.	July 19, 2004	Los Angeles, US (2)	Hard	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	6–3, 7–6(8–6)
Runner-up	12.	October 25, 2004	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
Winner	20.	November 1, 2004	Basel, Switzerland (2)	Carpet	Lucas Arnold Ker Mariano Hood	7–6(13–11), 6–2
Winner	21.	November 21, 2004	Tennis Masters Cup, Houston, US (2)	Hard	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	4–6, 7–5, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	January 31, 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (2)	Hard	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	14.	February 21, 2005	Memphis, US (3)	Hard (i)	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–4, 6–4
Winner	22.	February 28, 2005	Scottsdale, US (2)	Hard	Wayne Arthurs Paul Hanley	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	15.	April 18, 2005	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Leander Paes Nenad Zimonjić	W/O
Runner-up	16.	May 9, 2005	Rome, Italy	Clay	Michaël Llodra Fabrice Santoro	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	17.	June 6, 2005	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
Winner	23.	June 13, 2005	Queen's Club, UK (3)	Grass	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–6(13–11), 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	18.	July 4, 2005	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	7–6(7–4), 6–3, 6–7(2–7), 6–3
Winner	24.	August 8, 2005	Washington, US	Hard	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	6–4, 6–2
Winner	25.	September 12, 2005	US Open, New York City	Hard	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–1, 6–4
Winner	26.	November 7, 2005	Paris, France	Carpet	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–7(3–7), 6–4
Winner	27.	January 30, 2006	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Martin Damm Leander Paes	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Winner	28.	March 6, 2006	Las Vegas, US (3)	Hard	Jaroslav Levinský Robert Lindstedt	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	19.	March 20, 2006	Indian Wells, US (2)	Hard	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	20.	April 3, 2006	Miami, US	Hard	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	21.	June 12, 2006	French Open, Paris, France (2)	Clay	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7(5–7), 6–4, 7–5
Winner	29.	July 10, 2006	Wimbledon, London, UK	Grass	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Winner	30.	July 31, 2006	Los Angeles, US (3)	Hard	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray	6–2, 6–4
Winner	31.	August 7, 2006	Washington, US (2)	Hard	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 5–7, [10–3]
Winner	32.	August 14, 2006	Toronto, Canada (2)	Hard	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	22.	August 21, 2006	Cincinnati, US	Hard	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–6(7–5), 6–4
Winner	33.	October 23, 2006	Madrid, Spain	Hard (i)	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–4
Winner	34.	January 29, 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (2)	Hard	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	7–5, 7–5
Winner	35.	March 5, 2007	Las Vegas, US (4)	Hard	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(8–6), 6–2
Winner	36.	April 2, 2007	Miami, US	Hard	Martin Damm Leander Paes	6–7(7–9), 6–3, [10–7]
Winner	37.	April 16, 2007	Houston, US	Clay	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–3), 6–4
Winner	38.	April 23, 2007	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Clay	Julien Benneteau Richard Gasquet	6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	23.	May 14, 2007	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	Fabrice Santoro Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	39.	May 21, 2007	Hamburg, Germany	Clay	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	24.	June 18, 2007	Queen's Club, UK	Grass	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up	25.	July 8, 2007	Wimbledon, London, UK (2)	Grass	Arnaud Clément Michaël Llodra	6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	40.	July 22, 2007	Los Angeles, US (4)	Hard	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–6(7–5), 6–2
Winner	41.	August 5, 2007	Washington, US (3)	Hard	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–7]
Runner-up	26.	August 19, 2007	Cincinnati, US (2)	Hard	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 6–3, [13–11]
Winner	42.	October 21, 2007	Madrid, Spain (2)	Hard (i)	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	43.	October 28, 2007	Basel, Switzerland (3)	Hard (i)	James Blake Mark Knowles	6–1, 6–1
Winner	44.	November 4, 2007	Paris, France (2)	Carpet	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Runner-up	27.	January 12, 2008	Sydney, Australia (2)	Hard	Richard Gasquet Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Runner-up	28.	February 17, 2008	Delray Beach, US	Hard	Max Mirnyi Jamie Murray	6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	29.	February 24, 2008	San Jose, US	Hard	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–6(7–4), 7–5
Runner-up	30.	March 9, 2008	Las Vegas, US	Hard	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	6–4, 4–6, [10–8]
Winner	45.	April 5, 2008	Miami, US (2)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	6–2, 6–2
Winner	46.	May 4, 2008	Barcelona, Spain (2)	Clay	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–3, 6–2
Winner	47.	May 11, 2008	Rome, Italy	Clay	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 6–4, [10–8]
Runner-up	31.	May 18, 2008	Hamburg, Germany (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	32.	July 27, 2008	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–2, 4–6, [10–6]
Winner	48.	August 3, 2008	Cincinnati, US (2)	Hard	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–7]
Winner	49.	September 5, 2008	US Open, New York City (2)	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý Leander Paes	7–6(7–5), 7–6(12–10)
Runner-up	33.	November 16, 2008	Tennis Masters Cup, Shanghai, China	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–3), 6–2
Winner	50.	January 17, 2009	Sydney, Australia	Hard	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–1, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	51.	January 31, 2009	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (3)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Mark Knowles	2–6, 7–5, 6–0
Winner	52.	March 1, 2009	Delray Beach, US	Hard	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 6–4
Winner	53.	April 11, 2009	Houston, US (2)	Clay	Jesse Levine Ryan Sweeting	6–1, 6–2
Runner-up	34.	April 19, 2009	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	35.	May 3, 2009	Rome, Italy (3)	Clay	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	36.	July 4, 2009	Wimbledon, London, UK (3)	Grass	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	7–6(9–7), 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–3), 6–3
Winner	54.	August 2, 2009	Los Angeles, US (5)	Hard	Benjamin Becker Frank Moser	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	37.	August 23, 2009	Cincinnati, US (3)	Hard	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	3–6, 7–6(7–2), [15–13]
Winner	55.	October 11, 2009	Beijing, China	Hard	Mark Knowles Andy Roddick	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	38.	November 8, 2009	Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–2, 6–3
Winner	56.	November 29, 2009	ATP World Tour Finals, London, UK (3)	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi Andy Ram	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Winner	57.	January 30, 2010	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (4)	Hard	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–3
Winner	58.	February 28, 2010	Delray Beach, Florida, US (2)	Hard	Philipp Marx Igor Zelenay	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	59.	April 10, 2010	Houston, Texas, US (3)	Clay	Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie	6–3, 7–5
Winner	60.	May 2, 2010	Rome, Italy (2)	Clay	John Isner Sam Querrey	6–2, 6–3
Winner	61.	May 16, 2010	Madrid, Spain (3)	Clay	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–4
Winner	62.	August 1, 2010	Los Angeles, US (6)	Hard	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	6–7(6–8), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	63.	August 15, 2010	Toronto, Canada (3)	Hard	Julien Benneteau Michaël Llodra	7–5, 6–3
Winner	64.	August 22, 2010	Cincinnati, US (3)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 6–4
Winner	65.	September 10, 2010	US Open, New York City (3)	Hard	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Winner	66.	October 10, 2010	Beijing, China (2)	Hard	Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski	6–1, 7–6(7–5)
Winner	67.	November 7, 2010	Basel, Switzerland (4)	Hard (i)	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 3–6, [10–3]
Runner-up	39.	January 15, 2011	Sydney, Australia (3)	Hard	Lukáš Dlouhý Paul Hanley	6–7(6–8), 6–3, [10–5]
Winner	68.	January 29, 2011	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (5)	Hard	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–3, 6–4
Winner	69.	April 9, 2011	Houston, US (4)	Clay	John Isner Sam Querrey	6–7(4–7), 6–2, [10–5]
Winner	70.	April 17, 2011	Monte Carlo, Monaco (2)	Clay	Juan Ignacio Chela Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–2
Runner-up	40.	April 24, 2011	Barcelona, Spain	Clay	Santiago González Scott Lipsky	5–7, 6–2, [12–10]
Winner	71.	May 8, 2011	Madrid, Spain (4)	Clay	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–3, 6–3
Winner	72.	June 13, 2011	Queen's Club, UK (4)	Grass	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
Winner	73.	July 2, 2011	Wimbledon, London, UK (2)	Grass	Robert Lindstedt Horia Tecău	6–3, 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Runner-up	41.	August 14, 2011	Montreal, Canada (2)	Hard	Michaël Llodra Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–7(5–7), [10–5]
Winner	74.	October 30, 2011	Vienna, Austria	Hard (i)	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	7–6(12–10), 6–3
Winner	75.	November 6, 2011	Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac Jean-Julien Rojer	6–4, 7–6(11–9)
Winner	76.	January 14, 2012	Sydney, Australia (2)	Hard	Matthew Ebden Jarkko Nieminen	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	42.	January 28, 2012	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (3)	Hard	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	7–6(7–1), 6–2
Winner	77.	April 22, 2012	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–2, 6–3
Winner	78.	May 26, 2012	Nice, France	Clay	Oliver Marach Filip Polášek	7–6(7–5), 6–3
Runner-up	43.	June 9, 2012	French Open, Paris, France (3)	Clay	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	44.	June 17, 2012	Queen's Club, UK (2)	Grass	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
Winner	79.	August 4, 2012	Summer Olympics, London, UK	Grass	Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
Winner	80.	August 12, 2012	Toronto, Canada (4)	Hard	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–1, 4–6, [12–10]
Winner	81.	September 7, 2012	US Open, New York City (4)	Hard	Leander Paes Radek Štěpánek	6–3, 6–4
Winner	82.	October 7, 2012	Beijing, China (3)	Hard	Carlos Berlocq Denis Istomin	6–3, 6–2
Winner	83.	January 12, 2013	Sydney, Australia (3)	Hard	Max Mirnyi Horia Tecău	6–4, 6–4
Winner	84.	January 26, 2013	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (6)	Hard	Robin Haase Igor Sijsling	6–3, 6–4
Winner	85.	February 24, 2013	Memphis, US (3)	Hard (i)	James Blake Jack Sock	6–1, 6–2
Winner	86.	March 16, 2013	Indian Wells, US	Hard	Treat Conrad Huey Jerzy Janowicz	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	45.	April 13, 2013	Houston, US	Clay	Jamie Murray John Peers	6–1, 6–7(3–7), [10–12]
Runner-up	46.	April 21, 2013	Monte Carlo, Monaco (3)	Clay	Julien Benneteau Nenad Zimonjić	6–4, 6–7(4–7), [12–14]
Winner	87.	May 12, 2013	Madrid, Spain (5)	Clay	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–2, 6–3
Winner	88.	May 19, 2013	Rome, Italy (3)	Clay	Mahesh Bhupathi Rohan Bopanna	6–2, 6–3
Winner	89.	June 8, 2013	French Open, Paris, France (2)	Clay	Michaël Llodra Nicolas Mahut	6–4, 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
Winner	90.	June 16, 2013	Queen's Club, UK (5)	Grass	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]
Winner	91.	July 6, 2013	Wimbledon, London, UK (3)	Grass	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	3–6, 6–3, 6–4, 6–4
Winner	92.	August 18, 2013	Cincinnati, US (4)	Hard	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
Runner-up	47.	October 27, 2013	Valencia, Spain	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–1), [11–13]
Winner	93.	November 3, 2013	Paris, France (3)	Hard (i)	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	48.	November 11, 2013	ATP World Tour Finals, London, UK (2)	Hard (i)	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	5–7, 7–6(7–3), [7–10]
Runner-up	49.	February 16, 2014	Memphis, US (4)	Hard (i)	Eric Butorac Raven Klaasen	4–6, 4–6
Winner	94.	February 23, 2014	Delray Beach, US (3)	Hard	František Čermák Michail Elgin	6–2, 6–3
Winner	95.	March 15, 2014	Indian Wells, US (2)	Hard	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	6–4, 6–3
Winner	96.	March 29, 2014	Miami, US (3)	Hard	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	7–6(10–8), 6–4
Winner	97.	April 12, 2014	Houston, US (5)	Clay	David Marrero Fernando Verdasco	4–6, 6–4, [11–9]
Winner	98.	April 20, 2014	Monte Carlo, Monaco (4)	Clay	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–3, 3–6, [10–8]
Runner-up	50.	May 11, 2014	Madrid, Spain (2)	Clay	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	51.	July 5, 2014	Wimbledon, London, UK (4)	Grass	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–3), 4–6, 6–3, 5–7
Winner	99.	August 17, 2014	Cincinnati, US (5)	Hard	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	6–3, 6–2
Winner	100.	September 7, 2014	US Open, New York City (5)	Hard	Marcel Granollers Marc López	6–3, 6–4
Winner	101.	October 12, 2014	Shanghai, China	Hard	Julien Benneteau Édouard Roger-Vasselin	6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Winner	102.	November 2, 2014	Paris, France (4)	Hard (i)	Marcin Matkowski Jürgen Melzer	7–6(7–5), 5–7, [10–6]
Winner	103.	November 16, 2014	ATP World Tour Finals, London, UK (4)	Hard (i)	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–7(5–7), 6–2, [10–7]
Winner	104.	February 22, 2015	Delray Beach, US (4)	Hard	Raven Klaasen Leander Paes	6–3, 3–6, [10–6]
Winner	105.	April 4, 2015	Miami, US (4)	Hard	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	6–3, 1–6, [10–8]
Winner	106.	April 19, 2015	Monte Carlo, Monaco (5)	Clay	Simone Bolelli Fabio Fognini	7–6(7–3), 6–1
Runner-up	52.	June 6, 2015	French Open, Paris, France (4)	Clay	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), 5–7
Winner	107.	August 2, 2015	Atlanta Tennis Championships, Atlanta, US	Hard	Colin Fleming Gilles Müller	4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–4]
Winner	108.	August 9, 2015	Washington, US (4)	Hard	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	6–4, 6–2
Winner	109.	August 16, 2015	Montreal, Canada (5)	Hard	Daniel Nestor Édouard Roger-Vasselin	7–6(7–5), 3–6, [10–6]
Runner-up	53.	February 21, 2016	Delray Beach, US (2)	Hard	Oliver Marach Fabrice Martin	6–3, 6–7(7–9), [11–13]
Winner	110.	April 9, 2016	Houston, US (6)	Clay	Santiago González Victor Estrella Burgos	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Winner	111.	April 24, 2016	Barcelona, Spain (3)	Clay	Pablo Cuevas Marcel Granollers	7–5, 7–5
Winner	112.	May 15, 2016	Rome, Italy (4)	Clay	Vasek Pospisil Jack Sock	2–6, 6–3, [10–7]
Runner-up	54.	June 4, 2016	French Open, Paris, France (5)	Clay	Feliciano López Marc López	4–6, 7–6(8–6), 3–6

Note: Mike Bryan has won two more doubles titles than his brother Bob. He won both of them in 2002, one was alongside Mahesh Bhupathi in Long Island, US and one beside Mark Knowles in Nottingham, UK.

Olympic medal matches: 2 (2–0)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent	Score
Bronze	2008	Beijing Olympics	Hard	Michaël Llodra Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Gold	2012	London Olympics	Grass	Michaël Llodra Jo-Wilfried Tsonga	6–4, 7–6(7–2)

Team competition: 2 (1–1)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Runner-up	1.	December 3–5, 2004	Davis Cup, Seville, Spain	Clay (i)	Andy Roddick Mardy Fish	Juan Carlos Ferrero Carlos Moyá Rafael Nadal Tommy Robredo	2–3
Winner	1.	November 30 – December 2, 2007	Davis Cup, Portland, US	Hard (i)	Andy Roddick James Blake	Nikolay Davydenko Mikhail Youzhny Igor Andreev Dmitry Tursunov	4–1

Davis Cup record (24–5)

Group membership World Group (21–5) WG Play-off (3–0)

Matches by Surface Hard (10–5) Clay (11–0) Grass (2–0) Carpet (1–0)

Matches by Setting Indoors (14–3) Outdoors (10–2)

Matches by Venue USA (11–5) Away (13–0)

Result	No.	Year	Round	Host	Surface	Opponent	Score	Team Result
Victory (1.)	1.	2003	Play-off	SVK	Clay	Slovakia (Beck/Hrbatý)	6–1, 6–4, 7–6(5)	3–2
Victory (2.)	2.	2004	1st Round	USA	Hard (i)	Austria (Knowle/J.Melzer)	6–2, 6–1, 6–4	5–0
Victory (3.)	3.	2004	Quarterfinal	USA	Hard	Sweden (Björkman/T.Johansson)	6–3, 6–3, 6–4	4–1
Victory (4.)	4.	2004	Semifinal	USA	Hard		6–1, 6–3, 7–5	4–0
Victory (5.)	5.	2004	Final	ESP	Clay (i)	Spain (Ferrero/Robredo)	6–0, 6–3, 6–2	2–3
Defeat (1.)	6.	2005	1st Round	USA	Hard	Croatia (Ančić/Ljubičić)	6–3, 6–7(8), 4–6, 4–6	2–3
Victory (6.)	7.	2005	Play-off	BEL	Clay (i)	Belgium (Rochus/Vliegen)	6–3, 6–7(2), 6–1, 6–3	4–1
Victory (7.)	8.	2006	1st Round	USA	Hard	Romania (Hănescu/Tecău)	6–2, 0–0, ret.	4–1
Victory (8.)	9.	2006	Quarterfinal	USA	Grass	Chile (Capdeville/Garcia)	6–1, 6–2, 6–4	3–2
Victory (9.)	10.	2006	Semifinal	RUS	Clay (i)	Russia (Tursunov/Youzhny)	6–3, 6–4, 6–2	2–3
Victory (10.)	11.	2007	1st Round	CZE	Clay (i)	Czech Republic (Dlouhý/Vízner)	6–4, 6–4, 6–4	4–1
Victory (11.)	12.	2007	Quarterfinal	USA	Hard (i)	Spain (F.López/Verdasco)	7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(5)	4–1
Victory (12.)	13.	2007	Semifinal	SWE	Carpet (i)	Sweden (Aspelin/Björkman)	7–6(11), 6–2, 6–3	4–1
Victory (13.)	14.	2007	Final	USA	Hard (i)	Russia (Andreev/Davydenko)	7–6(4), 6–4, 6–2	4–1
Victory (14.)	15.	2008	1st Round	AUT	Clay (i)	Austria (Knowle/J.Melzer)	6–1, 6–4, 6–2	4–1
Defeat (2.)	16.	2008	Quarterfinal	USA	Hard (i)	France (Clément/Llodra)	7–6(7), 5–7, 3–6, 4–6	4–1
Victory (15.)	17.	2009	1st Round	USA	Hard (i)	Switzerland (Allegro/Wawrinka)	6–3, 6–4, 3–6, 7–6(2)	4–1
Victory (16.)	18.	2009	Quarterfinal	CRO	Clay (i)	Croatia (Karanusic/Zovko)	6–3, 6–1, 6–3	2–3
Victory (17.)	19.	2011	1st Round	CHI	Clay	Chile (Aguilar/Massú)	6–3, 6–3, 7–6(4)	4–1
Victory (18.)	20.	2011	Semifinal	USA	Hard (i)	Spain (Granollers/Verdasco)	6–7(3), 6–4, 6–4, 6–4	1–3
Victory (19.)	21.	2012	Quarterfinal	FRA	Clay	France (Benneteau/Llodra)	6–4, 6–4, 7–6(4)	3–2
Victory (20.)	22.	2012	Semifinal	ESP	Clay	Spain (Granollers/M.López)	6–3, 3–6, 7–5, 7–5	1–3
Defeat (3.)	23.	2013	1st Round	USA	Hard (i)	Brazil (Melo/Soares)	6–7(6), 7–6(7), 4–6, 6–3, 3–6	3–2
Defeat (4.)	24.	2013	Quarterfinal	USA	Hard (i)	Serbia (Zimonjić/Bozoljac)	6–7(5), 6–7(1), 7–5, 6–4, 13–15	1–3
Victory (21.)	25.	2014	1st Round	USA	Clay	Great Britain (Fleming/Inglot)	6–2, 6–3, 3–6, 6–1	1–3
Victory (22.)	26.	2014	Play-off	USA	Hard (i)	Slovakia (Lacko/Gombos)	6–1, 6–2, 6–1	5–0
Victory (23.)	27.	2015	1st Round	GBR	Hard (i)	Great Britain (Inglot/J.Murray)	6–3, 6–2, 3–6, 6–7(8), 9–7	2–3
Victory (24.)	28.	2016	1st Round	AUS	Grass	Australia (Hewitt/Peers)	6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3	3–1
Defeat (5.)	29.	2016	Quarterfinal	USA	Hard	Croatia (Čilić/Dodig)	2–6, 6–2, 2–6, 4–6	2–3

Performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only after a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table includes events up to and including the 2016 ATP World Tour Finals.

Tournament/Year	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	QF	3R	F	F	W	W	QF	W	W	W	F	W	3R	3R	3R	6 / 17	63–11	85%
French Open	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	2R	QF	W	SF	F	F	QF	QF	SF	2R	SF	F	W	QF	F	F	2 / 18	65–16	80%
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	3R	1R	SF	SF	QF	3R	F	W	F	SF	F	QF	W	SF	W	F	QF	QF	3 / 18	69–15	82%
US Open	1R	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	2R	SF	F	3R	W	3R	QF	W	SF	W	1R	W	SF	W	1R	QF	5 / 22	61–17	78%
Win–Loss	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	3–3	4–4	6–4	14–4	14–3	13–4	21–3	18–2	17–3	16–3	19–3	16–2	16–2	20–3	22–1	16–3	10–4	13–4	16 / 75	258–59	81%
National representation
Summer Olympics	NH	A	Not Held			A	Not Held			QF	Not Held			SF-B	Not Held			G	Not Held			A	1 / 3	11–2	85%
Davis Cup	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	PO	F	1R	SF	W	SF	QF	A	QF	SF	QF	1R	1R	QF	1 / 12	24–5	83%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	6–1	1–1	3–0	4–0	5–2	2–0	0–0	2–0	7–0	0–2	2–0	1–0	1–1	2 / 15	35–7	83%
Year-End Championships
World Tour Finals	Did not qualify						RR	NH	W	W	SF	RR	A	F	W	SF	SF	RR	F	W	SF	SF	4 / 14	35–21	63%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	1R	QF	F	2R	SF	F	1R	QF	SF	1R	2R	QF	W	W	QF	QF	2 / 18	37–15	71%
Miami	A	A	A	A	QF	3R	QF	3R	SF	SF	1R	F	W	W	SF	QF	2R	SF	1R	W	W	SF	4 / 18	50–14	78%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	QF	A	F	A	W	QF	F	QF	W	W	F	W	W	2R	5 / 13	30–7	81%
Madrid[lower-alpha 4]	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	SF	1R	F	1R	W	W	QF	2R	W	W	2R	W	F	2R	QF	5 / 16	30–11	73%
Rome	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	1R	2R	SF	F	QF	F	W	F	W	QF	QF	W	SF	2R	W	4 / 16	33–12	73%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	W	SF	2R	SF	W	SF	F	SF	W	F	W	QF	2R	W	QF	5 / 16	36–11	77%
Cincinnati	A	A	1R	Q1	1R	1R	QF	QF	W	2R	2R	F	F	W	F	W	SF	SF	W	W	QF	SF	5 / 19	38–14	73%
Shanghai	Not Held														QF	SF	QF	2R	SF	W	2R	SF	1 / 8	12–7	63%
Paris	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	1R	W	SF	W	2R	QF	SF	2R	2R	W	W	QF	QF	4 / 16	21–12	64%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	SF	F	QF	SF	W	F	NMS								1 / 8	16–7	70%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	5–3	2–3	8–8	12–8	15–8	12–8	14–7	23–6	29–4	23–6	17–9	23–5	16–7	16–6	26–4	30–3	17–6	15–8	36 / 148	303–110	73%
Career statistics
	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	W–L		Win%
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	5	7	5	7	11	5	7	11	8	7	11	10	6	3	112		67%
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	8	11	11	11	15	12	12	11	11	10	15	13	7	5	166
Hardcourt W–L	0–1	0–3	1–6	4–5	9–11	10–11	26–14	34–11	30–12	37–10	26–10	43–5	38–5	43–13	47–10	46–9	30–12	31–8	40–11	43–7	31–11	22–16	591–201		75%
Grass W–L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–2	4–3	13–1	8–5	5–2	6–1	9–1	9–1	8–2	5–2	5–2	3–1	10–0	12–2	10–0	5–2	3–1	8–3	125–31		80%
Clay W–L	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	4–2	4–3	8–6	8–2	18–5	17–4	15–4	12–5	22–2	16–3	16–6	18–3	20–4	17–3	20–2	16–3	10–4	18–3	260–67		80%
Carpet W–L	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–3	4–1	0–2	4–2	8–3	2–3	9–0	0–0	Discontinued								27–14		66%
Overall W–L	0–1	1–4	1–7	4–6	15–15	18–17	47–24	54–19	53–21	64–17	58–18	66–14	77–9	64–18	68–18	67–13	60–16	60–13	70–13	64–12	44–16	48–22	1003–313
Win %	0%	20%	13%	40%	50%	51%	66%	74%	72%	79%	76%	83%	90%	78%	79%	84%	79%	82%	84%	84%	74%	69%	76.22%
Doubles team rank	N/A	N/A	429	57	20	21	7	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	$27,516,850

Notes

References

External links

• Bob Bryan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Mike Bryan at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Bob's biography on Davis Cup website
• Mike's biography on Davis Cup website
• Official websites:
• bobandmike.com – Fansite officially endorsed by Bob and Mike
• Bob Bryan on Twitter
• Mike Bryan on Twitter
• on the USTA website
• 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 2003–07 2009–14	Succeeded by Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecău
Preceded by Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor	ATP Doubles Team of the Year 2003 2005–07 2009–14	Succeeded by Mark Knowles & Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić & Daniel Nestor Jean-Julien Rojer & Horia Tecău
Preceded by New title	ATP Fans' Favorite Doubles Team 2005–16	Succeeded by Incumbent
Preceded by Andy Murray	Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year 2015	Succeeded by Marin Čilić